Best Medical Schools in the U.S. (2026)

Q: How is this ranking calculated?

This ranking is based on publicly available admissions data and institutional reports. We use transparent, data-driven criteria to help you understand competitiveness and find schools that match your profile.

Q: How often is this data updated?

We update our medical school data annually, typically in the fall when schools report their latest class statistics. The data shown reflects the most recent matriculating class.

Q: Should I only apply to schools at the top of this ranking?

No! A balanced school list includes "reach" schools (where your stats are below median), "target" schools (where you match well), and "safety" schools (where your stats exceed their medians). Apply based on multiple factors: your stats, location preferences, mission fit, and program strengths.

A comprehensive, data-driven ranking of every accredited U.S. medical school — combining third-party prestige data with verified admissions metrics. Not a top-25 list: every school ranked.

Updated January 2026 • 156 schools ranked

Data last updated: February 4, 2026

How We Rank

**MedSchools Composite Score** — a weighted blend of academic selectivity, admissions outcomes, and research strength. We rank all 170+ accredited U.S. medical schools, not just the top 25. **Factors considered:** - Academic selectivity (MCAT and GPA of admitted class) - Admissions competitiveness (acceptance and interview rates) - Residency match list strength - NIH research funding - Prestige and outcome signals from multiple verified sources All factors are normalized to 0–100 percentile scores before weighting so no single metric dominates. Data is sourced from official MSAR reports and verified public records, updated annually. *Data last updated: March 2026.*


