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 2024-2025, 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 $28,688. With the living expenses, the medical school cost of attendance (COA) is $96,145 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$33,0557.51%5073.73349
2 University of Texas Rio Grande Valley School of Medicine
PublicEdinburg, TX
$34,632$23,0051.22%5073.79222
3 Dell Medical School at The University of Texas at Austin
PublicAustin, TX
$35,406$34,6100.95%5153.92207
4 Texas A&M Health Science Center College of Medicine
PublicBryan, TX
$36,098$26,4723.55%5133.89867
5 University of Mississippi School of Medicine
PublicJackson, MS
$36,305$28,33546.29%5063.87675
6 Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center School of Medicine
PublicLubbock, TX
$36,329-3.68%5123.93754
7 UTHealth John P. and Katherine G. McGovern Medical School
PublicHouston, TX
$36,362$32,2824.21%5133.921,032
8 UT Health San Antonio Joe R. and Teresa Lozano Long School of Medicine
PublicSan Antonio, TX
$37,239$27,4904.22%5183.93963
9 University of Houston College of Medicine
PublicHouston, TX
$37,368$31,8941.25%5053.75217
10 Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center Paul L. Foster School of Medicine
PublicEl Paso, TX
$37,971-2.74%5093.85503
11 The University of Texas at Tyler School of Medicine
PublicTyler, TX
$38,322$22,6760.86%5053.8480
12 University of Texas Southwestern Medical School at Dallas
PublicDallas, TX
$38,737$31,8403.96%5173.931,010
13 CUNY School of Medicine
PublicNew York, NY
$41,912$23,490100.00%-3.8292
14 The University of Texas Medical Branch
PublicGalveston, TX
$41,933$25,0924.51%5133.87962
15 Baylor College of Medicine
PrivateHouston, TX
$42,671$38,8244.02%5193.94933
16 Southern Illinois University School of Medicine
PublicSpringfield, IL
$42,746$20,4557.30%5073.86328
17 Washington State University Elson S. Floyd College of Medicine
PublicSpokane, WA
$43,242$28,4465.11%5093.65344
18 Mercer University School of Medicine
PrivateMacon, GA
$45,763$27,58014.37%5033.72664
19 University of New Mexico School of Medicine
PublicAlbuquerque, NM
$48,388-5.93%5063.82442
20 University of Florida College of Medicine
PublicGainesville, FL
$49,390$27,7422.52%5163.92620
21 East Tennessee State University James H. Quillen College of Medicine
PublicJohnson City, TN
$49,786$28,8692.59%5113.78322
22 University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Carle Illinois College of Medicine
PublicUrbana, IL
$52,790$19,4502.55%5153.83243
23 University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Medicine
PublicKansas City, MO
$53,962$24,6966.70%5103.89549
24 University of South Florida College of Medicine
PublicTampa, FL
$54,916$39,8482.33%5193.93687
25 University of Miami Leonard M. Miller School of Medicine
PrivateMiami, FL
$55,114$45,6302.61%5153.85919