2025 Best Medical Science Schools in the New England Region
2Colleges in the New England Region
159Medical Science Degrees Awarded
$163,139Avg Early-Career Salary
Medical Science degree programs are on the lower end of the spectrum in terms of popularity. In fact, the major ranks #255 out of the 395 majors we look at each year. This may make is a little harder to find a school that is a good fit for you.
For its 2025 ranking, College Factual looked at 2 schools in the New England Region to determine which ones were the best for medical science students pursuing a degree. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 159 degrees in medical science during the 2021-2022 academic year.
The medical science school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we've developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of the Best Medical Science Schools in the New England Region.
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Best Schools for Medical Science in the New England Region
The schools below may not offer all types of medical science degrees so you may want to filter by degree level first. However, they are great for the degree levels they do offer.
Harvard University is one of the finest schools in the United States for getting a degree in medical science. Located in the city of Cambridge, Harvard is a private not-for-profit university with a very large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #4 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means Harvard is a great university overall.
There were approximately 50 medical science students who graduated with this degree at Harvard in the most recent year we have data available.
Brown University is one of the best schools in the country for getting a degree in medical science. Brown is a fairly large private not-for-profit university located in the city of Providence. This university ranks 1st out of 9 colleges for overall quality in the state of Rhode Island.
There were about 41 medical science students who graduated with this degree at Brown in the most recent year we have data available.
University of Vermont is one of the best schools in the country for getting a degree in medical science. Located in the city of Burlington, UVM is a public university with a large student population. This university ranks 4th out of 9 schools for overall quality in the state of Vermont.
There were approximately 40 medical science students who graduated with this degree at UVM in the most recent data year.
It is hard to beat Tufts University if you want to pursue a degree in medical science. Located in the large suburb of Medford, Tufts is a private not-for-profit university with a fairly large student population. This university ranks 7th out of 63 colleges for overall quality in the state of Massachusetts.
There were roughly 19 medical science students who graduated with this degree at Tufts in the most recent data year.
Yale University is a great choice for students pursuing a degree in medical science. Yale is a fairly large private not-for-profit university located in the city of New Haven. A Best Colleges rank of #20 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means Yale is a great university overall.
There were approximately 5 medical science students who graduated with this degree at Yale in the most recent data year.
Located in the city of Boston, Boston U is a private not-for-profit university with a fairly large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #23 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means Boston U is a great university overall.
There were approximately 2 medical science students who graduated with this degree at Boston U in the most recent year we have data available.
UCONN is a fairly large public university located in the fringe town of Storrs. This university ranks 3rd out of 18 colleges for overall quality in the state of Connecticut.
There were approximately 2 medical science students who graduated with this degree at UCONN in the most recent year we have data available.
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).
