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Medicine is generally a lucrative profession in the U.S. It’s not unusual for a doctor to earn more than $100 per hour, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
However, premeds who are enticed by the generous pay should know that it’s not cheap to become a physician. Degrees from private medical schools are typically very costly, and in some cases, four years of tuition and fees at these schools add up to more than $200,000.
[Read: How to Attend Medical School for Free.]
During the 2017-2018 school year, private medical schools charged students an average of nearly $55,000 for tuition and fees, according to data submitted by 52 ranked private medicals schools to U.S. News in an annual survey.
The 10 most expensive private medical schools each charged more than $60,000 for tuition and fees in 2017-2018. Among these schools, the median price was $63,350.
[Read: 10 Least Expensive Private Medical Schools.]
Seven of these schools rank among the top 25 in either the U.S. News rankings of the Best Medical Schools for Research or Best Medical Schools for Primary Care.
Below is a list of the 10 private medical schools with the highest tuition and fees in 2017-2018. 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 (2017-2018) | U.S. News research rank | U.S. News primary care rank |
| Columbia University (NY) | $66,257 | 11 (tie) | 43 (tie) |
| University of Southern California (Keck) | $64,132 | 32 (tie) | 53 (tie) |
| Case Western Reserve University (OH) | $63,666 | 25 | 39 (tie) |
| Dartmouth College (Geisel) (NH) | $63,551 | 44 (tie) | 21 (tie) |
| Northwestern University (Feinberg) (IL) | $63,470 | 20 | 21 (tie) |
| Washington University in St. Louis | $63,230 | 8 (tie) | 10 (tie) |
| Brown University (Alpert) (RI) | $62,917 | 32 (tie) | 39 (tie) |
| Harvard University (MA) | $61,535 | 1 | 12 (tie) |
| Tufts University (MA) | $61,464 | 57 (tie) | 46 (tie) |
| Duke University (NC) | $61,032 | 10 | 26 (tie) |
Don’t see your school in the top 10? Access the U.S. News Medical School Compass to find tuition and fees data, 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 177 medical schools for our 2017 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 and fees data above are correct as of June 5, 2018.
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