List of Ivy League medical schools


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 Northeast region of the United States and are privately owned and controlled. Only two of the schools, at Dartmouth and Penn, are located adjacent to the undergraduate campuses. The schools at Brown, Columbia, Harvard, and Yale, are located on separate campuses in the same metropolitan area as the university. The school at Cornell, Weill Cornell Medicine, is located in New York City, far from the main Ithaca campus.
School nameHost institutionImageLocationDegree programs offeredYear founded
Perelman School of Medicine at the University of PennsylvaniaUniversity of PennsylvaniaPhiladelphia, PA MD, DMD, PhD, MPH1765
Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and SurgeonsColumbia UniversityNew York, NY MD, DDS, PhD, MPH1767
Harvard Medical SchoolHarvard UniversityBoston, MA MD, DMD, PhD, MPH1782
Geisel School of MedicineDartmouth CollegeHanover, NH MD, PhD, MPH, MS1797
Yale School of MedicineYale UniversityNew Haven, CT MD, PhD, MMSc1810
Alpert Medical SchoolBrown UniversityDowntown Providence, RI MD, PhD, MPH1811, closed about 1827, re-opened 1972
Weill Cornell MedicineCornell UniversityNew York, NY MD, PhD, MPH1898

Reputation

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, and leaders among medical research. They are also associated with some of the best hospitals in the United States. Some publications' most recent rankings of medical schools at these institutions are shown below.
School nameU.S. News-Research U.S. News-Primary Care NIH Awards Rank
Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania3113
Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons84815
Harvard Medical School11720
Geisel School of Medicine 341849
Yale School of Medicine7686
Warren Alpert Medical School 323477
Weill Cornell Medicine 154035