2023 Best Medicine Schools
Finding the Best Medicine School for You
With 28,629 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, medicine is the #9 most popular major in the United States.
There are lots of options to pick from today when trying to decide which program is right for you. You can choose a traditional brick and mortar school, or with the growth of online education, you can attend a school half-way across the country without even leaving your house. Also there are many trade schools that offer short-term programs that open up more career options.
To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Grad Degree Search has created its Best Medicine Schools ranking. Our analysis looked at 133 schools in the United States to see which programs offered the best educational experiences for students.
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2023 Best Medicine Schools in the United States
The colleges and universities below are the best for medicine majors pursuing a .
Top 15% Best Medicine Schools
Our analysis found Stanford University to be the best school for medicine students who want to pursue a degree in the United States. Stanford is a large private not-for-profit school located in the suburb of Stanford.
Out of the 133 schools in the United States that were part of this year’s ranking, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai landed the # 2 spot on the list. Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai is a small private not-for-profit school located in the large city of New York.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Mayo Clinic School of Medicine. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Best Medicine Schools list. Mayo Clinic School of Medicine is a small private not-for-profit school located in the city of Rochester.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Medical College of Wisconsin. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Best Medicine Schools list. Medical College of Wisconsin is a small private not-for-profit school located in the suburb of Milwaukee.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Albany Medical College. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Best Medicine Schools list. Located in the city of Albany, AMC Albany is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.
Baylor College of Medicine did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best schools for medicine students. It came in at #6 on the list. Baylor College of Medicine is a small private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Houston.
SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University landed the #7 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best medicine programs. Located in the city of Brooklyn, SUNY Downstate is a public school with a small student population.
With a ranking of #8, Brown University did quite well on this year’s best schools for medicine students. Brown is a large private not-for-profit school located in the midsize city of Providence.
Weill Cornell Medical College came in at #9 in this year’s edition of the Best Medicine Schools ranking. Weill Cornell Medical College is a small private not-for-profit school located in the large city of New York.
Northwestern University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best schools for medicine students. It came in at #10 on the list. Located in the city of Evanston, Northwestern is a private not-for-profit school with a very large student population.
The University of Texas Medical Branch ranked #11 on this year’s Best Medicine Schools list. Located in the town of Galveston, UTMB Galveston is a public school with a small student population.
The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston came in at #12 in this year’s edition of the Best Medicine Schools ranking. Located in the large city of Houston, UTHealth is a public school with a moderately-sized student population.
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Harvard University ranked #13 on this year’s Best Medicine Schools list. Located in the midsize city of Cambridge, Harvard is a private not-for-profit college with a very large student population.
University of California - Los Angeles landed the #14 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best medicine programs. Located in the large city of Los Angeles, UCLA is a public college with a very large student population.
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University of Southern California landed the #15 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best medicine programs. USC is a very large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Los Angeles.
University of Chicago did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best schools for medicine students. It came in at #16 on the list. UChicago is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Chicago.
With a ranking of #17, Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science did quite well on this year’s best schools for medicine students. Located in the large suburb of North Chicago, RFUMS is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.
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With a ranking of #18, Dartmouth College did quite well on this year’s best schools for medicine students. Located in the remote town of Hanover, Dartmouth is a private not-for-profit college with a moderately-sized student population.
Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center came in at #19 in this year’s edition of the Best Medicine Schools ranking. Located in the city of Lubbock, TTUHSC is a public school with a moderately-sized student population.
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Additional Noteworthy Schools
These are some additional schools worth mentioning that are also great but just didn't quite make the cut to earn our top Best Medicine Schools award.
| Rank | College | Location |
|---|---|---|
| 20 | Vanderbilt University | Nashville, TN |
| 21 | University of Pennsylvania | Philadelphia, PA |
| 22 | Eastern Virginia Medical School | Norfolk, VA |
| 23 | University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center | Dallas, TX |
| 24 | Wake Forest University | Winston-Salem, NC |
| 25 | University of Nebraska Medical Center | Omaha, NE |
| 26 | Oregon Health & Science University | Portland, OR |
Medicine by Region
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Rankings in Majors Related to Medicine
Medicine is one of 29 different types of programs to choose from.
Majors Similar to Medicine
| Related Major | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|
| Nursing | 66,964 |
| Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions | 24,774 |
| Public Health | 19,473 |
| Health & Medical Administrative Services | 17,335 |
| Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences | 16,952 |
Notes and References
*These averages are for the top 25 schools only.
- Read more about our ranking methodology.
- 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.
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