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2023 Best Medicine Doctor's Degree Schools

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Finding the Best Medicine Doctor's Degree 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.

The Best Medicine Doctor's Degree Schools ranking is one of many tools that Grad Degree Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. This report analyzed 133 schools in the United States to see which ones offered the best doctor's degree programs for students. To come up with a school's ranking, we analyzed numerous factors related to post-graduation wages, the quality of education offered by the school, average accumulated student debt, and more.

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2023 Best Medicine Doctor’s Degree Schools in the United States

The following schools top our list of the Best Medicine Doctor's Degree Colleges.

Top 15% Best Medicine Doctor's Degree Schools

#1

Stanford University

Stanford, CA

Our analysis found Stanford University to be the best school for medicine students who want to pursue a doctor’s degree in the United States. Stanford is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the large suburb of Stanford.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Medicine Doctor’s Degree Schools list. Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai is a small private not-for-profit school located in the city of New York.

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The excellent doctor’s degree programs at Mayo Clinic School of Medicine helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best medicine schools in the United States. Mayo Clinic School of Medicine is a small private not-for-profit school located in the midsize 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 Doctor’s Degree 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 join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Albany Medical College. The school came in at #5 on this year’s Best Medicine Doctor’s Degree Schools list. Located in the small city of Albany, AMC Albany is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.

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With a ranking of #6, Baylor College of Medicine did quite well on this year’s best schools for medicine students working on their doctor’s degree. Baylor College of Medicine is a small private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Houston.

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SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for medicine students to get a doctor’s degree. It came in at #7 on the list. Located in the large city of Brooklyn, SUNY Downstate is a public college with a small student population.

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#8

Brown University

Providence, RI

With a ranking of #8, Brown University did quite well on this year’s best schools for medicine students working on their doctor’s degree. Brown is a large private not-for-profit school located in the medium-sized city of Providence.

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Weill Cornell Medical College did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for medicine students to get a doctor’s degree. It came in at #9 on the list. Weill Cornell Medical College is a small private not-for-profit school located in the city of New York.

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#10

Northwestern University

Evanston, IL

Northwestern University ranked #10 on this year’s Best Medicine Doctor’s Degree Schools list. Located in the city of Evanston, Northwestern is a private not-for-profit college with a fairly large student population.

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With a ranking of #11, The University of Texas Medical Branch did quite well on this year’s best schools for medicine students working on their doctor’s degree. Located in the fringe town of Galveston, UTMB Galveston is a public school with a small student population.

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With a ranking of #12, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston did quite well on this year’s best schools for medicine students working on their doctor’s degree. Located in the large city of Houston, UTHealth is a public school with a medium-sized student population.

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#13

Harvard University

Cambridge, MA

Harvard University landed the #13 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best doctor’s degree medicine programs. Located in the midsize city of Cambridge, Harvard is a private not-for-profit college with a very large student population.

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University of California - Los Angeles ranked #14 on this year’s Best Medicine Doctor’s Degree Schools list. Located in the city of Los Angeles, UCLA is a public college with a fairly large student population.

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University of Southern California ranked #15 on this year’s Best Medicine Doctor’s Degree Schools list. USC is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Los Angeles.

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#16

University of Chicago

Chicago, IL

University of Chicago did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for medicine students to get a doctor’s degree. It came in at #16 on the list. UChicago is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Chicago.

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Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science ranked #17 on this year’s Best Medicine Doctor’s Degree Schools list. Located in the suburb of North Chicago, RFUMS is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.

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#18

Dartmouth College

Hanover, NH

With a ranking of #18, Dartmouth College did quite well on this year’s best schools for medicine students working on their doctor’s degree. Located in the town of Hanover, Dartmouth is a private not-for-profit school with a medium-sized student population.

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Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for medicine students to get a doctor’s degree. It came in at #19 on the list. Located in the city of Lubbock, TTUHSC is a public college with a moderately-sized student population.

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Additional Noteworthy Schools

Here are some additional great schools for Medicine students that almost earned our Best Medicine Doctor's Degree 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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Region
Southeast
New England
Rocky Mountains
Plains States
Middle Atlantic
Far Western US
Southwest
Great Lakes

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).

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