Ranked #42 in popularity, medicine is one of the most sought-after 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 7 schools in New York to determine which ones were the best for medicine students pursuing a degree. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 1,985 degrees in medicine annually.
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. In order to come up with a best overall ranking for medicine schools, we combine our degree-level rankings, weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each 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 in New York.
If you'd like to restrict your choices to just one part of the country, you can filter this list by location.
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The schools below may not offer all types of medicine degrees so you may want to filter by degree level first. However, they are great for the degree levels they do offer.
New York University is a great choice for students interested in a degree in medicine. NYU is a very large private not-for-profit university located in the large city of New York. A Best Colleges rank of #16 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means NYU is a great university overall.
There were roughly 127 medicine students who graduated with this degree at NYU in the most recent year we have data available.
Any student pursuing a degree in medicine needs to take a look at SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University. Located in the large city of Brooklyn, SUNY Downstate is a public university with a small student population.
There were approximately 189 medicine students who graduated with this degree at SUNY Downstate in the most recent data year.
University of Rochester is one of the best schools in the United States for getting a degree in medicine. University of Rochester is a fairly large private not-for-profit university located in the midsize city of Rochester. A Best Colleges rank of #82 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means University of Rochester is a great university overall.
There were about 106 medicine students who graduated with this degree at University of Rochester in the most recent year we have data available.
Every student who is interested in medicine needs to check out Upstate Medical University. Located in the medium-sized city of Syracuse, SUNY Upstate Medical University is a public university with a small student population.
There were approximately 150 medicine students who graduated with this degree at SUNY Upstate Medical University in the most recent data year.
SUNY Stony Brook is a very large public university located in the large suburb of Stony Brook. This university ranks 14th out of 136 schools for overall quality in the state of New York.
There were approximately 133 medicine students who graduated with this degree at SUNY Stony Brook in the most recent data year.
University at Buffalo is a very large public university located in the large suburb of Buffalo. This university ranks 18th out of 136 schools for overall quality in the state of New York.
There were roughly 170 medicine students who graduated with this degree at University at Buffalo in the most recent year we have data available.
Hofstra is a large private not-for-profit university located in the large suburb of Hempstead. This university ranks 28th out of 136 schools for overall quality in the state of New York.
There were about 96 medicine students who graduated with this degree at Hofstra in the most recent year we have data available.
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. In order to come up with a best overall ranking for medicine schools, we combine our degree-level rankings, weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each level.
