63 Best Surgeons Medical schools in Pennsylvania

Updated: March 02, 2025

Ranking by academic field

Below is a list of best universities in Pennsylvania ranked based on their research performance in Surgery. A graph of 9.18M citations received by 237K academic papers made by 63 universities in Pennsylvania was used to calculate publications' ratings, which then were adjusted for release dates and added to final scores.

We don't distinguish between undergraduate and graduate programs nor do we adjust for current majors offered. You can find information about granted degrees on a university page but always double-check with the university website.

1. University of Pennsylvania

Philadelphia

For Surgery

#8 in the United States

#9 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 6%
Average SAT: 1535
Average ACT: 35
Net Price: $26,017

2. University of Pittsburgh

Pittsburgh

For Surgery

#9 in the United States

#10 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Average SAT: 1360
Average ACT: 31
Receiving Aid: 87%

3. Thomas Jefferson University

Philadelphia

For Surgery

#47 in the United States

#54 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 86%
Average SAT: 1250
Average ACT: 30
Net Price: $29,097

4. Pennsylvania State University

University Park

For Surgery

#69 in the United States

#78 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 54%
Average SAT: 1310
Average ACT: 30
Receiving Aid: 66%

5. Temple University

Philadelphia

For Surgery

#76 in the United States

#88 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 83%
Receiving Aid: 94%
Average Aid: $11,891
Enrollment: 30,205

6. Pennsylvania State University - College of Medicine

Hershey

For Surgery

#78 in the United States

#90 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1967

7. Drexel University

Philadelphia

For Surgery

#97 in the United States

#110 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 78%
Average SAT: 1330
Average ACT: 30
Net Price: $42,342

8. Carnegie Mellon University

Pittsburgh

For Surgery

#142 in the United States

#158 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 11%
Average SAT: 1535
Average ACT: 35
Net Price: $32,964

9. Allegheny College

Meadville

For Surgery

#194 in the United States

#214 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 59%
Average SAT: 1245
Average ACT: 28
Net Price: $27,929

10. Geneva College

Beaver Falls

For Surgery

#205 in the United States

#225 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 100%
Net Price: $22,145
Receiving Aid: 99%
Average Aid: $20,748

11. California University of Pennsylvania

California

For Surgery

#214 in the United States

#234 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 83%
Receiving Aid: 95%
Average Aid: $6,250
Enrollment: 6,885

12. King's College - Pennsylvania

Wilkes-Barre

For Surgery

#224 in the United States

#245 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 93%
Average SAT: 1150
Average ACT: 22
Net Price: $25,608

13. La Roche College

Pittsburgh

For Surgery

#232 in the United States

#257 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 78%
Average SAT: 1145
Net Price: $24,638
Receiving Aid: 100%

14. Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine

Philadelphia

For Surgery

#238 in the United States

#263 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 12%
Enrollment: 3,027
Male:Female: 36:64

15. Lehigh University

Bethlehem

For Surgery

#239 in the United States

#265 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 29%
Average SAT: 1420
Average ACT: 32
Net Price: $33,289

16. Duquesne University

Pittsburgh

For Surgery

#250 in the United States

#276 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 79%
Average SAT: 1255
Average ACT: 29
Net Price: $35,125

17. Chestnut Hill College

Philadelphia

For Surgery

#254 in the United States

#280 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 79%
Net Price: $28,583
Receiving Aid: 100%
Average Aid: $29,744

18. Saint Francis University

Loretto

For Surgery

#275 in the United States

#302 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 77%
Average SAT: 1135
Average ACT: 24
Net Price: $27,421

19. University of the Sciences

Philadelphia

For Surgery

#290 in the United States

#318 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 69%
Net Price: $29,948
Receiving Aid: 100%
Average Aid: $14,493

20. American College of Financial Services

Bryn Mawr

For Surgery

#312 in the United States

#343 in North America

Enrollment: 4,204
Male:Female: 69:31
Founded: 1927

21. Geisinger Commonwealth School of Medicine

Scranton

For Surgery

#323 in the United States

#356 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 100%
Enrollment: 649
Male:Female: 40:60
Founded: 2008

22. Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine

Erie

For Surgery

#333 in the United States

#366 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 11%
Enrollment: 4,117
Male:Female: 43:57

