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.
College Factual looked at 4 colleges and universities when compiling its 2024 Best Medicine Schools in Georgia ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 565 degrees in medicine during the 2020-2021 academic year.
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.
When choosing the right school for you, it's important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we've created a number of major-specific rankings, including this Best Medicine Schools in Georgia list to help you make the college decision.
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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.
Emory University is one of the finest schools in the United States for getting a degree in medicine. Emory is a large private not-for-profit university located in the large city of Atlanta. A Best Colleges rank of #28 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means Emory is a great university overall.
There were roughly 125 medicine students who graduated with this degree at Emory in the most recent data year.
Morehouse School of Medicine is a great option for students pursuing a degree in medicine. MSM is a fairly small private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Atlanta.
There were approximately 81 medicine students who graduated with this degree at MSM in the most recent year we have data available.
Mercer University is a great choice for students interested in a degree in medicine. Mercer is a moderately-sized private not-for-profit university located in the midsize city of Macon. This university ranks 4th out of 68 schools for overall quality in the state of Georgia.
There were roughly 127 medicine students who graduated with this degree at Mercer in the most recent year we have data available.
Any student pursuing a degree in medicine has to check out Augusta University. Augusta University is a medium-sized public university located in the medium-sized city of Augusta. This university ranks 18th out of 68 colleges for overall quality in the state of Georgia.
There were roughly 232 medicine students who graduated with this degree at Augusta University in the most recent year we have data available.
Medicine is one of 3 different types of Medicine programs to choose from.
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).
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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.
