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Most medical school graduates leave school with a significant amount of student debt, and their debt burden tends to be higher if they attended private medical schools.
But private medical schools vary widely in price. Among ranked private schools in the 2018 Best Medical Schools research and primary care rankings, the cost of tuition and fees for the 2016-2017 school year ranges from $32,663 per year at Baylor College of Medicine to $63,890 per year at the Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons.
At the 10 least expensive ranked private medical schools, tuition and fees for the 2016-2017 school year were slightly more than $43,700 on average compared with the typical price at a private medical school, which was nearly $53,900 annually. Six of these 10 schools were ranked in the bottom one-fourth in the medical school rankings, and are labeled Rank Not Published.
Below is a list of the 10 ranked private medical schools with the lowest tuition and fees in 2016. Two of these schools offer discounts to in-state residents — the Baylor College of Medicine and the Miller School of Medicine at the University of Miami. The prices given for the schools in this article are the full-freight rates paid by out-of-state students. Unranked schools, which did not meet certain criteria required by U.S. News to be numerically ranked, were not considered for this report.
| School (name) (state) | Tuition and fees (2016-2017) | U.S. News research rank | U.S. News primary care rank |
| Baylor College of Medicine (TX) | $32,663 | 21 | 8 (tie) |
| Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine (PA) | $33,055 | RNP | RNP |
| University of Miami (Miller) (FL) | $42,642 | 48 (tie) | 68 |
| University of Pikeville (KY) | $42,975 | RNP | RNP |
| Edward Via College of Osteopathic Medicine–Virginia, Carolinas, and Auburn | $43,800 | RNP | RNP |
| Kansas City University of Medicine and Biosciences (MO) | $44,595 | RNP | RNP |
| Lincoln Memorial University (DeBusk) (TN) | $47,880 | RNP | RNP |
| Hofstra University (NY) | $49,500 | 71 (tie) | 55 (tie) |
| Mayo Clinic School of Medicine (MN) | $49,900 | 20 | 31 (tie) |
| Touro College of Osteopathic Medicine (NY) | $50,270 | RNP | RNP |
Don’t see your school in the top 10? Access the U.S. News Medical School Compass to find information on medical school tuition, complete rankings and much more. School officials can access historical data and rankings, including of peer institutions, via U.S. News Academic Insights.
U.S. News surveyed 170 medical schools for our 2016 survey of research and primary care programs. Schools self-reported myriad data regarding their academic programs and the makeup of their student body, among other areas, making U.S. News’ data the most accurate and detailed collection of college facts and figures of its kind. While U.S. News uses much of this survey data to rank schools for our annual Best Medical Schools rankings, the data can also be useful when examined on a smaller scale. U.S. News will now produce lists of data, separate from the overall rankings, meant to provide students and parents a means to find which schools excel, or have room to grow, in specific areas that are important to them. While the data come from the schools themselves, these lists are not related to, and have no influence over, U.S. News’ rankings of Best Colleges, Best Graduate Schools or Best Online Programs. The tuition data above are correct as of March 30, 2017.
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