U.S. News & World Report School Rankings

UW Medicine and U.S. News & World Report’s 2010 “Best Medical Schools” rankings

In spring 2009, U.S. News & World Report released its 2010 rankings for top medical schools. The UW School of Medicine received very high rankings across multiple areas, including its No. 1 ranking in primary care for the 16th consecutive year and its No. 2 ranking for National Institutes of Health funding.

Below, we show you the School of Medicine’s rankings in a number of areas — and the rankings of its peer institutions. The UW School of Medicine placed in the top 10 in nine out of 10 rankings.

The information in these charts was taken from U.S. News & World Report’s website at www.usnews.com.

Primary Care
1.   University of Washington
2. University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
3. Oregon Health & Science University
4. University of Colorado, Denver
5. University of California, San Francisco
6. University of Vermont
7. Michigan State University
7. University of Massachusetts, Worcester
7. University of Minnesota
8. University of California, Los Angeles (Geffen)
 

Research
1.   Harvard University
2. Johns Hopkins University
3. University of Pennsylvania
3. Washington University in St. Louis
5. University of California, San Francisco
6. Duke University
6. Stanford University
6. University of Washington
10.

Columbia University
 

Specialty Rankings

AIDS
1.   University of California, San Francisco
2. Johns Hopkins University
3. Harvard University
4. University of Washington
5. Columbia University
7. University of Alabama, Birmingham, and University of California, Los Angeles (Geffen)
8. University of California, San Diego
9. University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
10. Duke University
 

Family medicine
1.   University of Washington
2. University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
3. University of Colorado, Denver; University of Michigan, Ann Arbor; University of Missouri
6. University of California, San Francisco, and University of Wisconsin, Madison
8. Oregon Health & Science University
9. Case Western Reserve University and Duke University
 

Geriatrics
1.   Johns Hopkins University
2. Mount Sinai School of Medicine
3. University of California, Los Angeles (Geffen)
4. Duke University
5. University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
6. University of Washington
7. Harvard University
8. Yale University
9. University of California, San Francisco
10. University of Pittsburgh
 

Internal medicine
1.   Johns Hopkins University
2. Harvard University
3. University of California, San Francisco
4. University of Pennsylvania
5. Duke University
6. Washington University in St. Louis
7. University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
8. University of Washington
9. Columbia University
10. Yale University
 

Pediatrics
1.   Harvard University
2. University of Pennsylvania
3. University of Cincinnati
4. Johns Hopkins University
5. Baylor College of Medicine
6. University of Washington
7. Stanford University
8. University of Colorado, Denver, and Washington University in St. Louis
10. University of California, San Francisco
 

Rural medicine
1.   University of Washington
2. University of New Mexico
3. University of North Dakota
4. Oregon Health & Science University and University of Minnesota
6. University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
7. East Carolina University (Brody); East Tennessee State University (Quillen); Michigan State University
10. University of Iowa (Carver) and University of Utah
 

Women’s health
1.   Harvard University
2. University of California, San Francisco
3. University of Pittsburgh
4. Johns Hopkins University and University of Washington
6. University of Pennsylvania and Yale University
8. Columbia University
9. Duke University and University of California, Los Angeles (Geffen)
 
(The UW did not rank in the top 10 in drug and alcohol abuse, the last specialty ranked by the magazine.)

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