Top California Medical Schools Comparison

There are 11 LCME-accredited Medical Schools in California. Of those schools, the top 5 schools present in the following table. You can search all Medical Schools in California at California Medical School search page.
  • South Carolina School of Medicine's tuition is the most expensive ($74,373) and UCSD School of Medicine's tuition is the lowest ($56,959). *
  • Kaiser Permanente School of Medicine has the lowest acceptance rate of 0.67% and UCSF School of Medicine has the highest rate of 1.82%.
  • Stanford School of Medicine has the highest MCAT score of 519 and UCSD School of Medicine has the lowest score of 514.
  • Stanford School of Medicine has the highest GPA of 3.92 and UCSD School of Medicine has the lowest GPA of 3.81.
  • UCLA School of Medicine is the largest school with 858 enrolled students and Kaiser Permanente School of Medicine is the smallest school with 211 students.
  • UCSF School of Medicine is the oldest school founded in 1864 and Kaiser Permanente School of Medicine is the most recently founded in 2020.
  • UCSD School of Medicine requires the most expensive application fees of $135.
* Kaiser Permanente School of Medicine is a tuition free school. See details at the school's tuition page.