Medical School Rank - Where Does Your School Rank?

Are you curious about your medical school rank and how it stands against other schools? Or, are you looking to apply to one of the best medical colleges you can?

Whatever the reason, here is a look at the top medical school rankings for this year.

According to US News, Harvard University is the number one medical school for research. The top primary care medical school spot goes tot he University of Washington.

Here's the complete breakdown of the top 10 in each category:

Medical School Rank - Research

1. Harvard

2. John Hopkins

3. Washington University in St. Louis

4. (Tie) Duke

4. University of Pennsylvania

6. University of California San Francisco

7. Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons

8. Stanford

9. Michigan

10. Yale

Medical School Ranking - Primary Care

1. Washington

2. Oregon Health & Science

3. University of California San Francisco

4. Michigan State College of Osteopathic Medicine

5. University of Minnesota Duluth

6. (3 Way tie) University of California San Diego

6. New Mexico

6. University of Wisconsin Madison

9. (3 Way Tie) Iowa

9. University of Minnesota Twin Cities

9. University of Rochester

What Do The Rankings Mean?

Like rankings for anything, they are only opinions and subjective in nature. There are hundreds of other medical schools and medical colleges that could easily make the list as well.

The point is that there really is no one-way of providing medical school ranking that is perfect. Naturally, every school feels it should either be ranked higher on the list or have made the top ten to start with.