The Feinberg School of Medicine, one of Northwestern University's 11 colleges and schools, consistently receives high marks from U.S. News & World Report.

The University, primarily through the Feinberg School, is part of the McGaw Medical Center of Northwestern University, an academic medical center whose other members include Children's Memorial Medical Center, Evanston Northwestern Healthcare, Northwestern Memorial Hospital, Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago, and Jesse Brown VA Medical Center.

Medical students and residents receive part of their education at these hospitals, and nearly all the attending staff members have faculty appointments at the Feinberg School.