PHILADELPHIA – The Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania has been ranked among the top five medical schools in the United States for the 18th year in a row. According to the annual medical school survey in U.S. News & World Report's "Best Graduate Schools" report, Penn Medicine is ranked #5 in the country.
The Perelman School of Medicine also ranked among the nation's top medical schools in five areas of specialty training, including a first place ranking in Pediatrics, and honors in Women’s Health (#5), Drug/Alcohol Abuse (#6), Internal Medicine (#6), and AIDS (#7). The School of Medicine is also #12 in the rankings of Primary Care medical schools.
The 2014-2015 academic year marks an auspicious milestone in the history of the Perelman School of Medicine: its 250th birthday.
“It’s gratifying to see the Perelman School of Medicine’s continued recognition in the U.S. News & World Report rankings. Being named among the top five medical schools in the country year after year is a testament to the stellar education that our faculty and staff provide for our students as they prepare for their careers in clinical medicine and biomedical research,” said J. Larry Jameson, MD, PhD, dean of the Perelman School of Medicine. “The nation’s first medical school continues to live up to its longstanding tradition of embodying the highest standards in education, research and patient care.”
Established in 1765, Penn's School of Medicine – which was renamed the Perelman School of Medicine following a landmark gift from Raymond and Ruth Perelman in 2011 – is an internationally recognized leader in the discoveries that advance science and pave the way for new therapies and procedures to improve human health and is consistently among the nation's top three recipients of federal funding from the National Institutes of Health.
This winter, the school opened its new home for medical education, the Henry A. Jordan M’62 Medical Education Center, a 55,000-square-foot, state-of-the-art facility just steps away from the Smilow Center for Translational Research and the Perelman Center for Advanced Medicine. It is among the first in the nation to fully integrate medical education facilities with active clinical care and research lab space, placing students in the midst of the dynamic practice of medicine.
The medical school rankings, released annually in the U.S. News & World Report "Best Graduate Schools" issue, are based on statistical indicators that measure the quality of a school's faculty, research, and students. Information is obtained through surveys of program directors, academics, and other professionals. Criteria used in the rankings include peer assessment surveys, research activity, grade point averages, MCAT scores, and NIH funding.
The complete results of the survey are available online. For more information on the Perelman School of Medicine, see Penn Medicine Facts and Figures 2015.
Penn Medicine is one of the world’s leading academic medical centers, dedicated to the related missions of medical education, biomedical research, excellence in patient care, and community service. The organization consists of the University of Pennsylvania Health System and Penn’s Raymond and Ruth Perelman School of Medicine, founded in 1765 as the nation’s first medical school.
The Perelman School of Medicine is consistently among the nation's top recipients of funding from the National Institutes of Health, with $550 million awarded in the 2022 fiscal year. Home to a proud history of “firsts” in medicine, Penn Medicine teams have pioneered discoveries and innovations that have shaped modern medicine, including recent breakthroughs such as CAR T cell therapy for cancer and the mRNA technology used in COVID-19 vaccines.
The University of Pennsylvania Health System’s patient care facilities stretch from the Susquehanna River in Pennsylvania to the New Jersey shore. These include the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Penn Presbyterian Medical Center, Chester County Hospital, Lancaster General Health, Penn Medicine Princeton Health, and Pennsylvania Hospital—the nation’s first hospital, founded in 1751. Additional facilities and enterprises include Good Shepherd Penn Partners, Penn Medicine at Home, Lancaster Behavioral Health Hospital, and Princeton House Behavioral Health, among others.
Penn Medicine is an $11.1 billion enterprise powered by more than 49,000 talented faculty and staff.