Expensive Medical Schools with the Highest Tuition & Fees

The tuition & fees at medical schools is usually higher than the costs for regular undergraduate and graduate programs. Students may be supported by federal, state, and/or institutional scholarship program, but still the tuition and other costs are important consideration when choosing medical schools to apply and enroll.
For the academic year 2026-2027, the average tuition fees at public medical schools is $42,110 for state residents and $65,250 for out-of-state. In private medical schools, the average tuition & fees is $72,062. The average living costs including room & boards, books, and other personal expenses is $31,466. With the living expenses, the medical school cost of attendance (COA) is $103,528 based on private school rate.
Among medical schools in United States, University of Washington School of Medicine has the highest tuition & fees of $105,421. Northeast Ohio Medical University College of Medicine and University of Missouri-Columbia School of Medicine follow it with $102,092 and $97,328 respectively. It is based on out-of-state rate and exclude medical schools in Puerto Rico.
The following table lists the top 25 medical schools having the highest tuition & fees. You can sort the table by a column by clicking/touching the column title.
RankSchoolTuition & FeesLiving CostsAcceptance RateMCAT ScoreGPAEnrollment
1 University of Washington School of Medicine
PublicSeattle, WA
$105,421$39,1395.31%5123.811,231
2 Northeast Ohio Medical University College of Medicine
PublicRootstown, OH
$102,092$37,5504.03%5113.75772
3 University of Missouri-Columbia School of Medicine
PublicColumbia, MO
$97,328$31,4273.70%5113.84555
4 University of Illinois College of Medicine
PublicChicago, IL
$90,164$33,0502.68%5123.771,350
4 Indiana University School of Medicine - Evansville
PrivateEvansville, IN
$90,164$33,050----
6 University of South Carolina School of Medicine Greenville
PublicGreenville, SC
$88,794$29,5973.29%5083.77408
7 University of South Carolina School of Medicine
PublicColumbia, SC
$88,750$27,5043.29%5083.77408
8 Boonshoft School of Medicine at Wright State University
PublicDayton, OH
$87,263$25,2542.14%5093.82534
9 University of Maryland School of Medicine
PublicBaltimore, MD
$85,244$33,6902.38%5143.86693
10 Sanford School of Medicine of the University of South Dakota
PublicSioux Falls, SD
$84,417$25,4306.60%5093.85293
11 Donald and Barbara Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell
PrivateHempstead, NY
$81,975$37,2881.94%5183.92438
12 University of Michigan Medical School
Public6100 THSL, 1135 Catherine Street, MI
$81,960$39,5161.63%5183.9773
13 Tulane University School of Medicine
PrivateNew Orleans, LA
$81,782$31,0641.38%5103.7838
14 Cooper Medical School of Rowan University
PublicCamden, NJ
$80,727$32,9502.55%5143.88470
15 Harvard Medical School
PrivateBoston, MA
$80,639$36,0481.99%5213.9829
16 California Northstate University College of Medicine
PrivateElk Grove, CA
$80,537$30,3623.46%5133.83482
17 Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania
PrivatePhiladelphia, PA
$80,511$32,0002.16%5213.97805
18 Drexel University College of Medicine
PrivatePhiladelphia, PA
$80,498$29,8221.84%5123.761,278
19 Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
PrivateNew York, NY
$80,483$24,7201.34%5193.92598
20 Albert Einstein College of Medicine
PrivateBronx, NY
$80,358$33,9501.05%5163.88809
21 University of Connecticut School of Medicine
PublicFarmington, CT
$80,178$49,4941.99%5133.85507
22 Stony Brook University School of Medicine
PublicStony Brook, NY
$79,726$33,0562.48%5163.93607
23 Columbia University Roy and Diana Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons
PrivateNew York, NY
$79,690$32,0361.80%5223.95644
24 University of Massachusetts Medical School
PublicNorth Worcester, MA
$79,498$30,4934.14%5123.87938
25 Yale School of Medicine
PrivateNew Haven, CT
$79,350$34,6441.41%5223.96570