If you pursue a degree in medicine, you won't be alone. The field of study is the #42 most popular program in the country. So, there are lots of possibilities to explore when you're trying to determine where you want to get your degree.
For its 2024 ranking, College Factual looked at 8 schools in Florida to determine which ones were the best for medicine students pursuing a degree. Combined, these schools handed out 940 degrees in medicine to qualified students.
The medicine program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for Medicine rankings. We derive our Best Overall Medicine School rankings by rolling up our degree-level rankings after weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each school.
In order to find the schools that are the best fit for you, you may want to filter to one of the degree levels below.
Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we've developed the Best Medicine Schools in Florida ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.
More interested in schools in a specific area of the country? Filter this list by region or state.
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If you aren't interested in a particular degree level and want to know which schools are the overall best at delivering an education for the medicine degrees they offer, see the list below.
Every student who is interested in medicine has to take a look at University of Florida. UF is a very large public university located in the midsize city of Gainesville. A Best Colleges rank of #58 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means UF is a great university overall.
There were about 156 medicine students who graduated with this degree at UF in the most recent data year.
It's hard to beat University of Miami if you want to pursue a degree in medicine. U Miami is a large private not-for-profit university located in the city of Coral Gables. A Best Colleges rank of #91 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means U Miami is a great university overall.
There were about 205 medicine students who graduated with this degree at U Miami in the most recent year we have data available.
Every student who is interested in medicine needs to check out Nova Southeastern University. Located in the suburb of Fort Lauderdale, NUS Florida is a private not-for-profit university with a very large student population. This university ranks 10th out of 77 colleges for overall quality in the state of Florida.More information about a degree in medicine from Nova Southeastern University
Any student pursuing a degree in medicine needs to look into Florida State University. Florida State is a very large public university located in the medium-sized city of Tallahassee. A Best Colleges rank of #121 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means Florida State is a great university overall.
There were roughly 119 medicine students who graduated with this degree at Florida State in the most recent year we have data available.
Located in the suburb of Miami, FIU is a public university with a very large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #183 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means FIU is a great university overall.
There were about 113 medicine students who graduated with this degree at FIU in the most recent year we have data available.
Located in the city of Tampa, USF Tampa is a public university with a fairly large student population. This university ranks 8th out of 77 schools for overall quality in the state of Florida.
There were approximately 172 medicine students who graduated with this degree at USF Tampa in the most recent year we have data available.
Located in the large suburb of Orlando, UCF is a public university with a fairly large student population. This university ranks 7th out of 77 colleges for overall quality in the state of Florida.
There were approximately 119 medicine students who graduated with this degree at UCF in the most recent year we have data available.
Located in the city of Boca Raton, FAU is a public university with a very large student population. This university ranks 13th out of 77 schools for overall quality in the state of Florida.
There were about 56 medicine students who graduated with this degree at FAU in the most recent data year.
Medicine is one of 3 different types of Medicine programs to choose from.
Notes and References
The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of the rest of our data about colleges.
Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).
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The medicine program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for Medicine rankings. We derive our Best Overall Medicine School rankings by rolling up our degree-level rankings after weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each school.