1	Harvard Medical School massachusetts	2.1%	522	3.95
2	Stanford University School of Medicine california	1.0%	519	3.96
3	Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine maryland	2.1%	520	3.99
4	Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania pennsylvania	2.4%	521	3.96
5	Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons new-york	1.9%	520	3.92
6	Washington University in St. Louis School of Medicine missouri	2.3%	521	3.94
7	NYU Grossman School of Medicine new-york	1.3%	522	3.95
8	Yale School of Medicine connecticut	1.6%	521	3.91
9	Vanderbilt University School of Medicine tennessee	1.5%	518	3.91
10	Northwestern University The Feinberg School of Medicine illinois	1.7%	521	3.94
11	Duke University School of Medicine north-carolina	1.4%	518	3.83
12	University of California, San Francisco, School of Medicine california	1.8%	515	3.91
13	University of Chicago Division of the Biological Sciences The Pritzker School of Medicine illinois	1.4%	520	3.97
14	University of Michigan Medical School michigan	1.8%	518	3.94
15	Weill Cornell Medicine new-york	1.4%	518	3.88
16	Mayo Clinic Alix School of Medicine minnesota	1.9%	519	3.90
17	University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine pennsylvania	1.8%	517	3.90
18	Emory University School of Medicine georgia	1.2%	515	3.89
19	Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai new-york	1.3%	517	3.90
20	Baylor College of Medicine texas	4.0%	519	3.96
21	University of California, Los Angeles David Geffen School of Medicine california	1.6%	515	3.85
22	Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California california	1.4%	518	3.92
23	University of Texas Southwestern Medical School texas	4.0%	516	3.95
24	Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine ohio	2.5%	517	3.93
25	University of California, San Diego School of Medicine california	1.6%	515	3.90
26	University of Virginia School of Medicine virginia	2.6%	518	3.91
27	Boston University Aram V. Chobanian & Edward Avedisian School of Medicine massachusetts	1.3%	518	3.87
28	Ohio State University College of Medicine ohio	2.8%	515	3.92
29	The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University rhode-island	1.7%	516	3.85
30	Kaiser Permanente Bernard J. Tyson School of Medicine california	0.7%	516	3.90
31	USF Health Morsani College of Medicine florida	2.3%	519	3.97
32	Albert Einstein College of Medicine new-york	1.9%	516	3.85
33	University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry new-york	1.7%	517	3.91
34	University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Medicine north-carolina	3.4%	513	3.79
35	The University of Texas at Austin Dell Medical School texas	0.9%	517	3.94
36	NYU Grossman Long Island School of Medicine new-york	0.5%	515	3.92
37	The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio Joe R. and Teresa Lozano Long School of Medicine texas	4.2%	519	3.95
38	University of Colorado School of Medicine colorado	1.8%	515	3.87
39	University of California, Irvine, School of Medicine california	1.6%	517	3.90
40	Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth new-hampshire	1.1%	514	3.80
41	Donald and Barbara Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell new-york	2.1%	517	3.87
42	University of Florida College of Medicine florida	2.5%	515	3.93
43	Rutgers New Jersey Medical School new-jersey	2.6%	515	3.89
44	University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health wisconsin	2.4%	511	3.86
45	Renaissance School of Medicine at Stony Brook University new-york	2.6%	517	3.92
46	University of Alabama at Birmingham Marnix E. Heersink School of Medicine alabama	4.4%	509	3.88
47	University of Maryland School of Medicine maryland	2.5%	515	3.90
48	Charles E. Schmidt College of Medicine at Florida Atlantic University florida	1.9%	516	3.94
49	University of Washington School of Medicine washington	5.4%	512	3.79
50	University of Cincinnati College of Medicine ohio	3.0%	514	3.89
51	The University of Toledo College of Medicine and Life Sciences ohio	2.8%	511	3.88
52	University of Miami Leonard M. Miller School of Medicine florida	2.6%	515	3.90
53	Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple University pennsylvania	1.7%	514	3.87
54	Rutgers, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School new-jersey	2.9%	517	3.89
55	Tufts University School of Medicine massachusetts	1.4%	516	3.88
56	University of Arizona College of Medicine - Phoenix arizona	2.3%	514	3.92
57	Wake Forest University School of Medicine north-carolina	1.2%	511	3.86
58	University of Central Florida College of Medicine florida	2.4%	515	3.94
59	University of Massachusetts T.H. Chan School of Medicine massachusetts	4.8%	514	3.86
60	McGovern Medical School at the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston texas	4.2%	514	3.91
61	University of Arizona College of Medicine arizona	1.8%	511	3.91
62	Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center Paul L. Foster School of Medicine texas	2.7%	513	3.94
63	Hackensack Meridian School of Medicine new-jersey	3.3%	515	3.90
64	Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center School of Medicine texas	3.7%	511	3.94
65	Georgetown University School of Medicine district-of-columbia	1.4%	508	3.62
66	University of Iowa Roy J. and Lucille A. Carver College of Medicine iowa	4.0%	514	3.88
67	Indiana University School of Medicine indiana	5.7%	511	3.92
68	Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Thomas Jefferson University pennsylvania	2.6%	514	3.89
69	Nova Southeastern University Dr. Kiran C. Patel College of Allopathic Medicine florida	1.1%	513	3.87
70	Texas A&M University College of Medicine texas	3.5%	513	3.92
71	Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine virginia	2.8%	514	3.89
72	University of Connecticut School of Medicine connecticut	2.4%	515	3.87
73	University of Hawaii, John A. Burns School of Medicine hawaii	3.5%	512	3.83
74	Spencer Fox Eccles School of Medicine at the University of Utah utah	5.0%	511	3.89
75	University of Minnesota Medical School minnesota	4.1%	512	3.84
76	University of Texas Rio Grande Valley School of Medicine texas	1.2%	510	3.91
77	Cooper Medical School of Rowan University new-jersey	2.4%	515	3.92
78	Oakland University William Beaumont School of Medicine michigan	1.8%	511	3.92