23. Mansfield University of Pennsylvania

Mansfield

For Surgery

#360 in the United States

#396 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 87%
Receiving Aid: 100%
Average Aid: $8,863
Enrollment: 1,784

24. Saint Joseph's University

Philadelphia

For Surgery

#375 in the United States

#411 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 86%
Average SAT: 1240
Average ACT: 29
Net Price: $36,392

25. Villanova University

Villanova

For Surgery

#377 in the United States

#413 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 25%
Average SAT: 1455
Average ACT: 33
Net Price: $37,946

26. West Chester University of Pennsylvania

West Chester

For Surgery

#394 in the United States

#431 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 79%
Average SAT: 1185
Average ACT: 26
Receiving Aid: 88%

27. Misericordia University

Dallas

For Surgery

#406 in the United States

#443 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 85%
Net Price: $25,090
Receiving Aid: 100%
Average Aid: $25,624

28. Bryn Mawr College

Bryn Mawr

For Surgery

#415 in the United States

#452 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 31%
Average SAT: 1385
Average ACT: 32
Net Price: $39,383

29. Arcadia University

Glenside

For Surgery

#435 in the United States

#473 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 79%
Average SAT: 1197
Average ACT: 28
Net Price: $26,994

30. Salus University

Elkins Park

For Surgery

#441 in the United States

#479 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Enrollment: 1,148
Male:Female: 20:80
Founded: 1919

31. York College of Pennsylvania

York

For Surgery

#460 in the United States

#498 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 94%
Average SAT: 1130
Average ACT: 25
Net Price: $21,036

32. University of Scranton

Scranton

For Surgery

#471 in the United States

#509 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 84%
Average SAT: 1235
Average ACT: 28
Net Price: $32,100

33. Widener University

Chester

For Surgery

#475 in the United States

#513 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 84%
Average SAT: 1155
Net Price: $30,720
Receiving Aid: 100%

34. Millersville University of Pennsylvania

Millersville

For Surgery

#504 in the United States

#545 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 89%
Average SAT: 1120
Receiving Aid: 96%
Average Aid: $6,205

35. Wilkes University

Wilkes-Barre

For Surgery

#527 in the United States

#571 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 91%
Average SAT: 1147
Average ACT: 25
Net Price: $28,508

36. Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania

Bloomsburg

For Surgery

#528 in the United States

#572 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 73%
Receiving Aid: 89%
Average Aid: $6,347
Enrollment: 7,500

37. Bucknell University

Lewisburg

For Surgery

#550 in the United States

#595 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 32%
Average SAT: 1375
Average ACT: 32
Net Price: $38,486

38. La Salle University

Philadelphia

For Surgery

#554 in the United States

#599 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 86%
Net Price: $20,119
Receiving Aid: 99%
Average Aid: $25,808

39. Cedar Crest College

Allentown

For Surgery

#564 in the United States

#609 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 99%
Average SAT: 1115
Net Price: $23,036
Receiving Aid: 99%

40. Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania

Slippery Rock

For Surgery

#588 in the United States

#634 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 75%
Average SAT: 1085
Average ACT: 22
Receiving Aid: 94%

41. Lafayette College

Easton

For Surgery

#592 in the United States

#640 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 31%
Average SAT: 1415
Average ACT: 32
Net Price: $34,728

42. Lebanon Valley College

Annville

For Surgery

#616 in the United States

#664 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 75%
Average SAT: 1197
Net Price: $28,640
Receiving Aid: 100%

43. Chatham University

Pittsburgh

For Surgery

#631 in the United States

#680 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Average SAT: 1180
Average ACT: 25
Net Price: $29,051

44. Indiana University of Pennsylvania

Indiana

For Surgery

#635 in the United States

#684 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 91%
Average SAT: 1055
Average ACT: 21
Receiving Aid: 99%

45. Gannon University

Erie

For Surgery

#643 in the United States

#692 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 77%
Net Price: $23,942
Receiving Aid: 83%
Average Aid: $27,483

46. Swarthmore College

Swarthmore

For Surgery

#647 in the United States

#696 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 7%
Average SAT: 1510
Average ACT: 34
Net Price: $17,930

