Best Public Medical Schools

Public medical schools typically offer significantly lower tuition for in-state residents, making them an excellent value. These state-funded programs combine affordability with quality medical education.

Programs

6.5%

Avg Acceptance Rate

514

Avg MCAT Score

$40,085

Avg In-State Tuition

#	School	Location	Acceptance	MCAT	GPA	Tuition (In-State)
1	University of Cincinnati College of Medicine Cincinnati, OH	Cincinnati, Ohio	3.1%	519	3.88	$39,168
2	University of California, San Diego School of Medicine La Jolla, CA	La Jolla, California	2.9%	521	3.91	$38,177
3	University of California, Davis, School of Medicine Sacramento, CA	Sacramento, California	3.3%	519	3.88	$39,950
4	University of Minnesota Medical School Minneapolis, MN	Minneapolis, Minnesota	4%	518	3.85	$44,290
5	Oregon Health & Science University School of Medicine Portland, OR	Portland, Oregon	3.7%	519	3.86	$43,272
6	University of California, Los Angeles David Geffen School of MedicineIMG-Friendly Los Angeles, CA	Los Angeles, California	3.2%	520	3.89	$38,162
7	University of Virginia School of MedicineIMG-Friendly Charlottesville, VA	Charlottesville, Virginia	3.8%	519	3.87	$42,128
8	USF Health Morsani College of Medicine Tampa, FL	Tampa, Florida	4.4%	518	3.83	$37,657
9	Indiana University School of Medicine Indianapolis, IN	Indianapolis, Indiana	4.9%	516	3.81	$35,773
10	Spencer Fox Eccles School of Medicine at the University of Utah Salt Lake City, UT	Salt Lake City, Utah	4.3%	518	3.84	$43,343
11	University of Florida College of Medicine Gainesville, FL	Gainesville, Florida	4.2%	518	3.85	$41,201
12	University of Washington School of MedicineIMG-Friendly Seattle, WA	Seattle, Washington	4.2%	518	3.84	$43,100
13	University of Colorado School of Medicine Aurora, CO	Aurora, Colorado	4.9%	516	3.8	$37,177
14	University of Kansas School of Medicine Kansas City, KS	Kansas City, Kansas	5%	516	3.79	$43,304
15	University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Medicine Chapel Hill, NC	Chapel Hill, North Carolina	4.7%	517	3.8	$35,884
16	University of Puerto Rico School of Medicine San Juan, PR	San Juan, Puerto Rico	7.2%	512	3.7	$40,968
17	Ohio State University College of Medicine Columbus, OH	Columbus, Ohio	4.8%	517	3.81	$41,543
18	University of Mississippi School of MedicineIMG-Friendly Jackson, MS	Jackson, Mississippi	5.6%	515	3.76	$43,214
19	Rutgers New Jersey Medical School Newark, NJ	Newark, New Jersey	5.1%	516	3.79	$36,538
20	University of Hawaii, John A. Burns School of Medicine Honolulu, HI	Honolulu, Hawaii	5.4%	515	3.77	$40,529
21	University of Maryland School of MedicineIMG-Friendly Baltimore, MD	Baltimore, Maryland	5.1%	516	3.79	$38,967
22	University of Missouri-Columbia School of Medicine Columbia, MO	Columbia, Missouri	5.3%	515	3.77	$43,799
23	University of Tennessee Health Science Center College of Medicine Memphis, TN	Memphis, Tennessee	5.4%	515	3.77	$36,836
24	University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health Madison, WI	Madison, Wisconsin	5.2%	516	3.78	$35,086
25	University of Massachusetts T.H. Chan School of Medicine Worcester, MA	Worcester, Massachusetts	5.3%	516	3.78	$36,039
26	University of Alabama at Birmingham Marnix E. Heersink School of Medicine Birmingham, AL	Birmingham, Alabama	5.1%	516	3.78	$41,479
27	University of Iowa Roy J. and Lucille A. Carver College of Medicine Iowa City, IA	Iowa City, Iowa	5.2%	516	3.78	$36,563
28	Florida State University College of Medicine Tallahassee, FL	Tallahassee, Florida	5.2%	515	3.77	$37,160
29	University of North Dakota School of Medicine and Health SciencesIMG-Friendly Grand Forks, ND	Grand Forks, North Dakota	5.9%	514	3.75	$42,487
30	Rutgers, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School Piscataway, NJ	Piscataway, New Jersey	5.5%	515	3.76	$36,983
31	State University of New York Upstate Medical University Alan and Marlene Norton College of Medicine Syracuse, NY	Syracuse, New York	5.3%	515	3.77	$37,209
