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 2023-2024, the average tuition fees at public medical schools is $39,216 for state residents and $61,203 for out-of-state. In private medical schools, the average tuition & fees is $65,416. The average living costs including room & boards, books, and other personal expenses is $27,778. With the living expenses, the medical school cost of attendance (COA) is $93,194 based on private school rate.
Among medical schools in United States, University of Washington School of Medicine has the highest tuition & fees of $96,489. Northeast Ohio Medical University College of Medicine and University of South Carolina School of Medicine Greenville follow it with $92,645 and $88,794 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
$96,489$38,0243.89%5113.751,187
2 Northeast Ohio Medical University College of Medicine
PublicRootstown, OH
$92,645$39,2773.73%5103.68679
3 University of South Carolina School of Medicine Greenville
PublicGreenville, SC
$88,794$28,0663.50%5113.75404
3 University of South Carolina School of Medicine Greenville
PublicGreenville, SC
$88,794$25,5223.50%5113.75404
5 University of South Carolina School of Medicine
PublicColumbia, SC
$88,750$28,0663.50%5113.75404
5 University of South Carolina School of Medicine
PublicColumbia, SC
$88,750$25,5223.50%5113.75404
7 University of Missouri-Columbia School of Medicine
PublicColumbia, MO
$88,296$24,6314.74%5093.77527
8 University of Illinois College of Medicine
PublicChicago, IL
$86,746$32,4503.18%5133.81,313
8 Indiana University School of Medicine - Evansville
PrivateEvansville, IN
$86,746$32,450----
10 University of Utah School of Medicine
PublicSalt Lake City,, UT
$84,762$28,4224.12%5143.87535
11 Sanford School of Medicine of the University of South Dakota
PublicSioux Falls, SD
$79,203$25,4306.36%5083.82280
12 University of Connecticut School of Medicine
PublicFarmington, CT
$77,152$31,3102.58%5133.8501
13 University of Kentucky College of Medicine
PublicLexington, KY
$76,066$27,4444.85%5063.82837
14 Georgetown University School of Medicine
PrivateWashington, DC
$74,133$29,7501.25%5123.78879
15 Tulane University School of Medicine
PrivateNew Orleans, LA
$73,664$28,3921.21%5103.64814
16 Columbia University Roy and Diana Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons
PrivateNew York, NY
$73,511$30,4471.92%5223.9642
17 Hackensack Meridian School of Medicine
PrivateNutley, NJ
$73,336$37,8882.62%5133.71571
18 Cooper Medical School of Rowan University
PublicCamden, NJ
$73,196$25,6002.46%5063.67461
19 Duke University School of Medicine
PrivateDurham, NC
$72,757$28,5581.40%5193.89586
20 University of Maryland School of Medicine
PublicBaltimore, MD
$72,626$29,8802.59%5133.7645
21 University of Michigan Medical School
Public6100 THSL, 1135 Catherine Street, MI
$72,268$37,7501.84%5153.79793
22 University of Hawaii at Manoa John A. Burns School of Medicine
PublicHonolulu, HI
$72,100$32,9163.24%5123.77325
23 Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine
PrivateChicago, IL
$72,048$24,9301.85%5203.92719
24 Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania
PrivatePhiladelphia, PA
$71,935$33,4622.61%5213.92782
25 Weill Cornell Medical College
PrivateNew York, NY
$71,900$22,2601.47%5193.91530