Harvard Medical School and University of Washington School of Medicine Maintain Top Ranking in US News’ Ranking of Research and Primary Care Medical Schools

Among research-oriented medical schools, Harvard and NYU Grossman maintained their positions in the top two spots of the US News ranking. However, the top ten did see movement with Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine moving up into the third spot, from a tie at seventh place last year. Johns Hopkins shares the third rank, in a three-way tie, with Columbia University and University of California San Francisco. University of Pennsylvania’s Perelman School of Medicine also moved upwards, from ninth place last year to a tie at number six this year. Perelman shares the sixth rank with Duke University.

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For the primary care ranking, the top two schools maintained their places with University of Washington first, followed by the University of California San Francisco. Two new schools entered the top ten—University of California Davis moved up three spots to the eighth rank, from eleventh last year, and University of Pittsburgh had a meteoric rise into the top ten from the thirty-fourth rank last year. The school shares the tenth rank, in a three-way tie, with University of Kansas Medical Center and University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School.

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