THE TOP TEN LIST OF MEDICAL SCHOOLS

 

There is little doubt that applying and being admitted to medical school is a great achievement for anyone. Wanting to make medicine a career is a worthy ambition. It is not an easy task and many candidates become discouraged because they fail to be admitted on the first attempt. There are 129 medical schools in the United States. In the fall of 2007 a record number of 17,759 students enrolled as first year medical students. This year there are an estimated 67,000 students enrolled in medical schools across the USA. Each year everyone would like to enroll in one of the best from the list of medical schools.

 

The good news is that the Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMA) has called for a thirty percent increase in medical school enrollments by 2015. The bad news is that only forty five percent of medical applicants were admitted. It is difficult to find your way into a medical school with these figures. Enrolled students in 2007 had an average MCAT score of 28 and the average college grade point average for enrolled students was 3.5. With these statistics it appears that the admission process to be accepted into medical school is becoming more competitive.

 

The competition for recognition among medical schools is also a point of debate. There are many ways and methods to rank these schools. No single method is perfect for determining which medical school is better than another. One of the popular methods of ranking institutions comes directly from the US News and World Report Magazine. This is a highly regarded method or ranking. There are two lists in their rankings. One list contains the top 10 medical schools ranked by research status and the second list is the top 10 medical schools ranked by primary care status. All of these medical schools are the likely considered to be the best that the United States has to offer in the way of medical schools. For information purposes here are those rankings: The top list of medical schools.

 

Top 10 medical schools (research)

  1. Harvard University
  2. Johns Hopkins University
  3. Washington University in St. Louis
  4. Duke university
  5. University of Pennsylvania
  6. University of California San Francisco
  7. Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons
  8. Stanford University
  9. University of Michigan Ann Arbor
  10. Yale University

 

Top 10 medical schools (primary care)

  1. University of Washington
  2. Oregon Health & Science University
  3. University of California San Francisco
  4. Michigan State University College of Osteopathic Medicine
  5. University of Minnesota Duluth
  6. University of California San Diego
  7. University of New Mexico
  8. University of Wisconsin Madison
  9. University of Iowa (Roy J. & Lucille A. Carver)
  10. University of Minnesota Twin Cities
  11. University of Rochester.

 

Investigate these medical schools on your own. You will find them to be the top list of medical schools in American today. You will enjoy reading about each one and what they have to offer the medical student of today.

 

Privacy Policy

Discover