This list of Ivy League medical schools outlines the seven universities of the Ivy League that host a medical school; only one Ivy League university, Princeton University, does not have a medical school. All Ivy League medical schools are located in the Northeastern United States and are privately owned and controlled.
Medical schools At two universities, Dartmouth College and the University of Pennsylvania, medical instruction takes place on a contiguous campus shared with undergraduate students. The medical schools of Brown University, Columbia University, Harvard University, and Yale University are located on independent campuses within the same metropolitan area as their parent institutions' primary campuses. Cornell University's school of medicine is located in New York City, at a distance from the university's main campus in Ithaca.
School nameParent institutionImageFoundedLocationDistance from main campusDegrees offeredPerelman School of Medicine University of Pennsylvania1765Philadelphia, PAN/AMD, DMD, PhD, MPH, MSCE, MTRVagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons Columbia University1767New York, NYMD, DDS, PhD, DPTHarvard Medical School Harvard University1782Boston, MAMD, DMD, PhDGeisel School of MedicineDartmouth College1797, 1970Hanover, NHN/AMD, PhD, MSc, MPH, MHCDSYale School of Medicine Yale University1810New Haven, CTMD, PhD, MSc, PAAlpert Medical SchoolBrown University1811, 1972Providence, RIMD, PhD, MScWeill Cornell Medicine Cornell University1898New York, NYMD, PhD, MSc, MSHS PA
Primary affiliated teaching hospitals The Ivy League medical schools have historically been affiliated with many of the most renowned medical centers in the nation. Most of the schools have multiple primary teaching affiliates, although only the most notable ones are listed on this page. Two of the medical schools, Columbia and Cornell, share a medical campus at NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital, albeit in separate medical centers (Irving and Weill, respectively).
UniversityPrimary teaching hospitalsCityStaffed bedsUS News rankingUniversity of PennsylvaniaHospital of the University of PennsylvaniaPhiladelphia8391st in PennsylvaniaColumbiaNewYork-Presbyterian Hospital (Columbia University Irving Medical Center)New York City2,6961st in New YorkHarvardMassachusetts General HospitalBoston1,0191st in MassachusettsBrigham & Women's HospitalBoston8121st in MassachusettsBeth Israel Deaconess Medical CenterBoston7433rd in MassachusettsDartmouthDartmouth-Hitchcock Medical CenterLebanon5071st in New HampshireYaleYale New Haven HospitalNew Haven1,5671st in ConnecticutBrownRhode Island HospitalProvidence704unrankedCornellNewYork-Presbyterian Hospital (Weill Cornell Medical Center)New York City2,6961st in New York
Rankings Ivy League medical schools have some of the best reputations among medical schools in the United States. They are some of the oldest institutions of medical education. In 2023, many of the Ivy League schools (as part of a national trend) stopped sending information to the U.S. News medical school rankings;https://observer.com/2023/01/harvard-leads-an-exodus-of-medical-schools-withdrawing-from-us-news-rankings/ as of 2024 all but Yale and Dartmouth chose to withdraw and are currently unranked. Current rankings are listed below.
School nameU.S. News - research (2024)https://www.usnews.com/best-graduate-schools/top-medical-schools/research-rankingsU.S. News - primary care (2024)https://www.usnews.com/best-graduate-schools/top-medical-schools/primary-care-rankingsPerelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania Unranked UnrankedColumbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons Unranked UnrankedHarvard Medical School Unranked UnrankedGeisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth Tier 2 Tier 2Yale School of Medicine Tier 1 Tier 3Alpert Medical School (Brown University) Unranked UnrankedWeill Cornell Medicine Unranked Unranked
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