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2024 Best Medicine Schools in North Carolina

5 Colleges in North Carolina
684 Medicine Degrees Awarded
$56,572 Avg Early-Career Salary
A degree in medicine is more popular than many other degrees. In fact, it ranks #40 out of 395 on popularity of all such degrees in the nation. As a result, there are many college that offer the degree, making your choice of school a hard one.

For its 2024 ranking, College Factual looked at 5 schools in North Carolina to determine which ones were the best for medicine students pursuing a degree. Combined, these schools handed out 684 degrees in medicine to qualified students.

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Choosing a Great Medicine School

Best Medicine Schools in North Carolina Your choice of medicine school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. In order to come up with a best overall ranking for medicine schools, we combine our degree-level rankings, weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each level.

You may want to choose one of the degree levels below to find the schools of most interest to you.

Pick Your Medicine Degree Level

Doctor's Degrees in Medicine

Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we've developed the Best Medicine Schools in North Carolina ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision. If you'd like to restrict your choices to just one part of the country, you can filter this list by location.

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Best Schools for Medicine in North Carolina

The schools below may not offer all types of medicine degrees so you may want to filter by degree level first. However, they are great for the degree levels they do offer.

Top North Carolina Schools in Medicine

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Duke University
Durham, NC
Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type
114 Medicine Degrees Awarded
12.3% Growth in Graduates

It's difficult to beat Duke University if you wish to pursue a degree in medicine. Located in the large city of Durham, Duke is a private not-for-profit university with a large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #7 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means Duke is a great university overall.

There were roughly 114 medicine students who graduated with this degree at Duke in the most recent year we have data available. Those medicine students who get their degree from Duke University earn $2,485 more than the typical medicine grad.

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2
Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type
194 Medicine Degrees Awarded
12.4% Growth in Graduates

Every student who is interested in medicine has to look into University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. UNC Chapel Hill is a very large public university located in the city of Chapel Hill. A Best Colleges rank of #43 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means UNC Chapel Hill is a great university overall.

There were approximately 194 medicine students who graduated with this degree at UNC Chapel Hill in the most recent data year. Students who graduate with their degree from the medicine program state that they receive average early career earnings of $56,165.

More information about a degree in medicine from University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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Wake Forest University
Winston-Salem, NC
Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type
144 Medicine Degrees Awarded
20.1% Growth in Graduates

Any student pursuing a degree in medicine has to look into Wake Forest University. Wake Forest University is a medium-sized private not-for-profit university located in the city of Winston-Salem. This university ranks 4th out of 93 schools for overall quality in the state of North Carolina.

There were about 144 medicine students who graduated with this degree at Wake Forest University in the most recent data year. After graduation, medicine degree recipients typically make around $56,086 in the first five years of their career.

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4
Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type
80 Medicine Degrees Awarded
7.5% Growth in Graduates

East Carolina University is one of the finest schools in the United States for getting a degree in medicine. ECU is a fairly large public university located in the city of Greenville. This university ranks 7th out of 93 schools for overall quality in the state of North Carolina.

There were about 80 medicine students who graduated with this degree at ECU in the most recent year we have data available. Students who graduate with their degree from the medicine program state that they receive average early career income of $54,979.

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Campbell University
Buies Creek, NC
Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type
2nd Most Popular In NC
152 Medicine Degrees Awarded

Campbell is a moderately-sized private not-for-profit university located in the fringe town of Buies Creek. This university ranks 23rd out of 93 schools for overall quality in the state of North Carolina.

There were approximately 152 medicine students who graduated with this degree at Campbell in the most recent year we have data available.

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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
Georgia 287 565
Florida 282 1,212
Virginia 274 1,144
Tennessee 269 680
South Carolina 248 381
Kentucky 244 430
Louisiana 242 492
Mississippi 234 228
Arkansas 234 314
Alabama 233 404
West Virginia 207 370

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

Medicine Concentrations

Major Annual Graduates
Medicine 532

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Majors Similar to Medicine

Related Major Annual Graduates
Nursing 7,919
Health & Medical Administrative Services 4,485
Allied Health Professions 2,257
Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services 1,765
Public Health 1,477
Mental & Social Health Services 1,308
Practical Nursing & Nursing Assistants 940
Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions 914
Dental Support Services 585
Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences 509

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