US MD Medical Schools — Full Directory
Search and filter every US MD allopathic medical school by region and interview format, then open any school for its MCAT and GPA medians, acceptance rate, in-state preference and full profile — updated for 2026–27 entry.
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Harvard Medical School (MD)
Boston, MA
Harvard Medical School (HMS), founded in 1782, is one of the oldest and most prestigious medical schools in the world, located in the Longwood Medical Area of Boston. It offers a New Pathway curriculum combining problem-based learning with rigorous basic science. Graduates consistently match into the most competitive residency programs nationally. The school is closely affiliated with 11 major Boston hospitals including Massachusetts General, Brigham and Women's, and Beth Israel Deaconess.
Stanford University School of Medicine (MD)
Stanford, CA
Stanford University School of Medicine sits on the main Stanford campus in the Bay Area. It combines a rigorous MD curriculum with unparalleled access to Silicon Valley innovation and the Stanford University research enterprise. The school offers flexible curriculum tracks and emphasizes scholarly concentration in areas ranging from biomedical research to health policy. Stanford's proximity to leading biotech and technology companies creates distinctive opportunities for physician-innovator training.
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine (MD)
Baltimore, MD
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, founded in 1893, is widely regarded as the birthplace of modern American medical education. It pioneered the model of full-time faculty, bedside clinical teaching, and research-integrated medical training. Located at the Johns Hopkins Hospital campus in East Baltimore, the school benefits from one of the largest funded biomedical research programs in the United States.
Perelman School of Medicine, UPenn (MD)
Philadelphia, PA
The Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, founded in 1765, is the first medical school established in North America. Located in West Philadelphia adjacent to the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania (HUP) and Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP), Penn Medicine is a leading center for biomedical research, gene therapy, and translational medicine. The curriculum emphasizes scholarly pursuit and leadership in academic medicine.
Columbia University VP&S (MD)
New York, NY
Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons (VP&S), founded in 1767, is one of the oldest medical schools in the United States. Located in the Washington Heights neighborhood of upper Manhattan, VP&S is affiliated with NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Columbia and is a leading center for biomedical research, clinical innovation, and global health. The school has a strong tradition of producing physician-scientists and academic leaders.
UCSF School of Medicine (MD)
San Francisco, CA
The University of California, San Francisco School of Medicine is consistently ranked among the top US medical schools for research. It is also unique: a major research university focused entirely on health sciences. UCSF's location in San Francisco provides unparalleled access to a diverse, medically complex patient population and to the Bay Area biotech ecosystem. The school has particular strengths in HIV/AIDS research, cancer biology, neuroscience, and health policy.
Mayo Clinic Alix School of Medicine (MD)
Rochester, MN
Mayo Clinic Alix School of Medicine, established in 1972, is embedded within Mayo Clinic — the top-ranked hospital in the United States (US News). Students train at a world-renowned academic medical center with unparalleled access to rare and complex disease cases. The school's small class size (~50 students in Rochester, additional students at the Arizona campus) ensures individualised mentorship and exceptional clinical exposure from Year 1.
Yale School of Medicine (MD)
New Haven, CT
Yale School of Medicine, founded in 1810, is distinguished by its student-centered curriculum and distinctive "Yale System" — a no-grade, no-rank educational philosophy that encourages independent scholarship and collaborative learning. Located in New Haven, Connecticut, the school is affiliated with Yale New Haven Hospital and the West Haven VA Medical Center. The Yale System has produced generations of physician-scientists who value intellectual freedom and self-directed learning.
David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA (MD)
Los Angeles, CA
The David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA is a leading public medical school located on the UCLA campus in Westwood, Los Angeles. The school is affiliated with UCLA Health, one of the top-ranked hospital systems in California. Its clinical training spans a population covering every demographic and disease profile. UCLA particularly excels in health equity research, surgical innovation, and biomedical technology.
University of Michigan Medical School (MD)
Ann Arbor, MI
The University of Michigan Medical School, founded in 1850, is a flagship public research university medical school and consistently ranks among the top 10 nationally. Located in Ann Arbor, the school is affiliated with Michigan Medicine — a major academic medical center with extensive tertiary and quaternary referral services. Michigan combines the resources of a large research-intensive institution with a collaborative, collegial culture.
NYU Grossman School of Medicine (MD — tuition-free)
New York, NY
NYU Grossman School of Medicine made international headlines in 2018 when it announced full-tuition scholarships for all MD students — eliminating student debt for its entire medical school class, regardless of financial need. Located in Midtown Manhattan and affiliated with NYU Langone Health, one of the top-ranked hospital systems nationally, NYU Grossman combines elite clinical training with unique financial accessibility. The school attracts a highly diverse applicant pool and has grown its research enterprise significantly.
Washington University School of Medicine (MD)
St. Louis, MO
Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, founded in 1891, is consistently ranked as one of the top five medical schools nationally for research funding. Affiliated with Barnes-Jewish Hospital and St. Louis Children's Hospital — both nationally ranked — the school offers exceptional clinical training alongside a world-class research environment. WashU Med is particularly renowned for producing physician-scientists through its NIH-funded MD-PhD MSTP.
Weill Cornell Medicine (MD)
New York, NY
Weill Cornell Medicine is the medical school of Cornell University, located in the Upper East Side of Manhattan adjacent to NewYork-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medical Center. It is one of the few Ivy League medical schools in New York City and is affiliated with one of the nation's highest-volume and most complex hospital systems. Weill Cornell also operates a campus in Doha, Qatar, offering an international dimension unique among US medical schools.
Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine (MD)
Chicago, IL
Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine is located in the Streeterville neighborhood of Chicago, adjacent to Northwestern Memorial Hospital (consistently ranked top 10 nationally). The school offers an innovative integrated curriculum, strong research programs in oncology and neuroscience, and a commitment to training humanistic physicians. Its Chicago location provides access to a large, diverse metropolitan patient population.
Duke University School of Medicine (MD)
Durham, NC
Duke University School of Medicine was founded in 1930. It pioneered a compressed model that teaches the core basic sciences in the first year only. Year 2 is core clinical clerkships, Year 3 is a dedicated research and scholarship year, and Year 4 is electives. That structure has produced one of the highest numbers of physician-scientist graduates of any medical school in the United States. Duke sits in Durham, North Carolina, and is affiliated with Duke University Hospital and the Duke Health system.
University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine (MD)
Pittsburgh, PA
The University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine is one of the largest research-funded medical schools in the United States, consistently ranked in the top 10 for NIH funding. Pittsburgh's UPMC (University of Pittsburgh Medical Center) system is one of the nation's largest integrated health systems, providing enormous clinical training breadth. The school is particularly strong in organ transplantation, cancer, and neuroscience.
Vanderbilt University School of Medicine (MD)
Nashville, TN
Vanderbilt University School of Medicine is a leading private research medical school located in Nashville, Tennessee. Affiliated with Vanderbilt University Medical Center (VUMC), the school is particularly renowned for its strengths in biomedical informatics, cancer research, and clinical genetics. Nashville's position as a major healthcare industry hub provides unique exposure to health systems, innovation, and healthcare management careers.
UC San Diego School of Medicine (MD)
La Jolla, CA
UC San Diego School of Medicine, founded in 1968, is a leading public research medical school located on the UCSD campus in La Jolla, California. The school benefits from proximity to world-class biotech and pharmaceutical companies clustered in the Torrey Pines Mesa corridor. UCSD is among the top NIH-funded medical schools nationally and has particular strengths in neuroscience, global health, and clinical research.
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai (MD)
New York, NY
The Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, located on the Upper East Side of Manhattan, is a leading private medical school affiliated with the Mount Sinai Health System — one of the largest and most complex hospital networks in New York City. The school is renowned for biomedical research, health equity programs, and innovative medical education. It offers distinctive tracks including the Humanities and Medicine program and a Sociomedical Sciences path.
Pritzker School of Medicine, UChicago (MD)
Chicago, IL
The Pritzker School of Medicine at the University of Chicago is a small, highly selective private medical school. It is known for intellectual rigor, research excellence, and a collaborative learning culture. It is affiliated with the University of Chicago Medicine, one of the leading academic medical centers on the city's South Side. Pritzker produces physicians committed to advancing both the science and the practice of medicine. Its Hyde Park campus puts students close to the university's exceptional graduate programs in biology, social sciences, and policy.
Emory University School of Medicine (MD)
Atlanta, GA
Emory University School of Medicine is a leading private medical school located in Atlanta, Georgia, affiliated with Emory Healthcare — the largest healthcare system in Georgia. The school is particularly renowned for its global health programs (proximity to the CDC headquarters in Atlanta), biomedical research, and commitment to health equity in the Southeast United States. Emory has a long history of training physicians for both academic and community-based practice.
Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine (MD)
Cleveland, OH
Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, established in 1843, is a leading private research medical school in Cleveland, Ohio. CWRU Med pioneered problem-based learning in North American medical education and continues to be a leader in curriculum innovation. Located adjacent to a cluster of nationally ranked hospitals — University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center, Cleveland Clinic, and the Louis Stokes VA — the school offers an exceptionally broad range of clinical training environments.
BU Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine (MD)
Boston, MA
Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine (formerly BU School of Medicine), founded in 1873, is affiliated with Boston Medical Center — the largest safety-net hospital in New England and a national leader in urban health. The school has a strong commitment to community medicine, health equity, and training physicians for underserved populations. Its Boston location provides access to a rich ecosystem of academic medical centers and research institutions.
Tufts University School of Medicine (MD)
Boston, MA
Tufts University School of Medicine, founded in 1893, is a private medical school located in Boston's South End, adjacent to Tufts Medical Center and affiliated with several major Boston hospitals. Tufts is known for its global health program, primary care focus, and strong community health engagement. It attracts applicants seeking a humanistic, clinically oriented education in one of the world's great medical cities.
University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry (MD)
Rochester, NY
The University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry was founded in 1925. It developed the biopsychosocial model of medicine, one of the most influential frameworks in modern medical education and practice. The school sits at the University of Rochester Medical Center in upstate New York. It is affiliated with Strong Memorial Hospital, and its particular strengths are psychiatry, neurology, and primary care.
Keck School of Medicine of USC (MD)
Los Angeles, CA
The Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California was founded in 1885. It sits on the Health Sciences campus in Los Angeles, next to the Los Angeles County + USC Medical Center. That is one of the busiest public hospitals in the United States. The school provides unparalleled training in high-volume, complex urban medicine, global health, and research. USC's location in Los Angeles provides a remarkably diverse clinical and research environment.
Wake Forest University School of Medicine (MD)
Winston-Salem, NC
Wake Forest University School of Medicine, founded in 1902, is located in Winston-Salem, North Carolina and is affiliated with Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center. The school is known for innovative curriculum design, clinical research, and a commitment to training compassionate, humanistic physicians. Wake Forest has particular strengths in geriatrics, cardiovascular medicine, and regenerative medicine.
University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health (MD)
Madison, WI
The University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, uniquely integrated with UW's School of Public Health, is a leading public medical school in Madison, Wisconsin. The school strongly emphasizes primary care, rural medicine, and population health — reflecting Wisconsin's diverse geography and the needs of both urban and rural communities. UW-SMPH has one of the highest proportions of graduates entering primary care of any medical school nationally.
University of Florida College of Medicine (MD)
Gainesville, FL
The University of Florida College of Medicine, founded in 1956, is the flagship public medical school of Florida. It is affiliated with UF Health, a comprehensive academic medical center in Gainesville. UF College of Medicine has particular strengths in cancer research (UF Health Cancer Center is an NCI-designated cancer center), neurology, and rural health. The school heavily favors Florida residents in admissions.
University of Miami Miller School of Medicine (MD)
Miami, FL
The University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, founded in 1952, is Miami's only allopathic medical school. It is affiliated with UHealth, the only university-based health system in South Florida. The school is renowned for its research in neuroscience, cancer, and HIV/AIDS, and benefits from Miami's uniquely diverse, multilingual, and Latin American-connected population. The Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center is an NCI-designated cancer center.
UAB Heersink School of Medicine (MD)
Birmingham, AL
The University of Alabama at Birmingham Marnix E. Heersink School of Medicine is the flagship allopathic medical school in Alabama, located in Birmingham's medical district. It is one of the largest NIH-funded research enterprises in the Southeast and offers a 4-year MD with strong research tracks and a mission to address health disparities across rural and urban Alabama. The school's affiliation with UAB Health and Children's of Alabama provides expansive clinical training opportunities.
USA Whiddon College of Medicine (MD)
Mobile, AL
The Frederick P. Whiddon College of Medicine at the University of South Alabama, located in Mobile, is Alabama's second allopathic medical school and the primary academic medical center serving the Gulf Coast region. Founded in 1973, the school trains physicians with a strong emphasis on primary care, rural medicine, and serving the healthcare needs of coastal and underserved communities across Alabama, Mississippi, and the Florida Panhandle.
