Medicine is above average in terms of popularity with it being the #40 most popular degree program in the country. This means you won't have too much trouble finding schools that offer the degree.
College Factual reviewed 3 schools in Alabama to determine which ones were the best for degree seekers in the field of medicine. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 404 degrees in medicine during the 2020-2021 academic year.
Your choice of medicine school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. 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.
You may want to choose one of the degree levels below to find the schools of most interest to you.
Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we've developed the Best Medicine Schools in Alabama ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.
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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 University of Alabama at Birmingham if you want to pursue a degree in medicine. Located in the midsize city of Birmingham, UAB is a public university with a fairly large student population.
There were about 180 medicine students who graduated with this degree at UAB in the most recent year we have data available. Students who graduate with their degree from the medicine program report average early career earnings of $53,708.
University of South Alabama is one of the best schools in the country for getting a degree in medicine. USA is a fairly large public university located in the midsize city of Mobile.
There were roughly 69 medicine students who graduated with this degree at USA in the most recent data year. Students who graduate with their degree from the medicine program state that they receive average early career wages of $53,068.
Alabama College of Osteopathic Medicine is one of the finest schools in the United States for getting a degree in medicine. Located in the rural area of Dothan, ACOM is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.
There were roughly 155 medicine students who graduated with this degree at ACOM in the most recent data year.
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).
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Your choice of medicine school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. 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.
