Medscape released a list of 15 medical schools most respected by physicians, drawing on previous U.S. News & World Report rankings, research and primary care strength, curricula, admissions data, student debt and faculty resources. Physicians were also surveyed on which schools they respect most.
Editor’s note: The schools are not ranked by level of respect; they are listed based on the factors above.
The 15 medical schools
- Harvard Medical School (Boston)
- Johns Hopkins School of Medicine (Baltimore)
- Stanford (Calif.) University School of Medicine
- Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania (Philadelphia)
- Duke University School of Medicine (Durham, N.C.)
- NYU Grossman School of Medicine (New York City)
- UCSF School of Medicine (San Francisco)
- Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons at Columbia University (New York City)
- Yale School of Medicine (New Haven, Conn.)
- Washington University School of Medicine (St. Louis)
- Vanderbilt University School of Medicine (Nashville, Tenn.)
- Mayo Clinic Alix School of Medicine (Rochester, Minn.)
- University of Michigan Medical School (Ann Arbor)
- Weill Cornell Graduate School of Medical Sciences (New York City)
- Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine (Chicago)
Read more about the schools here.
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