Expensive Medical Schools with the Highest Tuition & Fees

The tuition & fees at medical schools is usually higher than the costs for regular undergraduate and graduate programs. Students may be supported by federal, state, and/or institutional scholarship program, but still the tuition and other costs are important consideration when choosing medical schools to apply and enroll.
For the academic year 2023-2024, the average tuition fees at public medical schools is $40,691 for state residents and $62,206 for out-of-state. In private medical schools, the average tuition & fees is $67,457. The average living costs including room & boards, books, and other personal expenses is $27,778. With the living expenses, the medical school cost of attendance (COA) is $95,235 based on private school rate.
Among medical schools in United States, University of Washington School of Medicine has the highest tuition & fees of $99,347. University of Missouri-Columbia School of Medicine and University of South Carolina School of Medicine Greenville follow it with $92,713 and $88,794 respectively. It is based on out-of-state rate and exclude medical schools in Puerto Rico.
The following table lists the top 25 medical schools having the highest tuition & fees. You can sort the table by a column by clicking/touching the column title.
RankSchoolTuition & FeesLiving CostsAcceptance RateMCAT ScoreGPAEnrollment
1 University of Washington School of Medicine
PublicSeattle, WA
$99,347$38,7283.89%5113.751,187
2 University of Missouri-Columbia School of Medicine
PublicColumbia, MO
$92,713$25,4964.74%5093.77527
3 University of South Carolina School of Medicine Greenville
PublicGreenville, SC
$88,794$25,5223.50%5113.75404
3 University of South Carolina School of Medicine Greenville
PublicGreenville, SC
$88,794$29,5973.50%5113.75404
5 University of South Carolina School of Medicine
PublicColumbia, SC
$88,750$29,5973.50%5113.75404
5 University of South Carolina School of Medicine
PublicColumbia, SC
$88,750$25,5223.50%5113.75404
7 University of Illinois College of Medicine
PublicChicago, IL
$88,445$33,0503.18%5133.81,313
8 University of Utah School of Medicine
PublicSalt Lake City,, UT
$87,728$32,7584.12%5143.87535
9 Indiana University School of Medicine - Evansville
PrivateEvansville, IN
$87,595$33,050----
10 Sanford School of Medicine of the University of South Dakota
PublicSioux Falls, SD
$79,203$25,4306.36%5083.82280
11 Hackensack Meridian School of Medicine
PrivateNutley, NJ
$78,335$40,4522.62%5133.71571
12 University of Connecticut School of Medicine
PublicFarmington, CT
$78,018$42,5322.58%5133.8501
13 Duke University School of Medicine
PrivateDurham, NC
$77,100$33,0321.40%5193.89586
14 Cooper Medical School of Rowan University
PublicCamden, NJ
$76,857$29,1002.46%5063.67461
15 University of Kentucky College of Medicine
PublicLexington, KY
$76,842$29,3984.85%5063.82837
16 Georgetown University School of Medicine
PrivateWashington, DC
$76,603$29,7501.25%5123.78879
17 Harvard Medical School
PrivateBoston, MA
$76,421$36,3652.07%5213.9845
18 Yale School of Medicine
PrivateNew Haven, CT
$75,985$34,7431.64%5193.87553
19 Rutgers New Jersey Medical School
PublicNewark, NJ
$75,836$21,2722.97%5123.7750
19 Rutgers New Jersey Medical School
PublicNewark, NJ
$75,836$26,0132.97%5123.7750
21 Tulane University School of Medicine
PrivateNew Orleans, LA
$75,824$30,2321.21%5103.64814
22 University of Michigan Medical School
Public6100 THSL, 1135 Catherine Street, MI
$75,822$35,6801.84%5153.79793
23 University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry
PrivateRochester, NY
$75,690$26,4981.68%5163.82478
24 Columbia University Roy and Diana Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons
PrivateNew York, NY
$75,689$32,1091.92%5223.9642
25 Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School
PublicNew Brunswick, NJ
$75,066$21,2722.97%5123.7750