79	Alice L. Walton School of Medicine arkansas	N/A	N/A	N/A
80	Roseman University College of Medicine nevada	N/A	N/A	N/A
81	New York Medical College new-york	2.4%	517	3.85
82	Anne Burnett Marion School of Medicine at TCU texas	0.9%	512	3.86
83	SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University College of Medicine new-york	3.0%	514	3.85
84	Creighton University School of Medicine nebraska	4.3%	512	3.90
85	University of Nebraska College of Medicine nebraska	5.5%	512	3.92
86	Medical College of Georgia at Augusta University georgia	9.4%	513	3.89
87	University of Illinois College of Medicine illinois	3.1%	513	3.82
88	Wayne State University School of Medicine michigan	3.5%	513	3.91
89	Oregon Health & Science University School of Medicine oregon	2.7%	509	3.82
90	Medical University of South Carolina College of Medicine south-carolina	4.7%	510	3.91
91	George Washington University School of Medicine & Health Sciences district-of-columbia	1.1%	517	3.87
92	Saint Louis University School of Medicine missouri	3.0%	513	3.93
93	Robert Larner, M.D., College of Medicine at the University of Vermont vermont	1.3%	513	3.76
94	Loma Linda University School of Medicine california	3.1%	513	3.90
95	Carle Illinois College of Medicine illinois	2.6%	515	3.88
96	Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences at the University at Buffalo new-york	3.1%	510	3.81
97	State University of New York Upstate Medical University Alan and Marlene Norton College of Medicine new-york	2.6%	512	3.82
98	University of California, Riverside School of Medicine california	1.3%	510	3.77
99	Northeast Ohio Medical University ohio	3.5%	514	3.88
100	Geisinger Commonwealth School of Medicine pennsylvania	2.0%	514	3.90
101	Florida International University Herbert Wertheim College of Medicine florida	2.0%	511	3.91
102	Medical College of Wisconsin wisconsin	2.9%	511	3.90
103	Michigan State University College of Human Medicine michigan	2.5%	510	3.87
104	California Northstate University College of Medicine california	3.2%	514	3.87
105	Drexel University College of Medicine pennsylvania	1.9%	514	3.87
106	University of Kansas School of Medicine kansas	4.4%	509	3.92
107	Frank H. Netter MD School of Medicine at Quinnipiac University connecticut	1.3%	513	3.77
108	University of Tennessee Health Science Center College of Medicine tennessee	6.7%	511	3.87
109	Eastern Virginia Medical School at Old Dominion University virginia	2.0%	514	3.82
110	Florida State University College of Medicine florida	1.9%	510	3.87
111	University of South Carolina School of Medicine Greenville south-carolina	2.3%	509	3.91
112	Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine pennsylvania	1.2%	510	3.88
113	Western Michigan University Homer Stryker M.D. School of Medicine michigan	2.0%	514	3.89
114	Rush Medical College of Rush University Medical Center illinois	1.1%	512	3.82
115	Tulane University School of Medicine louisiana	1.4%	507	3.54
116	Chicago Medical School at Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine & Science illinois	1.8%	510	3.85
117	University of Texas Medical Branch John Sealy School of Medicine texas	4.5%	513	3.85
118	University of Oklahoma College of Medicine oklahoma	8.8%	509	3.89
119	Kirk Kerkorian School of Medicine at UNLV nevada	3.8%	512	3.89
120	University of California, Davis, School of Medicine california	1.8%	510	3.69
121	Morehouse School of Medicine georgia	1.5%	509	3.81
122	University of South Carolina School of Medicine Columbia south-carolina	3.3%	510	3.89
123	California University of Science and Medicine-School of Medicine california	2.9%	512	3.82
124	Howard University College of Medicine district-of-columbia	1.5%	511	3.70
125	University of Houston Tilman J. Fertitta Family College of Medicine texas	1.3%	506	3.85
126	Loyola University Chicago Stritch School of Medicine illinois	1.4%	513	3.85
127	Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine virginia	0.9%	513	3.77
128	Albany Medical College new-york	1.1%	511	3.81
129	The University of Texas at Tyler School of Medicine texas	0.9%	505	3.74
130	University of Missouri-Columbia School of Medicine missouri	5.1%	510	3.91
131	Wright State University Boonshoft School of Medicine ohio	2.1%	512	3.90
132	Louisiana State University School of Medicine in New Orleans louisiana	5.8%	509	3.83
133	East Tennessee State University James H. Quillen College of Medicine tennessee	2.6%	510	3.88
134	University of Nevada, Reno School of Medicine nevada	4.0%	510	3.86
135	West Virginia University School of Medicine west-virginia	2.2%	507	3.88
136	University of Louisville School of Medicine kentucky	3.2%	509	3.84
137	Frederick P. Whiddon College of Medicine at the University of South Alabama alabama	5.5%	508	3.94
138	University of Kentucky College of Medicine kentucky	4.7%	507	3.87
139	University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences College of Medicine arkansas	6.2%	507	3.91
140	University of New Mexico School of Medicine new-mexico	5.9%	505	3.82
141	University of North Dakota School of Medicine and Health Sciences north-dakota	4.6%	506	3.87
142	Washington State University Elson S. Floyd College of Medicine washington	5.1%	511	3.75
143	CUNY School of Medicine new-york	100.0%	N/A	N/A
144	Central Michigan University College of Medicine michigan	1.4%	509	3.86
145	University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Medicine missouri	6.7%	508	3.85
146	Brody School of Medicine at East Carolina University north-carolina	7.5%	511	3.76
147	University of South Dakota, Sanford School of Medicine south-dakota	6.5%	508	3.84
148	Southern Illinois University School of Medicine illinois	7.3%	508	3.89
149	Meharry Medical College tennessee	1.5%	505	3.84
150	Charles R. Drew University of Medicine and Science College of Medicine california	1.4%	505	3.51
151	Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences F. Edward Hebert School of Medicine maryland	8.1%	510	3.77
152	University of Mississippi School of Medicine mississippi	46.3%	505	3.90
153	Thomas F. Frist, Jr. College of Medicine at Belmont University tennessee	3.7%	507	3.71
154	Louisiana State University School of Medicine in Shreveport louisiana	4.1%	506	3.82
155	Marshall University Joan C. Edwards School of Medicine west-virginia	3.9%	502	3.84
156	Mercer University School of Medicine georgia	14.4%	503	3.79