ASU Shufeldt School of Medicine (MD)
Phoenix, AZ
Arizona State University John Shufeldt School of Medicine and Medical Engineering is a brand-new MD program in Phoenix that received LCME preliminary accreditation in October 2025 and will enroll its inaugural class in Fall 2026. Every student concurrently earns an MD and an MS in Medical Engineering, with the two curricula integrated across all four years. Its distinctive curriculum integrates medical education with engineering and technology innovation. Located within the broader ASU biomedical ecosystem in downtown Phoenix, the school emphasizes physician-engineer training, digital health, and addressing healthcare access challenges across Arizona’s diverse urban and rural population.
UArizona College of Medicine – Phoenix (MD)
Phoenix, AZ
The University of Arizona College of Medicine – Phoenix is a public MD program established in 2007. It sits in the heart of downtown Phoenix, in partnership with Banner – University Medicine. The school trains physicians for the fast-growing Phoenix metro region and the wider Southwest. Its mission centres on urban medicine, health equity, and serving Arizona's diverse populations, including large Hispanic and Indigenous communities.
UArizona College of Medicine – Tucson (MD)
Tucson, AZ
The University of Arizona College of Medicine – Tucson is the flagship UArizona medical school. It was founded in 1967 and sits on the main UArizona campus. It is one of the oldest and most established medical schools in the Southwest. It is known for its focus on border health, Native American health, desert medicine, and primary care. Tucson’s closeness to the US-Mexico border and to large Indigenous reservation lands gives students distinctive clinical exposure and research opportunities in underserved and cross-border health.
Alice L. Walton School of Medicine (MD)
Bentonville, AR
The Alice L. Walton School of Medicine is a new private MD program in Bentonville, Arkansas that waives tuition for its first five cohorts of students, founded with philanthropic support from the Walton family and located near Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art. Its curriculum integrates the arts and humanities into medical education, aiming to train physicians with enhanced empathy, creativity, and whole-person care capabilities. The inaugural cohort of 48 students enrolled in July 2025, making it one of the newest MD programs in the United States.
UAMS College of Medicine (MD)
Little Rock, AR
The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences College of Medicine sits in Little Rock. It is the only allopathic medical school in Arkansas, and the state's primary academic medical center. UAMS was founded in 1879 and trains most of Arkansas's physicians. Its mission is to address healthcare workforce shortages, rural medicine, and the wide health gaps facing one of the nation's most medically underserved states.
CNU College of Medicine (MD)
Elk Grove, CA
California Northstate University College of Medicine in Elk Grove is a newer private MD program. It trains physicians for community health and primary care in California's underserved communities. CNU is part of a health professions campus that includes pharmacy, optometry, and other health sciences, promoting interprofessional education. The school emphasizes diversity in its student body and faculty, and serves the Sacramento region's rapidly growing and diverse population.
CUSM School of Medicine (MD)
Colton, CA
California University of Science and Medicine School of Medicine (CUSM) is a community-focused private MD program. It sits in Colton, in the Inland Empire region of Southern California. CUSM was established in 2015 and took its first class in 2018. The Inland Empire is one of the most medically underserved regions in California, and CUSM exists to address that physician shortage. It trains physicians committed to serving diverse, underinsured, and rural communities in the region.
Charles R. Drew University College of Medicine (MD)
Los Angeles, CA
Charles R. Drew University of Medicine and Science is a private Minority-Serving Institution in Los Angeles. It is California's only federally designated Historically Black Graduate Institution (HBGI), which is not the same as a U.S. Department of Education-listed HBCU. The school is dedicated to training health professionals for underserved communities. The College of Medicine offers an MD program with a singular focus on health equity and structural racism in medicine. Clinical service is in South LA's Watts and Willowbrook neighborhoods. Those are some of the most medically underserved communities in the US. CDU has historically trained a high proportion of under-represented minority physicians relative to its class size.
Kaiser Permanente Tyson School of Medicine (MD)
Pasadena, CA
The Kaiser Permanente Bernard J. Tyson School of Medicine is a private MD program in Pasadena, California, founded by Kaiser Permanente in 2019. It is named in honor of Kaiser Permanente's late CEO, Bernard J. Tyson. The school waived tuition for its first six entering classes, through 2026; tuition begins with the 2027 class. The school trains physicians within the Kaiser Permanente integrated care model. It emphasizes value-based care, care coordination, population health, and health equity across Kaiser's 12+ million member population. The inaugural class enrolled in 2020.
Loma Linda University School of Medicine (MD)
Loma Linda, CA
Loma Linda University School of Medicine is a faith-based private MD program affiliated with the Seventh-day Adventist Church, located in Loma Linda, California. Founded in 1909, Loma Linda has a global reputation in cardiac surgery, neurosurgery, cancer treatment, and whole-person care. The school trains physicians with a mission integrating Christian service, physical healing, and spiritual care. It attracts students from Adventist and other faith traditions, and others drawn to whole-person care.
UC Davis School of Medicine (MD)
Sacramento, CA
UC Davis School of Medicine, founded in 1966, is a public research medical school located at the UC Davis Health campus in Sacramento, California. The school has a strong mission centered on primary care, rural medicine, and serving the diverse agricultural communities of the Central Valley and Northern California. UC Davis offers distinctive pipeline programs for underrepresented students and is consistently ranked highly for primary care training.
UC Irvine School of Medicine (MD)
Irvine, CA
University of California, Irvine School of Medicine is a public research medical school in Orange County, California. It was established in 1967, with roots tracing to the California College of Medicine. UCI Med has a strong emphasis on population health, preventive medicine, and serving the ethnically diverse communities of Southern California. The school benefits from a modern campus, the UCI Health system, and close ties to the Orange County public health infrastructure.
UC Riverside School of Medicine (MD)
Riverside, CA
UC Riverside School of Medicine was founded in 2013. It is the newest UC medical school, and it was designed to address the severe physician shortage in the Inland Empire region of Southern California. UCR Med has an explicit social mission built on primary care and health equity. It serves the diverse, largely Latino and underserved communities of Riverside and San Bernardino counties. The school is closely tied to UCR's wider research enterprise. It also runs the Thomas Haider Program, an Early Assurance Program that reserves medical-school seats for qualified UCR undergraduates. It is not a high-school direct-entry program.
CU Anschutz Medical Campus (MD)
Aurora, CO
The University of Colorado School of Medicine, located at the Anschutz Medical Campus in Aurora, is the only public medical school in Colorado and one of the largest research medical schools in the Rocky Mountain region. Founded in 1883, the school is affiliated with UCHealth, Children's Hospital Colorado, and the Denver VA Medical Center. CU Med is a major NIH-funded research institution with particular strengths in cancer biology, cardiology, paediatrics, and high-altitude physiology.
Quinnipiac Netter School of Medicine (MD)
North Haven, CT
Frank H. Netter MD School of Medicine at Quinnipiac University, founded in 2013, is a private medical school in North Haven, Connecticut, named after the acclaimed medical illustrator Frank H. Netter. The school is distinctive for its emphasis on interprofessional education (IPE), integrating medical students with Quinnipiac's nursing, physician assistant, physical therapy, and pharmacy programs from Year 1. The curriculum is case-based and team-oriented, preparing students for collaborative clinical practice.
UConn School of Medicine (MD)
Farmington, CT
The University of Connecticut School of Medicine, founded in 1968, is the only public medical school in Connecticut, located at the UConn Health campus in Farmington. UConn Med has a strong primary care and community health mission, serving the state's diverse urban and rural populations. The school is closely affiliated with John Dempsey Hospital and the UConn Health system, and offers an MD/PhD program through the Graduate School. UConn Med is known for producing a high proportion of primary care physicians.
GWU School of Medicine (MD)
Washington, DC
George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences (SMHS) was founded in 1824. It is a private medical school in the Foggy Bottom neighborhood of Washington, DC. As one of the oldest medical schools in the United States, GWU SMHS benefits from sitting close to Congress, federal agencies, and international organizations, inside a rich global health and health policy ecosystem. The school is particularly known for its global health programs, and has strong ties to the DC public health infrastructure.
Georgetown University School of Medicine (MD)
Washington, DC
Georgetown University School of Medicine, founded in 1851, is one of the oldest Catholic medical schools in the United States, affiliated with the Jesuit university on the Georgetown campus in Washington, DC. The school is internationally recognized for its ethics curriculum — the Kennedy Institute of Ethics at Georgetown is one of the world's foremost bioethics centers. Georgetown's curriculum integrates Jesuit values of social justice, service to others, and whole-person care throughout the four years. Clinical training occurs at MedStar Georgetown University Hospital and affiliated DC-area hospitals.
Howard University College of Medicine (MD)
Washington, DC
Howard University College of Medicine, founded in 1868, is one of the most historically significant medical schools in the United States. As a Historically Black College and University (HBCU) medical school, Howard has produced more Black physicians and specialists than any other institution in the country over its 150-year history. The school's mission is centered on training physicians committed to serving underserved and underrepresented communities, eliminating health disparities, and advancing health equity. Howard is located on the historic Howard University campus in Washington, DC.
FAU Schmidt College of Medicine (MD)
Boca Raton, FL
Charles E. Schmidt College of Medicine at Florida Atlantic University is one of the newest public medical schools in the United States. Founded in 2011, it sits at the FAU campus in Boca Raton. The school's distinctive educational model is community-based. Clinical training is spread across small community hospitals and outpatient practices in Palm Beach and Broward counties, rather than concentrated at one academic medical center. FAU Schmidt emphasizes primary care, geriatric medicine, and serving South Florida's diverse and aging population.
FIU Wertheim College of Medicine (MD)
Miami, FL
Florida International University Herbert Wertheim College of Medicine was founded in 2009. It is a public medical school in Miami, designed from the start around a social mission: to address physician shortages in South Florida's underserved communities. Its StepUp Curriculum is notable. It is a competency-based framework developed with community health advocates. It builds social determinants of health, health inequality, and community partnership into every stage of training. Miami's extraordinarily diverse population makes it an unmatched place to learn cross-cultural medicine.
FSU College of Medicine (MD)
Tallahassee, FL
Florida State University College of Medicine was founded in 2000. Its clinical model is unusual: rather than one central academic medical center, students train at one of six regional campuses across Florida. FSU Med's mission centres on primary care and on serving underserved populations in Florida's rural and coastal communities. The school was designed to address Florida's statewide physician shortage. It has a strong record of producing primary care physicians who practise where they trained.
Nova Southeastern University Dr. Kiran C. Patel College of Allopathic Medicine (MD)
Fort Lauderdale, FL
The Dr. Kiran C. Patel College of Allopathic Medicine at Nova Southeastern University is a private MD-granting institution in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. It sits within one of the largest health-sciences universities in the United States. The college leverages NSU's extensive network of clinical affiliates across Broward and Miami-Dade counties and its long-established DO program to offer rich interprofessional learning opportunities. The curriculum emphasizes community-oriented primary care, cultural competency, and service to medically underserved populations in the South Florida region.
University of Central Florida College of Medicine (MD)
Orlando, FL
The University of Central Florida College of Medicine was founded in 2009. It is a public medical school at the heart of Lake Nona Medical City, one of the most concentrated health-innovation campuses in the United States. UCF Med emphasises healthcare innovation, simulation, and service to Central Florida's large and fast-growing population. The school sits beside a cluster of leading hospitals, research institutes, and the UCF Burnett Biomedical Sciences campus. That makes for an unusual clinical training and translational research environment.
USF Health Morsani College of Medicine (MD)
Tampa, FL
USF Health Morsani College of Medicine is part of the University of South Florida. It is a public medical school in Tampa with a long-standing research mission. It is closely tied to Tampa General Hospital and the wider Tampa Bay healthcare system. In 2021 the college moved to Water Street Tampa, creating a state-of-the-art urban health sciences campus. Students there get immediate access to Level I trauma, transplant, and comprehensive cancer care. USF Morsani ranks consistently among Florida's top research medical schools, and trains physicians with a strong grounding in clinical medicine and translational science.
Medical College of Georgia at Augusta University (MD)
Augusta, GA
The Medical College of Georgia at Augusta University was founded in 1828. It is the oldest and only public medical school in Georgia. Its entering MD class of about 240 students is one of the largest in the Southeast. MCG trains a diverse cohort of physicians for practice across Georgia, with a strong emphasis on primary care, rural medicine, and service to underserved populations. As part of Augusta University Health, it gives students access to a major Level I trauma center, a children's hospital, and a cancer center.
Mercer University School of Medicine (MD)
Macon, GA
Mercer University School of Medicine was founded in 1982 and sits in Macon, Georgia. It is a private MD-granting institution with one of the clearest missions in US medical education: to train physicians who serve rural and medically underserved communities in Georgia. It runs a distributed campus system across Macon, Savannah, and Columbus, which embeds students in the communities they are being trained to serve. Mercer graduates enter primary care at exceptionally high rates, and most stay to practise in Georgia.
