Top California Medical Schools Comparison

There are 11 LCME-accredited Medical Schools in California. Of those schools, the top 5 schools present in the following table. You can search all Medical Schools in California at California Medical School search page.
The following list compares 6 schools with important Medical School statistics - Stanford University School of Medicine, Kaiser Permanente Bernard J. Tyson School of Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, University of California - San Francisco School of Medicine, Keck School of Medicine of University of Southern California, University of California - San Diego School of Medicine.
  • South Carolina School of Medicine's tuition is the most expensive ($78,466) and UCSD School of Medicine's tuition is the lowest ($58,300). *
  • Kaiser Permanente School of Medicine has the lowest acceptance rate of 0.74% and UCSF School of Medicine has the highest rate of 1.71%.
  • UCLA School of Medicine has the highest MCAT score of 522 and UCSD School of Medicine has the lowest score of 514.
  • UCLA School of Medicine has the highest GPA of 3.96 and UCSD School of Medicine has the lowest GPA of 3.83.
  • UCLA School of Medicine is the largest school with 878 enrolled students and Kaiser Permanente School of Medicine is the smallest school with 209 students.
  • UCSF School of Medicine is the oldest school founded in 1864 and Kaiser Permanente School of Medicine is the most recently founded in 2020.
  • UCSD School of Medicine requires the most expensive application fees of $135.
* Kaiser Permanente School of Medicine is a tuition free school. See details at the school's tuition page.