32	University of Michigan Medical SchoolIMG-Friendly Ann Arbor, MI	Ann Arbor, Michigan	3.9%	519	3.86	$42,759
33	University of New Mexico School of Medicine Albuquerque, NM	Albuquerque, New Mexico	5.6%	515	3.76	$44,569
34	University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences College of Medicine Little Rock, AR	Little Rock, Arkansas	5.9%	514	3.75	$35,922
35	University of California, Irvine, School of Medicine Irvine, CA	Irvine, California	5.7%	515	3.76	$37,428
36	University of South Carolina School of Medicine Columbia Columbia, SC	Columbia, South Carolina	6%	514	3.74	$43,628
37	University of South Dakota, Sanford School of MedicineIMG-Friendly Sioux Falls, SD	Sioux Falls, South Dakota	6.5%	513	3.73	$37,916
38	University of Texas Southwestern Medical SchoolIMG-Friendly Dallas, TX	Dallas, Texas	4.9%	517	3.79	$43,698
39	McGovern Medical School at the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston Houston, TX	Houston, Texas	6%	515	3.75	$38,931
40	Michigan State University College of Human MedicineIMG-Friendly East Lansing, MI	East Lansing, Michigan	6.3%	514	3.74	$36,615
41	Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center School of Medicine Lubbock, TX	Lubbock, Texas	6.1%	514	3.74	$37,552
42	Robert Larner, M.D., College of Medicine at the University of Vermont Burlington, VT	Burlington, Vermont	5.8%	515	3.75	$42,963
43	University of California, San Francisco, School of Medicine San Francisco, CA	San Francisco, California	3.5%	519	3.87	$36,261
44	Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine Richmond, VA	Richmond, Virginia	5.9%	515	3.75	$43,324
45	Eastern Virginia Medical School at Old Dominion University Norfolk, VA	Norfolk, Virginia	6.1%	514	3.73	$39,348
46	University of Connecticut School of Medicine Farmington, CT	Farmington, Connecticut	6.2%	514	3.74	$38,740
47	University of Louisville School of MedicineIMG-Friendly Louisville, KY	Louisville, Kentucky	6.3%	514	3.73	$38,784
48	University of Nebraska College of Medicine Omaha, NE	Omaha, Nebraska	6.1%	514	3.74	$43,788
49	Northeast Ohio Medical University Rootstown, OH	Rootstown, Ohio	6.5%	514	3.73	$44,508
50	Texas A&M University College of Medicine Bryan, TX	Bryan, Texas	6.2%	514	3.74	$37,596
51	The University of Toledo College of Medicine and Life Sciences Toledo, OH	Toledo, Ohio	6.6%	513	3.73	$42,074
52	Cooper Medical School of Rowan University Camden, NJ	Camden, New Jersey	6.4%	514	3.73	$36,521
53	University of Arizona College of Medicine Tucson, AZ	Tucson, Arizona	6.4%	514	3.73	$42,287
54	CUNY School of Medicine New York, NY	New York, New York	6.7%	513	3.72	$40,589
55	University of Arizona College of Medicine - Phoenix Phoenix, AZ	Phoenix, Arizona	6.7%	513	3.72	$39,437
56	Renaissance School of Medicine at Stony Brook University Stony Brook, NY	Stony Brook, New York	7.1%	513	3.71	$43,919
57	The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio Joe R. and Teresa Lozano Long School of Medicine San Antonio, TX	San Antonio, Texas	7%	513	3.71	$36,944
58	University of Kentucky College of Medicine Lexington, KY	Lexington, Kentucky	6.8%	513	3.71	$38,897
59	University of Texas Medical Branch John Sealy School of Medicine Galveston, TX	Galveston, Texas	7%	513	3.71	$39,870
60	Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences F. Edward Hebert School of Medicine Bethesda, MD	Bethesda, Maryland	7.2%	513	3.71	$42,376
61	Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center Paul L. Foster School of Medicine El Paso, TX	El Paso, Texas	7.4%	512	3.7	$37,863
62	Louisiana State University School of Medicine in New OrleansIMG-Friendly New Orleans, LA	New Orleans, Louisiana	7.6%	512	3.7	$42,002
63	Medical University of South Carolina College of Medicine Charleston, SC	Charleston, South Carolina	7.5%	512	3.7	$41,995
64	University of South Carolina School of Medicine Greenville Greenville, SC	Greenville, South Carolina	7.4%	512	3.7	$44,838
