Medical School Admissions: US News Rankings
US News introduces its annual rankings with an explanation and a valuable warning:
"Each year, U.S. News ranks professional-school programs in business, education, engineering, law, and medicine. These rankings are based on two types of data: expert opinion about program quality and statistical indicators that measure the quality of a school's faculty, research, and students. These data come from surveys of more than 1,200 programs and some 12,500 academics and professionals that were conducted in fall 2006. As you research course offerings and weigh different schools' intangible attributes, U.S. News's rankings can help you compare programs' academic excellence. It's important that you use the rankings to supplement -- not replace -- careful thought and your own inquiries." [Emphasis added]
Excellent advice. Keep it in mind as you review the data in the US News medical school rankings. Now its ranking of the top 10 US medical schools:
Research Schools
- Harvard
- Johns Hopkins
- Penn
- Washington U in St. Louis
- UCSF
- U of Washington
- Stanford
- Duke
- Yale (tied with Duke for #8)
- Baylor
Primary Care Schools
- U of Washington
- UNC
- University of Colorado
- Oregon Health and Science University
- Mich. State U. Coll. of Osteopathic Medicine
- East Carolina University (Brody) (NC)
- University of Vermont
- UCSF
- University of Wisconsin–Madison
- University of Nebraska College of Medicine
Linda Abraham
in Medical School Admissions
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