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🇺🇸 Best Medicine Programs in United States by ROI
Ranked by ROI score — net salary after rent and living costs, weighted by graduation rate, relative to total degree tuition. Salary figures are median graduate earnings from government data (2026).
| # | University | ROI | Salary ($) | Payback | Tuition ($/yr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | University of Michigan-Ann Arbor Medicine. | 167.9 | $280,000 | 1 yrs | $36,786 |
| 2 | University of Chicago Medicine. | 151.1 | $280,000 | 1 yrs | $41,608 |
| 3 | University of Georgia Veterinary Medicine. | 150.2 | $280,000 | 1 yrs | $39,021 |
| 4 | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Veterinary Medicine. | 139.4 | $280,000 | 1 yrs | $40,194 |
| 5 | University of Washington-Seattle Campus Medicine. | 137.2 | $280,000 | 1 yrs | $39,455 |
| 6 | Purdue University-Main Campus Veterinary Medicine. | 134.8 | $280,000 | 1 yrs | $40,880 |
| 7 | University of California-Davis Veterinary Medicine. | 129.8 | $280,000 | 1 yrs | $41,275 |
| 8 | University of Wisconsin-Madison Veterinary Medicine. | 122.0 | $280,000 | 1 yrs | $48,591 |
| 9 | Ohio State University-Main Campus Veterinary Medicine. | 119.5 | $280,000 | 1 yrs | $48,549 |
| 10 | University of California-Riverside Medicine. | 119.5 | $280,000 | 1 yrs | $40,051 |
| 11 | Harvard University Medicine. | 116.3 | $280,000 | 1 yrs | $53,385 |
| 12 | North Carolina State University at Raleigh Veterinary Medicine. | 115.3 | $280,000 | 1 yrs | $48,448 |
| 13 | Johns Hopkins University Medicine. | 112.9 | $280,000 | 1 yrs | $52,665 |
| 14 | Oklahoma State University-Main Campus Veterinary Medicine. | 91.5 | $280,000 | 1 yrs | $48,852 |
| 15 | University of Nebraska-Lincoln Veterinary Medicine. | 89.1 | $280,000 | 1 yrs | $49,692 |
| 16 | Brown University Molecular Medicine. | 88.0 | $280,000 | 1 yrs | $70,515 |
| 17 | Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College Veterinary Medicine. | 86.5 | $280,000 | 1 yrs | $53,623 |
| 18 | Central Michigan University Medicine. | 81.2 | $280,000 | 1 yrs | $49,272 |
| 19 | University at Buffalo Medicine. | 81.1 | $280,000 | 1 yrs | $58,786 |
| 20 | University of Alabama at Birmingham Molecular Medicine. | 80.5 | $280,000 | 1 yrs | $52,497 |
| 21 | University of Alabama at Birmingham Medicine. | 80.5 | $280,000 | 1 yrs | $52,497 |
| 22 | University of North Dakota Medicine. | 79.9 | $280,000 | 1 yrs | $51,943 |
| 23 | Saint Louis University Medicine. | 77.6 | $280,000 | 1 yrs | $68,314 |
| 24 | Montana State University Veterinary Medicine. | 60.4 | $280,000 | 1 yrs | $62,997 |
| 25 | Lincoln Memorial University Veterinary Medicine. | 60.1 | $280,000 | 1 yrs | $57,137 |