2024 Best Medicine Doctor's Degree Schools in Maryland

If you pursue a doctor's degree in medicine, you won't be alone. The field of study is the #2 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.

College Factual looked at 2 colleges and universities when compiling its 2024 Best Medicine Doctor's Degree Schools in Maryland ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 270 doctor's degrees in medicine during the 2020-2021 academic year.

What's on this page: * Our Methodology

• Best Doctor’s Degree Schools List

Other Factors We Consider

The metrics below are just some of the other metrics that we use to determine our rankings.

• Major Focus - How much a school focuses on medicine students vs. other majors.
• Major Demand - How many other medicine students want to attend this school to pursue a doctor's degree.
• Educational Resources - How many resources are allocated to students. These resources may include educational expenditures per student, number of students per instructor, and graduation rate among other things.
• Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized medicine related body.

Our full ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best colleges for medicine students working on their doctor's degree.

More Ways to Rank Medicine Schools

The medicine 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 Medicine Doctor's Degree Schools in Maryland.

Best Schools for Doctorate Students to Study Medicine in Maryland

The following list ranks the best colleges and universities for pursuing a doctor's degree in medicine.

Top Maryland Schools for a Doctorate in Medicine

1

University of Maryland - Baltimore
Baltimore, MD

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

151 Annual Graduates

University of Maryland - Baltimore is a great decision for students interested in a doctor's degree in medicine. UMB is a medium-sized public university located in the large city of Baltimore.More information about a doctorate in medicine from University of Maryland - Baltimore

2

Johns Hopkins University
Baltimore, MD

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

119 Annual Graduates

Every student who is interested in a doctor's degree in medicine has to check out Johns Hopkins University. Located in the city of Baltimore, Johns Hopkins is a private not-for-profit university with a very large student population.More information about a doctorate in medicine from Johns Hopkins University

Best Medicine Colleges in the Middle Atlantic Region

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

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
New York	366	1,791
Pennsylvania	311	1,275
New Jersey	165	445
District of Columbia	143	471

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Medicine Related Rankings by Major

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). More about our data sources and methodologies.