Morehouse School of Medicine (MD)
Atlanta, GA
Morehouse School of Medicine, founded in 1975 as part of Morehouse College and now an independent institution, is one of four historically Black medical schools in the United States. MSM has a defining mission to improve the health and wellbeing of underserved individuals and populations — particularly in the Black community and across the urban Southeast. The school is a national leader in health disparities research, primary care production, and physician diversity pipeline programs. Its Atlanta location in the historically significant Atlanta University Center provides a distinctive cultural and intellectual environment.
University of Georgia School of Medicine (MD)
Athens, GA
The University of Georgia School of Medicine sits in Athens, and it is one of the newest MD programs in the United States. The school is independent and separately accredited. It received LCME preliminary accreditation in February 2026 and enrols its first class in fall 2026, expanding physician training for Georgia's growing population. UGA Med was developed with Augusta University and the Medical College of Georgia. It pairs the research resources of a flagship public university with clinical training in the Augusta University Health system. The program targets Georgia residents who want to serve the state's communities.
John A. Burns School of Medicine University of Hawaii at Manoa (MD)
Honolulu, HI
The John A. Burns School of Medicine at the University of Hawaii at Manoa, located in the Kaka'ako district of Honolulu, is Hawaii's only medical school and a national pioneer of Problem-Based Learning in medical education. JABSOM trains physicians for service across Hawaii and the Pacific basin, with particular emphasis on Native Hawaiian health, health equity, and the unique cultural and epidemiological challenges of island communities. The school's small class size and island location create a close-knit, community-oriented academic culture.
Carle Illinois College of Medicine (MD)
Urbana-Champaign, IL
Carle Illinois College of Medicine was established in 2015, and its first class enrolled in 2018. It is a public institution and a college within the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. It is also the first engineering-based medical school in the world, created through a partnership between the university and Carle Health. The curriculum builds engineering principles, computational thinking, and design methodology into the standard MD program. Graduates can design medical devices, analyse health data, and lead healthcare technology innovation. Every graduate receives the Health Innovation Professorship designation alongside the MD degree.
Chicago Medical School at Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science (MD)
North Chicago, IL
Chicago Medical School at Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science sits in North Chicago, Illinois. It is a private MD-granting institution inside a health sciences university, and it emphasises interprofessional education across medicine, pharmacy, podiatry, and allied health. The school trains physicians on a strong clinical sciences foundation, and places particular value on teamwork, communication, and collaborative care. Clinical training is spread across the greater Chicago metro area, including Advocate Health and other North Shore Illinois health systems.
Loyola University Chicago Stritch School of Medicine (MD)
Maywood, IL
Loyola University Chicago Stritch School of Medicine sits on the Loyola University Health Sciences campus in Maywood, Illinois. It is a private Jesuit Catholic medical school, and its mission is rooted in service, justice, and holistic patient care. Teaching follows the Jesuit principle of cura personalis, meaning care for the whole person. Clinical training runs through Loyola University Medical Center, one of the largest and busiest hospitals in the Chicago metro area. Stritch is known for its commitment to primary care, family medicine, and underserved community health.
Rush Medical College of Rush University Medical Center (MD)
Chicago, IL
Rush Medical College was founded in 1837, making it one of the oldest medical schools in the United States. It is a private institution inside Rush University Medical Center, in Chicago's Illinois Medical District. Students train in an urban academic medical center with exceptional clinical breadth, including top-ranked departments in orthopaedics, oncology, and cardiology. Rush has a strong research portfolio and a commitment to serving Chicago's diverse urban communities, which gives students rich exposure to the full range of urban health challenges.
Southern Illinois University School of Medicine (MD)
Springfield, IL
Southern Illinois University School of Medicine was founded in 1970. It is a public medical school headquartered in Springfield, Illinois. Its founding mission was to address physician shortages in rural and medically underserved communities across the state. It is well known for its SELECT MD program, a three-year accelerated track designed to produce primary care physicians for underserved Illinois communities. SIU Med graduates practise in Illinois at notably high rates, particularly in primary care and rural settings.
University of Illinois College of Medicine (MD)
Chicago, IL
The University of Illinois College of Medicine was founded in 1881. It is the largest medical school in the US by class size, and the flagship public medical school for Illinois. Campuses in Chicago, Peoria, and Rockford give students a distributed training model that spans urban academic medicine and community hospital care. The former Urbana-Champaign site is now the separate, independently accredited Carle Illinois College of Medicine. The Chicago campus works closely with UI Health, one of the largest safety-net hospital systems in the Midwest.
Indiana University School of Medicine (MD)
Indianapolis, IN
Indiana University School of Medicine was founded in 1903. It is the largest medical school in the United States by total student enrolment. Its nine-campus regional network covers the whole state, so students can train anywhere from urban academic medicine in Indianapolis to rural community hospitals in Terre Haute, Evansville, and Fort Wayne. Major clinical affiliations include IU Health, Eskenazi Health, and the VA Medical Center in Indianapolis. Together they give students exceptional breadth of patient exposure.
University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine (MD)
Iowa City, IA
The University of Iowa Roy J. and Lucille A. Carver College of Medicine, founded in 1870, is Iowa's flagship public medical school and one of the most research-intensive public medical schools in the US. Located at the University of Iowa Health Care complex in Iowa City, the school benefits from close integration with one of the largest university-owned teaching hospitals in the country. Iowa Carver has produced numerous academic physician-scientists and is nationally recognized for programs in ophthalmology, cardiovascular medicine, and genetics.
University of Kansas School of Medicine (MD)
Kansas City, KS
The University of Kansas School of Medicine was founded in 1905. It is the only allopathic medical school in Kansas, and a public institution charged with educating physicians for the state. It runs across three campuses: Kansas City, which is the main site, plus Wichita and Salina. That spread gives students clinical training in urban academic, community, and rural settings. KU Med is affiliated with The University of Kansas Health System, a major regional academic medical center, alongside community and rural placements through the Wichita and Salina campuses.
University of Kentucky College of Medicine (MD)
Lexington, KY
The University of Kentucky College of Medicine was founded in 1956. It is a public medical school inside UK HealthCare, the only academic medical center in Kentucky, and it sits in Lexington at the edge of Appalachian Kentucky. Its mission is to address the profound health gaps of Appalachian and rural Kentucky. These communities suffer among the highest rates of cancer, cardiovascular disease, obesity, and opioid overdose in the nation. A high proportion of UK Med graduates stay in Kentucky to practise.
University of Louisville School of Medicine (MD)
Louisville, KY
The University of Louisville School of Medicine was founded in 1837. It is one of Kentucky's two public medical schools, and it sits in Louisville, the state's largest city and a major regional medical center. The school works closely with UofL Health and University Hospital, which gives students high-volume exposure to Level I trauma, cardiovascular surgery, oncology, and subspecialty care. UofL Med has a strong historical legacy in cardiovascular innovation, and its graduates mostly go on to serve Kentucky and the surrounding region.
LSU Health Shreveport School of Medicine (MD)
Shreveport, LA
Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center School of Medicine in Shreveport was founded in 1969. It is a regional public medical school anchored in northwest Louisiana. It operates within University Health Shreveport, the main public hospital for the region. Its graduates mostly serve Louisiana and surrounding states. The Shreveport setting exposes students to diverse patient populations, across both the urban hospital and the surrounding rural parishes, which fits its public service mission.
LSU Health New Orleans School of Medicine (MD)
New Orleans, LA
LSU Health Sciences Center School of Medicine in New Orleans was founded in 1931. It is one of the two LSU system medical schools, and the largest medical school in Louisiana by enrolment. It sits in the New Orleans Medical District, closely affiliated with University Medical Center New Orleans. That hospital is the state-of-the-art safety-net facility built to replace the legendary Charity Hospital after Hurricane Katrina. A high proportion of graduates stay in Louisiana, mostly serving south Louisiana's diverse, often low-income urban and rural communities.
Tulane University School of Medicine (MD)
New Orleans, LA
Tulane University School of Medicine, founded in 1834, is a nationally competitive private medical school located in the New Orleans Medical District. Tulane is world-renowned for tropical medicine, infectious disease, and global health — strengths rooted in New Orleans's history as a subtropical port city with a legacy of yellow fever, malaria, and other infectious diseases. Today, Tulane's research enterprise spans HIV, emerging infectious diseases, cancer, cardiovascular disease, and health equity. Graduates are competitive for residency programs nationally and internationally.
USU Hébert School of Medicine (MD)
Bethesda, MD
The Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences F. Edward Hébert School of Medicine, founded in 1972, is a federal medical school under the US Department of Defense located in Bethesda, Maryland. It is the sole institution dedicated to training physicians for careers in the US military medical services across all branches — Army, Navy, Air Force, and the Public Health Service. Students are commissioned officers throughout medical school and receive full federal tuition coverage plus a military salary. USU graduates serve the most medically complex and operationally demanding patient populations in the world, from combat casualty care to disaster medicine to occupational and aerospace medicine.
University of Maryland School of Medicine (MD)
Baltimore, MD
The University of Maryland School of Medicine was established in 1807, which makes it the oldest public medical school in the US. It is also one of the most research-intensive. The school sits in Baltimore on the University of Maryland Baltimore campus. It is closely integrated with the University of Maryland Medical Center (UMMC), anchored by the R Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center. NIH funding here is among the highest of any public medical school. The Institute of Human Virology (IHV) is a world leader in HIV/AIDS research and global health, which gives the school unusual strength in infectious disease.
UMass Chan Medical School (MD)
Worcester, MA
The University of Massachusetts T.H. Chan School of Medicine, located in Worcester, is a nationally recognized public medical school with a strong primary-care and community-health mission. It charges full tuition (AY 2025-26: $42,284 in-state, $72,710 non-resident); free tuition is only a pending Massachusetts Senate proposal. It gives strong preference to Massachusetts residents but has admitted non-residents since the entering class of 2016, and produces physicians strongly oriented toward primary care, community health, and service to underserved populations. The school is affiliated with UMass Memorial Medical Center and maintains a distributed clinical training network across the Commonwealth. Its research enterprise spans cancer biology, neuroscience, and population health, anchored by the Chan Medical School Research Institute.
CMU College of Medicine (MD)
Mount Pleasant, MI
The Covenant HealthCare College of Medicine at Central Michigan University, based in Mount Pleasant with clinical training across Michigan, is one of the nation's newest MD programs. Established in 2012 and graduating its first class in 2015, the school was built around a community-based distributed training model placing students in rural and underserved clinical sites. Its partnership with Covenant HealthCare in Saginaw anchors the clinical years. The school has a strong primary care orientation and actively recruits students committed to practicing in Michigan's rural and medically underserved communities.
MSU College of Human Medicine (MD)
East Lansing, MI
Michigan State University College of Human Medicine, founded in 1964, is one of the nation's largest and most innovative public medical schools. It pioneered the community-based distributed clinical campus model, now standard in many US programs. Students train at seven regional campuses across Michigan, gaining exposure to diverse patient populations from urban Detroit suburbs to rural Upper Peninsula communities. MSU Human Medicine has a well-established reputation in primary care, health equity research, and service to underserved populations in Michigan.
Oakland University William Beaumont School of Medicine (MD)
Rochester, MI
Oakland University William Beaumont School of Medicine, located in Rochester Hills, Michigan, was founded in 2011 through a partnership between Oakland University and Beaumont Health. Despite Oakland University being a public institution, OUWB operates as a private medical school with full-price tuition. The school's identity is defined by its deep integration with the Beaumont (Corewell) Health system, giving students early access to a high-volume, technologically advanced clinical environment spanning multiple hospitals across Southeast Michigan. The curriculum blends systems-based learning with strong clinical exposure starting in the first year.
Wayne State University School of Medicine (MD)
Detroit, MI
Wayne State University School of Medicine, located in Detroit's Midtown Medical District, is Michigan's largest MD-granting institution and one of the most diverse medical schools in the United States. Founded in 1868, it has produced more Black and African American physicians than any other institution in Michigan. The school is embedded in the Detroit Medical Center hospital system, giving students access to high-acuity trauma and primary care in one of the country's most challenging urban health environments. Wayne State has particular strengths in internal medicine, surgery, and research related to health disparities.
WMed — Homer Stryker School of Medicine (MD)
Kalamazoo, MI
Western Michigan University Homer Stryker M.D. School of Medicine (WMed), established in 2012 in Kalamazoo, Michigan, was created through a landmark $100 million gift from the family of Homer Stryker, the orthopaedic surgeon who founded Stryker Corporation. The school uses a fully problem-based learning (PBL) curriculum and is housed in a purpose-built education and biomedical research complex in downtown Kalamazoo. Clinical training occurs at Bronson Methodist Hospital, Ascension Borgess Hospital, and a network of community sites. WMed emphasizes self-directed learning, interprofessional education, and physician advocacy.
