5 Tennessee Medical Schools Comparison

There are 5 LCME-accredited medical schools in Tennessee as of 2023. By school type, 2 medical schools are public and 3 are private. University of Tennessee College of Medicine ranked first among Tennessee medical schools with #98 in overall medical school ranking.
The below list summarizes the 2023 important medical schools statistics for Tennessee medical schools.
  • The average MCAT Score of Tennessee medical schools is 507.
  • The average GPA is 3.73.
  • The average acceptance rate is 2.90%.
  • In public Tennessee medical schools, the average tuition & fees is $39,601 for state residents and $53,844 for out-of-state students.
  • In private Tennessee medical schools, the average tuition & fees is $65,073.
  • Total 1,954 students have attended Tennessee medical schools in 2023 and each school had 489 medical school students in average.
  • A total of 461 students have newly enrolled (first-time students) 2023 and , in average, a medical school had 115 first-time students last year.

List of Tennessee Medical Schools and Comparison

The following table lists 5 Tennessee medical schools with important statistics including tuition and MCAT scores. You can compare them with the information and sort the table by each column that you want. The ranking is for all LCME-accredited medical school. It is computed based on a number of factors including the admission scores, number of faculties, bar pass rate, acceptance rate, and employment statistics.
Tennessee Medical Schools Comparison Table
SchoolRankingFoundedTuitionMCATGPAAcceptance RatePopulation
University of Tennessee College of MedicinePublicMemphis, TN981850$57,9905113.896.65%707
East Tennessee State University James H. Quillen College of MedicinePublicJohnson City, TN1261978$49,6985083.831.94%307
Meharry Medical College School of MedicinePrivateNashville, TN1411876$63,6885033.461.54%499
Vanderbilt University School of MedicinePrivateNashville, TN-1874$68,530--1.45%441
Thomas F. Frist, Jr. College of Medicine at Belmont UniversityPrivateNashville, TN-2023$63,000----