2024 Best Medicine Doctor's Degree Schools in South Carolina

If you pursue a doctor's degree in medicine, you won't be alone. The field of study is the #2 most popular program in the country. This means there are lots of options to choose from when you decide to get your degree.

For its 2024 ranking, College Factual looked at 2 schools in South Carolina to determine which ones were the best for medicine students pursuing a doctor's degree. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 381 doctor's degrees in medicine during the 2020-2021 academic year.

Jump to one of the following sections: * Our Methodology

• Best Doctor’s Degree Schools List

Early-Career Earnings

One measure we use to determine the quality of a school is to look at the average salary of doctorate graduates during the early years of their career. This is because one of the main reasons people pursue their doctor's degree is to enable themselves to find better-paying positions.

Other Factors We Consider

In addition to the above, you should consider some of the following factors:

• Major Focus - How many resources a school devotes to medicine students as compared to other majors.
• Major Demand - The number of medicine students who choose to seek a doctor's degree at the school.
• Educational Resources - The amount of money and other resources allocated to students while they are pursuing their degree. These resources include such things as number of students per instructor and education expenditures per student.
• Student Debt - How easy is it for medicine to pay back their student loans after receiving their doctor's degree.
• Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized medicine related body.

Our complete ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best colleges for medicine students working on their doctor's degree.

One Size Does Not Fit All

Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we've developed the Best Medicine Doctor's Degree Schools in South Carolina ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

Best Schools for Doctorate Students to Study Medicine in South Carolina

Below you'll see a list of the best colleges and universities for pursuing a doctor's degree in medicine.

Top South Carolina Schools for a Doctorate in Medicine

1

Medical University of South Carolina
Charleston, SC

175 Annual Graduates

Medical University of South Carolina is a good option for students pursuing a doctor's degree in medicine. Located in the medium-sized city of Charleston, MUSC is a public university with a small student population.More information about a doctorate in medicine from Medical University of South Carolina

2

University of South Carolina - Columbia
Columbia, SC

206 Annual Graduates

It is difficult to beat University of South Carolina - Columbia if you wish to pursue a doctor's degree in medicine. UofSC is a very large public university located in the midsize city of Columbia.More information about a doctorate in medicine from University of South Carolina - Columbia

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	138	1,212
Virginia	127	1,144
Georgia	126	565
North Carolina	115	684
Mississippi	113	228
Louisiana	103	492
Tennessee	102	680
Alabama	98	404
Kentucky	87	430
Arkansas	58	314
West Virginia	49	370

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Rankings in Majors Related to Medicine

One of 34 majors within the Health Professions area of study, Medicine has other similar majors worth exploring.

Medicine Concentrations

Major	Annual Graduates
Medicine	381

Majors Similar to Medicine

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences	258
Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions	106
Chiropractic	105
Nursing	79
Dentistry	76
Health & Medical Administrative Services	30
Public Health	17
Medical Illustration & Informatics	2
Communication Sciences	1

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.