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 3 schools in Tennessee to determine which ones were the best for degree seekers in the field of medicine. Combined, these schools handed out 446 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.
Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we've developed the Best Medicine Schools in Tennessee ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.
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.
It is hard to beat Vanderbilt University if you wish to pursue a degree in medicine. Located in the large city of Nashville, Vanderbilt is a private not-for-profit university with a large student population.
There were about 97 medicine students who graduated with this degree at Vanderbilt in the most recent data year.
The University of Tennessee - Health Science Center is one of the best schools in the United States for getting a degree in medicine. Located in the city of Memphis, UTHSC is a public university with a small student population.
There were about 167 medicine students who graduated with this degree at UTHSC in the most recent year we have data available.
It is difficult to beat East Tennessee State University if you wish to pursue a degree in medicine. ETSU is a fairly large public university located in the small city of Johnson City.
There were roughly 72 medicine students who graduated with this degree at ETSU in the most recent data year.
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).