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This list of medical schools in the United States includes current and developing academic institutions which award the Doctor of Medicine (MD) or the Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine (DO) degrees, either of which is required for comprehensive practice as a physician in the United States . MD-granting medical schools are accredited by the Liaison Committee on Medical Education while DO-granting medical schools are accredited by the American Osteopathic Association Commission on Osteopathic College Accreditation . There are currently 158 accredited MD-granting institutions,[ 1] and 37 accredited DO-granting institutions in the United States.[ 2]
Although Delaware , Alaska , and Wyoming are the only states that lack independent medical schools, Alaska, Idaho (which also hosts an independent DO-granting school), Montana, and Wyoming are served by the University of Washington School of Medicine through the WWAMI Regional Medical Education Program . Since 2023 Montana is Served by the Touro College of Osteopathic Medicine Great Falls Campus, first Non Profit Medical school in the State.[ 3] Maine is served exclusively by one DO-granting school. New York has the most medical schools at 17.
MD-granting medical schools [ edit ]
State
City
School
Established
Type
Additional campuses
Alabama
Birmingham
University of Alabama at Birmingham School of Medicine
1859
Public
Mobile
University of South Alabama Frederick P. Whiddon College of Medicine
1967
Arizona
Tucson
University of Arizona College of Medicine – Tucson
1967
Phoenix
University of Arizona College of Medicine – Phoenix
2006
Arkansas
Little Rock
University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences College of Medicine
1879
California
Elk Grove
California Northstate University College of Medicine
2011
Private
Colton
California University of Science and Medicine
2015
Los Angeles
Charles R. Drew University of Medicine and Science College of Medicine
2022
Pasadena
Kaiser Permanente Bernard J. Tyson School of Medicine
2019
Los Angeles
University of Southern California Keck School of Medicine
1885
Loma Linda
Loma Linda University School of Medicine
1909
Stanford
Stanford University School of Medicine
1908
Sacramento
University of California, Davis School of Medicine
1968
Public
Irvine
University of California, Irvine School of Medicine
1965
Riverside
University of California, Riverside School of Medicine
2008
La Jolla
University of California, San Diego School of Medicine
1968
San Francisco
University of California, San Francisco School of Medicine
1864
Los Angeles
University of California, Los Angeles David Geffen School of Medicine
1950
Colorado
Aurora
University of Colorado School of Medicine
1883
Connecticut
Farmington
University of Connecticut School of Medicine
1968
Hamden
Quinnipiac University Frank H. Netter MD School of Medicine
2010
Private
New Haven
Yale School of Medicine
1810
District of Columbia
Washington, D.C.
George Washington University School of Medicine & Health Sciences
1825
Georgetown University School of Medicine
1851
Howard University College of Medicine
1868
Florida
Miami
Florida International University Herbert Wertheim College of Medicine
2006
Public
Gainesville
University of Florida College of Medicine
1956
Boca Raton
Florida Atlantic University Charles E. Schmidt College of Medicine
2011
Tallahassee
Florida State University College of Medicine
2000
Miami
University of Miami Miller School of Medicine
1951
Private
Davie
Nova Southeastern University Dr. Kiran C. Patel College of Allopathic Medicine
2018
Orlando
University of Central Florida College of Medicine
2006
Public
Tampa
University of South Florida Morsani College of Medicine
1971
Georgia
Atlanta
Emory University School of Medicine
1854
Private
Augusta
Augusta University Medical College of Georgia
1828
Public
Macon
Mercer University School of Medicine
1982
Private
Atlanta
Morehouse School of Medicine
1975
Hawaii
Honolulu
University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa John A. Burns School of Medicine
1965
Public
Illinois
Urbana
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Carle Illinois College of Medicine
2017
Public
North Chicago
Rosalind Franklin University Chicago Medical School
1912
Private
Chicago
University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine
1927
University of Illinois College of Medicine
1881
Public
Maywood
Loyola University Chicago Stritch School of Medicine
1870
Private
Chicago
Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine
1859
Rush Medical College
1837
Springfield
Southern Illinois University School of Medicine
1969
Public
Indiana
Indianapolis
Indiana University School of Medicine
1903
Public
Iowa
Iowa City
University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine
1870
Kansas
Kansas City
University of Kansas School of Medicine
1905
Kentucky
Lexington
University of Kentucky College of Medicine
