MD (allopathic) medical schools

All 170 Doctor of Medicine programs in this index, accredited by the Liaison Committee on Medical Education (LCME) or in development. Every accreditation status is dated and linked to the LCME directory.

Not admissions advice. This is a sourced reference list. Confirm accreditation and requirements with each school and the LCME.

Alabama · 2

School	Type	Control	Accreditation
University of Alabama at Birmingham School of Medicine	MD	public	Full
University of South Alabama Frederick P. Whiddon College of Medicine	MD	public	Full

Arizona · 3

School	Type	Control	Accreditation
Arizona State University John Shufeldt School of Medicine and Medical Engineering	MD	public	Preliminary
University of Arizona College of Medicine – Phoenix	MD	public	Full
University of Arizona College of Medicine – Tucson	MD	public	Full

Arkansas · 2

School	Type	Control	Accreditation
Alice L. Walton School of Medicine	MD	private	Preliminary
University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences College of Medicine	MD	public	Full

California · 16

School	Type	Control	Accreditation
American University of Health Sciences School of Medicine	MD	private	verify
Aria University School of Medicine	MD	—	verify
California Northstate University College of Medicine	MD	private	Full
California University of Science and Medicine	MD	private	Full
Charles R. Drew University of Medicine and Science College of Medicine	MD	private	Provisional
Kaiser Permanente Bernard J. Tyson School of Medicine	MD	private	Full
Loma Linda University School of Medicine	MD	private	Full
Stanford University School of Medicine	MD	private	Full
University of California, Davis School of Medicine	MD	public	Full
University of California, Irvine School of Medicine	MD	public	Full
University of California, Los Angeles David Geffen School of Medicine	MD	public	Full
University of California, Riverside School of Medicine	MD	public	Full
University of California, San Diego School of Medicine	MD	public	Full
University of California, San Francisco School of Medicine	MD	public	Full
University of Southern California Keck School of Medicine	MD	private	Full
University of the Pacific Pacific School of Medicine	MD	—	verify

Colorado · 1

School	Type	Control	Accreditation
University of Colorado School of Medicine	MD	public	Full

Connecticut · 3

School	Type	Control	Accreditation
Quinnipiac University Frank H. Netter MD School of Medicine	MD	private	Full
University of Connecticut School of Medicine	MD	public	Full
Yale School of Medicine	MD	private	Full

District of Columbia · 3

School	Type	Control	Accreditation
George Washington University School of Medicine & Health Sciences	MD	private	Full
Georgetown University School of Medicine	MD	private	Full
Howard University College of Medicine	MD	private	Full, on probation

Florida · 8

School	Type	Control	Accreditation
Florida Atlantic University Charles E. Schmidt College of Medicine	MD	public	Full
Florida International University Herbert Wertheim College of Medicine	MD	public	Full
Florida State University College of Medicine	MD	public	Full
Nova Southeastern University Dr. Kiran C. Patel College of Allopathic Medicine	MD	private	Full
University of Central Florida College of Medicine	MD	public	Full
University of Florida College of Medicine	MD	public	Full
University of Miami Miller School of Medicine	MD	private	Full
University of South Florida Morsani College of Medicine	MD	public	Full

Georgia · 5

School	Type	Control	Accreditation
Augusta University Medical College of Georgia	MD	public	Full
Emory University School of Medicine	MD	private	Full
Mercer University School of Medicine	MD	private	Full
Morehouse School of Medicine	MD	private	Full
University of Georgia School of Medicine	MD	—	Preliminary

Hawaii · 1

School	Type	Control	Accreditation
University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa John A. Burns School of Medicine	MD	public	Full

Illinois · 8

School	Type	Control	Accreditation
Loyola University Chicago Stritch School of Medicine	MD	private	Full
Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine	MD	private	Full
Rosalind Franklin University Chicago Medical School	MD	private	Full
Rush Medical College	MD	private	Full
Southern Illinois University School of Medicine	MD	public	Full
University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine	MD	private	Full
University of Illinois College of Medicine	MD	public	Full
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Carle Illinois College of Medicine	MD	public	Full

Indiana · 1

School	Type	Control	Accreditation
Indiana University School of Medicine	MD	public	Full

Iowa · 1

School	Type	Control	Accreditation
University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine	MD	public	Full

Kansas · 1

School	Type	Control	Accreditation
University of Kansas School of Medicine	MD	public	Full

Kentucky · 2

School	Type	Control	Accreditation
University of Kentucky College of Medicine	MD	public	Full
University of Louisville School of Medicine	MD	public	Full

