Medical Schools with the Lowest 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, The Brody School of Medicine at East Carolina University has the lowest tuition & fees of $25,295. University of Texas Rio Grande Valley School of Medicine and Dell Medical School at The University of Texas at Austin follow it with $34,632 and $35,406 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 lowest tuition & fees. You can sort the table by a column by clicking/touching the column title.
RankSchoolTuition & FeesLiving CostsAcceptance RateMCAT ScoreGPAEnrollment
1 The Brody School of Medicine at East Carolina University
PublicGreenville, NC
$25,295$33,0558.22%5063.61353
2 University of Texas Rio Grande Valley School of Medicine
PublicEdinburg, TX
$34,632$23,0051.18%5083.69225
3 Dell Medical School at The University of Texas at Austin
PublicAustin, TX
$35,406$34,6100.95%5143.78206
4 Texas A&M Health Science Center College of Medicine
PublicBryan, TX
$36,098$26,4723.56%5133.86850
5 University of Mississippi School of Medicine
PublicJackson, MS
$36,305$28,33544.47%5043.7675
6 Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center School of Medicine
PublicLubbock, TX
$36,329-3.64%5123.9744
7 UTHealth John P. and Katherine G. McGovern Medical School
PublicHouston, TX
$36,362$32,2824.25%5123.841,020
8 UT Health San Antonio Joe R. and Teresa Lozano Long School of Medicine
PublicSan Antonio, TX
$37,239$27,4904.31%5183.88947
9 University of Houston College of Medicine
PublicHouston, TX
$37,368$31,8941.23%5063.59180
10 Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center Paul L. Foster School of Medicine
PublicEl Paso, TX
$37,971-2.72%5093.82498
11 The University of Texas at Tyler School of Medicine
PublicTyler, TX
$38,322$22,6761.06%5083.740
12 University of Texas Southwestern Medical School at Dallas
PublicDallas, TX
$38,737$31,8404.20%5173.831,021
13 CUNY School of Medicine
PublicNew York, NY
$41,912$23,490100.00%--300
14 The University of Texas Medical Branch
PublicGalveston, TX
$41,933$25,0924.47%5113.8964
15 Baylor College of Medicine
PrivateHouston, TX
$42,671$38,8244.06%5183.91880
16 Southern Illinois University School of Medicine
PublicSpringfield, IL
$42,746$20,4557.11%5083.82327
17 Washington State University Elson S. Floyd College of Medicine
PublicSpokane, WA
$43,242$28,4464.96%5083.6334
18 Mercer University School of Medicine
PrivateMacon, GA
$45,763$27,58012.58%5043.7597
19 University of New Mexico School of Medicine
PublicAlbuquerque, NM
$48,388-5.38%5073.72429
20 University of Florida College of Medicine
PublicGainesville, FL
$49,390$27,7422.54%5143.79624
21 East Tennessee State University James H. Quillen College of Medicine
PublicJohnson City, TN
$49,786$28,8691.94%5083.83307
22 University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Carle Illinois College of Medicine
PublicUrbana, IL
$52,790$19,4502.25%5133.73219
23 University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Medicine
PublicKansas City, MO
$53,962$24,6967.18%5103.85553
24 University of South Florida College of Medicine
PublicTampa, FL
$54,916$39,8483.30%5183.92740
25 University of Miami Leonard M. Miller School of Medicine
PrivateMiami, FL
$55,114$45,6301.99%5153.8888