The Donald and Barbara Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell is proud to announce that it has been ranked among the top medical schools nationwide in research and diversity according to the U.S. News & World Report 2024 rankings. This is the ninth consecutive year the medical school has been recognized for research and the fourth year it has been ranked as one of the most diverse medical schools in the country.

The Best Medical School rankings were delayed this year as U.S. News changed its methodology for evaluating medical schools nationwide. Research and Primary Care lists for medical schools are now presented in evaluative tiers instead of ordinal rankings. There are four tiers, with Tier 1 medical schools being the highest-performing and Tier 4 the lowest-performing. The Zucker School of Medicine is ranked in Tier 1 for research and is among 16 schools in the first tier.  To evaluate schools in research, U.S. News considered several measures of academic quality, including research activity, student selectivity and achievements, and faculty resources. The Zucker School of Medicine’s Tier 1 ranking for research is a testimony to its commitment to providing broad research opportunities for faculty and students.

For the fourth year, U.S. News produced the Most Diverse Medical Schools rankings to measure the success of individual medical and osteopathic schools in enrolling underrepresented minority (URM) students. The Zucker School of Medicine was ranked No. 52 in the nation for diversity and has consistently ranked high in this category. The rankings are based on two indicators: total URM enrollment and the ratio of a school’s URM to state or national numbers. The Zucker School of Medicine’s top diversity ranking highlights its ongoing commitment to creating an inclusive and diverse learning medical school environment, recruiting students from diverse backgrounds and providing a pathway through its pipeline programs for high school and college students to realize their dreams of pursuing a career in medicine and healthcare.

Visit the Zucker School of Medicine website for more information. For the complete list of medical school rankings, visit the U.S. News & World Report website. 

About the Donald and Barbara Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell

Established in 2008, the Donald and Barbara Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell was founded by two equal partners: Hofstra University and Northwell Health. The School of Medicine is built upon the strong clinical and graduate medical education programs of Northwell, as well as the robust research and academic programs of both Hofstra and Northwell’s Feinstein Institutes for Medical Research. For nine years in a row, the Zucker School of Medicine has been recognized among the top medical schools nationwide for medical research (2016-2024, U.S. News & World Report’s Best Graduate Schools), and for the fourth year in a row as one of the most diverse medical schools in the country (2021-2024, U.S. News & World Report’s Best Graduate Schools). The institution comprises more than 4,000 faculty members across 25 academic departments and enrolls a diverse community of over 400 students. For more information, visit [medicine.hofstra.edu]medicine.hofstra.edu.