Louisiana · 4

School	Type	Control	Accreditation
LSU Health New Orleans School of Medicine	MD	public	Full
LSU Health Shreveport School of Medicine	MD	public	Full
Tulane University School of Medicine	MD	private	Full
Xavier Ochsner College of Medicine	MD	private	verify

Maryland · 3

School	Type	Control	Accreditation
Johns Hopkins School of Medicine	MD	private	Full
Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences F. Edward Hébert School of Medicine	MD	—	Full
University of Maryland School of Medicine	MD	public	Full

Massachusetts · 4

School	Type	Control	Accreditation
Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine	MD	private	Full
Harvard Medical School	MD	private	Full
Tufts University School of Medicine	MD	private	Full
University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School	MD	public	Full

Michigan · 6

School	Type	Control	Accreditation
Central Michigan University College of Medicine	MD	public	Full
Michigan State University College of Human Medicine	MD	public	Full
Oakland University William Beaumont School of Medicine	MD	private	Full
University of Michigan Medical School	MD	public	Full
Wayne State University School of Medicine	MD	public	Full
Western Michigan University Homer Stryker M.D. School of Medicine	MD	private	Full

Minnesota · 2

School	Type	Control	Accreditation
Mayo Clinic Alix School of Medicine	MD	private	Full
University of Minnesota Medical School	MD	public	Full

Mississippi · 1

School	Type	Control	Accreditation
University of Mississippi School of Medicine	MD	public	Full

Missouri · 4

School	Type	Control	Accreditation
Saint Louis University School of Medicine	MD	private	Full
University of Missouri School of Medicine	MD	public	Full
University of Missouri–Kansas City School of Medicine	MD	public	Full
Washington University School of Medicine	MD	private	Full

Nebraska · 2

School	Type	Control	Accreditation
Creighton University School of Medicine	MD	private	Full
University of Nebraska Medical Center College of Medicine	MD	public	Full

Nevada · 3

School	Type	Control	Accreditation
Roseman University College of Medicine	MD	private	Preliminary
University of Nevada, Las Vegas Kirk Kerkorian School of Medicine	MD	public	Full
University of Nevada, Reno School of Medicine	MD	public	Full

New Hampshire · 1

School	Type	Control	Accreditation
Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth College	MD	private	Full

New Jersey · 4

School	Type	Control	Accreditation
Cooper Medical School of Rowan University	MD	public	Full
Hackensack Meridian School of Medicine	MD	private	Full
Rutgers New Jersey Medical School	MD	public	Full
Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School	MD	public	Full

New Mexico · 1

School	Type	Control	Accreditation
University of New Mexico School of Medicine	MD	public	Full

New York · 15

School	Type	Control	Accreditation
Albany Medical College	MD	private	Full
Albert Einstein College of Medicine	MD	private	Full
City University of New York School of Medicine	MD	public	Full
Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons	MD	private	Full
Donald and Barbara Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell	MD	private	Full
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai	MD	private	Full
New York Medical College	MD	private	Full
New York University Grossman Long Island School of Medicine	MD	private	Full
New York University Grossman School of Medicine	MD	private	Full
State University of New York Downstate Health Sciences University College of Medicine	MD	public	Full
State University of New York Upstate Medical University Norton College of Medicine	MD	public	Full
Stony Brook University Renaissance School of Medicine	MD	public	Full
University at Buffalo Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences	MD	public	Full
University of Rochester School of Medicine & Dentistry	MD	private	Full
Weill Cornell Medical College	MD	private	Full

North Carolina · 5

School	Type	Control	Accreditation
Duke University School of Medicine	MD	private	Full
East Carolina University Brody School of Medicine	MD	public	Full
Methodist University School of Medicine at Cape Fear Valley Health	MD	private	Preliminary
University of North Carolina School of Medicine	MD	public	Full
Wake Forest School of Medicine	MD	private	Full

North Dakota · 1

School	Type	Control	Accreditation
University of North Dakota School of Medicine and Health Sciences	MD	public	Full

Ohio · 6

School	Type	Control	Accreditation
Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine	MD	private	Full
Northeast Ohio Medical University	MD	public	Full
Ohio State University College of Medicine	MD	public	Full
University of Cincinnati College of Medicine	MD	public	Full
University of Toledo College of Medicine and Life Sciences	MD	public	Full
Wright State University Boonshoft School of Medicine	MD	public	Full

