2016 Best Graduate Schools Preview: Top 10 Medical Schools
Thinking about applying to graduate school? Whether you're interested in pursuing an MBA, or attending law school or medical school, there are some big decisions to make. To help students find the right school for them, U.S. News & World Report surveys nearly 1,900 graduate schools and programs and ranks them according to our methodology.
Here, we offer a sneak peek of the 2016 Best Graduate Schools rankings.
U.S. News surveyed 156 fully accredited medical and osteopathic schools. In alphabetical order, here are the top 10 highest-ranked medical schools for research and the top 10 schools for primary care.
Research schools (name) (state) |
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Columbia University (NY) |
Duke University (NC) |
Harvard University (MA) |
Johns Hopkins University (MD) |
Stanford University (CA) |
University of California--San Francisco |
University of Chicago (Pritzker) |
University of Michigan--Ann Arbor |
University of Pennsylvania (Perelman) |
University of Washington |
Washington University in St. Louis (MO) |
Yale University (CT) |
Note: More than 10 schools appear on this list due to ties.
Primary care school (name) (state) |
|---|
Oregon Health and Science University |
University of California--Los Angeles (Geffen) |
University of California--San Francisco |
University of Colorado |
University of Michigan--Ann Arbor |
University of Minnesota |
University of Nebraska Medical Center |
University of North Carolina--Chapel Hill |
University of Washington |
University of Wisconsin--Madison |
The actual ranking and score of these and other graduate schools will be available March 10, 2015, on usnews.com. Use the #BestGradSchools hashtag to continue the conversation on Twitter and Facebook.
For more in-depth rankings, searchable data and an expanded directory of programs, sign up for the U.S. News Medical School Compass .