1960
Louisville
University of Louisville School of Medicine
1846
Louisiana
New Orleans
LSU Health Sciences Center New Orleans School of Medicine
1931
Public
Shreveport
LSU Health Sciences Center Shreveport School of Medicine
1968
New Orleans
Tulane University School of Medicine
1834
Private
Maryland
Baltimore
Johns Hopkins School of Medicine
1893
University of Maryland School of Medicine
1807
Public
Bethesda
Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences F. Edward Hébert School of Medicine
1972
Federal
Massachusetts
Boston
Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine
1848
Private
Harvard Medical School
1782
Worcester
University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School
1962
Public
Boston
Tufts University School of Medicine
1893
Private
Michigan
Mount Pleasant
Central Michigan University College of Medicine
2010
Public
Ann Arbor
University of Michigan Medical School
1850
East Lansing
Michigan State University College of Human Medicine
1964
Rochester
Oakland University William Beaumont School of Medicine
2010
Private
Detroit
Wayne State University School of Medicine
1868
Public
Kalamazoo
Western Michigan University Homer Stryker M.D. School of Medicine
2011
Private
Minnesota
Rochester
Mayo Clinic Alix School of Medicine
1972
Private
Minneapolis
University of Minnesota Medical School
1888
Public
Missouri
Columbia
University of Missouri School of Medicine
1841
Kansas City
University of Missouri–Kansas City School of Medicine
1971
St. Louis
Saint Louis University School of Medicine
1836
Private
Washington University School of Medicine
1891
Mississippi
Jackson
University of Mississippi School of Medicine
1955
Public
Nebraska
Omaha
Creighton University School of Medicine
1892
Private
University of Nebraska Medical Center College of Medicine
1880
Public
Nevada
Reno
University of Nevada, Reno School of Medicine
1969
Las Vegas
University of Nevada, Las Vegas Kirk Kerkorian School of Medicine
2014
New Hampshire
Hanover
Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth College
1797
Private
New Jersey
Camden
Rowan University Cooper Medical School
2011
Public
Nutley
Hackensack Meridian School of Medicine
2016
Private
Newark
Rutgers New Jersey Medical School
1954
Public
Piscataway
Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School
1961
New Mexico
Albuquerque
University of New Mexico School of Medicine
1964
New York
Albany
Albany Medical College
1839
Private
Buffalo
University at Buffalo Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences
1846
Public
New York City
City University of New York School of Medicine
2015
Public
Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons
1767
Private
Weill Cornell Medical College
1898
Albert Einstein College of Medicine
1955
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
1968
Mineola
New York University Long Island School of Medicine
2018
New York City
New York University Grossman School of Medicine
1841
Valhalla
New York Medical College
1860
Stony Brook
Stony Brook University Renaissance School of Medicine
1971
Public
Rochester
University of Rochester School of Medicine & Dentistry
1850
Private
New York City
State University of New York Downstate Health Sciences University College of Medicine
1860
Public
Syracuse
State University of New York Upstate Medical University Norton College of Medicine
1834
Public
Hempstead
Donald and Barbara Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell
2008
Private
North Carolina
Durham
Duke University School of Medicine
1930
Private
Greenville
East Carolina University Brody School of Medicine
1972
Public
Chapel Hill
University of North Carolina School of Medicine
1879
Winston-Salem
Wake Forest School of Medicine
1902
Private
North Dakota
Grand Forks
University of North Dakota School of Medicine and Health Sciences
1905
Public
Ohio
Cleveland
Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine
1843
Private
Cincinnati
University of Cincinnati College of Medicine
1819
Public
Rootstown
Northeast Ohio Medical University
1973
Columbus
Ohio State University College of Medicine
1914
Toledo
University of Toledo College of Medicine and Life Sciences
1964
Dayton
Wright State University Boonshoft School of Medicine
1974
Oklahoma
Oklahoma City
University of Oklahoma College of Medicine
1900
Oregon
Portland
Oregon Health & Science University
1887
Pennsylvania
Philadelphia
Drexel University College of Medicine
1848
Private
Scranton
Geisinger Commonwealth School of Medicine
2008
Philadelphia
Thomas Jefferson University Sidney Kimmel Medical College
1824
Hershey
Penn State University College of Medicine
1967
Philadelphia
University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine
1765
Pittsburgh
University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
1886
Philadelphia
Temple University Lewis Katz School of Medicine
1901
Puerto Rico
Bayamón
Universidad Central del Caribe School of Medicine
1976
Ponce
Ponce Health Sciences University School of Medicine
