2022 Most Popular Doctor's Degree Colleges for Medicine in Missouri

Medicine is of the hottest doctor's degree programs in the United States, coming in as the #2 most popular major in the country. This makes choosing the right school a hard decision.

For its 2022 ranking, College Factual looked at 4 schools in Missouri to determine which ones were the most popular for medicine students pursuing a doctor's degree. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 512 doctor's degrees in medicine during the 2019-2020 academic year.

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Choosing a Great Medicine School for Your Doctor's Degree

The medicine doctor's degree program you select can have a big impact on your future. One of the reasons we created our Most Popular Doctor's Degree Colleges for Medicine in Missouri ranking is to help you make that choice.

A high popularity ranking isn't always a sign that a school has a great overall quality ranking for medicine, but it does mean that many students are choosing the school for some reason. Sometimes this is because the school offers a great educational experience, it is a good value, or it is highly focused on the program.

More Ways to Rank Medicine Schools

This is not our only ranking, nor the only degree level we have ranked. In addition to this ranking, you may want to take at the rankings for different degree levels as called out above. You can also narrow your search by location by filtering for a certain area of the country. On top of that, you can visit our other rankings for medicine.

Most Popular Schools for Doctorate Students to Study Medicine in Missouri

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

Most Well Attended Schools for Medicine Students Working on Their Doctorate

1

Saint Louis University
Saint Louis, MO

173 Annual Doctor's Degrees

#2 Best Quality In MO

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

You'll be surrounded by many like-minded peers at Saint Louis University if you wish to pursue a doctor's degree in medicine. Located in the large city of Saint Louis, SLU is a private not-for-profit university with a fairly large student population. Potential students might also be interested to know that the school ranks #2 in quality for doctor's degrees in medicine in Missouri.

There were roughly 173 medicine students who graduated with this degree at SLU in the most recent data year.

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2

Washington University in St Louis
Saint Louis, MO

121 Annual Doctor's Degrees

#1 Best Quality In MO

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

Washington University in St Louis is a popular decision for students pursuing a doctor's degree in medicine. WUSTL is a large private not-for-profit university located in the suburb of Saint Louis. You also may be intersted to know that the school ranks #1 in quality for doctor's degrees in medicine in Missouri.

There were roughly 121 medicine students who graduated with this degree at WUSTL in the most recent data year.

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3

University of Missouri - Kansas City
Kansas City, MO

112 Annual Doctor's Degrees

#4 Best Quality In MO

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

Any student pursuing a degree in a doctor's degree in medicine needs to take a look at University of Missouri - Kansas City. Located in the city of Kansas City, UMKC is a public university with a large student population. You also may be intersted to know that the school ranks #4 in quality for doctor's degrees in medicine in Missouri.

There were roughly 112 medicine students who graduated with this degree at UMKC in the most recent data year.

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4

University of Missouri - Columbia
Columbia, MO

106 Annual Doctor's Degrees

#3 Best Quality In MO

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

University of Missouri - Columbia is a popular decision for individuals pursuing a doctor's degree in medicine. Located in the midsize city of Columbia, Mizzou is a public university with a fairly large student population. You also may be intersted to know that the school ranks #3 in quality for doctor's degrees in medicine in Missouri.

There were approximately 106 medicine students who graduated with this degree at Mizzou in the most recent year we have data available.

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Best Medicine Colleges in the Plains States Region

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

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Minnesota	198	273
Iowa	184	142
Kansas	126	203
Nebraska	91	291
North Dakota	78	70
South Dakota	54	59

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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.