Home
Rankings
Medical Schools

2021 Best Medical Schools Rankings

At a Glance

Stanford University School of Medicine ranked first and Columbia University Roy and Diana Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons ranked second in 2020 medical school rankings. The 2020 average medical school tuition & fees of the top 50 medical schools is $57,495 (based on out-of-state rate). The average acceptance rate is 4.86% and the average MCAT score is 515. Below statements are summarizing the average statistics of tuition and admission for top 50 medical schools.

The average medical school tuition & fees is $57,495 and University of Utah School of Medicine has the highest tuition & fees of $77,991 and Baylor College of Medicine has the lowest tuition & fees of $28,665.
The average MCAT score is 515 and New York University School of Medicine has the highest MCAT score of 521 and George Washington University Medical School has the lowest score of 509.
The average acceptance rate is 4.86% and Mayo Clinic Alix School of Medicine has the tightest (lowest) rate of 2% and Washington University School of Medicine has the loosest (lowest) rate of 10%.
The average medical school population is 666 and Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Thomas Jefferson University has the most students of 1,157 and Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine and Research Institute has the fewest students of 174.

Best Medical Schools Comparison Table

Rank	College Name	Tuition & Fees	MCAT Score	GPA	Acceptance Rate	Student Population	First-year First-time Students
1	Stanford University School of Medicine Stanford, CA	$60,906	519	3.82	2.30%	530	100
2	Columbia University Roy and Diana Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons New York, NY	$65,320	520	3.87	3.45%	675	150
3	Mayo Clinic Alix School of Medicine Scottsdale, AZ	$59,120	516	3.9	2.08%	404	97
4	New York University School of Medicine New York, NY	$59,140	521	3.93	4.70%	514	122
5	Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, PA	$65,288	520	3.9	4.36%	778	159
6	Yale School of Medicine New Haven, CT	$64,024	521	3.84	5.72%	557	104
7	University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine Chicago, IL	$57,798	520	3.9	4.65%	417	90
8	Vanderbilt University School of Medicine Nashville, TN	$58,749	520	3.89	5.23%	445	102
9	Duke University School of Medicine Durham, NC	$62,503	518	3.8	3.63%	567	115
10	UCSF School of Medicine San Francisco, CA	$48,307	517	3.85	3.32%	813	150
11	Washington University School of Medicine St. Louis, MO	$64,164	521	3.86	10.49%	605	125
12	Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine Chicago, IL	$62,916	520	3.89	7.09%	737	162
13	Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine Baltimore, MD	$59,809	519	3.93	5.27%	586	120
14	Harvard Medical School Boston, MA	$65,203	517	3.93	3.48%	843	165
15	Baylor College of Medicine Houston, TX	$28,665	517	3.92	4.08%	847	186
16	Dell Medical School at The University of Texas at Austin Austin, TX	$34,711	513	3.74	2.30%	198	50
17	University of California, San Diego School of Medicine La Jolla, CA	$49,235	515	3.77	3.24%	622	137
18	Keck School of Medicine of University of Southern California Los Angeles, CA	$67,603	517	3.7	4.96%	812	190
19	Weill Cornell Medical College New York, NY	$62,792	517	3.84	5.36%	535	106
20	Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine Cleveland, OH	$65,641	518	3.78	8.41%	1,007	250
21	Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine and Research Institute Roanoke, VA	$54,056	512	3.6	2.43%	174	-
22	Alpert Medical School at Brown University Providence, RI	$64,148	514	3.77	3.25%	618	149
23	University of Virginia School of Medicine Charlottesville, VA	$57,646	518	3.89	10.27%	673	162
24	Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai New York, NY	$56,964	517	3.83	7.16%	672	140
25	Boston University School of Medicine Boston, MA	$62,872	516	3.76	5.75%	764	174
26	University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry Rochester, NY	$62,047	514	3.7	4.37%	468	104
27	University of Michigan Medical School Ann Arbor, MI	$59,062	515	3.82	5.63%	796	182
28	University of Florida College of Medicine Gainesville, FL	$65,898	514	3.87	4.55%	602	143
29	Emory University School of Medicine Atlanta, GA	$52,142	514	3.7	4.57%	644	143
30	University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine Pittsburgh, PA	$60,880	515	3.8	6.02%	685	148
31	David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA Los Angeles, CA	$50,130	512	3.75	3.17%	856	184
32	Georgetown University School of Medicine Washington, DC	$53,598	511	3.61	2.87%	850	203
33	University of South Florida College of Medicine Tempa, FL	$54,916	514	3.6	5.10%	732	175
34	Donald and Barbara School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell Hempstead, NY	$53,190	515	3.73	7.01%	425	101
35	The Ohio State University College of Medicine Columbus, OH	$54,415	514	3.82	5.95%	878	202
36	Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Thomas Jefferson University Philadelphia, PA	$59,485	513	3.71	4.57%	1,157	274
37	Wake Forest School of Medicine Winston-Salem, NC	$60,000	510	3.65	2.81%	570	137
38	Lewis Katz School of Medicine, Temple University Philadelphia, PA	$57,518	512	3.72	4.02%	845	212
39	University of California, Davis School of Medicine Sacramento, CA	$48,927	510	3.65	2.94%	503	116
40	Dartmouth College Geisel School of Medicine Hanover, NH	$68,493	512	3.72	4.22%	413	93
41	University of California, Irvine School of Medicine Irvine, CA	$48,679	512	3.74	4.28%	477	105
42	University of Cincinnati College of Medicine Cincinnati, OH	$50,332	514	3.74	8.23%	749	174
43	University of Utah School of Medicine Salt Lake City, UT	$77,991	512	3.75	4.59%	528	125
44	University of Miami Leonard M. Miller School of Medicine Miami, FL	$47,185	512	3.71	4.59%	872	202
45	University of Texas Southwestern Medical School at Dallas Dallas, TX	$34,290	514	3.83	8.76%	981	236
46	University of North Carolina School of Medicine Chapel Hill, NC	$62,089	511	3.68	3.78%	865	189
47	Tufts University School of Medicine Boston, MA	$64,570	512	3.65	4.92%	877	210
48	University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health Madison, WI	$51,653	512	3.77	5.24%	747	176
49	George Washington University Medical School Washington, DC	$62,200	509	3.7	2.93%	745	184
	Average	$57,495	515	3.782	4.86%	666	153