University of Minnesota Medical School (MD)
Minneapolis, MN
The University of Minnesota Medical School, founded in 1888, is one of the oldest and most research-active public medical schools in the United States, with campuses in Minneapolis and Duluth. The Minneapolis campus offers comprehensive MD training with access to the M Health Fairview university hospital system and close collaboration with the Mayo Clinic and Hennepin Healthcare. The Duluth campus, established in 1972, specifically trains physicians for rural Minnesota and the Upper Midwest. The school is nationally recognized for research in cancer, cardiovascular disease, neuroscience, and health equity.
University of Mississippi School of Medicine (MD)
Jackson, MS
The University of Mississippi School of Medicine, part of the University of Mississippi Medical Center in Jackson, is the state's only MD-granting institution. Founded in 1903, it has the paramount responsibility of training physicians for Mississippi — a state with among the highest burdens of chronic disease, poverty, and rural health access challenges in the nation. The school operates within a fully integrated academic medical center including Mississippi's only Level I trauma center and children's hospital. Its graduates disproportionately practice in Mississippi, making it a critical pipeline for the state's physician workforce.
Saint Louis University School of Medicine (MD)
St. Louis, MO
Saint Louis University School of Medicine, founded in 1836, is one of the oldest and most historically significant medical schools in the American Midwest and the nation's foremost Jesuit medical school. Located on SLU's south St. Louis campus adjacent to SSM Health Saint Louis University Hospital, it offers a rigorous MD curriculum grounded in the Jesuit tradition of cura personalis — care for the whole person — and a strong emphasis on social justice and service. The school has particular strengths in primary care, internal medicine, and biomedical research, with a growing focus on global health and health equity.
University of Missouri-Columbia School of Medicine (MD)
Columbia, MO
The University of Missouri-Columbia School of Medicine, founded in 1872 and based in Columbia, is one of the nation's oldest state-supported medical schools. Integrated with MU Health, the university's comprehensive academic medical center, it offers broad clinical training spanning primary care to subspecialty medicine. Mizzou School of Medicine is recognized for its commitment to rural Missouri health — a significant focus given that Missouri has large rural and frontier regions with significant physician shortages. The school operates the first student-run free clinic in the United States and has a strong culture of service-oriented medical education.
UMKC School of Medicine (MD)
Kansas City, MO
The University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Medicine, located on Kansas City's Hospital Hill, is distinctive for offering both a 6-year combined BA/MD program (enrolling students directly from high school) and a standard 4-year graduate-entry MD. Founded in 1971, the school is tightly integrated with Truman Medical Centers (a major urban safety-net system) and Children's Mercy Kansas City. This clinical environment gives students broad exposure to urban medicine, health equity, and complex multi-morbidity. The school has particular strengths in primary care, paediatrics, and urban health.
Creighton University School of Medicine (MD)
Omaha, NE
Creighton University School of Medicine was founded in 1892 in Omaha, Nebraska. It is a private Jesuit medical school, and it forms physician-servants guided by the Ignatian principle of cura personalis, meaning care for the whole person. The school is affiliated with CHI Health (CommonSpirit) hospitals. In 2021 it opened a four-year Phoenix campus with Valleywise Health, one of Arizona's largest safety-net and trauma hospital systems. Graduates lean strongly toward primary care, global health, and service to underserved communities, in keeping with the school's Jesuit heritage.
University of Nebraska College of Medicine (MD)
Omaha, NE
The University of Nebraska College of Medicine (UNMC), founded in 1880 and headquartered in Omaha, is the flagship public medical school for Nebraska. UNMC houses one of the nation's most advanced biocontainment units and played a prominent role treating Ebola patients in 2014. The college delivers a four-year integrated MD curriculum emphasizing early clinical exposure, inter-professional education, and rural/underserved medicine preparation. Graduates are heavily recruited into primary care and specialty residencies across the Great Plains region.
Kirk Kerkorian School of Medicine at UNLV (MD)
Las Vegas, NV
The Kirk Kerkorian School of Medicine at UNLV was officially established in 2014, and its charter class matriculated in 2017. It is the younger of Nevada's two public MD-granting institutions. It was purpose-built to address the severe physician shortage in Clark County and greater Las Vegas. The four-year MD curriculum is grounded in interprofessional education, community health, and early clinical immersion. The downtown campus sits next to University Medical Center of Southern Nevada, a major Level I trauma center serving a very diverse and socioeconomically complex patient population.
Roseman University College of Medicine (MD)
Las Vegas, NV
Roseman University College of Medicine was established in 2025. It gained LCME preliminary accreditation in February 2025 and enrolled its first class in July 2025, making it Nevada's newest private MD-granting institution. Teaching follows the Roseman "Six-Point Mastery Learning Model", a competency-based block curriculum that requires demonstrated mastery before students progress. The school takes a small cohort each year and trains physicians with a strong focus on primary care, rural medicine, and health professional shortage area service. Its Henderson campus sits close to Las Vegas's diverse patient population and a growing network of clinical training sites.
University of Nevada, Reno School of Medicine (MD)
Reno, NV
The University of Nevada, Reno School of Medicine (UNR Med), founded in 1969, is Nevada's older public medical school, serving Northern Nevada and the broader rural intermountain region. The school trains physicians with particular emphasis on rural and frontier medicine, primary care, and service to medically underserved Nevada communities. Clinical training is anchored at Renown Regional Medical Center and the VA Sierra Nevada Health Care System. UNR Med has a strong record of graduating physicians who remain to practice in Nevada and neighboring rural states.
Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth (MD)
Hanover, NH
The Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth was founded in 1797, making it one of the oldest US medical schools. It offers an integrated four-year MD curriculum in a small, close-knit academic community in Hanover, New Hampshire. As the medical school of Dartmouth College, Geisel keeps strong Ivy League ties. Its curriculum places unusual emphasis on health policy, outcomes research, and evidence-based medicine. Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center is the primary teaching hospital. It is a Level I trauma center and quaternary referral hospital, so students train in a high-acuity, largely rural clinical environment.
Cooper Medical School of Rowan University (MD)
Camden, NJ
Cooper Medical School of Rowan University (CMSRU) was established in 2012. It is New Jersey's newest public medical school, and it was deliberately sited in Camden, a city consistently ranked among the worst in the US for poverty and health inequality. The school emphasises urban health and community medicine, and prepares graduates to work in underserved settings. Its primary clinical home is Cooper University Hospital, a Level I trauma and safety-net hospital serving a largely low-income, minority patient population across South Jersey and South Philadelphia.
Hackensack Meridian School of Medicine (MD)
Nutley, NJ
Hackensack Meridian School of Medicine was established in 2018, making it one of the youngest US allopathic medical schools. It was built on a health system science model. Deep integration with Hackensack Meridian Health, New Jersey's largest healthcare network, means students learn clinical medicine and also how large health systems function, improve, and fail. The Nutley campus has extensive simulation facilities and a collaborative interprofessional education program. Graduates are trained to lead health system transformation as well as to work as frontline clinicians.
Rutgers New Jersey Medical School (MD)
Newark, NJ
Rutgers New Jersey Medical School (NJMS) was founded in 1954, originally as Seton Hall College of Medicine and Dentistry. It is the older of Rutgers University's two medical schools, and one of the largest allopathic schools in the Northeast. It sits in the heart of Newark, so students train in a high-acuity, highly diverse clinical environment anchored by University Hospital. The school has a strong tradition of producing physicians who serve urban and underserved communities, with particular strengths in infectious disease, trauma, and primary care.
Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School (MD)
Piscataway, NJ
Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School (RWJMS) was formed in 1961 as Rutgers Medical School. Its first class of 16 students entered in 1966, and the first MD degrees were conferred in 1974. It sits in Piscataway at the heart of the Rutgers Health Sciences campus, and is New Jersey's second public medical school under the Rutgers banner. RWJMS has a strong tradition in primary care, general internal medicine, and clinical research, and trains physicians mainly for the Central New Jersey region. Its primary teaching hospital is Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital in New Brunswick, a high-volume academic training environment. The school also offers combined MD/PhD, MD/MBA, and MD/MPH programs.
University of New Mexico School of Medicine (MD)
Albuquerque, NM
The University of New Mexico School of Medicine was founded in 1961. It is the only allopathic medical school in New Mexico, and the principal academic medical center for the whole state. It sits on the Health Sciences Center campus in Albuquerque. Training centres on service to New Mexico's unusually diverse population. Hispanic and Latino communities make up about 50% of the state, and Native American and tribal nations about 11%. Rural and frontier populations are spread across a vast, medically underserved geography. UNM Hospital is a Level I trauma center and the state's only academic referral hospital.
Albany Medical College (MD)
Albany, NY
Albany Medical College was founded in 1839 and is one of the oldest private medical schools in the United States. It is a component of Union University, so it is not freestanding, and several US medical schools predate it. The college sits in Albany, New York's capital. Albany Med is both a medical school and the academic center of the Albany Med Health System. That system includes Albany Medical Center, the only Level I trauma center in a seven-county region. The four-year MD curriculum is rigorous, and it emphasises early and continuous patient care, clinical skills, and service to the underserved communities of Upstate New York.
Albert Einstein College of Medicine (MD)
New York, NY
Albert Einstein College of Medicine was founded in 1955 by Yeshiva University, and is now independent. It is one of the leading research-focused medical schools in the United States. It sits in the Morris Park neighborhood of the Bronx, which puts students in a rare dual context. On one side is one of the highest-funded biomedical research environments in the country. On the other is one of the most medically underserved and ethnically diverse urban populations in America. Einstein's training hospitals, including the major academic medical center Montefiore, give students exceptional clinical breadth and acuity.
CUNY School of Medicine (MD)
New York, NY
CUNY School of Medicine traces its origins to the Sophie Davis School of Biomedical Education, founded in 1973. It became an independent LCME-accredited MD-granting school in 2015/2016. It is based at The City College of New York in Harlem. It is the only public medical school in New York City, and among the most affordable MD pathways in the state. Its flagship route is an accelerated 7-year BS/MD program that admits students straight from high school, with no MCAT required at any stage. There is also a smaller graduate-entry MD track. The school emphasises social justice, urban health, and primary care, and trains physicians committed to serving New York's diverse and often underserved communities. Clinical training takes place at Harlem Hospital Center, Lincoln Hospital, and other New York Health + Hospitals facilities.
Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell (MD)
Hempstead, NY
The Donald and Barbara Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell, established in 2011, is a private medical school located in Hempstead, Long Island, with deep operational ties to Northwell Health, New York's largest integrated health system. Its curriculum integrates basic science with health systems science and population health from Year 1. Students train across Northwell's network of hospitals including Lenox Hill, North Shore University Hospital, and Long Island Jewish Medical Center. The school draws approximately 100 students per class in an environment that emphasizes leadership development, research, and interprofessional collaboration.
New York Medical College (MD)
Valhalla, NY
New York Medical College, established in 1860 and located in Valhalla, Westchester County, is one of the oldest and largest private medical schools in the United States. Affiliated with the Touro University System since 2011, NYMC trains approximately 200 MD students per year and benefits from a primary affiliation with Westchester Medical Center, a Level I Trauma Center and regional academic medical hub. The school offers a traditional organ-system curriculum with strong clinical training across a large network of affiliated hospitals in the greater New York area. NYMC has a historically strong record of placement into competitive residency programs.
NYU Grossman Long Island School of Medicine (MD)
Mineola, NY
NYU Grossman Long Island School of Medicine, founded in 2019 and based in Mineola, Nassau County, is a purpose-built three-year tuition-free MD program designed to produce primary care physicians for the Long Island community. Affiliated with NYU Langone Health, the school offers a condensed curriculum that eliminates the traditional fourth year, entering students directly into an integrated residency pathway. The program accepts a small cohort of approximately 24 students per year, ensuring an intimate educational environment with one-on-one mentorship from faculty clinicians. Its unique financial model and accelerated timeline make it one of the most distinctive MD offerings in New York.
Renaissance School of Medicine at Stony Brook University (MD)
Stony Brook, NY
The Renaissance School of Medicine at Stony Brook University, established in 1971 and located on the Stony Brook campus in Suffolk County, Long Island, is a major public medical school with strong academic medicine and research strengths. Affiliated with Stony Brook University Hospital — a Level I Trauma Center and the only tertiary care referral center on the eastern half of Long Island — the school trains approximately 135 students per year. Clinical training extends across multiple Long Island and New York City hospitals. The school is known for a strong research culture, a collaborative curriculum, and competitive residency matches into academic programs nationally.
SUNY Upstate Medical University Norton College of Medicine (MD)
Syracuse, NY
SUNY Upstate Medical University Norton College of Medicine was established in 1950 and sits in Syracuse. It is a SUNY public medical school, and its mission is to train physicians for the healthcare needs of Central and Northern New York. It is affiliated with Upstate University Hospital, a Level I Trauma Center and the region's primary academic medical center. Each class holds about 175 students, who train across a broad network of clinical sites in urban academic, suburban community, and rural settings. Research runs through the Upstate Cancer Center, and the school partners with Crouse Health and other regional hospitals.
SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University College of Medicine (MD)
Brooklyn, NY
SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University College of Medicine, established in 1860 and located in Flatbush, Brooklyn, is a public medical school with a profound commitment to urban health, health equity, and the medical care of New York City's underserved populations. As the only SUNY medical school in New York City, Downstate trains approximately 200 students per year in a diverse, high-acuity clinical environment. Affiliated hospitals include the busy Kings County Hospital Center — one of New York's largest public hospitals — and University Hospital of Brooklyn. The school has historically had one of the most diverse medical student bodies among US public allopathic schools.
Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences at UB (MD)
Buffalo, NY
The Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences at the University at Buffalo was established in 1846, which makes it one of the oldest medical schools in the United States. It is a public SUNY medical school and trains about 180 students a year in Western New York. The school occupies a purpose-built facility in Buffalo's medical campus corridor. That puts it close to Kaleida Health hospitals, the Buffalo VA Medical Center, and the wider University at Buffalo research enterprise. Its particular strengths are vascular medicine, neuroscience, and biomedical sciences. Graduates go into academic medicine, research careers, and community practice across Western New York.
Brody School of Medicine at East Carolina University (MD)
Greenville, NC
The Brody School of Medicine at East Carolina University was established in 1977 and sits in Greenville, North Carolina. It is a public medical school with one clear mission: to increase the supply of primary care physicians for the underserved communities of Eastern North Carolina. Brody enrols about 90 students a year. That is small by national standards, but its impact on rural healthcare in the region is outsized. Clinical training is based at ECU Health Medical Center, a Level I Trauma Center and the academic medical hub for the 29-county Eastern NC region. Students also train across a network of community and rural clinics through the AHEC program.
Methodist University Cape Fear Valley Health School of Medicine (MD)
Fayetteville, NC
Methodist University Cape Fear Valley Health School of Medicine is one of the newest allopathic medical schools in the United States. Its charter class begins in July 2026 in Fayetteville, North Carolina. The school is a partnership between Methodist University and Cape Fear Valley Health. It exists to address physician shortages in the Cape Fear region and to build a pipeline for communities with high rates of military service, rural poverty, and poor health. It sits near Fort Liberty, the world's largest US Army installation, so students get unusual exposure to military and veteran health alongside community and primary care medicine. The first class of 64 students starts in summer 2026. The school is still building its curriculum, faculty, and clinical infrastructure, and no matriculant statistics are published yet.
University of North Carolina School of Medicine (MD)
Chapel Hill, NC
The University of North Carolina School of Medicine was established in 1879 and sits in Chapel Hill. It is a leading public medical school, known for primary care training, community health orientation, and strong basic and clinical research. It is part of UNC Health, one of North Carolina's largest health systems. About 230 students a year train in a curriculum built around social determinants of health, team-based care, and service to every community in the state. The AHEC network makes clinical training possible in all 100 NC counties. The school is affiliated with UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, and has international research strength in genomics, infectious disease, and maternal-foetal medicine.
University of North Dakota School of Medicine and Health Sciences (MD)
Grand Forks, ND
The University of North Dakota School of Medicine and Health Sciences was established in 1905 and is headquartered in Grand Forks. It is the only medical school in North Dakota. It is also one of the few US medical schools with an explicit mission to train physicians for rural Great Plains communities and Native American populations. About 78 students a year train in a distributed model: preclinical education in Grand Forks, then clinical clerkships spread across communities throughout North Dakota and the upper Midwest. UND SOM is deeply committed to Indigenous health, and runs programs in partnership with tribal health services and the Indian Health Service. Graduates have a strong record of staying in rural and underserved practice.
Wright State Boonshoft School of Medicine (MD)
Dayton, OH
Wright State University Boonshoft School of Medicine was founded in 1973. It is a public medical school in Dayton, Ohio, and its mission is to serve the healthcare needs of the Dayton region and the wider Southwest Ohio community. It is closely affiliated with the Dayton Veterans Affairs Medical Center, so students get significant clinical exposure to veteran health. Boonshoft graduates enter a broad range of specialties, but match into primary care disciplines such as family medicine and internal medicine at above-average rates.
Northeast Ohio Medical University (NEOMED) College of Medicine (MD)
Rootstown, OH
Northeast Ohio Medical University (NEOMED), founded in 1973, is Ohio's only freestanding public health sciences university, located in Rootstown in the heart of Northeast Ohio. Despite being listed as private in some aggregators, NEOMED is a public institution. The College of Medicine trains physicians with a strong primary care and community health focus, supported by a consortium BS/MD pathway with the University of Akron, Kent State University, and Youngstown State University. NEOMED graduates have consistently high rates of practice in Northeast Ohio and primary care disciplines.
The Ohio State University College of Medicine (MD)
Columbus, OH
The Ohio State University College of Medicine, founded in 1914, is a flagship public medical school based at the Wexner Medical Center in Columbus. It trains the largest class of any Ohio medical school and is among the most NIH-funded research programs in the Midwest. The college offers a comprehensive MD curriculum with early clinical integration, extensive research opportunities, and dual-degree pathways. Ohio State graduates match broadly across specialties with strong representation in academic medicine, surgery, and primary care.
University of Cincinnati College of Medicine (MD)
Cincinnati, OH
The University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, founded in 1819, holds the distinction of being the oldest medical school west of the Allegheny Mountains. Located on the UC academic health sciences campus in Cincinnati, the college is tightly integrated with UC Health and the nationally ranked Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center. UC Medicine offers a comprehensive MD curriculum with strong opportunities in clinical research, particularly in cancer, emergency medicine, and pediatrics. The college produces graduates with consistently high match rates into both primary care and surgical subspecialties.
University of Toledo College of Medicine and Life Sciences (MD)
Toledo, OH
The University of Toledo College of Medicine and Life Sciences was formed in 2006, when the Medical College of Ohio merged with the University of Toledo. It is a public medical school in Northwest Ohio. It trains physicians with a strong primary care and regional health focus, supported by clinical partnerships with the ProMedica and Mercy Health hospital systems across the Toledo region. Graduates place strongly into Ohio residency programs, and match into primary care at above-average rates.
University of Oklahoma College of Medicine (MD)
Oklahoma City, OK
The University of Oklahoma College of Medicine was founded in 1900. It is the only allopathic medical school in Oklahoma, and the flagship institution for building the state's physician workforce. It sits at the Oklahoma Health Center, one of the largest concentrations of health sciences institutions in the US. OU Medicine trains physicians across a broad range of specialties, with a marked emphasis on rural health, Native American health, and underserved community medicine. Its graduates have the highest retention rate in Oklahoma of any physician training program.
Oregon Health & Science University School of Medicine (MD)
Portland, OR
Oregon Health & Science University School of Medicine, founded in 1887, is the only institution in Oregon with authority to grant the MD degree and serves as the state's sole academic medical center. Located on a hilltop campus above Portland, OHSU is the Pacific Northwest's most prominent academic health sciences university. The school trains physicians with a strong emphasis on research, rural health workforce development, and underserved community medicine across Oregon's diverse geographic landscape.
Drexel University College of Medicine (MD)
Philadelphia, PA
Drexel University College of Medicine sits in Philadelphia. It is one of the largest private medical schools in the United States, and one of the oldest institutions to have trained women physicians. Its lineage runs through Woman's Medical College of Pennsylvania, founded in 1850, and Hahnemann Medical College. The college offers two curriculum tracks under its Foundations and Frontiers model: traditional, and problem-based learning. Students genuinely choose their learning format. Drexel graduates match broadly across specialties and across the country, with strong placement in the Philadelphia region.
Geisinger Commonwealth School of Medicine (MD)
Scranton, PA
Geisinger Commonwealth School of Medicine is a private medical school in Scranton, Pennsylvania. It is uniquely integrated with the Geisinger Health System, which is nationally recognized for its ProvenCare value-based care model and its rural health innovation. The school trains physicians with a strong emphasis on community health, population health management, and health systems science. Geisinger Commonwealth graduates are well-positioned for health systems leadership, primary care, and rural medicine careers.
Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple University (MD)
Philadelphia, PA
Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple University was founded in 1901. It is a state-related public medical school on North Philadelphia's Health Sciences Campus. Through Temple University Hospital, a Level I trauma center and safety-net institution, it serves one of the most underserved urban patient populations in the US. The school's mission is to train physicians for urban underserved communities, and it runs significant research programs in cardiovascular disease and cancer. Temple graduates match broadly, with strong representation in primary care and urban medicine.
Penn State College of Medicine (MD)
Hershey, PA
Penn State College of Medicine was founded in 1963 and sits at the Penn State Hershey Medical Center in Hershey, Pennsylvania. It is a public research medical school, and one of Central Pennsylvania's most important healthcare and academic institutions. The college offers a rigorous MD curriculum alongside one of Pennsylvania's strongest MD/PhD programs. NIH-funded research covers cancer biology, neuroscience, and biomedical engineering. Penn State graduates match broadly across specialties, with strong placement in academic medicine and surgical subspecialties.
Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Thomas Jefferson University (MD)
Philadelphia, PA
Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Thomas Jefferson University was founded in 1824. It is one of the oldest and most historically significant medical schools in the United States, and it sits in Center City Philadelphia. Students train within the Jefferson Health enterprise, one of the Philadelphia region's largest health systems with more than 18 hospitals, so clinical exposure starts early. The JeffMD competency-based curriculum lets students tailor their MD through individualised pathways and take on clinical responsibility sooner.
Ponce Health Sciences University School of Medicine (MD)
Ponce, PR
Ponce Health Sciences University School of Medicine was founded in 1977. It is a private bilingual medical school in Ponce, Puerto Rico's second-largest city. The school has strong biomedical research infrastructure and runs a PhD program alongside the MD. Its mission is to train physicians to serve underserved populations across Puerto Rico and the Caribbean. Because it participates in AMCAS, it attracts both Puerto Rico-based and mainland US applicants, particularly those with Hispanic heritage or Spanish-language skills.
UCC Bayamon School of Medicine (MD)
Bayamon, PR
Universidad Central del Caribe School of Medicine, founded in 1976 and located in Bayamon, Puerto Rico, is a private medical school with a strong biomedical science research program and a community health mission focused on Puerto Rico and the Caribbean. The school is situated in the densely populated northern Puerto Rico metro area, providing students with access to a diverse urban and suburban patient population. Affiliated clinical training includes the Dr. Ramón E. Betances Hospital and partnerships with community health centers across the region.
University of Puerto Rico School of Medicine (MD)
San Juan, PR
The University of Puerto Rico School of Medicine was founded in 1950 and sits on the Medical Sciences Campus in Rio Piedras, San Juan. It is the only public medical school in Puerto Rico, and the oldest on the island. It is the main training ground for Puerto Rico's physician workforce, with a strong primary care and community health mission backed by its public university mandate. Affiliations with major public hospitals, including the Puerto Rico Medical Center complex, give students high-acuity clinical exposure.
Brown Alpert Medical School (MD)
Providence, RI
The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University was founded in 1975, with roots in Brown's integrated undergraduate medical program dating to 1963. It is a private medical school in Providence, Rhode Island, closely tied to Brown's liberal arts tradition. Three things it is known for: the PLME 8-year combined program, a Pass/No Credit pre-clinical grading philosophy, and an early clinical curriculum called Doctoring. The school is affiliated with Rhode Island Hospital, The Miriam Hospital, and other Lifespan and Care New England hospitals, which together provide broad clinical training across specialties.
MUSC College of Medicine (MD)
Charleston, SC
The Medical University of South Carolina College of Medicine was established in Charleston in 1824. It is one of the oldest medical schools in the United States, and the main training ground for South Carolina's physician workforce. It sits within the MUSC academic health system, the state's only health sciences university. That gives students an unusually broad range of clinical settings, including MUSC Health University Medical Center, the Children's Hospital, and rural health network sites across the state. The school serves a real public health need in a state with wide rural physician shortages and health gaps.
USC Floyd School of Medicine (MD)
Columbia, SC
University of South Carolina Floyd School of Medicine, established in 1977, is a public medical school located in Columbia, South Carolina. Affiliated with Prisma Health (formerly Palmetto Health), the state's largest health system, the school trains physicians for South Carolina's healthcare workforce with a particular focus on primary care, underserved communities, and the Midlands region. Its Columbia location at the state capital offers distinctive public health policy exposure. The school has grown its research capacity through partnerships with USC's broader university research infrastructure.
USC Greenville School of Medicine (MD)
Greenville, SC
University of South Carolina School of Medicine Greenville, opened in 2012, is a public medical school and the newest MD-granting institution in South Carolina. It operates in close partnership with Prisma Health Upstate, one of the largest health systems in the Southeast. The school trains physicians to serve the Greenville Upstate region — one of South Carolina's most rapidly growing areas — and the broader SC healthcare workforce. A small class size and newly built facilities create an intimate, collaborative learning environment with high faculty accessibility.
