Medicine is of the hottest degree programs in the United States, coming in as the #42 most popular major in the country. This makes choosing the right school a hard decision.
College Factual reviewed 113 schools in the United States to determine which ones were the best for degree seekers in the field of medicine. Combined, these schools handed out 20,851 degrees in medicine to qualified students.
The medicine program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for Medicine rankings. For our Best Overall Medicine School rankings, we roll up the results of our degree-level rankings, weighted by the number of degrees awarded at that level.
In order to find the schools that are the best fit for you, you may want to filter to one of the degree levels below.
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 Schools.
You can also filter this list by location to find schools closer to you.
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Although we recommend filtering by degree level first, you can view the list below to see which schools give the educational experience for the medicine degree levels they offer. Only those schools that rank in the top 20% of all the schools we analyze get awarded with a place on this list.
Michigan State University is a good choice for students interested in a degree in medicine. Michigan State is a fairly large public university located in the city of East Lansing. This university ranks 2nd out of 56 schools for overall quality in the state of Michigan.
There were roughly 170 medicine students who graduated with this degree at Michigan State in the most recent data year.
Any student pursuing a degree in medicine has to look into University of Washington - Seattle Campus. UW Seattle is a very large public university located in the large city of Seattle. This university ranks 1st out of 50 colleges for overall quality in the state of Washington.
There were approximately 255 medicine students who graduated with this degree at UW Seattle in the most recent data year.
Any student who is interested in medicine needs to take a look at University of Pennsylvania. UPenn is a fairly large private not-for-profit university located in the large city of Philadelphia. A Best Colleges rank of #2 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means UPenn is a great university overall.
There were roughly 170 medicine students who graduated with this degree at UPenn in the most recent data year.
The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston is one of the finest schools in the country for getting a degree in medicine. Located in the city of Houston, UTHealth is a public university with a medium-sized student population.
There were about 231 medicine students who graduated with this degree at UTHealth in the most recent year we have data available.
Duke is a fairly large private not-for-profit university located in the city of Durham. A Best Colleges rank of #7 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means Duke is a great university overall.
There were roughly 120 medicine students who graduated with this degree at Duke in the most recent data year.
Located in the large city of Los Angeles, USC is a private not-for-profit university with a very large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #13 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means USC is a great university overall.
There were roughly 170 medicine students who graduated with this degree at USC in the most recent data year.
UF is a fairly large public university located in the medium-sized city of Gainesville. This university ranks 1st out of 70 colleges for overall quality in the state of Florida.
There were approximately 137 medicine students who graduated with this degree at UF in the most recent year we have data available.
NYU is a fairly large private not-for-profit university located in the large city of New York. A Best Colleges rank of #16 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means NYU is a great university overall.
There were about 127 medicine students who graduated with this degree at NYU in the most recent year we have data available.
Located in the small city of Evanston, Northwestern is a private not-for-profit university with a fairly large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #5 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means Northwestern is a great university overall.
There were roughly 154 medicine students who graduated with this degree at Northwestern in the most recent year we have data available.
Georgetown is a fairly large private not-for-profit university located in the city of Washington. A Best Colleges rank of #11 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means Georgetown is a great university overall.
There were approximately 197 medicine students who graduated with this degree at Georgetown in the most recent year we have data available.
Temple is a fairly large public university located in the city of Philadelphia. This university ranks 8th out of 103 schools for overall quality in the state of Pennsylvania.
There were approximately 210 medicine students who graduated with this degree at Temple in the most recent year we have data available.
Located in the city of Baltimore, Johns Hopkins is a private not-for-profit university with a fairly large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #6 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means Johns Hopkins is a great university overall.
There were roughly 129 medicine students who graduated with this degree at Johns Hopkins in the most recent data year.
UCLA is a fairly large public university located in the large city of Los Angeles. This university ranks 4th out of 161 colleges for overall quality in the state of California.
There were about 164 medicine students who graduated with this degree at UCLA in the most recent data year.
Located in the city of Cleveland, Case Western is a private not-for-profit university with a large student population. This university ranks 3rd out of 91 colleges for overall quality in the state of Ohio.
There were roughly 203 medicine students who graduated with this degree at Case Western in the most recent data year.
UW - Madison is a fairly large public university located in the large city of Madison. This university ranks 1st out of 46 colleges for overall quality in the state of Wisconsin.
There were roughly 173 medicine students who graduated with this degree at UW - Madison in the most recent year we have data available.
Brown is a fairly large private not-for-profit university located in the medium-sized city of Providence. This university ranks 1st out of 9 colleges for overall quality in the state of Rhode Island.
There were about 148 medicine students who graduated with this degree at Brown in the most recent data year.
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).
The medicine program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for Medicine rankings. For our Best Overall Medicine School rankings, we roll up the results of our degree-level rankings, weighted by the number of degrees awarded at that level.
