If you plan on majoring in medicine, you won't be alone since the degree program is ranked #40 in the country in terms of popularity. So, you have a fair amount of options to choose from when looking for a school.
College Factual looked at 3 colleges and universities when compiling its 2024 Best Medicine Schools in Connecticut ranking. Combined, these schools handed out 293 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. We derive our Best Overall Medicine School rankings by rolling up our degree-level rankings after weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each school.
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.
The medicine school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we've developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of the Best Medicine Schools in Connecticut.
More interested in schools in a specific area of the country? Filter this list by region or state.
To further help you make the college decision, we've developed a unique tool called College Combat that allows you to compare schools based on the factors that matter the most to you.
Go ahead and give it a try, or bookmark the link so you can check it out later.
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.
It is difficult to beat Yale University if you want to pursue a degree in medicine. Yale is a fairly large private not-for-profit university located in the city of New Haven. A Best Colleges rank of #8 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means Yale is a great university overall.
There were roughly 92 medicine students who graduated with this degree at Yale in the most recent data year. Medicine degree recipients from Yale University get an earnings boost of around $3,588 above the typical income of medicine majors.
Every student pursuing a degree in medicine has to look into University of Connecticut. UCONN is a very large public university located in the large suburb of Storrs. This university ranks 2nd out of 28 colleges for overall quality in the state of Connecticut.
There were about 107 medicine students who graduated with this degree at UCONN in the most recent data year. Graduates who receive their degree from the medicine program make about $60,981 for their early career.
Quinnipiac University is a wonderful choice for students pursuing a degree in medicine. Quinnipiac is a medium-sized private not-for-profit university located in the suburb of Hamden. This university ranks 6th out of 28 colleges for overall quality in the state of Connecticut.
There were approximately 94 medicine students who graduated with this degree at Quinnipiac in the most recent data year. Students who receive their degree from the medicine program make about $58,984 in the first couple years of their career.
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).
college factual
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. We derive our Best Overall Medicine School rankings by rolling up our degree-level rankings after weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each school.