USD Sanford School of Medicine (MD)
Vermillion, SD
University of South Dakota Sanford School of Medicine, founded in 1907 in Vermillion and rebranded following a significant Sanford Health philanthropic gift, is the sole medical school in South Dakota and the primary trainer of the state's physician workforce. It operates a distributed training model across Vermillion, Sioux Falls, Rapid City, and rural SD communities. Its mission emphasizes rural medicine, primary care, and serving the state's significant Native American population through tribal health partnerships. The school operates a unique 3-year MD track for students committed to rural primary care.
ETSU Quillen College of Medicine (MD)
Johnson City, TN
East Tennessee State University James H. Quillen College of Medicine, established in 1978 in Johnson City, is a public medical school with an explicit mission to improve health in Appalachian and rural communities across Tennessee and the broader region. The school is uniquely co-located with the James H. Quillen VA Medical Center, providing students with deep exposure to veteran health and complex chronic disease from early training. Quillen has built a national reputation in Appalachian health research and is a leader in studying and addressing the region's disproportionate burden of opioid use disorder, cancer, cardiovascular disease, and preventable mortality.
Meharry Medical College (MD)
Nashville, TN
Meharry Medical College School of Medicine, founded in 1876 in Nashville, Tennessee, is one of America's four historically Black medical colleges and a cornerstone institution in the training of Black and underrepresented minority physicians in the United States. Founded just eleven years after the Civil War, Meharry arose to train Black physicians who were barred from virtually all other US medical schools. Today the school continues this mission: producing physicians who disproportionately serve underserved and minority communities across the nation. Its affiliation with Vanderbilt University Medical Center provides access to world-class academic medicine training alongside the distinctively mission-driven Meharry environment.
Belmont Frist College of Medicine (MD)
Nashville, TN
Thomas F. Frist Jr. College of Medicine at Belmont University, having inaugurated its first class in July 2024, is among the newest medical schools in Tennessee and one of the newest in the country. Located on Belmont University's campus in Nashville, the school is distinguished by its comprehensive partnership with HCA Healthcare — the world's largest for-profit health system — providing students with unparalleled access to HCA's clinical training infrastructure. Set within Belmont University's Christian liberal arts environment, the school integrates faith-based values with medical education while maintaining an inclusive approach to student recruitment.
San Juan Bautista School of Medicine (MD)
Caguas, PR
San Juan Bautista School of Medicine, founded in 1978 and located in Caguas, Puerto Rico, is a small private medical school with an explicit mission to serve underserved communities across Puerto Rico and the Caribbean. The school emphasizes primary care, community medicine, and social responsibility. Its small class size affords students close mentorship from faculty and early clinical exposure at affiliated community health centers and hospitals across the island.
UTHSC College of Medicine (MD)
Memphis, TN
The University of Tennessee Health Science Center College of Medicine was founded in 1851. It is one of the oldest medical schools in the South, and the flagship public medical school of Tennessee. The main campus is in downtown Memphis, with regional campuses across the state. UTHSC trains physicians for a wide range of practice settings, with particular emphasis on primary care, rural medicine, and community health. Affiliations with Methodist Le Bonheur Healthcare, Regional One Health, and the Memphis VA Medical Center give students rich clinical variety throughout training.
TCU Burnett Marion School of Medicine (MD)
Fort Worth, TX
The Anne Burnett Marion School of Medicine at Texas Christian University, founded in 2019, is a private MD-granting institution in Fort Worth, Texas. It operates under the "Medicine Unbound" philosophy. The curriculum is built around case-based and team-based learning, integrated with social determinants of health and health systems science from the first semester. The school maintains small class sizes to enable intensive mentoring and uses competency-based assessment. Unlike Texas's public MD schools, it does not participate in TMDSAS and instead applies through AMCAS.
Baylor College of Medicine (MD)
Houston, TX
Baylor College of Medicine, founded in 1900, is a private research-intensive medical school located in the Texas Medical Center in Houston. BCM is among the most highly regarded medical schools in the United States, combining excellent clinical training with extraordinary research infrastructure. It consistently ranks among the top 10 US institutions in NIH research funding. Its curriculum integrates early clinical contact with rigorous biomedical science and offers multiple dual-degree pathways. Despite its private status, BCM's tuition is significantly lower than peer private schools, making it an exceptional value proposition.
Dell Medical School UT Austin (MD)
Austin, TX
Dell Medical School at the University of Texas at Austin was founded in 2016. It is a public medical school created to redesign how physicians are trained and how healthcare is delivered. The school sits in Austin, one of the fastest-growing US cities. It produces physicians fluent in health systems science, value-based care, and community health, alongside clinical excellence. Dell Med integrates clinical training at the adjacent Dell Seton Medical Center and leverages UT Austin's engineering, business, and public policy schools for interprofessional education. The school is public and applies through TMDSAS.
McGovern Medical School UTHealth Houston (MD)
Houston, TX
McGovern Medical School at UTHealth Houston, founded in 1969, is a public medical school embedded in the Texas Medical Center. It is one of the largest medical schools in the United States by class size. Clinical training spans the full spectrum of care settings: academic, safety-net, VA, and community health. The school is part of The University of Texas System and is a TMDSAS institution, with a strong preference for Texas residents. Its location in the Texas Medical Center — home to over 60 institutions — provides unmatched clinical exposure from the earliest years.
Paul L. Foster School of Medicine TTUHSC El Paso (MD)
El Paso, TX
The Paul L. Foster School of Medicine at Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center El Paso was founded in 2008. Its foundational mission is to address physician shortages and health disparities in the US–Mexico border region. The school sits in El Paso, a majority-Hispanic city on the Rio Grande. Clinical training runs through University Medical Center of El Paso, the region's only Level I trauma center and public academic medical center. The school emphasizes cultural competence, Spanish-language proficiency, and a deep understanding of border health issues throughout the curriculum.
Texas A&M Vashisht College of Medicine (MD)
College Station, TX
The Texas A&M University Naresh K. Vashisht College of Medicine, founded in 1977, is a public medical school with a mission to train physicians for Texas communities, particularly underserved and rural areas. The school is in College Station, with regional clinical campuses across the state. Students get diverse training environments, and the emphasis is primary care, family medicine, and community health. Its distributed training model reflects Texas's geographic diversity and produces graduates who practice across the state.
TTUHSC School of Medicine Lubbock (MD)
Lubbock, TX
Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center School of Medicine was founded in 1969. It is a public medical school headquartered in Lubbock, with regional clinical campuses in Amarillo and Odessa. The school has an explicit mission to address physician shortages in West Texas and rural areas of the state. Its graduates have a high rate of practice in West Texas and rural Texas, particularly in primary care and family medicine. The school offers a standard 4-year MD curriculum with early clinical integration and community health emphases.
Long School of Medicine UT Health San Antonio (MD)
San Antonio, TX
The Joe R. and Teresa Lozano Long School of Medicine at UT Health San Antonio was founded in 1959. It is a public medical school whose mission is to train physicians for South Texas and underserved populations. It is the primary academic medical center for the San Antonio region. Training spans the full spectrum of care: academic tertiary, military, VA, and community safety-net. The school is closely integrated with University Health, San Antonio's public safety-net system. It also works with the South Texas Veterans Health Care System and Brooke Army Medical Center.
UT Tyler School of Medicine (MD)
Tyler, TX
The University of Texas at Tyler School of Medicine was founded in 2020. It is a public medical school set up to address the severe physician shortage and poor health outcomes in East Texas. It sits in Tyler, the commercial and medical hub of the region. Training runs through its affiliation with the UT Health East Texas hospital network, which covers Level I trauma, cancer care, and community health services. As the newest UT System medical school, it built its curriculum around an explicit East Texas community health mission. It trains a small initial cohort of physicians committed to the region.
UH Fertitta Family College of Medicine (MD)
Houston, TX
The University of Houston Tilman J. Fertitta Family College of Medicine, founded in 2020, is a public medical school created to serve Houston's diverse and underserved communities. The school is part of the University of Houston System and participates in TMDSAS. Its mission focuses on training primary care and community-oriented physicians, with clinical training partnerships targeting medically underserved areas of Houston. As one of the newest MD programs in the US, it offers a redesigned curriculum with strong community health integration from Year 1.
UTMB John Sealy School of Medicine (MD)
Galveston, TX
The University of Texas Medical Branch John Sealy School of Medicine, founded in 1891, is the oldest continuously operating medical school in Texas. Located on Galveston Island, UTMB provides a distinctive training environment encompassing academic medicine, coastal health, disaster preparedness, correctional medicine, and biocontainment research. Its affiliated John Sealy Hospital is the primary teaching hospital. The school also manages healthcare for the Texas prison system, through the UTMB Correctional Managed Care program. The school is a public TMDSAS institution with a strong preference for Texas residents.
University of Texas Rio Grande Valley School of Medicine (MD)
Edinburg, TX
The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley School of Medicine was established in 2016. It is one of the newest MD programs in Texas. Its explicit mission is serving the South Texas border population. The school is in Edinburg. It trains physicians to address chronic disease, limited specialist access, and social determinants of health. The region is one of the most economically challenged in the US. Students complete core rotations at UTRGV-affiliated clinical sites across the Valley, gaining exposure to a predominantly Hispanic patient population. The school participates in the TMDSAS application system, reserving the vast majority of seats for Texas residents.
University of Texas Southwestern Medical School (MD)
Dallas, TX
The University of Texas Southwestern Medical School is based in Dallas. It is a flagship public research university medical school, ranked consistently among the top tier of US programs. Founded in 1943, UTSW trains physicians and physician-scientists across MD, MD-PhD, and combined-degree tracks. Its affiliated hospitals — including UT Southwestern Medical Center and Parkland Memorial Hospital — provide exposure to high-acuity, high-diversity patient populations. The school participates in the TMDSAS system and reserves the large majority of seats for Texas residents.
Spencer Fox Eccles School of Medicine, University of Utah (MD)
Salt Lake City, UT
The Spencer Fox Eccles School of Medicine at the University of Utah, founded in 1905, is the state's only MD-granting institution and the medical anchor for a geographically vast intermountain region. Located in Salt Lake City, the school offers a 4-year MD curriculum emphasizing both cutting-edge research and community-centered care. Affiliated clinical sites span from the level-1 trauma center at University of Utah Health to critical access hospitals across rural Utah and neighboring states. A strong research enterprise encompasses genetics, cardiology, and cancer biology.
Larner College of Medicine, University of Vermont (MD)
Burlington, VT
The Robert Larner M.D. College of Medicine at the University of Vermont, founded in 1822, is one of the oldest medical schools in the United States and the sole MD-granting institution in Vermont. Located in Burlington on the eastern shore of Lake Champlain, the school trains physicians for both community-based and academic practice. Its affiliated hospital, the University of Vermont Medical Center, is the region's only academic medical center and serves patients from Vermont and northern New York. The Larner curriculum integrates primary care, mental health, and social determinants of health throughout all four years.
Eastern Virginia Medical School at Old Dominion University (MD)
Norfolk, VA
Eastern Virginia Medical School, now formally affiliated with Old Dominion University, is now a public medical school operating as the EVMS School of Medicine within Old Dominion University, serving the Hampton Roads region of coastal Virginia. Founded in 1973 as a community-focused institution, EVMS trains physicians oriented toward primary care, community health, and underserved populations. Its clinical training network spans Sentara Health, Children's Hospital of The King's Daughters, and VA medical facilities. The school is notable for its reproductive medicine program and research in reproductive health, diabetes, and health disparities.
University of Virginia School of Medicine (MD)
Charlottesville, VA
The University of Virginia School of Medicine was founded in 1827 by Thomas Jefferson. It is one of the nation's oldest and most prestigious public medical schools. It sits in Charlottesville on Jefferson's Academic Village. UVA SOM runs a research-intensive 4-year MD curriculum with early clinical exposure, and strong pathways in biomedical research, global health, and clinical investigation. UVA Health is the primary tertiary care and teaching hospital network. Students also train at the Salem VA Medical Center and at community health sites across rural central Virginia.
Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine (MD)
Richmond, VA
The Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine sits on the MCV Campus in Richmond. It is Virginia's most urban medical school, and one of the most diverse MD programs in the state. It was founded as the Medical College of Virginia in 1838. VCU SOM trains about 185 students a year, in a curriculum built around research, community engagement, and health inequality. VCU Health provides clinical training through a Level 1 trauma center, a children's hospital, and a comprehensive outpatient network serving a largely uninsured and underinsured Richmond population.
Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine (MD)
Roanoke, VA
Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine, founded in 2010 through a partnership between Virginia Tech and Carilion Clinic, is one of the newest and smallest MD programs in the US. Located in Roanoke in the Virginia Blue Ridge, the school emphasizes team science, collaborative learning, and translational research. Its small class size (~54 students) enables highly individualised mentorship and an intensive team-based curriculum. The school's clinical partner, Carilion Clinic, provides training in a community health system serving the Roanoke Valley and surrounding rural Appalachian communities.
