Ultimately, for the 2025 lists, there were 105 medical and osteopathic schools with eligible data for the research rankings, and 99 schools with data for the primary care rankings.

These schools are thus labeled "unranked" in the 2025 rankings, along with a small number of other med schools that did not respond to the survey or did not report key data and were outside the top 100.

U.S. News & World Report released its 2025 list of top medical schools April 8, part of the outlet’s broader Best Graduate Schools rankings. The media company produced two separately computed lists, one for research and one for primary care.