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 4 schools in Virginia to determine which ones were the best for medicine students pursuing a degree. Combined, these schools handed out 533 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 Virginia 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.
Eastern Virginia Medical School is one of the finest schools in the country for getting a degree in medicine. Eastern Virginia Medical School is a small public school located in the midsize city of Norfolk.
There were approximately 144 medicine students who graduated with this degree at Eastern Virginia Medical School in the most recent year we have data available.
Any student pursuing a degree in medicine has to check out University of Virginia - Main Campus. Located in the suburb of Charlottesville, University of Virginia is a public university with a very large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #33 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means University of Virginia is a great university overall.
There were about 148 medicine students who graduated with this degree at University of Virginia in the most recent data year.
Every student who is interested in medicine has to look into Virginia Commonwealth University. VCU is a fairly large public university located in the city of Richmond. This university ranks 7th out of 63 schools for overall quality in the state of Virginia.
There were approximately 203 medicine students who graduated with this degree at VCU in the most recent year we have data available.
Virginia Tech is a good option for students pursuing a degree in medicine. Virginia Tech is a very large public school located in the city of Blacksburg. This school ranks 2nd out of 63 schools for overall quality in the state of Virginia.
There were approximately 38 medicine students who graduated with this degree at Virginia Tech 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.
