The James H. Quillen College of Medicine at ETSU is ranked No. 3 in the nation for excellence in rural medicine education, according to the 2004 “Best Graduate Schools” issue of U.S. News & World Report.
In addition, the ETSU College of Medicine took 17th place for primary care out of 117 medical schools that were ranked. Quillen tied for 17th place with Harvard University and the University of California-Davis.
Last year, the ETSU medical school was ranked 27th in this category.
The Quillen College also captured the 16th spot for family medicine training.
In this category, ETSU tied with Dartmouth Medical School, Michigan State University, University of Kentucky, University of Minnesota-Duluth, University of Rochester, and Wright State University.
The U.S. News rankings were released today online and will arrive on newsstands next week.
“We are extremely delighted and honored to receive this national acknowledgement from U.S. News & World Report that clearly underscores our mission to train primary care physicians and help alleviate the critical shortage of providers serving in rural, underserved communities,” said Dr. Ronald D. Franks, ETSU dean of medicine and vice president for health affairs.
U.S. News calculates the primary care rankings based on quality assessment, faculty resources, primary care graduation rate, and student selectivity, which measures MCAT scores, undergraduate grade point averages, and proportion of applicants accepted.
ETSU’s third place in rural medicine and 16th place in family medicine were determined by ratings assigned by deans and senior faculty at peer institutions. Since 1998, the Quillen College of Medicine has consistently been listed among the top 10 schools for rural medicine. Last year, the school was ranked sixth.

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