New Hampshire is one of the smaller and less populous states in the U.S. It has one medical school listed by the AAMC: the Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth. Geisel is part of Dartmouth College, a private Ivy League institution.
Because Geisel is a private medical school, its MD cost-of-attendance page lists one tuition amount billed to all students rather than separate in-state and out-of-state tuition rates. This means New Hampshire residents do not have a lower in-state public-school tuition option within the state, but Geisel offers a long-established medical education with national reach.
Dartmouth College
The Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth College has more than two centuries of experience in medical education. Founded in 1797, it is the fourth-oldest medical school in the United States. It has also received current national recognition, ranking in Tier 1 for primary care in U.S. News & World Report’s 2026 Best Medical Schools rankings.
Dartmouth and Geisel have recorded several important medical milestones. These include introducing the stethoscope to the U.S. medical curriculum in 1838, establishing the nation’s first multispecialty intensive care unit in 1955, pioneering a New Hampshire vocational program for people with mental illness that became a national model, and launching the first Center for Health Care Delivery Science in 2010.
Geisel’s M.D. curriculum is an integrated four-year program that combines biomedical science, clinical experiences, interprofessional collaboration, research opportunities, health systems improvement, and a focus on patients and populations. The curriculum is organized into three phases: Foundations of Medicine, Clinical Immersion, and Exploration and Differentiation.
In the Foundations of Medicine phase, students take block-based courses and longitudinal courses, including On Doctoring, Population Health, and Medical Learning Science. Curriculum threads include Health Equity, Nutrition, Health Care Delivery Science, Biomedical Informatics, and Ethics.
The Clinical Immersion phase begins in April of the second academic year and includes required clerkships in Internal Medicine, Surgery, Obstetrics and Gynecology, Pediatrics, Psychiatry, and Family Medicine. Students complete clerkships in a variety of settings, including Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center, the White River Junction VA Medical Center, regional teaching hospitals, regional office practices, and other approved sites.
The Exploration and Differentiation phase starts in April of the third academic year and includes Advanced Ambulatory Medicine, at least one sub-internship, electives, and a capstone course that helps prepare students for residency.
For those interested in a bigger challenge, Geisel offers several joint or dual degree pathways, including MD/PhD, MD/MBA, MD/MPH, MD/MS, MD/MHA, and MD/MEng. Dartmouth also offers graduate programs such as MPH and MS degrees in Epidemiology, Healthcare Research, Health Data Science, Implementation Science, and Medical Informatics, as well as PhD options.
As you can imagine, admissions here are highly competitive. Geisel reports approximately 8,000 completed applications each year for 96 places in the entering class, and its student body is national in scope and impact.
The admissions process is completed through AMCAS and Geisel’s secondary application. Applicants must submit MCAT scores, and Geisel requires a score of 503 or above to receive a secondary application. The school also requires prerequisite coursework and a minimum of three and maximum of five letters of recommendation.
International students are accepted and reviewed in the same pool as U.S. citizens, permanent residents, and DACA applicants. Applicants must meet Geisel’s premedical requirements, including three years of post-secondary study at U.S. or Canadian colleges or universities; classes taken outside the U.S. or Canada may count toward prerequisites, but Geisel requires an official credential evaluation for those courses. International students may apply for need-based institutional scholarships and loans.
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