A medical career starts with finding the program that best fits your needs. With the U.S. News rankings of the top medical schools for research Rank: #1 Harvard University Boston, MA Tuition Fees: $55,850 (full-time) Total medical school enrollment: 710 Rank: #2 Stanford University Stanford, CA Tuition Fees: $52,491 (full-time) Total medical school enrollment: 482 Rank: #3 Tie Johns Hopkins University Baltimore, MD Tuition Fees: $48,750 (full-time) Total medical school enrollment: 472 Rank: #3 Tie University of California—San Francisco San Francisco, CA Tuition Fees: $32,751 (in-state, full-time); $44,996 (out-of-state, full-time) Total medical school enrollment:647 Rank: #3 Tie University of Pennsylvania (Perelman) Philadelphia, PA Tuition Fees: $52,210 (full-time) Total medical school enrollment: 616 Rank: #6 Washington University in St. Louis St. Louis, MO Tuition Fees: $58,460 (full-time) Total medical school enrollment: 484 Rank: #7 Columbia University New York, NY Tuition Fees: $55,418 (full-time) Total medical school enrollment: 670 Rank: #8 Tie Duke University Durham, NC Tuition Fees: $53,575 (full-time) Total medical school enrollment: 453 Locked Locked Rank: #8 Tie University of Washington Seattle, WA Tuition Fees: $33,519 (in-state, full-time); $63,954 (out-of-state, full-time) Total medical school enrollment: 959 Rank: #8 Tie Yale University New Haven, CT Tuition Fees: $55,680 (full-time) Total medical school enrollment: 396 Rank: #11 Tie New York University New York, NY Tuition Fees: $49,080 (full-time) Total medical school enrollment: 615 Rank: #11 Tie University of Chicago (Pritzker) Chicago, IL Tuition Fees: $49,581 (full-time) Total medical school enrollment: 363 Rank: #11 Tie University of Michigan—Ann Arbor Ann Arbor, MI Tuition Fees: $32,428 (in-state, full-time); $50,854 (out-of-state, full-time) Total medical school enrollment: 710 Rank: #14 University of California—Los Angeles (Geffen) Los Angeles, CA Tuition Fees: $31,731 (in-state, full-time); $43,976 (out-of-state, full-time) Total medical school enrollment: 748 Rank: #15 Vanderbilt University Nashville, TN Tuition Fees: $47,150 (full-time) Total medical school enrollment: 402 Rank: #16 University of Pittsburgh Pittsburgh, PA Tuition Fees: $50,010 (in-state, full-time); $51,464 (out-of-state, full-time) Total medical school enrollment: 583 Rank: #17 Northwestern University (Feinberg) Chicago, IL Tuition Fees: $53,947 (full-time) Total medical school enrollment: 639 Rank: #18 Tie Cornell University (Weill) New York, NY Tuition Fees: $50,950 (full-time) Total medical school enrollment: 423 Rank: #18 Tie University of California—San Diego La Jolla, CA Tuition Fees: $31,731 (in-state, full-time); $43,976 (out-of-state, full-time) Total medical school enrollment: 521 Rank: #20 Baylor College of Medicine Houston, TX Tuition Fees: $19,650 (full-time) Total medical school enrollment: 742 Source