List of medical schools in the United States explained

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

State	City	School	Established	Type	Additional campuses
Alabama	Birmingham	University of Alabama at Birmingham Heersink School of Medicine	1859	Public	Tuscaloosa, Alabama Huntsville, Alabama Montgomery, Alabama
	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		Fayetteville, Arkansas
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		Fresno, California
	Los Angeles	University of California, Los Angeles David Geffen School of Medicine	1950		Los Angeles, California (Charles R. Drew University of Medicine and Science)
Colorado	Aurora	University of Colorado School of Medicine	1883		Colorado Springs, Colorado Fort Collins, Colorado
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		Jacksonville, Florida
	Boca Raton	Florida Atlantic University Charles E. Schmidt College of Medicine	2011
	Tallahassee	Florida State University College of Medicine	2000		Daytona Beach, Florida Fort Pierce, Florida Orlando, Florida Pensacola, Florida Sarasota, Florida
	Miami	University of Miami Miller School of Medicine	1951	Private	Atlantis, Florida
	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		Allentown, Pennsylvania
Georgia	Atlanta	Emory University School of Medicine	1854	Private
	Augusta	Augusta University Medical College of Georgia	1828	Public	Athens, Georgia
	Macon	Mercer University School of Medicine	1982	Private	Savannah, Georgia Columbus, Georgia
	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	Rockford, Illinois Peoria, Illinois Urbana, Illinois
	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	Gary, Indiana Notre Dame, Indiana Evansville, Indiana Fort Wayne, Indiana Muncie, Indiana Terre Haute, Indiana Lafayette, Indiana Bloomington, Indiana
Iowa	Iowa City	University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine	1870		Des Moines, Iowa
Kansas	Kansas City	University of Kansas School of Medicine	1905		Wichita, Kansas Salina, Kansas
Kentucky	Lexington	University of Kentucky College of Medicine	1960		Bowling Green, Kentucky Morehead, Kentucky Highland Heights, Kentucky
	Louisville	University of Louisville School of Medicine	1846		Madisonville, Kentucky
Louisiana	New Orleans	LSU Health Sciences Center New Orleans School of Medicine	1931	Public	Baton Rouge, Louisiana Lafayette, Louisiana
	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	Portland, Maine
Michigan	Mount Pleasant	Central Michigan University College of Medicine	2010	Public	Detroit, Michigan Midland, Michigan Saginaw, Michigan St. Joseph, Michigan
	Ann Arbor	University of Michigan Medical School	1850
	East Lansing	Michigan State University College of Human Medicine	1964		Grand Rapids, Michigan Flint, Michigan Marquette, Michigan Lansing, Michigan Traverse City, Michigan Midland, Michigan Southfield, Michigan
	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	Scottsdale, Arizona Jacksonville, Florida
	Minneapolis	University of Minnesota Medical School	1888	Public	Duluth, Minnesota
Missouri	Columbia	University of Missouri School of Medicine	1841		Springfield, Missouri
	Kansas City	University of Missouri–Kansas City School of Medicine	1971		St. Joseph, Missouri
	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	Phoenix, Arizona
		University of Nebraska Medical Center College of Medicine	1880	Public
Nevada	Reno	University of Nevada, Reno School of Medicine	1969		Elko, Nevada
	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		Long Branch, New Jersey
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	Binghamton, New York
	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		Wilmington, North Carolina Charlotte, North Carolina Asheville, North Carolina
	Winston-Salem	Wake Forest School of Medicine	1902	Private	Winston-Salem, North Carolina Charlotte, North Carolina
North Dakota	Grand Forks	University of North Dakota School of Medicine and Health Sciences	1905	Public	Bismarck, North Dakota Fargo, North Dakota Minot, North Dakota
Ohio	Cleveland	Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine	1843	Private	Cleveland, Ohio (Cleveland Clinic)
	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		Tulsa, Oklahoma
Oregon	Portland	Oregon Health & Science University	1887
Pennsylvania	Philadelphia	Drexel University College of Medicine	1848	Private	Chester, Pennsylvania York, Pennsylvania Abington Township, Pennsylvania Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania West Reading, Pennsylvania
	Scranton	Geisinger Commonwealth School of Medicine	2008		Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania Sayre, Pennsylvania Danville, Pennsylvania Atlantic City, New Jersey Lewistown, Pennsylvania
	Philadelphia	Thomas Jefferson University Sidney Kimmel Medical College	1824
	Hershey	Penn State University College of Medicine	1967		State College, Pennsylvania
	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		Bethlehem, Pennsylvania
Puerto Rico	Bayamón	Universidad Central del Caribe School of Medicine	1976
	Ponce	Ponce Health Sciences University School of Medicine	1980		St. Louis, Missouri
	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	Anderson, South Carolina
	Columbia	University of South Carolina School of Medicine Columbia	1977		Florence, South Carolina
	Greenville	University of South Carolina School of Medicine Greenville	2012
South Dakota	Sioux Falls	University of South Dakota Sanford School of Medicine	1907		Rapid City, South Dakota Yankton, South Dakota Vermillion, South Dakota Spearfish, South Dakota Pierre, South Dakota
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	Chattanooga, Tennessee Knoxville, Tennessee Nashville, Tennessee
	Nashville	Vanderbilt University School of Medicine	1873	Private
Texas	Houston	Baylor College of Medicine	1900	Private	Temple, Texas
		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	Temple, Texas Round Rock, Texas Dallas, Texas Houston, Texas
	Lubbock	Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center School of Medicine	1969		Amarillo, Texas Odessa, Texas Lubbock, Texas (Covenant Branch)
	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		Danbury, Connecticut Norwalk, Connecticut
Virginia	Norfolk	Macon & Joan Brock Virginia Health Sciences at Old Dominion University	1973
	Charlottesville	University of Virginia School of Medicine	1825		Falls Church, Virginia (shared with VCU)
	Richmond	Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine	1838		Falls Church, Virginia (shared with UVA)
	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: Moscow, Idaho Laramie, Wyoming Bozeman, Montana Anchorage, Alaska Spokane, Washington
	Spokane	Washington State University Elson S. Floyd College of Medicine	2015		Everett, Washington Richland, Washington Vancouver, Washington
West Virginia	Huntington	Marshall University Joan C. Edwards School of Medicine	1977	Public
	Morgantown	West Virginia University School of Medicine	1903		Charleston, West Virginia Martinsburg, West Virginia
Wisconsin	Milwaukee	Medical College of Wisconsin	1893	Private	De Pere, Wisconsin Wausau, Wisconsin
	Madison	University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health	1907	Public