Oklahoma · 1

School	Type	Control	Accreditation
University of Oklahoma College of Medicine	MD	public	Full

Oregon · 1

School	Type	Control	Accreditation
Oregon Health & Science University	MD	public	Full

Pennsylvania · 7

School	Type	Control	Accreditation
Drexel University College of Medicine	MD	private	Full
Geisinger Commonwealth School of Medicine	MD	private	Full
Penn State University College of Medicine	MD	—	Full
Temple University Lewis Katz School of Medicine	MD	private	Full
Thomas Jefferson University Sidney Kimmel Medical College	MD	private	Full
University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine	MD	private	Full
University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine	MD	public	Full

Puerto Rico · 4

School	Type	Control	Accreditation
Ponce Health Sciences University School of Medicine	MD	private	Full
San Juan Bautista School of Medicine	MD	private	Full, on probation
Universidad Central del Caribe School of Medicine	MD	private	Full
University of Puerto Rico School of Medicine	MD	public	Full

Rhode Island · 1

School	Type	Control	Accreditation
Brown University Alpert Medical School	MD	private	Full

South Carolina · 3

School	Type	Control	Accreditation
Medical University of South Carolina	MD	public	Full
University of South Carolina School of Medicine Columbia	MD	public	Full
University of South Carolina School of Medicine Greenville	MD	public	Full

South Dakota · 1

School	Type	Control	Accreditation
University of South Dakota Sanford School of Medicine	MD	public	Full

Tennessee · 5

School	Type	Control	Accreditation
Belmont University Thomas F. Frist, Jr. College of Medicine	MD	private	Preliminary
East Tennessee State University James H. Quillen College of Medicine	MD	public	Full
Meharry Medical College	MD	private	Full, on probation
University of Tennessee College of Medicine	MD	public	Full
Vanderbilt University School of Medicine	MD	private	Full

Texas · 14

School	Type	Control	Accreditation
Baylor College of Medicine	MD	private	Full
McGovern Medical School at The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston	MD	public	Full
Texas A&M University Naresh K. Vashisht College of Medicine	MD	public	Full
Texas A&M University School of Engineering Medicine	MD	public	Full
Texas Christian University Anne Burnett Marion School of Medicine	MD	private	Full
Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center El Paso Paul L. Foster School of Medicine	MD	public	Full
Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center School of Medicine	MD	public	Full
University of Houston Tilman J. Fertitta Family College of Medicine	MD	public	Provisional
University of Texas at Austin Dell Medical School	MD	public	Full
University of Texas at Tyler School of Medicine	MD	public	Preliminary
University of Texas Health Sciences Center at San Antonio Long School of Medicine	MD	public	Full
University of Texas Medical Branch	MD	public	Full
University of Texas Rio Grande Valley School of Medicine	MD	public	Full
University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center	MD	public	Full

Utah · 2

School	Type	Control	Accreditation
Brigham Young University College of Medicine	MD	private	verify
University of Utah School of Medicine	MD	public	Full

Vermont · 1

School	Type	Control	Accreditation
University of Vermont Larner College of Medicine	MD	public	Full

Virgin Islands · 1

School	Type	Control	Accreditation
University of the Virgin Islands College of Medicine	MD	public	verify

Virginia · 4

School	Type	Control	Accreditation
Eastern Virginia Medical School at Old Dominion University	MD	public	Full
University of Virginia School of Medicine	MD	public	Full
Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine	MD	public	Full
Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine	MD	public	Full

Washington · 2

School	Type	Control	Accreditation
University of Washington School of Medicine	MD	public	Full
Washington State University Elson S. Floyd College of Medicine	MD	public	Full

West Virginia · 2

School	Type	Control	Accreditation
Marshall University Joan C. Edwards School of Medicine	MD	public	Full
West Virginia University School of Medicine	MD	public	Full

Wisconsin · 2

School	Type	Control	Accreditation
Medical College of Wisconsin	MD	private	Full
University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health	MD	public	Full

Frequently asked questions

What is an MD medical school?

An MD (Doctor of Medicine) school trains allopathic physicians and is accredited by the Liaison Committee on Medical Education (LCME). MD and DO physicians are both fully licensed doctors in the United States.

How many MD schools are there in the US?

This directory lists 170 MD programs, including LCME-accredited schools and programs in development. See the methodology for how the count is sourced.

What is the difference between MD and DO?

Both lead to full physician licensure. DO training adds osteopathic manipulative medicine and is accredited by the COCA. See our MD vs DO guide.