https://www.aamc.org/about/medicalschools/

The Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC) represents all 134 accredited U.S. and 17 accredited Canadian medical schools; approximately 400 major teaching hospitals and health systems, including 62 Department of Veterans Affairs medical centers; and nearly 90 academic and scientific societies.

Through these institutions and organizations, the AAMC represents 125,000 faculty members, 75,000 medical students, and 106,000 resident physicians.

Learn More About Medical Schools

• FACTS: Applicants, Matriculants, Enrollment, Graduates, MD/PhD, and Residency Applicants Data
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• Medical School Admission Requirements (MSAR®) and MSAR® Online
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The AAMC does not rate medical schools. The mission of every medical school includes teaching, research, and patient care. Because institutional priorities and approaches vary, ranking all schools based on a single criterion has limited utility.

The criteria sometimes used to differentiate among medical schools include National Institutes of Health (NIH) research funding, percentage of graduates who are underrepresented in medicine, and tuition and fees.

For discussion of the value of ranking medical schools, see America's Best Medical Schools: A Critique of the U.S. News & World Report Rankings  in Academic Medicine, the AAMC's peer-reviewed monthly journal.