Compare Medical Schools, Choose Right Ones

There are 160 LCME accredited medical schools in United States. A total of 99,182 medical school students are attending those schools and 23,062 students newly enrolled in 2026.

160

Medical Schools

96 public and 64 private LCME-accredited Medical Schools

99,182

Students

99,182 students with 23,062 newly enrolled in 2026

513

MCAT Average

Medical School Admission Test score submitted by newly enrolled students

$65,984

Average Tuition

National average based on out-of-state Rate

Medical Schools By Rankings

Explore the medical schools by rankings and statistics and decide which is right for you

Top Rankers

New York University School of Medicine

New York, NY

#1 RankedPrivateTuition: $68,600MCAT: 523GPA: 3.98Acceptance Rate: 1.18%

Washington University School of Medicine

Saint Louis, MO

#2 RankedPrivateTuition: $74,693MCAT: 521GPA: 3.95Acceptance Rate: 2.00%

Yale School of Medicine

New Haven, CT

#3 RankedPrivateTuition: $75,985MCAT: 522GPA: 3.96Acceptance Rate: 1.41%

Mayo Clinic Alix School of Medicine

Rochester, AZ

#4 RankedPrivateTuition: $67,900MCAT: 521GPA: 3.95Acceptance Rate: 1.84%

Columbia University Roy and Diana Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons

New York, NY

#5 RankedPrivateTuition: $75,689MCAT: 522GPA: 3.95Acceptance Rate: 1.80%

Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania

Philadelphia, PA

#6 RankedPrivateTuition: $77,491MCAT: 521GPA: 3.97Acceptance Rate: 2.16%

Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine

Chicago, IL

#7 RankedPrivateTuition: $76,263MCAT: 521GPA: 3.93Acceptance Rate: 1.63%

Stanford University School of Medicine

Stanford, CA

#8 RankedPrivateTuition: $69,663MCAT: 520GPA: 3.95Acceptance Rate: 0.92%

Top Public

University of Virginia School of Medicine

Charlottesville, VA

#16 RankedPublicTuition: $69,002MCAT: 518GPA: 3.85Acceptance Rate: 2.18%

David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA

Los Angeles, CA

#19 RankedPublicTuition: $65,008MCAT: 522GPA: 3.96Acceptance Rate: 1.40%

University of California, San Francisco School of Medicine

San Francisco, CA

#20 RankedPublicTuition: $65,686MCAT: 517GPA: 3.89Acceptance Rate: 1.71%

University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine

Pittsburgh, PA

#22 RankedPublicTuition: $72,798MCAT: 516GPA: 3.91Acceptance Rate: 1.27%

University of California, San Diego School of Medicine

La Jolla, CA

#24 RankedPublicTuition: $58,300MCAT: 514GPA: 3.83Acceptance Rate: 1.35%

UT Health San Antonio Joe R. and Teresa Lozano Long School of Medicine

San Antonio, TX

#26 RankedPublicTuition: $41,764MCAT: 518GPA: 3.87Acceptance Rate: 4.02%

University of California, Irvine School of Medicine

Irvine, CA

#28 RankedPublicTuition: $62,021MCAT: 516GPA: 3.86Acceptance Rate: 1.53%

University of Michigan Medical School

6100 THSL, 1135 Catherine Street, MI

#30 RankedPublicTuition: $79,500MCAT: 518GPA: 3.9Acceptance Rate: 1.63%

Highest MCAT

University of Central Florida College of Medicine

Orlando, FL

#53 RankedPublicTuition: $56,709MCAT: 595GPA: 3.91Acceptance Rate: 2.22%

New York University School of Medicine

New York, NY

#1 RankedPrivateTuition: $68,600MCAT: 523GPA: 3.98Acceptance Rate: 1.18%

David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA

Los Angeles, CA

#19 RankedPublicTuition: $65,008MCAT: 522GPA: 3.96Acceptance Rate: 1.40%

Yale School of Medicine

New Haven, CT

#3 RankedPrivateTuition: $75,985MCAT: 522GPA: 3.96Acceptance Rate: 1.41%

Columbia University Roy and Diana Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons

New York, NY

#5 RankedPrivateTuition: $75,689MCAT: 522GPA: 3.95Acceptance Rate: 1.80%

Mayo Clinic Alix School of Medicine

Rochester, AZ

#4 RankedPrivateTuition: $67,900MCAT: 521GPA: 3.95Acceptance Rate: 1.84%

Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine

Chicago, IL

#7 RankedPrivateTuition: $76,263MCAT: 521GPA: 3.93Acceptance Rate: 1.63%

University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine

Chicago, IL

#11 RankedPrivateTuition: $64,337MCAT: 521GPA: 3.94Acceptance Rate: 1.18%

Lowest Acceptance Rate

New York University Long Island School of Medicine

Mineola, NY

#147 RankedPrivateTuition: $66,652MCAT: 515GPA: 3.84Acceptance Rate: 0.51%

Kaiser Permanente Bernard J. Tyson School of Medicine

Pasadena, CA

#18 RankedPrivateTuition: $63,339MCAT: 515GPA: 3.84Acceptance Rate: 0.74%

George Washington University Medical School

Washington, DC

#52 RankedPrivateTuition: $75,880MCAT: 514GPA: 3.88Acceptance Rate: 0.76%

The University of Texas at Tyler School of Medicine

Tyler, TX

# RankedPublicTuition: $38,382MCAT: 505GPA: 3.84Acceptance Rate: 0.80%

Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine and Research Institute

Roanoke, VA

#68 RankedPublicTuition: $63,779MCAT: 512GPA: 3.67Acceptance Rate: 0.86%

Dell Medical School at The University of Texas at Austin

Austin, TX

#47 RankedPublicTuition: $37,138MCAT: 515GPA: 3.92Acceptance Rate: 0.88%

Charles R. Drew University of Medicine and Science

Los Angeles, CA

# RankedPrivateTuition: $69,000MCAT: 511GPA: 3.65Acceptance Rate: 0.90%

Stanford University School of Medicine

Stanford, CA

#8 RankedPrivateTuition: $69,663MCAT: 520GPA: 3.95Acceptance Rate: 0.92%

Highest Tuition

University of Washington School of Medicine

Seattle, WA

#93 RankedPublicTuition: $102,319MCAT: 512GPA: 3.81Acceptance Rate: 5.31%

University of Missouri-Columbia School of Medicine

Columbia, MO

#108 RankedPublicTuition: $97,328MCAT: 511GPA: 3.84Acceptance Rate: 3.70%

University of South Carolina School of Medicine Greenville

Greenville, SC

#135 RankedPublicTuition: $88,794MCAT: 508GPA: 3.77Acceptance Rate: 3.29%

University of South Carolina School of Medicine

Columbia, SC

#135 RankedPublicTuition: $88,750MCAT: 508GPA: 3.77Acceptance Rate: 3.29%

University of Illinois College of Medicine

Chicago, IL

#77 RankedPublicTuition: $88,445MCAT: 512GPA: 3.77Acceptance Rate: 2.68%

University of Maryland School of Medicine

Baltimore, MD

#62 RankedPublicTuition: $83,002MCAT: 514GPA: 3.86Acceptance Rate: 2.38%

Sanford School of Medicine of the University of South Dakota

Sioux Falls, SD

#107 RankedPublicTuition: $81,474MCAT: 509GPA: 3.85Acceptance Rate: 6.60%

University of Michigan Medical School

6100 THSL, 1135 Catherine Street, MI

#30 RankedPublicTuition: $79,500MCAT: 518GPA: 3.9Acceptance Rate: 1.63%