Good Medical Schools

Following are some of the good medical schools offering high quality medical education to students wishing to pursue a successful career in medicine:

University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
- Ranked 45th nationally in the “U.S. News: Best Medical Schools - Primary Care ranking" (2010).
- College of Medicine units include: BioVentures, RESNET Services, Division of Laboratory Animal Medicine, Research Council, and the MD/PhD Program.

Baylor College of Medicine
- It is the only private medical school in the Greater Southwest.
- Founded in 1900 as the University of Dallas Medical Department.
- It has been ranked 1st among all Texas colleges, universities, and medical schools in federal funding for research and development.

University of Nebraska Medical Center
- Its educational programs are responsible for training more health professionals practicing in Nebraska than any other institution.
- It is Nebraska’s only public academic health sciences center.

Mount Sinai School of Medicine
- Ranked among the top 20 medical schools in receipt of National Institute of Health (NIH) grants.
- The Mount Sinai Consortium for Graduate Medical Education is one of the largest graduate medical education organizations of its kind in the United States.

Emory University School of Medicine
- Recognized as one of the top biomedical research institutions in the nation, placed among the top 20 schools of medicine in NIH research funding.
- The physical therapy doctoral program is placed 11th in the country (USNWR 2009).

Brody School of Medicine
- A good medical school with research programs focus on the health concerns of eastern North Carolina.
- Placed in the top 10 for rural medicine specialty (USNWR 2009).

UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine
- An internationally recognized leader in research, medical education, and patient care.
- The medical school is ranked 9th in the country in research funding from the NIH and 3rd in the United States in research dollars from all sources.

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