A degree in medicine is more popular than many other degrees. In fact, it ranks #40 out of 395 on popularity of all such degrees in the nation. As a result, there are many college that offer the degree, making your choice of school a hard one.
College Factual looked at 165 colleges and universities when compiling its 2024 Best Medicine Schools ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 28,629 degrees in medicine during the 2020-2021 academic year.
Your choice of medicine school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. In order to come up with a best overall ranking for medicine schools, we combine our degree-level rankings, weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each level.
You may want to choose one of the degree levels below to find the schools of most interest to you.
When choosing the right school for you, it's important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we've created a number of major-specific rankings, including this Best Medicine Schools list to help you make the college decision.
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The schools below may not offer all types of medicine degrees so you may want to filter by degree level first. However, they are great for the degree levels they do offer. Only those schools that rank in the top 15% of all the schools we analyze get awarded with a place on this list.
Western University of Health Sciences is one of the best schools in the country for getting a degree in medicine. Located in the suburb of Pomona, Western University of Health Sciences is a private not-for-profit university with a small student population.
There were approximately 354 medicine students who graduated with this degree at Western University of Health Sciences in the most recent data year.
Midwestern University - Glendale is one of the best schools in the country for getting a degree in medicine. Located in the suburb of Glendale, Midwestern University - Glendale is a private not-for-profit university with a small student population.
There were roughly 280 medicine students who graduated with this degree at Midwestern University - Glendale in the most recent data year.
Any student pursuing a degree in medicine has to take a look at Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science. RFUMS is a small private not-for-profit university located in the suburb of North Chicago.
There were roughly 255 medicine students who graduated with this degree at RFUMS in the most recent year we have data available. Graduates who receive their degree from the medicine program earn around $57,475 in their early career salary.
Stanford University is one of the finest schools in the country for getting a degree in medicine. Stanford is a fairly large private not-for-profit university located in the suburb of Stanford. A Best Colleges rank of #3 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means Stanford is a great university overall.
There were roughly 104 medicine students who graduated with this degree at Stanford in the most recent year we have data available. Degree recipients from the medicine degree program at Stanford University earn $10,617 more than the standard college graduate with the same degree when they enter the workforce.
UTHealth is a medium-sized public university located in the city of Houston.
There were approximately 238 medicine students who graduated with this degree at UTHealth in the most recent data year. Students who receive their degree from the medicine program make around $56,494 in the first couple years of their career.
Harvard is a very large private not-for-profit university located in the medium-sized city of Cambridge. A Best Colleges rank of #6 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means Harvard is a great university overall.
There were approximately 160 medicine students who graduated with this degree at Harvard in the most recent year we have data available. Those medicine students who get their degree from Harvard University earn $8,229 more than the average medicine student.
Mayo Clinic School of Medicine is a small private not-for-profit school located in the city of Rochester.
There were about 99 medicine students who graduated with this degree at Mayo Clinic School of Medicine in the most recent data year. Students who graduate with their degree from the medicine program report average early career wages of $58,775.
Northwestern is a very large private not-for-profit university located in the city of Evanston. A Best Colleges rank of #5 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means Northwestern is a great university overall.
There were about 158 medicine students who graduated with this degree at Northwestern in the most recent year we have data available. Those medicine students who get their degree from Northwestern University make $3,292 more than the average medicine student.
Located in the large city of Philadelphia, UPenn is a private not-for-profit university with a very large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #4 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means UPenn is a great university overall.
There were about 156 medicine students who graduated with this degree at UPenn in the most recent year we have data available. Those medicine students who get their degree from University of Pennsylvania make $3,417 more than the average medicine graduate.
Located in the remote town of Kirksville, A T Still University of Health Sciences is a private not-for-profit university with a small student population.
There were approximately 271 medicine students who graduated with this degree at A T Still University of Health Sciences in the most recent year we have data available.
USC is a fairly large private not-for-profit university located in the city of Los Angeles. A Best Colleges rank of #11 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means USC is a great university overall.