65	Washington State University Elson S. Floyd College of Medicine Spokane, WA	Spokane, Washington	7.7%	511	3.68	$40,831
66	The University of Texas at Austin Dell Medical School Austin, TX	Austin, Texas	6.9%	513	3.72	$42,987
67	University of California, Riverside School of Medicine Riverside, CA	Riverside, California	7.9%	511	3.67	$40,313
68	University of Missouri-Kansas City School of MedicineIMG-Friendly Kansas City, MO	Kansas City, Missouri	7.8%	511	3.67	$42,450
69	Virginia Tech Carilion School of MedicineIMG-Friendly Roanoke, VA	Roanoke, Virginia	7.3%	512	3.69	$39,463
70	Central Michigan University College of Medicine Saginaw, MI	Saginaw, Michigan	8.2%	511	3.68	$42,741
71	SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University College of Medicine Brooklyn, NY	Brooklyn, New York	8%	511	3.67	$38,801
72	Wayne State University School of Medicine Detroit, MI	Detroit, Michigan	8.2%	511	3.67	$43,079
73	Marshall University Joan C. Edwards School of Medicine Huntington, WV	Huntington, West Virginia	8.3%	510	3.66	$36,955
74	University of Central Florida College of Medicine Orlando, FL	Orlando, Florida	7.5%	512	3.69	$44,250
75	East Tennessee State University James H. Quillen College of Medicine Johnson City, TN	Johnson City, Tennessee	8.4%	510	3.65	$41,794
76	University of Illinois College of Medicine Chicago, IL	Chicago, Illinois	7.8%	512	3.69	$40,597
77	University of Nevada, Reno School of MedicineIMG-Friendly Reno, NV	Reno, Nevada	7.9%	511	3.68	$42,871
78	Kirk Kerkorian School of Medicine at UNLVIMG-Friendly Las Vegas, NV	Las Vegas, Nevada	7.8%	511	3.68	$39,090
79	Oakland University William Beaumont School of Medicine Rochester, MI	Rochester, Michigan	7.9%	512	3.69	$35,864
80	Charles E. Schmidt College of Medicine at Florida Atlantic University Boca Raton, FL	Boca Raton, Florida	7.4%	512	3.7	$37,359
81	Southern Illinois University School of Medicine Springfield, IL	Springfield, Illinois	8.7%	510	3.66	$40,277
82	University of Oklahoma College of Medicine Oklahoma City, OK	Oklahoma City, Oklahoma	8.1%	511	3.68	$40,840
83	Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences at the University at BuffaloIMG-Friendly Buffalo, NY	Buffalo, New York	7.3%	512	3.69	$37,066
84	Wright State University Boonshoft School of Medicine Dayton, OH	Dayton, Ohio	8.6%	510	3.66	$35,069
85	Brody School of Medicine at East Carolina University Greenville, NC	Greenville, North Carolina	8.9%	510	3.66	$36,200
86	Carle Illinois College of MedicineIMG-Friendly Urbana, IL	Urbana, Illinois	9.1%	511	3.67	$38,165
87	Medical College of Georgia at Augusta UniversityIMG-Friendly Augusta, GA	Augusta, Georgia	9%	510	3.65	$41,391
88	Florida International University Herbert Wertheim College of Medicine Miami, FL	Miami, Florida	9.3%	510	3.64	$43,208
89	Frederick P. Whiddon College of Medicine at the University of South AlabamaIMG-Friendly Mobile, AL	Mobile, Alabama	9.7%	509	3.63	$39,151
90	West Virginia University School of MedicineIMG-Friendly Morgantown, WV	Morgantown, West Virginia	9.8%	509	3.62	$43,090
91	Louisiana State University School of Medicine in Shreveport Shreveport, LA	Shreveport, Louisiana	10.5%	509	3.61	$37,643
92	University of Texas Rio Grande Valley School of Medicine Edinburg, TX	Edinburg, Texas	11%	508	3.59	$44,303
93	The University of Texas at Tyler School of MedicineIMG-Friendly Tyler, TX	Tyler, Texas	12.1%	507	3.56	$42,225
94	University of Houston Tilman J. Fertitta Family College of Medicine Houston, TX	Houston, Texas	13.5%	506	3.54	$37,967

Key Takeaways

There are 94 medical schools matching this criteria.
The average acceptance rate is 6.5%, ranging from 2.9% to 13.5%.
The average MCAT score is 514, with scores ranging from 506 to 521.
Average in-state tuition is $40,085 per year.
The average GPA of admitted students is 3.74.

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