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Johns Hopkins University tops our list of 145 Professional Medicine & Health Sciences universities in the United States at #24 in the QS World University Rankings 2026. It is followed by University of Southern California (QS World #146) and Emory University (QS World #182). The universities on this list offer 339 matching courses between them.
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16 of these universities hold a QS World position, from #24 (Johns Hopkins University) to #575 (University of South Carolina); they are listed first, in that order. Below them, universities follow their research output: Johns Hopkins University is cited most (78,461,703 citations). 5 universities have neither a QS position nor a research record yet and appear at the end, marked "Not yet ranked".
145 are public and 0 private (100% public). By location, New York (1), Texas (1) and Missouri (1) account for the most of those we can place. The University of Texas at Dallas is the largest, with 21,751 students.
Within the subject, the largest areas are Medicine & Health Sciences (334), Dentistry (2), Medicine (MD) (1) and Nursing (1). The usual length is 3–4 years and 1 year. 86% are full-time and 43 can be studied online. Start dates lean to Fall (100% of courses with a stated intake) and Spring (0% of courses with a stated intake). University of Alaska - Fairbanks offers the widest choice, with 13 of these courses.
We hold indicative fees for 3 of these universities. CUNY Graduate School and University Center is the least expensive at USD 15,185 a year and The University of Texas at Dallas the most at USD 40,144; the middle of the range is about USD 17,080. Check each university's own fee page before you budget — figures change every year.
Johns Hopkins University (QS World #24), University of Southern California (QS World #146) and Emory University (QS World #182) lead this list. QS World positions come first; the rest are ranked by research impact.
Of those with published fees, CUNY Graduate School and University Center is the least expensive at about USD 15,185 a year. Fees are indicative — confirm on the university's site.
145 public and 0 private universities are on this list.
Most listed courses run 3–4 years, with 1 year the next most common.
Fall is the main intake — 100% of courses with a stated start date begin then, and Spring is the second.
43 of these courses are listed as online.
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