1980
San Juan
University of Puerto Rico School of Medicine
1949
Public
Caguas
San Juan Bautista School of Medicine
1978
Private
Rhode Island
Providence
Brown University Alpert Medical School
1975
Private
South Carolina
Charleston
Medical University of South Carolina
1824
Public
Columbia
University of South Carolina School of Medicine Columbia
1977
Greenville
University of South Carolina School of Medicine Greenville
2012
South Dakota
Sioux Falls
University of South Dakota Sanford School of Medicine
1907
Tennessee
Johnson City
East Tennessee State University James H. Quillen College of Medicine
1974
Public
Nashville
Meharry Medical College
1876
Private
Belmont University Thomas F. Frist, Jr. College of Medicine
2023
Memphis
University of Tennessee College of Medicine
1911
Public
Nashville
Vanderbilt University School of Medicine
1873
Private
Texas
Houston
Baylor College of Medicine
1900
Private
University of Houston Tilman J. Fertitta Family College of Medicine
2020
Public
Fort Worth
Texas Christian University Anne Burnett Marion School of Medicine
2019
Private
Bryan
Texas A&M Health Science Center College of Medicine
1973
Public
Lubbock
Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center School of Medicine
1969
Tyler
University of Texas at Tyler School of Medicine
2022
El Paso
Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center El Paso Paul L. Foster School of Medicine
2008
Austin
University of Texas at Austin Dell Medical School
2013
Houston
University of Texas Health Sciences Center at Houston McGovern Medical School
1970
Galveston
University of Texas Medical Branch
1891
Edinburg
University of Texas Rio Grande Valley School of Medicine
2015
San Antonio
University of Texas Health Sciences Center at San Antonio Long School of Medicine
1968
Dallas
University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
1943
Utah
Salt Lake City
University of Utah School of Medicine
1905
Vermont
Burlington
University of Vermont Larner College of Medicine
1822
Virginia
Norfolk
Macon & Joan Brock Virginia Health Sciences at Old Dominion University
1973
Charlottesville
University of Virginia School of Medicine
1825
Richmond
Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine
1838
Roanoke
Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine
2008
Washington
Seattle
University of Washington School of Medicine
1946
As part of the WWAMI Regional Medical Education Program , the school has regional campuses in:
Spokane
Washington State University Elson S. Floyd College of Medicine
2015
West Virginia
Huntington
Marshall University Joan C. Edwards School of Medicine
1977
Public
Morgantown
West Virginia University School of Medicine
1903
Wisconsin
Milwaukee
Medical College of Wisconsin
1893
Private
Madison
University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health
1907
Public
Source: [ 4] [ a]
DO-granting medical schools [ edit ]
Source: [ 6] [ 7] [ b]
Developing medical schools [ edit ]
The following medical schools are under "applicant" or "candidate" status with either COCA or LCME.
^ Information in table can be sourced to each school's Medical School Admission Requirements page, unless otherwise indicated.
^ Information in table can be sourced to each school's Choose DO page, unless otherwise indicated.
^ "Accredited U.S. Programs" . LCME . Retrieved February 10, 2023 .
^ "Osteopathic Medical Schools" . American Osteopathic Association . Retrieved February 10, 2023 .
^ "Grand opening of Touro College of Osteopathic Medicine in Great Falls" . August 7, 2023.
^ "Medical School Admission Requirements™ (MSAR®)" . Association of American Medical Colleges . Retrieved February 20, 2022 .
^ Schackner, Bill (May 10, 2023). "Duquesne now allowed to recruit students to planned osteopathic medical school" . TribLIVE.com . Retrieved May 20, 2023 .
^ "Osteopathic Medical Schools" . American Osteopathic Association . Retrieved February 23, 2020 .
^ "Explorer" . Choose DO . Retrieved February 20, 2022 .
^ a b c d "Applicant & Candidate Programs" . LCME . Retrieved October 20, 2023 .
^ "ASU announces future medical school to be located in downtown Phoenix" . ASU News . October 19, 2023. Retrieved October 20, 2023 .
^ Anderson, Ryan (January 28, 2023). "Walton med school OK'd to develop site in Bentonville" . Arkansas Democrat-Gazette . Retrieved February 10, 2023 .
^ "The Proposed Illinois College of Osteopathic Medicine at the Chicago School" . The Chicago School . Retrieved August 9, 2024 .
^ a b "COMMISSION ON OSTEOPATHIC COLLEGE ACCREDITATION New and Developing COMs" (PDF) . American Osteopathic Association . Retrieved March 13, 2024 .
^ "MU & Cape Fear Valley Announce Partnership to Create Medical School" . Methodist University . Retrieved June 16, 2023 .
^ "Xavier University to establish nation's first Jesuit College of Osteopathic Medicine" .
^ Virgin Islands Daily News:UVI medical school accreditation stalls again
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