by our College Data Analytics Team
[Medicine](/majors/health-care-professions/medicine/) programs reward a close look at where your money goes furthest. The best values balance affordable tuition against strong post-graduation earnings.
College Factual analyzed 1 schools to build this 2026 ranking of the best value medicine schools.
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If you want to know which schools deliver the best value for the medicine degrees they offer, see the list below.
For return on investment in medicine, no school beat University Of Vermont this year. Set in the city of Burlington, University Of Vermont is a large public institution. Students from in state pay about $19,058 in tuition and fees, compared with $45,502 for out-of-state students. Medicine graduates carry a median of $22,607 in student loans. Early-career medicine graduates make about $67,529. That is a strong return on a $22,607 median debt. Roughly 65% of applicants are accepted.
This list is compiled by College Factual (MF_RANKING_2025), 2026 edition. Schools are scored on the balance of cost (tuition and student debt) against student outcomes (post-graduation earnings) — a measure of return on investment, drawn primarily from the U.S. Department of Education (IPEDS and College Scorecard).
Ranking method: College Major Best Value · 1 school evaluated.
*Averages shown above reflect the top 1 ranked schools only.
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