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2023 Best Value Medicine Schools

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

133 Colleges
$22,892 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$57,621 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Medicine School for You

Medicine is one of the most popular majors in the nation, ranking 7th of all the majors we analyze. In 2020-2021, 28,629 degrees and certificates were awarded to students with this major.

With all the healthcare programs available today, it can be tough to choose which one is the best for you. With more and more schools offering online options, you could even register for a great program on the other side of the country. On top of that, there are a considerable number of trade schools that offer fast-track entry to many fields.

To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Healthcare Degree Search has created its Best Value Medicine Schools ranking. Our analysis looked at 133 schools in the United States to see which programs offered the best value experiences for medicine students with the aim of identifying those quality schools that are more affordable than some of their counterparts.

This ranking is not just a list of inexpensive schools. We also consider each school's quality, since we believe a low-quality school may not be a 'bargain' at any price. Specifically, our score for quality is discounted by the published tuition and fees charged by the given college. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The more quality your dollar buys, the better the value.

For nationwide and regional rankings, we use out-of-state tuition and fees in our calculations. For statewide rankings, we use average in-state tuition and fees.

Top 15% Best Medicine Schools

$5,722 Average Tuition & Fees

Our analysis found Universidad Central Del Caribe to be the best value school for medicine students who want to pursue a degree in the United States. UCC is a fairly small private not-for-profit school located in the city of Bayamon.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at UCC are $5,722 a year.

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$21,694 Average Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Value Medicine Schools list. UT Health San Antonio is a small public school located in the large city of San Antonio.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at UT Health San Antonio are $21,694 a year.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Northeast Ohio Medical University. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Best Value Medicine Schools list. Located in the large suburb of Rootstown, NEOMED is a public college with a small student population.

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$11,972 Average Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Mayo Clinic School of Medicine. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Best Value Medicine Schools list. Located in the medium-sized city of Rochester, Mayo Clinic School of Medicine is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Mayo Clinic School of Medicine are $11,972 per year.

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#5

University of South Dakota

Vermillion, SD

The excellent programs at University of South Dakota helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the best medicine schools in the United States. Located in the distant town of Vermillion, USD is a public college with a moderately-sized student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at USD are $12,942 a year.

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University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center ranked #6 on this year’s Best Value Medicine Schools list. Located in the city of Dallas, UT Southwestern is a public school with a small student population.

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$22,230 Average Tuition & Fees

Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best value schools for medicine students. It came in at #7 on the list. TTUHSC is a moderately-sized public school located in the large city of Lubbock.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at TTUHSC are $22,230 a year.

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$23,692 Average Tuition & Fees

The University of Texas Medical Branch ranked #8 on this year’s Best Value Medicine Schools list. UTMB Galveston is a small public school located in the town of Galveston.

UTMB Galveston undergraduate students pay an average of $23,692 in tuition and fees each year.

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$18,563 Average Tuition & Fees

SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University landed the #9 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value medicine programs. SUNY Downstate is a small public school located in the city of Brooklyn.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at SUNY Downstate are $18,563 per year.

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$15,976 Average Tuition & Fees

With a ranking of #10, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences did quite well on this year’s best value schools for medicine students. Located in the midsize city of Little Rock, UAMS is a public school with a small student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at UAMS are $15,976 a year.

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Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai came in at #11 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Medicine Schools ranking. Located in the city of New York, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.

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#11

Creighton University

Omaha, NE

Creighton University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best value schools for medicine students. It came in at #11 on the list. Creighton is a moderately-sized private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Omaha.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at Creighton are $44,524 a year.

Creighton excels when it comes to quality. It’s ranked in the top 10% of all schools on our Best Medicine Schools list.

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#13

Albany Medical College

Albany, NY

With a ranking of #13, Albany Medical College did quite well on this year’s best value schools for medicine students. AMC Albany is a fairly small private not-for-profit school located in the city of Albany.

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#14

Thomas Jefferson University

Philadelphia, PA

Thomas Jefferson University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best value schools for medicine students. It came in at #14 on the list. Located in the city of Philadelphia, Thomas Jefferson University is a private not-for-profit college with a moderately-sized student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Thomas Jefferson University are $42,966 per year.

Thomas Jefferson University also claimed a spot on our Best Medicine Schools list. It’s in the top 5% of all schools in this category.

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#14

Rowan University

Glassboro, NJ
$23,408 Average Tuition & Fees

Rowan University landed the #14 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value medicine programs. Located in the suburb of Glassboro, Rowan is a public school with a large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at Rowan are $23,408 a year.

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Medical College of Wisconsin came in at #16 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Medicine Schools ranking. Located in the large suburb of Milwaukee, Medical College of Wisconsin is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.

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#17

Mercer University

Macon, GA
$29,324 Average Tuition & Fees

Mercer University came in at #17 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Medicine Schools ranking. Located in the city of Macon, Mercer is a private not-for-profit school with a medium-sized student population.

Mercer undergraduate students pay an average of $29,324 in tuition and fees each year.

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Baylor College of Medicine landed the #18 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value medicine programs. Located in the city of Houston, Baylor College of Medicine is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.

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University of Nevada - Las Vegas came in at #19 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Medicine Schools ranking. UNLV is a very large public school located in the medium-sized city of Las Vegas.

UNLV undergraduate students pay an average of $24,828 in tuition and fees each year.

As a testament to the quality of education it offers, UNLV also is in the top 15% of our Best Medicine Schools ranking.

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Honorable Mentions

Here are some additional great value schools for Medicine students seeking value that almost earned our Best Value Medicine Schools award.

Rank College Location
20 University of North Dakota Grand Forks, ND
21 The City College of New York New York, NY
21 Upstate Medical University Syracuse, NY
23 University of California - Los Angeles Los Angeles, CA
24 Eastern Virginia Medical School Norfolk, VA
24 The University of Texas at Austin Austin, TX
26 University of New Mexico - Main Campus Albuquerque, NM
26 New York Medical College Valhalla, NY

Medicine by Region

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Region
Southeast
New England
Rocky Mountains
Plains States
Middle Atlantic
Far Western US
Southwest
Great Lakes

Medicine is one of 30 different types of healthcare programs to choose from.

Medicine Focus Areas

Major Annual Graduates
Medicine 20,665

Related Major Annual Graduates
Nursing 322,592
Health & Medical Administrative Services 89,359
Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services 84,492
Practical Nursing & Nursing Assistants 84,274
Allied Health Professions 82,308

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 25 schools only.

  • The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of the rest of our data about colleges.
  • Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).

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