47. Gettysburg College

Gettysburg

For Surgery

#650 in the United States

#699 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 48%
Average SAT: 1350
Average ACT: 30
Net Price: $35,729

48. Marywood University

Scranton

For Surgery

#665 in the United States

#714 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 84%
Average SAT: 1145
Average ACT: 24
Net Price: $24,712

49. Neumann University

Aston

For Surgery

#728 in the United States

#784 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 76%
Net Price: $29,298
Receiving Aid: 100%
Average Aid: $27,372

50. Muhlenberg College

Allentown

For Surgery

#729 in the United States

#785 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 64%
Average SAT: 1315
Average ACT: 30
Net Price: $31,814

51. East Stroudsburg University of Pennsylvania

East Stroudsburg

For Surgery

#738 in the United States

#794 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 93%
Average SAT: 1070
Average ACT: 23
Receiving Aid: 98%

52. Haverford College

Haverford

For Surgery

#740 in the United States

#796 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 13%
Average SAT: 1485
Average ACT: 34
Net Price: $22,828

53. DeSales University

Center Valley

For Surgery

#768 in the United States

#824 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 79%
Average SAT: 1190
Average ACT: 26
Net Price: $30,524

54. Delaware Valley University

Doylestown

For Surgery

#774 in the United States

#830 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 92%
Average SAT: 1170
Average ACT: 26
Net Price: $28,401

55. Franklin and Marshall College

Lancaster

For Surgery

#792 in the United States

#850 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 32%
Average SAT: 1379
Average ACT: 31
Net Price: $37,475

56. Robert Morris University

Moon Township

For Surgery

#807 in the United States

#865 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 91%
Net Price: $26,215
Receiving Aid: 99%
Average Aid: $24,908

57. Eastern University

Saint Davids

For Surgery

#817 in the United States

#875 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 94%
Net Price: $21,900
Receiving Aid: 100%
Average Aid: $31,308

58. Dickinson College

Carlisle

For Surgery

#838 in the United States

#899 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 43%
Net Price: $40,242
Receiving Aid: 95%
Average Aid: $40,209

59. Gwynedd Mercy University

Gwynedd Valley

For Surgery

#859 in the United States

#921 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 94%
Average SAT: 1114
Net Price: $26,733
Receiving Aid: 100%

60. Moravian College

Bethlehem

For Surgery

#863 in the United States

#925 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 54%
Average SAT: 1145
Average ACT: 26
Net Price: $30,720

61. University of Valley Forge

Phoenixville

For Surgery

#865 in the United States

#927 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 78%
Net Price: $27,854
Receiving Aid: 100%
Average Aid: $15,317

62. Kutztown University of Pennsylvania

Kutztown

For Surgery

#889 in the United States

#953 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 95%
Average SAT: 1170
Receiving Aid: 98%
Average Aid: $6,716

63. Lincoln University

Lincoln University

For Surgery

#955 in the United States

#1021 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 78%
Average SAT: 960
Average ACT: 20
Receiving Aid: 99%

Closest to Pennsylvania states to learn Surgery

State	Universities Unis	Best university country rank Best uni rank
Maryland	17	2
District of Columbia	8	56
New Jersey	16	55
New York	91	12
West Virginia	11	92
Connecticut	16	13
Virginia	25	43
Ohio	37	35
Massachusetts	42	1
Rhode Island	5	53
Vermont	3	79
New Hampshire	6	108
North Carolina	27	23
Indiana	24	27
Kentucky	13	60
Michigan	24	5
South Carolina	14	46
Maine	8	338
Tennessee	25	49
Illinois	39	17
Georgia	24	16
Wisconsin	20	28
Alabama	17	26
Iowa	11	39
Missouri	24	14
Mississippi	7	98
Minnesota	17	3
Arkansas	10	71
Florida	36	24
Louisiana	13	72
Kansas	10	101
South Dakota	5	193
Nebraska	9	68
Oklahoma	10	91
North Dakota	5	199
Texas	56	10
Colorado	14	34
New Mexico	4	77
Puerto Rico	9	244
Utah	7	32
Idaho	3	289
Arizona	7	52
Nevada	4	158
Washington	18	6
Oregon	15	40
California	89	4
Hawaii	3	128