Rankings for Med school

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Other than the Gourman Report and US News and World Report does anyone know of a source that ranks all 109 medical schools. I know there are a variety of criteria you can judge a school, but I want to get a relative idea of where some of these schools stand in general. For example: although not published anywhere, I have heard Chicago Med is considered a bottom tier med school if not the worst med school. Does anyone know of a source that can substantiate these claims.
 
Can't help you there, but what you say is interesting, because I *think* that Chicago (I might be mistaking it with a different Chicago-area school, though) is also the most expensive medical school... I guess you don't always get what you pay for. <img border="0" title="" alt="[Eek!]" src="eek.gif" />
 
Actually based on what I see, BU (36k) is the most expensive then Tufts(35k) and then Chicago Med (34k).
 
Don't ever forget cost of living! It's much more important than tuition in the long run. The area around Finch is super-depressed and pretty cheap to live in.
 
Whoops, my bad. I checked my source (some Tufts Medicine magazine) and it says Chicago Medical is the 5th most expensive US medical school (for 2000-01, ranked by non-resident tuition and fees). Number one was BU at $36,980, and Tufts ran a close second, at $36,305.

I guess this is how rumors get started... :wink:
 
At Tulane, this question was thrown to the field, and I answered BU and was horribly shot down. Colorado out of state costs 60K. 60K!!!! Just for tuition. Live and Learn.
 
Wow, I looked up colorado in us news and world report and duke is indeed right. 56k in out of state tuition alone <img border="0" title="" alt="[Eek!]" src="eek.gif" /> <img border="0" title="" alt="[Eek!]" src="eek.gif" /> <img border="0" title="" alt="[Eek!]" src="eek.gif" /> <img border="0" title="" alt="[Eek!]" src="eek.gif" /> <img border="0" title="" alt="[Eek!]" src="eek.gif" /> <img border="0" title="" alt="[Eek!]" src="eek.gif" /> . Who in their right mind would go to this school just to rack up 70k in debt a year (including cost of living).
 
Wait, this might be a silly question, but does US news rank all 109 med schools? I thought it was only the top 30 or something? If they do rank all of them, can someone tell me where I can find it? Thanks.
 
I think the reason Colorado is not considered most expensive is because you automatically become an in-state resident after one year. So for the next three years, you pay in-state tuition. At least, that's what a friend who now goes there told me...
 
•••quote:•••Originally posted by megkudos:
•Wait, this might be a silly question, but does US news rank all 109 med schools? I thought it was only the top 30 or something? If they do rank all of them, can someone tell me where I can find it? Thanks.•••••I don't think they rank ALL in US News or any other publication. It'd be nice if there was something out there that did... 🙂
 
•••quote:•••Originally posted by megkudos:
•Wait, this might be a silly question, but does US news rank all 109 med schools? I thought it was only the top 30 or something? If they do rank all of them, can someone tell me where I can find it? Thanks.•••••No, they only rank the top 50, but they have profiles on a lot of the rest, which you can still look up by doing a search on that school name - interesting if you want to know about numbers ie # applied vs # interviewed vs # accepted vs # entering

As to the original poster - I think the only readily available ranking of all 125 (It isn't just my imagination is it - there are 125 med schools not just 109?) is the official 'Eurotrash Med School Rankings'. This ranking is a snap at just 1 million US$ paid in gold bullion.
 
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