Zucker School of Medicine Ranked Among Top Schools for Research and Diversity by U.S. News and World Report

The Donald and Barbara Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell is proud to announce that it has been named one of the nation’s top medical schools for research and diversity by U.S. News & World Report’s 2024 Best Graduate Schools for Medicine 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.

New Tier-Based Methodology for Research

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
• 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.

Leadership in Medical School Diversity

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 and in the top five schools (tied for 4th) in New York State for diversity and has consistently ranked high in this category.

The rankings are based on two indicators:

1. total URM enrollment
2. 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.