Skip to main content
Verified data from IPEDS & College Scorecard
← All Lists

Best Colleges for Pre-Med

Schools with strong Biology and Health Sciences programs, high graduation rates, and low debt, ranked for students on a medical track.

1

Harvard University

Cambridge, MA · Private

Grad98%Net Price$18k/yr10yr Earnings$102kMedian Debt$14kAcceptance4%
2

Duke University

Durham, NC · Private

Grad97%Net Price$22k/yr10yr Earnings$98kMedian Debt$13kAcceptance6%
3

University of Pennsylvania

Philadelphia, PA · Private

Grad97%Net Price$24k/yr10yr Earnings$111kMedian Debt$16kAcceptance5%
4

Yale University

New Haven, CT · Private

Grad96%Net Price$22k/yr10yr Earnings$101kMedian Debt$13kAcceptance4%
5

Georgetown University

Washington, DC · Private

Grad95%Net Price$39k/yr10yr Earnings$103kMedian Debt$16kAcceptance13%
6

Cornell University

Ithaca, NY · Private

Grad95%Net Price$26k/yr10yr Earnings$104kMedian Debt$14kAcceptance9%
7

Johns Hopkins University

Baltimore, MD · Private

Grad94%Net Price$26k/yr10yr Earnings$88kMedian Debt$10kAcceptance6%
8

Vanderbilt University

Nashville, TN · Private

Grad94%Net Price$25k/yr10yr Earnings$92kMedian Debt$14kAcceptance6%
9

University of California-Berkeley

Berkeley, CA · Public

Grad93%Net Price$17k/yr10yr Earnings$92kMedian Debt$13kAcceptance11%
10

University of California-Los Angeles

Los Angeles, CA · Public

Grad93%Net Price$15k/yr10yr Earnings$83kMedian Debt$14kAcceptance9%
11

University of Michigan-Ann Arbor

Ann Arbor, MI · Public

Grad93%Net Price$18k/yr10yr Earnings$84kMedian Debt$20kAcceptance16%
12

University of Southern California

Los Angeles, CA · Private

Grad92%Net Price$43k/yr10yr Earnings$92kMedian Debt$18kAcceptance10%
13

Tufts University

Medford, MA · Private

Grad94%Net Price$32k/yr10yr Earnings$83kMedian Debt$16kAcceptance12%
14

University of Florida

Gainesville, FL · Public

Grad91%Net Price$12k/yr10yr Earnings$72kMedian Debt$15kAcceptance24%
15

Emory University

Atlanta, GA · Private

Grad91%Net Price$27k/yr10yr Earnings$80kMedian Debt$18kAcceptance11%
16

Northeastern University

Boston, MA · Private

Grad91%Net Price$34k/yr10yr Earnings$93kMedian Debt$24kAcceptance5%
17

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Chapel Hill, NC · Public

Grad91%Net Price$10k/yr10yr Earnings$72kMedian Debt$14kAcceptance15%
18

University of Georgia

Athens, GA · Public

Grad90%Net Price$17k/yr10yr Earnings$69kMedian Debt$19kAcceptance38%
19

University of Wisconsin-Madison

Madison, WI · Public

Grad90%Net Price$14k/yr10yr Earnings$74kMedian Debt$20kAcceptance45%
20

University of Maryland-College Park

College Park, MD · Public

Grad89%Net Price$17k/yr10yr Earnings$83kMedian Debt$19kAcceptance45%
21

Boston University

Boston, MA · Private

Grad89%Net Price$24k/yr10yr Earnings$83kMedian Debt$23kAcceptance11%
22

The University of Texas at Austin

Austin, TX · Public

Grad89%Net Price$18k/yr10yr Earnings$75kMedian Debt$21kAcceptance27%
23

New York University

New York, NY · Private

Grad88%Net Price$30k/yr10yr Earnings$83kMedian Debt$21kAcceptance9%
24

Ohio State University-Main Campus

Columbus, OH · Public

Grad88%Net Price$20k/yr10yr Earnings$60kMedian Debt$20kAcceptance61%
25

University of California-Irvine

Irvine, CA · Public

Grad87%Net Price$16k/yr10yr Earnings$81kMedian Debt$15kAcceptance29%
26

Case Western Reserve University

Cleveland, OH · Private

Grad87%Net Price$44k/yr10yr Earnings$88kMedian Debt$24kAcceptance37%
27

Clemson University

Clemson, SC · Public

Grad87%Net Price$25k/yr10yr Earnings$72kMedian Debt$22kAcceptance38%
28

University of California-Davis

Davis, CA · Public

Grad86%Net Price$17k/yr10yr Earnings$81kMedian Debt$13kAcceptance42%
29

University of California-San Diego

La Jolla, CA · Public

Grad86%Net Price$14k/yr10yr Earnings$85kMedian Debt$16kAcceptance27%
30

Florida State University

Tallahassee, FL · Public

Grad86%Net Price$16k/yr10yr Earnings$62kMedian Debt$18kAcceptance24%

How this list is built

Schools with Biology (CIP 26) or Health Professions (CIP 51) in top majors and 55%+ graduation rate, ranked by grad rate and program size. For-profit schools are not included, and each list shows at most 30 schools.

Major data: IPEDS C2023_A. Graduation rate: IPEDS.

Read our source policy →

Major data: IPEDS C2023_A. Graduation rate: IPEDS. Rankings reflect available data and do not constitute endorsement.

Best Colleges for Pre-Med. Major data: IPEDS C2023_A. Graduation rate: IPEDS. Schools with Biology (CIP 26) or Health Professions (CIP 51) in top majors and 55%+ graduation rate, ranked by grad rate and program size. For-profit schools are not included, and each list shows at most 30 schools.