by our College Data Analytics Team
[Medicine](/majors/health-care-professions/medicine/) programs reward a close look at where graduates go on to earn the most. The schools below stand out for the salaries their medicine graduates go on to command.
College Factual analyzed 3 schools to build this 2026 ranking of the highest-paying medicine schools.
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If you want to know which schools send medicine graduates into the highest-paying careers, see the list below.
Leading the list is Harvard University, our #1 for medicine graduate salaries in Massachusetts. Set in the city of Cambridge, Harvard University is a private not-for-profit institution. Students who complete the medicine program here go on to a median salary of roughly $139,818.
Students chasing top earnings in medicine will find them at Boston University, which ranked #2. Boston University is a private not-for-profit school located in the city of Boston. Medicine graduates of Boston University earn a median of about $129,585 a year early in their careers.
Tufts University produces some of the highest-paid graduates in medicine, landing the #3 spot this year. Tufts University is a private not-for-profit school located in the suburb of Medford. After graduating, medicine degree recipients from Tufts University typically earn about $131,257 annually.
This ranking is produced by College Factual, 2026 edition. The methodology measures the salaries medicine graduates go on to earn early in their careers, drawn primarily from the U.S. Department of Education (College Scorecard field-of-study earnings and IPEDS).
Ranking method: College Major Earnings · 3 schools evaluated.
*Salary figures reflect median early-career earnings (about 5 years after graduation) and may vary by how long a person takes to complete their degree.
More about our data sources and methodologies.