University of Washington School of Medicine (MD)
Seattle, WA
The University of Washington School of Medicine in Seattle is consistently ranked among the top primary care and family medicine programs in the United States. Founded in 1946, UW SOM operates the WWAMI program, which distributes medical education across five states (Washington, Wyoming, Alaska, Montana, and Idaho), producing physicians specifically trained to practice in underserved and rural regions of the Pacific Northwest. Its affiliated hospitals — UW Medical Center, Harborview Medical Center, and the VA Puget Sound — provide diverse, high-acuity clinical training. The school has a major research enterprise in HIV/AIDS, global health, and genomic medicine.
WSU Elson S. Floyd College of Medicine (MD)
Spokane, WA
The Washington State University Elson S. Floyd College of Medicine, founded in 2015 and enrolling its first class in 2017, is one of the newest MD programs in the Pacific Northwest. Located in Spokane at the WSU Health Sciences campus, the school is named for WSU President Elson S. Floyd, who championed its creation to improve physician access in underserved eastern Washington communities. The college trains students through a community-engaged, team-based curriculum emphasizing rural medicine, primary care, and health equity. Clinical training occurs at MultiCare Health System hospitals, Providence Health facilities, and rural and tribal health sites across eastern Washington.
Marshall University Joan C. Edwards School of Medicine (MD)
Huntington, WV
Marshall University Joan C. Edwards School of Medicine, founded in 1977, is located in Huntington, West Virginia, in the heart of the Appalachian coalfields. The school trains physicians for the underserved communities of West Virginia and the surrounding region, with particular emphasis on addiction medicine, primary care, and rural health. Marshall JCESOM is affiliated with Cabell Huntington Hospital, St. Mary's Medical Center, and the Huntington VA Medical Center. Huntington's history as the epicentre of the US opioid epidemic has shaped the school's curriculum and community-engaged research programs.
West Virginia University School of Medicine (MD)
Morgantown, WV
West Virginia University School of Medicine, founded in 1902, is the state's flagship MD program and the academic anchor for WVU Medicine — West Virginia's largest health system. Located in Morgantown, the school trains physicians for both academic medicine and rural community practice, with a long history of commitment to Appalachian health. Clinical training spans the Ruby Memorial Hospital Level 1 trauma center, WVU Children's Hospital, and a statewide rural health outreach network. Research strengths include cancer, cardiovascular disease, neuroscience, and Appalachian health disparities.
Medical College of Wisconsin (MD)
Milwaukee, WI
The Medical College of Wisconsin, founded in 1893, is one of the largest private, independent medical schools in the United States and a significant NIH-funded research institution in the upper Midwest. Located on the Milwaukee Regional Medical Center campus, MCW trains approximately 200 students per year and operates a comprehensive academic health system partnership with Froedtert Health. Research strengths span genomics, cardiovascular medicine, cancer biology, and health equity. As a private institution, MCW draws students nationally and has no state residency preference.
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- Harvard Medical School (MD): photograph by SBAmin — CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
- Stanford University School of Medicine (MD): photograph by Jawed — CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
- Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine (MD): photograph by Paul Sableman from St. Louis, MO — CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
- Perelman School of Medicine, UPenn (MD): photograph by Rehua — CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
- Columbia University VP&S (MD): photograph by King of Hearts — CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
- UCSF School of Medicine (MD): photograph by 9yz — CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
- Mayo Clinic Alix School of Medicine (MD): photograph by w_lemay — CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
- Yale School of Medicine (MD): photograph by Raf2016 — CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
- David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA (MD): photograph by King of Hearts — CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
- University of Michigan Medical School (MD): photograph by Dwight Burdette — CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
- NYU Grossman School of Medicine (MD — tuition-free): photograph by Joe Shlabotnik — CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
- Washington University School of Medicine (MD): photograph by LittleT889 — CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
- Weill Cornell Medicine (MD): photograph by Kenneth C. Zirkel — CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
- Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine (MD): photograph by Boris Kasimov from Toronto, Canada — CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
- Duke University School of Medicine (MD): photograph by Discover Durham — CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
- University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine (MD): photograph by MartinThoma — CC0, via Wikimedia Commons
- Vanderbilt University School of Medicine (MD): photograph by Stablenode — CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
- UC San Diego School of Medicine (MD): photograph by TritonsRising — CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
- Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai (MD): photograph by Homieg340 (cropped by Beyond My Ken) — CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
- Pritzker School of Medicine, UChicago (MD): photograph by Warren LeMay from Chicago, IL, United States — CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
- Emory University School of Medicine (MD): photograph by Sinan — CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
- Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine (MD): photograph by Rdikeman at English Wikipedia — CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
- BU Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine (MD): photograph by John Phelan — CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
- Tufts University School of Medicine (MD): photograph by John Phelan — CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
- University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry (MD): photograph by DanielPenfield — CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
- Keck School of Medicine of USC (MD): photograph by Downtowngal — CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
- Wake Forest University School of Medicine (MD): photograph by P. Hughes — CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
- University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health (MD): photograph by w_lemay — CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
- University of Florida College of Medicine (MD): photograph by Unknown — Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
- University of Miami Miller School of Medicine (MD): photograph by Darkflowerthree — CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
- UAB Heersink School of Medicine (MD): photograph by University of Alabama at Birmingham — Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
- USA Whiddon College of Medicine (MD): photograph by Jagboy13 — Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
- ASU Shufeldt School of Medicine (MD): photograph by Cygnusloop99 — CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
- UArizona College of Medicine – Phoenix (MD): photograph by BenjaMurph — CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
- UArizona College of Medicine – Tucson (MD): photograph by Michael Barera — CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
- Alice L. Walton School of Medicine (MD): photograph by Brandonrush — CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
- UAMS College of Medicine (MD): photograph by Mmcnell (Wikimedia Commons) — CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
- CUSM School of Medicine (MD): photograph by Rytyho usa — CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
- Charles R. Drew University College of Medicine (MD): photograph by RMS24health — CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
- Kaiser Permanente Tyson School of Medicine (MD): photograph by Coolcaesar — CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
- Loma Linda University School of Medicine (MD): photograph by Pobonana — CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
- UC Davis School of Medicine (MD): photograph by Coolcaesar (Wikimedia Commons) — CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
- UC Irvine School of Medicine (MD): photograph by David Eppstein — CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
- UC Riverside School of Medicine (MD): photograph by University of California, Riverside — Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
- CU Anschutz Medical Campus (MD): photograph by Zereshk — CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
- Quinnipiac Netter School of Medicine (MD): photograph by Wasted Time R — CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
- UConn School of Medicine (MD): photograph by Ragesoss — CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
- GWU School of Medicine (MD): photograph by Ajay Suresh — CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
- Georgetown University School of Medicine (MD): photograph by Ajay Suresh — CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
- Howard University College of Medicine (MD): photograph by Ted Eytan — CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
- FAU Schmidt College of Medicine (MD): photograph by KnightLago (English Wikipedia) — CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
- FIU Wertheim College of Medicine (MD): photograph by Comayagua99 at English Wikipedia — CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
- FSU College of Medicine (MD): photograph by Ernie Stephens — CC0, via Wikimedia Commons
- Nova Southeastern University Dr. Kiran C. Patel College of Allopathic Medicine (MD): photograph by Dgreco — CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
- University of Central Florida College of Medicine (MD): photograph by Ferrara29 — CC0, via Wikimedia Commons
- USF Health Morsani College of Medicine (MD): photograph by FightingRaven531 — CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
- Medical College of Georgia at Augusta University (MD): photograph by Georgia Regents University — CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
- Mercer University School of Medicine (MD): photograph by Korea2006 — CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
- Morehouse School of Medicine (MD): photograph by Thomson200 — CC0, via Wikimedia Commons
- University of Georgia School of Medicine (MD): photograph by Quaerens-veritatem — CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
- John A. Burns School of Medicine University of Hawaii at Manoa (MD): photograph by Scott Dahlem (Wikimedia user Lavishluau) — Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
- Carle Illinois College of Medicine (MD): photograph by Beyond My Ken — CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
- Chicago Medical School at Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science (MD): photograph by Jefe317 — CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
- Loyola University Chicago Stritch School of Medicine (MD): photograph by Luwolf — CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
- Rush Medical College of Rush University Medical Center (MD): photograph by Nathan Hicks — CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
- Southern Illinois University School of Medicine (MD): photograph by MemorialPR — CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
- University of Illinois College of Medicine (MD): photograph by Teresa Grau Ros — CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
- Indiana University School of Medicine (MD): photograph by Sdkb — CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
- University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine (MD): photograph by w_lemay — CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
- University of Kansas School of Medicine (MD): photograph by Goldranger2099 — CC0, via Wikimedia Commons
- University of Kentucky College of Medicine (MD): photograph by w_lemay — CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
- University of Louisville School of Medicine (MD): photograph by Fredlyfish4 — CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
- LSU Health Shreveport School of Medicine (MD): photograph by Billy Hathorn — CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
- LSU Health New Orleans School of Medicine (MD): photograph by Infrogmation of New Orleans — CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
- Tulane University School of Medicine (MD): photograph by Infrogmation of New Orleans — CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
- USU Hébert School of Medicine (MD): photograph by Unknown author (U.S. Government / DoD) — Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
- University of Maryland School of Medicine (MD): photograph by Baltimore Heritage — CC0, via Wikimedia Commons
- UMass Chan Medical School (MD): photograph by Kjfoster93 — CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
- CMU College of Medicine (MD): photograph by Cjh1452000 — Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
- MSU College of Human Medicine (MD): photograph by Scottb211 — CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
- Oakland University William Beaumont School of Medicine (MD): photograph by Kelocyde — CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
- Wayne State University School of Medicine (MD): photograph by Tony Webster — CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
- WMed — Homer Stryker School of Medicine (MD): photograph by MSwierenga — CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
- University of Minnesota Medical School (MD): photograph by A Gude — CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
- University of Mississippi School of Medicine (MD): photograph by Mississippi Department of Archives and History — No restrictions, via Wikimedia Commons
- Saint Louis University School of Medicine (MD): photograph by w_lemay — CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
- University of Missouri-Columbia School of Medicine (MD): photograph by Fresaj — CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
- UMKC School of Medicine (MD): photograph by Voidxor — CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
- Creighton University School of Medicine (MD): photograph by Bluejayscholar — CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
- University of Nebraska College of Medicine (MD): photograph by JonClee86 — CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
- Kirk Kerkorian School of Medicine at UNLV (MD): photograph by Spencerleet — CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
- University of Nevada, Reno School of Medicine (MD): photograph by Wheeler Cowperthwaite — CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
- Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth (MD): photograph by Gunnar Klack — CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
- Cooper Medical School of Rowan University (MD): photograph by Pocketmedicine — CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
- Rutgers New Jersey Medical School (MD): photograph by Hudconja — CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
- Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School (MD): photograph by Ekem — CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
- University of New Mexico School of Medicine (MD): photograph by Kenneth C. Zirkel — CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
- Albany Medical College (MD): photograph by Rupert Millard — Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
- Albert Einstein College of Medicine (MD): photograph by Dave Johnson — CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
- CUNY School of Medicine (MD): photograph by Ajay Suresh — CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
- Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell (MD): photograph by Antony-22 — CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
- New York Medical College (MD): photograph by Johnathanly — CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
- NYU Grossman Long Island School of Medicine (MD): photograph by Tdorante10 — CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
- Renaissance School of Medicine at Stony Brook University (MD): photograph by Kenneth C. Zirkel — CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
- SUNY Upstate Medical University Norton College of Medicine (MD): photograph by Alannafmanning — CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
- SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University College of Medicine (MD): photograph by Jim.henderson — CC0, via Wikimedia Commons
- Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences at UB (MD): photograph by Buffaboy — CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
- Brody School of Medicine at East Carolina University (MD): photograph by Brent Hoard — CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
- Methodist University Cape Fear Valley Health School of Medicine (MD): photograph by Unknown author — Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
- University of North Carolina School of Medicine (MD): photograph by CramBetter.com — CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
- University of North Dakota School of Medicine and Health Sciences (MD): photograph by Zakary Lewis — CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
- Wright State Boonshoft School of Medicine (MD): photograph by Nyttend — Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
- Northeast Ohio Medical University (NEOMED) College of Medicine (MD): photograph by JonRidinger — CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
- The Ohio State University College of Medicine (MD): photograph by John Dewees — CC0, via Wikimedia Commons
- University of Cincinnati College of Medicine (MD): photograph by Adam Sofen — CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
- University of Toledo College of Medicine and Life Sciences (MD): photograph by MrJacon000 — CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
- University of Oklahoma College of Medicine (MD): photograph by Cintaretvallery — CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
- Oregon Health & Science University School of Medicine (MD): photograph by Cacophony — CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
- Drexel University College of Medicine (MD): photograph by Pinoy916 — CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
- Geisinger Commonwealth School of Medicine (MD): photograph by Bstailslide — CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
- Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple University (MD): photograph by Ajay Suresh — CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
- Penn State College of Medicine (MD): photograph by Penn State Health — CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
- Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Thomas Jefferson University (MD): photograph by Ajay Suresh — CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
- Ponce Health Sciences University School of Medicine (MD): photograph by Roca Ruiz — CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
- University of Puerto Rico School of Medicine (MD): photograph by Moebiusuibeom-en — CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
- Brown Alpert Medical School (MD): photograph by Kenneth C. Zirkel — CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
- MUSC College of Medicine (MD): photograph by ProfReader — CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
- USC Floyd School of Medicine (MD): photograph by w_lemay — CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
- USC Greenville School of Medicine (MD): photograph by Excel23 — CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
- USD Sanford School of Medicine (MD): photograph by Jack Boucher (HABS, Library of Congress) — Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
- ETSU Quillen College of Medicine (MD): photograph by Smoke321 — CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
- Meharry Medical College (MD): photograph by Andrew Jameson — CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
- Belmont Frist College of Medicine (MD): photograph by Lahti213 — CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
- San Juan Bautista School of Medicine (MD): photograph by BrickLightning — CC0, via Wikimedia Commons
- UTHSC College of Medicine (MD): photograph by Own work (Wikimedia Commons uploader) — Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
- TCU Burnett Marion School of Medicine (MD): photograph by Michael Barera — CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
- Baylor College of Medicine (MD): photograph by Texas Heart Institute — CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
- Dell Medical School UT Austin (MD): photograph by Ajay Suresh — CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
- McGovern Medical School UTHealth Houston (MD): photograph by Montesq — CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
- Paul L. Foster School of Medicine TTUHSC El Paso (MD): photograph by CDonn3 — Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
- Texas A&M Vashisht College of Medicine (MD): photograph by Texas A&M Health Science Center — CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
- TTUHSC School of Medicine Lubbock (MD): photograph by Texas Tech University - University Student Housing — CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
- Long School of Medicine UT Health San Antonio (MD): photograph by Floresr19 — CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
- UT Tyler School of Medicine (MD): photograph by L'être et le néant — CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
- UH Fertitta Family College of Medicine (MD): photograph by RJN — CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
- UTMB John Sealy School of Medicine (MD): photograph by Jim Evans — CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
- University of Texas Rio Grande Valley School of Medicine (MD): photograph by MrAlexGarrido — CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
- University of Texas Southwestern Medical School (MD): photograph by Nightryder84 — CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
- Spencer Fox Eccles School of Medicine, University of Utah (MD): photograph by MrSchmidt — CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
- Larner College of Medicine, University of Vermont (MD): photograph by HeyTomek — CC0, via Wikimedia Commons
- Eastern Virginia Medical School at Old Dominion University (MD): photograph by Packer1028 — CC0, via Wikimedia Commons
- University of Virginia School of Medicine (MD): photograph by Bestbudbrian — CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
- Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine (MD): photograph by Crazyale — CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
- Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine (MD): photograph by Smash the Iron Cage — CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
- University of Washington School of Medicine (MD): photograph by Joe Mabel — CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
- WSU Elson S. Floyd College of Medicine (MD): photograph by WSU — CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
- Marshall University Joan C. Edwards School of Medicine (MD): photograph by Youngamerican — CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
- West Virginia University School of Medicine (MD): photograph by Stryker33 — CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
- Medical College of Wisconsin (MD): photograph by Michael Barera — CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Entry guides: how to get into each MD school (163)
Grades, admissions test cut-offs, interview format and a realistic chances read for every school, one guide each.