There were approximately 187 medicine students who graduated with this degree at USC in the most recent data year. Degree recipients from the medicine program at University of Southern California make $3,793 more than the typical graduate in this field shortly after graduation.
Located in the town of Galveston, UTMB Galveston is a public university with a small student population.
There were roughly 240 medicine students who graduated with this degree at UTMB Galveston in the most recent year we have data available. After graduation, medicine degree recipients typically make around $56,023 at the beginning of their careers.
Located in the large city of Seattle, UW Seattle is a public university with a fairly large student population. This university ranks 1st out of 51 schools for overall quality in the state of Washington.
There were roughly 285 medicine students who graduated with this degree at UW Seattle in the most recent data year. Graduates who receive their degree from the medicine program make around $58,231 in their early career salary.
Located in the large city of Philadelphia, Temple is a public university with a fairly large student population. This university ranks 11th out of 109 schools for overall quality in the state of Pennsylvania.
There were approximately 313 medicine students who graduated with this degree at Temple in the most recent data year. After graduating, medicine degree recipients typically make about $58,571 at the beginning of their careers.
Located in the small city of East Lansing, Michigan State is a public university with a fairly large student population. This university ranks 2nd out of 57 schools for overall quality in the state of Michigan.
There were roughly 467 medicine students who graduated with this degree at Michigan State in the most recent year we have data available. Students who graduate with their degree from the medicine program report average early career wages of $56,501.
UT Health San Antonio is a small public university located in the city of San Antonio.
There were approximately 215 medicine students who graduated with this degree at UT Health San Antonio in the most recent year we have data available. After graduation, medicine degree recipients usually earn about $55,152 at the beginning of their careers.
Located in the city of Los Angeles, UCLA is a public university with a very large student population. This university ranks 5th out of 168 schools for overall quality in the state of California.
There were approximately 205 medicine students who graduated with this degree at UCLA in the most recent year we have data available. After graduation, medicine degree recipients typically earn around $59,345 at the beginning of their careers.
Located in the large city of Houston, Baylor College of Medicine is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.
There were about 200 medicine students who graduated with this degree at Baylor College of Medicine in the most recent data year. Graduates who receive their degree from the medicine program earn about $57,813 for their early career.
Located in the suburb of Saint Louis, WUSTL is a private not-for-profit university with a large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #17 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means WUSTL is a great university overall.
There were roughly 105 medicine students who graduated with this degree at WUSTL in the most recent data year. Students who graduate with their degree from the medicine program report average early career income of $57,989.
Located in the city of New Haven, Yale is a private not-for-profit university with a fairly large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #8 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means Yale is a great university overall.
There were about 92 medicine students who graduated with this degree at Yale in the most recent data year. Those medicine students who get their degree from Yale University receive $7,213 more than the standard medicine graduate.
Vanderbilt is a large private not-for-profit university located in the city of Nashville. This university ranks 1st out of 45 colleges for overall quality in the state of Tennessee.
There were roughly 97 medicine students who graduated with this degree at Vanderbilt in the most recent data year. After graduating, medicine degree recipients usually make around $57,409 in their early careers.
TTUHSC is a medium-sized public university located in the large city of Lubbock.
There were about 181 medicine students who graduated with this degree at TTUHSC in the most recent data year. Students who receive their degree from the medicine program make an average of $55,386 in the first couple years of their career.
Located in the medium-sized city of Providence, Brown is a private not-for-profit university with a large student population. This university ranks 1st out of 9 schools for overall quality in the state of Rhode Island.
There were approximately 120 medicine students who graduated with this degree at Brown in the most recent data year. Medicine degree recipients from Brown University get an earnings boost of approximately $3,222 over the average income of medicine majors.
Located in the midsize city of Gainesville, UF is a public university with a very large student population. This university ranks 1st out of 77 colleges for overall quality in the state of Florida.
There were approximately 156 medicine students who graduated with this degree at UF in the most recent year we have data available. Students who graduate with their degree from the medicine program report average early career income of $55,575.
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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Your choice of medicine school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. In order to come up with a best overall ranking for medicine schools, we combine our degree-level rankings, weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each level.
