2025 Best Medicine Schools in Virginia

If you pursue a degree in medicine, you won't be alone. The field of study is the #42 most popular program in the country. So, there are lots of possibilities to explore when you're trying to determine where you want to get your degree.

College Factual looked at 2 colleges and universities when compiling its 2025 Best Medicine Schools in Virginia ranking. Combined, these schools handed out 530 degrees in medicine to qualified students.

What's on this page: * Degree-Level Rankings

• Best Overall Medicine Schools List

Medicine Rankings by Degree Level

Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we've developed the Best Medicine Schools in Virginia ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision. More interested in schools in a specific area of the country? Filter this list by region or state.

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Best Schools for Medicine in Virginia

If you aren't interested in a particular degree level and want to know which schools are the overall best at delivering an education for the medicine degrees they offer, see the list below.

Top Virginia Schools in Medicine

1

Virginia Commonwealth University
Richmond, VA

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

179 Medicine Degrees Awarded

Any student who is interested in medicine needs to take a look at Virginia Commonwealth University. VCU is a very large public university located in the midsize city of Richmond.More information about a degree in medicine from Virginia Commonwealth University

2

University of Virginia - Main Campus
Charlottesville, VA

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

165 Medicine Degrees Awarded

10.3% Growth in Graduates

Any student pursuing a degree in medicine has to check out University of Virginia - Main Campus. University of Virginia is a very large public university located in the suburb of Charlottesville.More information about a degree in medicine from University of Virginia - Main Campus

Best Medicine Colleges in the Southeast Region

Explore all the Best Medicine Schools in the Southeast Area or other specific states within that region.

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Florida	715	934
North Carolina	710	532
Georgia	690	565
Tennessee	624	446
South Carolina	530	381
Kentucky	518	291
Mississippi	501	137
Alabama	500	249
Louisiana	489	492
Arkansas	466	177
West Virginia	410	192

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Medicine Related Rankings by Major

Medicine is one of 3 different types of Medicine programs to choose from.

Most Popular Related Majors

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Osteopathic Medicine/Osteopathy	614

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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.