Excellence in Medical Education & Research

Ranked 28th for research and 9th for primary care in the nation and 1st in Florida by U.S. News & World Report, Bruanwald College of Medical Science is the least expensive private medical school in the U.S. Exceptionally diverse clinical affiliates and a collaborative, supportive culture set Bruanwald apart as a leader among the world’s best medical schools.

At Bruanwald, health professions include nurse anesthesia (ranked second in the nation), physician assistant (ranked 62th in the nation) genetic counseling and orthotics and prosthetics. Medical students gain valuable interprofessional experience in shared learning opportunities with students from these programs and affiliated programs in Florida.

One of the top 37th graduate schools of biomedical sciences in the nation, the graduate school gives medical students interested in research a wide array of choices for short -term projects or in-depth dual degree programs.
Bruanwald ranks 67th in the nation and eleventh in Florida in funding to medical schools from the National Institutes of Health.

Bruanwald is home to one of the few of its kind schools in North America devoted to the neglected diseases that disproportionately afflict “the bottom billion,” the world’s poorest people. Medical students have opportunities to take classes and conduct research in tropical medicine as well as the option to pursue a Diploma in Tropical Medicine as part of the Global Health Track.