2025 Best Medicine Doctor's Degree Schools in Minnesota

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.

For its 2025 ranking, College Factual looked at 2 schools in Minnesota to determine which ones were the best for medicine students pursuing a doctor's degree. Combined, these schools handed out 333 doctor's degrees in medicine to qualified students.

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Other Factors We Consider

In addition to the above, you should consider some of the following factors:

• Major Focus - How many resources a school devotes to medicine students as compared to other majors.
• Major Demand - The number of medicine students who choose to seek a doctor's degree at the school.
• Educational Resources - The amount of money and other resources allocated to students while they are pursuing their degree. These resources include such things as number of students per instructor and education expenditures per student.
• 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.

One Size Does Not Fit All

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 Minnesota ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

Best Schools for Doctorate Students to Study Medicine in Minnesota

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

Top Minnesota Schools for a Doctorate in Medicine

1

Mayo Clinic School of Medicine
Rochester, MN

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

113 Annual Graduates

Every student pursuing a degree in a doctor's degree in medicine has to look into Mayo Clinic School of Medicine. Mayo Clinic School of Medicine is a small private not-for-profit school located in the midsize city of Rochester.More information about a doctorate in medicine from Mayo Clinic School of Medicine

2

University of Minnesota - Twin Cities
Minneapolis, MN

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

220 Annual Graduates

University of Minnesota - Twin Cities is a wonderful choice for individuals interested in a doctor's degree in medicine. Located in the large city of Minneapolis, UMN Twin Cities is a public university with a fairly large student population.More information about a doctorate in medicine from University of Minnesota - Twin Cities

Best Medicine Colleges in the Plains States Region

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

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Iowa	177	142
Missouri	175	506
Kansas	134	214
Nebraska	99	287
North Dakota	88	3
South Dakota	57	66

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Rankings in Majors Related to Medicine

One of 3 majors within the Medicine area of study, Medicine has other similar majors worth exploring.

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.