By Erica Carbajal

Last year, medical students in the U.S. graduated with an average debt of $206,924, though students at some schools incur more than $280,000, according to the latest data.

Data from the class of 2023 shows 70% of students graduate with debt. The majority, or 84%, graduate with more than $100,000 in educational debt.

Below is a list of medical schools where students graduate with the highest and lowest amounts of debt on average, per the AAMC's 2025 report on medical school admission requirements.

10 Medical Schools Where Students Graduate With The Highest Average Debt:

1. Tulane University School of Medicine (New Orleans) — $310,981

2. Chicago Medical School at Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine & Science — $283,659

3. Michigan State University College of Human Medicine (East Lansing) — $277,061

4. Western Michigan University Homer Stryker M.D. School of Medicine (Kalamazoo) — $273,494

5. New York Medical College (Vahalla) — $259,582

6. Ponce Health Sciences University School of Medicine (Puerto Rico) — $258,727

7. Drexel University College of Medicine (Pa.) — $257,732

8. Creighton University School of Medicine (Omaha, Neb.) — $256,918

9. Georgetown University School of Medicine (Washington, D.C.) — $247,896

10. Nova Southeastern University Dr. Kiran C. Patel College of Allopathic Medicine (Fort Lauderdale, Fla.) — $244,818

10 Medical Schools Where Students Graduate With The Lowest Average Debt:

Note: This list does not include the Kaiser Permanente Bernard J. Tyson School of Medicine in California, where the average debt incurred is $0 due to a tuition-waiver policy for the first six student cohorts.

1. NYU Grossman Long Island School of Medicine (New York) — $63,379

2. NYU Grossman School of Medicine (New York) — $75,884

3. California University of Science and Medicine-School of Medicine (Colton) — $77,620

4. Brody School of Medicine at East Carolina University (Greenville, N.C.) — $93,971

5. Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons (New York, N.Y.) — $95,578

6. Weill Cornell Medicine (New York, N.Y.) — $95,857

7. Washington University in St. Louis School of Medicine — $100,432

8. University of Texas at Austin Dell Medical School — $103,174

9. Harvard Medical School (Boston) — $103,519

10. Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine (Baltimore) — $104,745