2025 Best Medicine Doctor's Degree Schools in South Carolina

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 reviewed 2 schools in South Carolina to determine which ones were the best for doctor's degree seekers in the field of medicine. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 337 doctor's degrees in medicine during the 2022-2023 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 schools for medicine students working on their doctor's degree.

More Ways to Rank Medicine Schools

Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we've developed a number of rankings, including this Best Medicine Doctor's Degree Schools in South Carolina list, to help you choose the best school for you.

Best Schools for Doctorate Students to Study Medicine in South Carolina

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

Top South Carolina Schools for a Doctorate in Medicine

1

University of South Carolina - Columbia
Columbia, SC

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

183 Annual Graduates

University of South Carolina - Columbia is one of the finest schools in the country for getting a doctor's degree in medicine. Located in the medium-sized city of Columbia, UofSC is a public university with a fairly large student population.More information about a doctorate in medicine from University of South Carolina - Columbia

2

Medical University of South Carolina
Charleston, SC

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

154 Annual Graduates

Any student who is interested in a doctor's degree in medicine needs to look into Medical University of South Carolina. MUSC is a small public university located in the medium-sized city of Charleston.More information about a doctorate in medicine from Medical University of South Carolina

Best Medicine Colleges in the Southeast Region

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

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Florida	217	934
North Carolina	190	532
Georgia	190	565
Virginia	182	533
Mississippi	154	137
Tennessee	150	446
Louisiana	146	492
Alabama	139	249
Kentucky	119	291
Arkansas	74	177
West Virginia	61	192

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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.