Source: ^[4]

DO-granting medical schools

State	City	School	Est.	Type	Additional campuses
Alabama	Dothan	Alabama College of Osteopathic Medicine	2010	Private
	Auburn		2014
Arizona	Mesa	A.T. Still University School of Osteopathic Medicine in Arizona	2006
	Glendale	Midwestern University Arizona College of Osteopathic Medicine	1995
Arkansas	Fort Smith	Arkansas College of Osteopathic Medicine	2014
California	Clovis	California Health Sciences University College of Osteopathic Medicine	2016
	Vallejo		1997
	Pomona	Western University of Health Sciences College of Osteopathic Medicine of the Pacific	1977		Lebanon, Oregon
Colorado	Parker	Rocky Vista University College of Osteopathic Medicine	2006		Ivins, Utah Billings, Montana
Florida	Bradenton	Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine Bradenton	2004
	Fort Lauderdale	Nova Southeastern University Dr. Kiran C. Patel College of Osteopathic Medicine	1979		Clearwater, Florida
	Winter Garden	Orlando College of Osteopathic Medicine	2023
Georgia	Suwanee	Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine Georgia	2005
Idaho	Meridian	Idaho College of Osteopathic Medicine	2016
Illinois	Downers Grove	Midwestern University Chicago College of Osteopathic Medicine	1900
Indiana	Indianapolis	Marian University College of Osteopathic Medicine	2010
Iowa	Des Moines	Des Moines University College of Osteopathic Medicine	1898
Kansas	Wichita	Kansas Health Science Center–Kansas College of Osteopathic Medicine	2021
Kentucky	Pikeville	University of Pikeville Kentucky College of Osteopathic Medicine	1997
Louisiana	Monroe	Edward Via College of Osteopathic Medicine Louisiana	2019
Maine	Biddeford	University of New England College of Osteopathic Medicine	1978
Michigan	East Lansing	Michigan State University College of Osteopathic Medicine	1969	Public	Clinton Township, Macomb County, Michigan Detroit, Michigan
Mississippi	Hattiesburg	William Carey University College of Osteopathic Medicine	2010	Private
Missouri	Kirksville	A. T. Still University Kirksville College of Osteopathic Medicine	1892
	Kansas City	Kansas City University College of Osteopathic Medicine	1916		Joplin, Missouri
Montana	Great Falls		2023
Nevada	Henderson	Touro University Nevada College of Osteopathic Medicine	2004
New Jersey	Stratford	Rowan University School of Osteopathic Medicine	1976	Public	Sewell, New Jersey
New Mexico	Las Cruces	Burrell College of Osteopathic Medicine at New Mexico State University	2013	Private	Melbourne, Florida
New York	Old Westbury	New York Institute of Technology College of Osteopathic Medicine	1977		Jonesboro, Arkansas
	New York City	Touro College of Osteopathic Medicine	2007		Middletown, Orange County, New York Great Falls, Montana
North Carolina	Lillington	Campbell University School of Osteopathic Medicine	2011
Ohio	Athens	Ohio University Heritage College of Osteopathic Medicine	1975	Public	Dublin, Ohio Cleveland, Ohio
Oklahoma	Tulsa	Oklahoma State University Center for Health Sciences College of Osteopathic Medicine	1972		Tahlequah, Oklahoma
Pennsylvania	Erie	Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine	1992	Private	Greensburg, Pennsylvania Elmira, New York
	Philadelphia	Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine	1899		Moultrie, Georgia
	Pittsburgh	Duquesne University College of Osteopathic Medicine^[5]	2024
South Carolina	Spartanburg	Edward Via College of Osteopathic Medicine Carolinas	2010
Tennessee	Harrogate	Lincoln Memorial University DeBusk College of Osteopathic Medicine	2007		Knoxville, Tennessee
	Memphis	Baptist Health Sciences University College of Osteopathic Medicine	2021
Texas	Conroe	Sam Houston State University College of Osteopathic Medicine	2019	Public
	San Antonio	University of the Incarnate Word School of Osteopathic Medicine	2015	Private
	Fort Worth	University of North Texas Health Science Center Texas College of Osteopathic Medicine	1970	Public
Utah	Provo	Noorda College of Osteopathic Medicine	2019	Private
Virginia	Blacksburg	Edward Via College of Osteopathic Medicine Virginia	2003
	Lynchburg	Liberty University College of Osteopathic Medicine	2012
Washington	Yakima	Pacific Northwest University of Health Sciences College of Osteopathic Medicine	2005
West Virginia	Lewisburg	West Virginia School of Osteopathic Medicine	1972	Public