- How to get into Albany Medical College (MD)
- How to get into Albert Einstein College of Medicine (MD)
- How to get into Alice L. Walton School of Medicine (MD)
- How to get into ASU Shufeldt School of Medicine (MD)
- How to get into Baylor College of Medicine (MD)
- How to get into Belmont Frist College of Medicine (MD)
- How to get into Brody School of Medicine at East Carolina University (MD)
- How to get into Brown Alpert Medical School (MD)
- How to get into BU Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine (MD)
- How to get into Carle Illinois College of Medicine (MD)
- How to get into Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine (MD)
- How to get into Charles R. Drew University College of Medicine (MD)
- How to get into Chicago Medical School at Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science (MD)
- How to get into CMU College of Medicine (MD)
- How to get into CNU College of Medicine (MD)
- How to get into Columbia University VP&S (MD)
- How to get into Cooper Medical School of Rowan University (MD)
- How to get into Creighton University School of Medicine (MD)
- How to get into CU Anschutz Medical Campus (MD)
- How to get into CUNY School of Medicine (MD)
- How to get into CUSM School of Medicine (MD)
- How to get into David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA (MD)
- How to get into Dell Medical School UT Austin (MD)
- How to get into Drexel University College of Medicine (MD)
- How to get into Duke University School of Medicine (MD)
- How to get into Eastern Virginia Medical School at Old Dominion University (MD)
- How to get into Emory University School of Medicine (MD)
- How to get into ETSU Quillen College of Medicine (MD)
- How to get into FAU Schmidt College of Medicine (MD)
- How to get into FIU Wertheim College of Medicine (MD)
- How to get into FSU College of Medicine (MD)
- How to get into Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth (MD)
- How to get into Geisinger Commonwealth School of Medicine (MD)
- How to get into Georgetown University School of Medicine (MD)
- How to get into GWU School of Medicine (MD)
- How to get into Hackensack Meridian School of Medicine (MD)
- How to get into Harvard Medical School (MD)
- How to get into Howard University College of Medicine (MD)
- How to get into Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai (MD)
- How to get into Indiana University School of Medicine (MD)
- How to get into Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences at UB (MD)
- How to get into John A. Burns School of Medicine University of Hawaii at Manoa (MD)
- How to get into Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine (MD)
- How to get into Kaiser Permanente Tyson School of Medicine (MD)
- How to get into Keck School of Medicine of USC (MD)
- How to get into Kirk Kerkorian School of Medicine at UNLV (MD)
- How to get into Larner College of Medicine, University of Vermont (MD)
- How to get into Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple University (MD)
- How to get into Loma Linda University School of Medicine (MD)
- How to get into Long School of Medicine UT Health San Antonio (MD)
- How to get into Loyola University Chicago Stritch School of Medicine (MD)
- How to get into LSU Health New Orleans School of Medicine (MD)
- How to get into LSU Health Shreveport School of Medicine (MD)
- How to get into Marshall University Joan C. Edwards School of Medicine (MD)
- How to get into Mayo Clinic Alix School of Medicine (MD)
- How to get into McGovern Medical School UTHealth Houston (MD)
- How to get into Medical College of Georgia at Augusta University (MD)
- How to get into Medical College of Wisconsin (MD)
- How to get into Meharry Medical College (MD)
- How to get into Mercer University School of Medicine (MD)
- How to get into Methodist University Cape Fear Valley Health School of Medicine (MD)
- How to get into Morehouse School of Medicine (MD)
- How to get into MSU College of Human Medicine (MD)
- How to get into MUSC College of Medicine (MD)
- How to get into New York Medical College (MD)
- How to get into Northeast Ohio Medical University (NEOMED) College of Medicine (MD)
- How to get into Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine (MD)
- How to get into Nova Southeastern University Dr. Kiran C. Patel College of Allopathic Medicine (MD)
- How to get into NYU Grossman Long Island School of Medicine (MD)
- How to get into NYU Grossman School of Medicine (MD — tuition-free)
- How to get into Oakland University William Beaumont School of Medicine (MD)
- How to get into Oregon Health & Science University School of Medicine (MD)
- How to get into Paul L. Foster School of Medicine TTUHSC El Paso (MD)
- How to get into Penn State College of Medicine (MD)
- How to get into Perelman School of Medicine, UPenn (MD)
- How to get into Ponce Health Sciences University School of Medicine (MD)
- How to get into Pritzker School of Medicine, UChicago (MD)
- How to get into Quinnipiac Netter School of Medicine (MD)
- How to get into Renaissance School of Medicine at Stony Brook University (MD)
- How to get into Roseman University College of Medicine (MD)
- How to get into Rush Medical College of Rush University Medical Center (MD)
- How to get into Rutgers New Jersey Medical School (MD)
- How to get into Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School (MD)
- How to get into Saint Louis University School of Medicine (MD)
- How to get into San Juan Bautista School of Medicine (MD)
- How to get into Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Thomas Jefferson University (MD)
- How to get into Southern Illinois University School of Medicine (MD)
- How to get into Spencer Fox Eccles School of Medicine, University of Utah (MD)
- How to get into Stanford University School of Medicine (MD)
- How to get into SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University College of Medicine (MD)
- How to get into SUNY Upstate Medical University Norton College of Medicine (MD)
- How to get into TCU Burnett Marion School of Medicine (MD)
- How to get into Texas A&M Vashisht College of Medicine (MD)
- How to get into The Ohio State University College of Medicine (MD)
- How to get into TTUHSC School of Medicine Lubbock (MD)
- How to get into Tufts University School of Medicine (MD)
- How to get into Tulane University School of Medicine (MD)
- How to get into UAB Heersink School of Medicine (MD)
- How to get into UAMS College of Medicine (MD)
- How to get into UArizona College of Medicine – Phoenix (MD)
- How to get into UArizona College of Medicine – Tucson (MD)
- How to get into UC Davis School of Medicine (MD)
- How to get into UC Irvine School of Medicine (MD)
- How to get into UC Riverside School of Medicine (MD)
- How to get into UC San Diego School of Medicine (MD)
- How to get into UCC Bayamon School of Medicine (MD)
- How to get into UConn School of Medicine (MD)
- How to get into UCSF School of Medicine (MD)
- How to get into UH Fertitta Family College of Medicine (MD)
- How to get into UMass Chan Medical School (MD)
- How to get into UMKC School of Medicine (MD)
- How to get into University of Central Florida College of Medicine (MD)
- How to get into University of Cincinnati College of Medicine (MD)
- How to get into University of Florida College of Medicine (MD)
- How to get into University of Georgia School of Medicine (MD)
- How to get into University of Illinois College of Medicine (MD)
- How to get into University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine (MD)
- How to get into University of Kansas School of Medicine (MD)
- How to get into University of Kentucky College of Medicine (MD)
- How to get into University of Louisville School of Medicine (MD)
- How to get into University of Maryland School of Medicine (MD)
- How to get into University of Miami Miller School of Medicine (MD)
- How to get into University of Michigan Medical School (MD)
- How to get into University of Minnesota Medical School (MD)
- How to get into University of Mississippi School of Medicine (MD)
- How to get into University of Missouri-Columbia School of Medicine (MD)
- How to get into University of Nebraska College of Medicine (MD)
- How to get into University of Nevada, Reno School of Medicine (MD)
- How to get into University of New Mexico School of Medicine (MD)
- How to get into University of North Carolina School of Medicine (MD)
- How to get into University of North Dakota School of Medicine and Health Sciences (MD)
- How to get into University of Oklahoma College of Medicine (MD)
- How to get into University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine (MD)
- How to get into University of Puerto Rico School of Medicine (MD)
- How to get into University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry (MD)
- How to get into University of Texas Rio Grande Valley School of Medicine (MD)
- How to get into University of Texas Southwestern Medical School (MD)
- How to get into University of Toledo College of Medicine and Life Sciences (MD)
- How to get into University of Virginia School of Medicine (MD)
- How to get into University of Washington School of Medicine (MD)
- How to get into University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health (MD)
- How to get into USA Whiddon College of Medicine (MD)
- How to get into USC Floyd School of Medicine (MD)
- How to get into USC Greenville School of Medicine (MD)
- How to get into USD Sanford School of Medicine (MD)
- How to get into USF Health Morsani College of Medicine (MD)
- How to get into USU Hébert School of Medicine (MD)
- How to get into UT Tyler School of Medicine (MD)
- How to get into UTHSC College of Medicine (MD)
- How to get into UTMB John Sealy School of Medicine (MD)
- How to get into Vanderbilt University School of Medicine (MD)
- How to get into Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine (MD)
- How to get into Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine (MD)
- How to get into Wake Forest University School of Medicine (MD)
- How to get into Washington University School of Medicine (MD)
- How to get into Wayne State University School of Medicine (MD)
- How to get into Weill Cornell Medicine (MD)
- How to get into West Virginia University School of Medicine (MD)
- How to get into WMed — Homer Stryker School of Medicine (MD)
- How to get into Wright State Boonshoft School of Medicine (MD)
- How to get into WSU Elson S. Floyd College of Medicine (MD)
- How to get into Yale School of Medicine (MD)
- How to get into Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell (MD)
Frequently asked questions
Quick answers about US MD medical school admissions.