NJ institutions named to revamped U.S. News Best Medical Schools lists

To assist students in their choice of a higher education institution, U.S. News & World Report released the 2024 Best Medical Schools lists.

Unveiled July 23, the publication evaluated universities in research and primary care.

This year, Newsweek updated its methodology to recognize the top medical schools by placing them in four tiers of performance. Additionally, U.S. News listed the schools alphabetically as opposed to a numbered system. While no New Jersey school placed in the top tier in either category, five earned spots on the remaining levels.

“Choosing a medical school that complements a student’s learning style and career goals is crucial for future physicians,” LaMont Jones, managing editor of education at U.S. News, said in a statement accompanying the lists. “This year’s edition provides premed students with a great starting point for comparing competitive programs so that they can make the best decision for their future.”

Schools that submitted data to U.S. News were evaluated on faculty resources and the academic achievement of incoming students. For the research list, analysts also factored in medical research grants, while the primary care evaluations factored in graduate placement and practice in the primary care fields.

U.S. News said schools that did not provide data are unranked this year.

New Jersey universities named to U.S. News' 2024 Best Medical Schools:

Research:

Tier 2

• Rutgers New Jersey Medical School, Newark



• Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, New Brunswick

 

Tier 3

• Cooper Medical School of Rowan University, Camden



• Hackensack Meridian School of Medicine, Nutley

 

Tier 4

• Rowan-Virtua School of Osteopathic Medicine, Stratford

Primary Care:

Tier 2

• Cooper Medical School of Rowan University, Camden

 

Tier 3

• Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, New Brunswick

 

Tier 4

• Rowan-Virtua School of Osteopathic Medicine, Stratford



• Rutgers New Jersey Medical School, Newark

 

Unranked

• Hackensack Meridian School of Medicine, Nutley

These schools also made the 2023 ranked lists .

In a July 24 statement, Cooper Medical School celebrated the results.



"I am incredibly proud of CMSRU for once again being recognized among the best medical schools in the country by U.S. News & World Report this year with a Tier 2 rating in Primary Care and Tier 3 in Research," said Dr. Annette , dean of the medical school, who added that the school's Primary Care rating "is higher than any medical school in the Philadelphia region and the entire State of New Jersey."

Reboli also said the "recognition is especially noteworthy since we are facing a shortage of primary care physicians in New Jersey and across the country."

Making changes

Last year, U.S. News came under fire regarding the methodology for its higher education rankings. Several law schools and some medical schools boycotted the rankings , with Yale calling them “profoundly flawed” saying that they “disincentivize programs that support public interest careers, champion need-based aid, and welcome working-class students into the profession.”

The publication later announced it would change its methodology .

To see which universities around the nation were ranked in the top tier of the 2024 Best Medical Schools lists, click here .

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