Best Graduate Schools

Best Medical Schools for Your Money 2024

To find the country’s best-value medical schools, we weighed dozens of data points, focusing on annual program costs, average student debt and typical earnings for recent graduates. Here are the colleges that scored a 4 or higher on our 5-star scale.
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College Name
Est. annual costs
Average student debt
Employment rate
Average early career salaries

Augusta University

Augusta, GA

$45,020 $179,030 100% $55,640

Baylor College of Medicine

Houston, TX

$44,700 $103,160 99% $58,020

East Carolina University

Greenville, NC

$39,730 $140,090 100% $55,540

Indiana University-Purdue University-Indianapolis

Indianapolis, IN

$52,940 $205,780 100% $56,920

Marshall University

Huntington, WV

$39,470 $149,620 100% $56,170

Medical University of South Carolina

Charleston, SC

$42,790 $208,130 100% $54,580

Michigan State University

East Lansing, MI

$47,110 $244,800 100% $55,910

Ohio State University

Columbus, OH

$47,860 $177,420 99% $56,890

Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center

Lubbock, TX

$37,200 $145,480 100% $55,730

The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston

Houston, TX

$40,120 $130,040 99% $56,310

The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio

San Antonio, TX

$38,890 $127,980 99% $55,660

The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston

Galveston, TX

$41,760 $131,310 99% $55,830

University of Arizona

Tucson, AZ

$55,840 $187,170 100% $58,410

University of California-San Francisco

San Francisco, CA

$54,230 $130,570 100% $64,140

University of Central Florida

Orlando, FL

$47,350 $181,100 100% $56,420

University of Cincinnati-Main Campus

Cincinnati, OH

$51,680 $178,510 100% $57,260

University of Florida

Gainesville, FL

$52,090 $169,390 100% $56,040

University of Illinois Chicago

Chicago, IL

$55,540 $242,930 100% $57,970

University of Iowa

Iowa City, IA

$54,390 $171,840 100% $58,410

University of Louisville

Louisville, KY

$41,120 $200,860 100% $56,720

University of Maryland, Baltimore

Baltimore, MD

$56,320 $181,710 100% $57,690

University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School

Worcester, MA

$55,940 $152,880 100% $59,070

University of Missouri-Kansas City

Kansas City, MO

$48,320 $172,550 100% $56,810

University of Nebraska Medical Center

Omaha, NE

$53,250 $175,500 100% $58,200

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Chapel Hill, NC

$50,970 $146,140 100% $55,820

University of North Dakota

Grand Forks, ND

$50,490 $145,890 100% $58,100

University of South Florida

Tampa, FL

$51,580 $179,550 100% $55,560

University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center

Dallas, TX

$38,060 $123,360 99% $57,320

University of Wisconsin-Madison

Madison, WI

$58,400 $163,650 100% $58,600

West Virginia University

Morgantown, WV

$38,010 $188,880 100% $54,650
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Notes: Annual costs include tuition and fees, books and living expenses for in-state students. Employment rate is based on the share of graduates from this program who were not working nor enrolled in another educational program within two years of leaving school. Average earnings and debt figures represent program-level earnings for graduates within one and two year(s) of completion.

Sources: U.S. Department of Education’s College Scorecard, college websites, College Factual/Money calculations.