Source: ^{[6] [7]}

Developing medical schools

The following medical schools are under "applicant" or "candidate" status with either COCA or LCME.

State	City	School	Degree	Status
Arizona	Tempe	Arizona State University School of Medicine and Advanced Medical Engineering	MD	Applicant	^[8] ^[9]
Arkansas	Bentonville	Alice L. Walton School of Medicine	MD	Applicant	^[10]
Georgia	Athens	University of Georgia College of Medicine	MD	Applicant
Illinois	Chicago	Illinois College of Osteopathic Medicine	DO	Candidate^[11]
Maryland	Hagerstown	Meritus School of Osteopathic Medicine	DO	Candidate	^[12]
Nevada	Las Vegas	Roseman University College of Medicine	MD	Candidate
New York	Buffalo	D'Youville University College of Osteopathic Medicine	DO	Candidate
North Carolina	Fayetteville	Methodist University School of Medicine at Cape Fear Valley Health	MD	Applicant	^[13]
Ohio	Cincinnati	Xavier University College of Osteopathic Medicine	DO	Applicant	^[14]
United States Virgin Islands	Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas	University of the Virgin Islands College of Medicine	MD	Applicant	^[15]

See also

• List of defunct medical schools in the United States
• Medical education in the United States
• Medical school in the United States
• The Flexner Report
• Medical School Admission Requirements (MSAR)

External links

• Untitled Document List of Accredited Osteopathic Medical Schools in the United States from the American Association of Colleges of Osteopathic Medicine
• Liaison Committee on Medical Education accredited medical schools
• World Directory of Medical Schools

Notes and References

1. Web site: Accredited U.S. Programs . LCME . February 10, 2023.
2. Web site: Osteopathic Medical Schools . American Osteopathic Association . February 10, 2023.
3. https://www.krtv.com/news/great-falls-news/touro-college-of-osteopathic-medicine-hosts-grand-opening-in-great-falls
4. Web site: Medical School Admission Requirements™ (MSAR®) . Association of American Medical Colleges . February 20, 2022.
5. Web site: Schackner . Bill . 2023-05-10 . Duquesne now allowed to recruit students to planned osteopathic medical school . 2023-05-20 . TribLIVE.com . en-US.
6. Web site: Osteopathic Medical Schools. February 23, 2020. American Osteopathic Association.
7. Web site: Explorer . Choose DO. February 20, 2022.
8. Web site: Applicant & Candidate Programs . October 20, 2023 . LCME . en-US.
9. Web site: October 19, 2023 . ASU announces future medical school to be located in downtown Phoenix . October 20, 2023 . ASU News . en.
10. Web site: Anderson . Ryan . January 28, 2023 . Walton med school OK'd to develop site in Bentonville . February 10, 2023 . Arkansas Democrat-Gazette . en.
11. Web site: The Proposed Illinois College of Osteopathic Medicine at the Chicago School. 2024-08-09 . The Chicago School.
12. Web site: COMMISSION ON OSTEOPATHIC COLLEGE ACCREDITATION New and Developing COMs . March 13, 2024 . American Osteopathic Association.
13. Web site: MU & Cape Fear Valley Announce Partnership to Create Medical School . 2023-06-16 . Methodist University . en.
14. https://www.xavier.edu/now/2023/xavier-to-establish-college-of-osteopathic-medicine
15. https://www.virginislandsdailynews.com/news/uvi-medical-school-accreditation-stalls-again/article_792810c6-6574-5864-840d-06184bb303f8.html Virgin Islands Daily News:UVI medical school accreditation stalls again