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.
In 2022, the average tuition fees at public medical schools is $38,348 for state residents and $62,125 for out-of-state. In private medical schools, the average tuition & fees is $63,509. The average living costs including room & boards, books, and other personal expenses is $26,951. With the living expenses, the medical school cost of attendance (COA) is $90,460 based on private school rate.
Among medical schools in United States, University of Washington School of Medicine has the highest tuition & fees of $94,457. University of Connecticut School of Medicine and University of South Carolina School of Medicine Greenville follow it with $94,340 and $89,080 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
$94,457$34,7862.82%5103.751,175
2 University of Connecticut School of Medicine
PublicFarmington, CT
$94,340$22,9402.33%5113.77495
3 University of South Carolina School of Medicine Greenville
PublicGreenville, SC
$89,080$25,1733.20%5063.6406
3 University of South Carolina School of Medicine Greenville
PublicGreenville, SC
$89,080$22,1603.20%5063.6406
5 University of South Carolina School of Medicine
PublicColumbia, SC
$88,874$25,1733.20%5063.6406
5 University of South Carolina School of Medicine
PublicColumbia, SC
$88,874$22,1603.20%5063.6406
7 Northeast Ohio Medical University College of Medicine
PublicRootstown, OH
$88,587$35,1043.38%5093.71643
8 Michigan State University College of Human Medicine
PublicEast Lansing, MI
$87,218$29,4401.67%5083.71802
9 University of Illinois College of Medicine
PublicChicago, IL
$84,812$29,4504.16%5123.61,362
10 Oregon Health & Science University School of Medicine
PublicPortland, OR
$81,463$31,6151.87%5093.65657
11 University of Utah School of Medicine
PublicSalt Lake City,, UT
$81,424$22,0303.29%5143.84532
12 University of Mississippi School of Medicine
PublicJackson, MS
$79,454$6,76037.00%5043.7679
13 Sanford School of Medicine of the University of South Dakota
PublicSioux Falls, SD
$79,202$23,5626.77%5093.81280
14 University of Missouri-Columbia School of Medicine
PublicColumbia, MO
$79,031$23,2374.06%5093.75497
15 University of Kentucky College of Medicine
PublicLexington, KY
$74,592$23,7865.30%5073.84807
16 University of Maryland School of Medicine
PublicBaltimore, MD
$72,882$33,1302.24%5123.8644
17 University of Hawaii at Manoa John A. Burns School of Medicine
PublicHonolulu, HI
$72,100$31,9352.66%5113.76312
18 Boston University School of Medicine
PrivateBoston, MA
$72,079$24,0041.26%5173.69707
19 Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine
PrivateCleveland, OH
$71,820$27,6840.00%--0
20 Tulane University School of Medicine
PrivateNew Orleans, LA
$71,262$27,6041.10%5093.52796
21 Hackensack Meridian School of Medicine at Seton Hall University
PrivateNutley, NJ
$70,962$34,6322.59%5113.77408
22 Yale School of Medicine
PrivateNew Haven, CT
$70,947$27,0381.43%5213.9554
23 Rutgers New Jersey Medical School
PublicNewark, NJ
$70,696$31,3072.65%5143.68759
23 Rutgers New Jersey Medical School
PublicNewark, NJ
$70,696$36,1942.65%5143.68759
25 Washington University School of Medicine
PrivateSaint Louis, MO
$70,225$21,1112.17%5223.93599