2025 Best Medicine Doctor's Degree Schools in Virginia

Ranked #2 in popularity, medicine is one of the most sought-after doctor's degree programs in the nation. This means there are lots of options to choose from when you decide to get your degree.

College Factual reviewed 2 schools in Virginia to determine which ones were the best for doctor's degree seekers in the field of medicine. Combined, these schools handed out 543 doctor's degrees in medicine to qualified students.

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 complete 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

Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we've developed the Best Medicine Doctor's Degree Schools in Virginia ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

Best Schools for Doctorate Students to Study Medicine in Virginia

Below you'll see a list of the best colleges and universities for pursuing a doctor's degree in medicine.

Top Virginia Schools for a Doctorate in Medicine

1

Virginia Commonwealth University
Richmond, VA

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

189 Annual Graduates

Virginia Commonwealth University is one of the best schools in the United States for getting a doctor's degree in medicine. VCU is a fairly large public university located in the medium-sized city of Richmond.More information about a doctorate in medicine from Virginia Commonwealth University

2

University of Virginia - Main Campus
Charlottesville, VA

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

162 Annual Graduates

Any student who is interested in a doctor's degree in medicine needs to check out University of Virginia - Main Campus. University of Virginia is a very large public university located in the midsize suburb of Charlottesville.More information about a doctorate in medicine from University of Virginia - Main Campus

Best Medicine Colleges in the Southeast Region

Explore all the Best Medicine Schools 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
Mississippi	154	137
Tennessee	150	446
Louisiana	146	492
Alabama	139	249
South Carolina	135	381
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.

Majors Similar to Medicine

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Osteopathic Medicine/Osteopathy	619

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.