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2024 Best Medicine Schools in North Carolina

5 Colleges in North Carolina
674 Medicine Degrees Awarded
$56,572 Avg Early-Career Salary
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.

For its 2024 ranking, College Factual looked at 5 schools in North Carolina to determine which ones were the best for medicine students pursuing a degree. Combined, these schools handed out 674 degrees in medicine to qualified students.

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Choosing a Great Medicine School

Best Medicine Schools in North Carolina 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.

Pick Your Medicine Degree Level

Doctor's Degrees in Medicine

Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we've developed the Best Medicine Schools in North Carolina ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision. If you'd like to restrict your choices to just one part of the country, you can filter this list by location.

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Best Schools for Medicine in North Carolina

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.

Top North Carolina Schools in Medicine

1
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Duke University
Durham, NC
Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type
120 Medicine Degrees Awarded
5.0% Growth in Graduates

It is hard to beat Duke University if you wish to pursue a degree in medicine. Located in the city of Durham, Duke is a private not-for-profit university with a large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #7 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means Duke is a great university overall.

There were approximately 120 medicine students who graduated with this degree at Duke in the most recent data year. Those medicine students who get their degree from Duke University earn $2,485 more than the typical medicine student.

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2
Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type
185 Medicine Degrees Awarded
$56,165 Median Starting Salary

Any student who is interested in medicine has to take a look at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. UNC Chapel Hill is a very large public university located in the small city of Chapel Hill. A Best Colleges rank of #43 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means UNC Chapel Hill is a great university overall.

There were approximately 185 medicine students who graduated with this degree at UNC Chapel Hill in the most recent year we have data available. Students who graduate with their degree from the medicine program state that they receive average early career wages of $56,165.

More information about a degree in medicine from University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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Wake Forest University
Winston-Salem, NC
Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type
137 Medicine Degrees Awarded
$56,086 Median Starting Salary

Any student who is interested in medicine needs to take a look at Wake Forest University. Wake Forest University is a moderately-sized private not-for-profit university located in the medium-sized city of Winston-Salem. This university ranks 4th out of 93 schools for overall quality in the state of North Carolina.

There were roughly 137 medicine students who graduated with this degree at Wake Forest University in the most recent year we have data available. After graduation, medicine degree recipients generally earn about $56,086 in the first five years of their career.

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4
Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type
84 Medicine Degrees Awarded
4.8% Growth in Graduates

East Carolina University is one of the finest schools in the country for getting a degree in medicine. ECU is a very large public university located in the small city of Greenville. This university ranks 7th out of 93 colleges for overall quality in the state of North Carolina.

There were roughly 84 medicine students who graduated with this degree at ECU in the most recent data year. Students who graduate with their degree from the medicine program report average early career income of $54,979.

More information about a degree in medicine from East Carolina University

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Campbell University
Buies Creek, NC
Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type
2nd Most Popular In NC
148 Medicine Degrees Awarded

Campbell is a moderately-sized private not-for-profit university located in the town of Buies Creek. This university ranks 23rd out of 93 schools for overall quality in the state of North Carolina.

There were roughly 148 medicine students who graduated with this degree at Campbell in the most recent year we have data available.

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Best Medicine Colleges in the Southeast Region

Explore all the Best Medicine Colleges in the Southeast Area or other specific states within that region.

StateCollegesDegrees Awarded
Georgia287565
Florida2821,212
Virginia2741,144
Tennessee269680
South Carolina248381
Kentucky244430
Louisiana242492
Mississippi234228
Arkansas234314
Alabama233404
West Virginia207370

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One of 34 majors within the Health Professions area of study, Medicine has other similar majors worth exploring.

Medicine Concentrations

MajorAnnual Graduates
Medicine526
Osteopathic Medicine/Osteopathy148

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Majors Similar to Medicine

Related MajorAnnual Graduates
Nursing7,737
Health & Medical Administrative Services4,065
Allied Health Professions2,169
Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services1,583
Public Health1,449
Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions1,080
Practical Nursing & Nursing Assistants1,047
Mental & Social Health Services1,028
Dental Support Services610
Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences453

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