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2023 Best Medicine Doctor's Degree Schools in the Southeast Region

35 Colleges
$57,667 Avg Salary

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.

Today's students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. 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 help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Grad Degree Search has developed this Best Medicine Doctor's Degree Schools in the Southeast Region ranking. Our analysis looked at 35 schools in the Southeast Region to see which doctor's degree programs offered the best educational experiences 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.

View our full ranking methodology.

2023 Best Medicine Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region

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

Top 10 Best Medicine Doctor's Degree Schools

#1

Vanderbilt University

Nashville, TN

Our analysis found Vanderbilt University to be the best school for medicine students who want to pursue a doctor’s degree in the Southeast Region . Vanderbilt is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Nashville.

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Out of the 35 schools in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Eastern Virginia Medical School landed the # 2 spot on the list. Eastern Virginia Medical School is a small public school located in the city of Norfolk.

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#3

Wake Forest University

Winston-Salem, NC

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Wake Forest University. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Best Medicine Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region list. Wake Forest University is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school located in the midsize city of Winston-Salem.

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#4

Virginia Tech

Blacksburg, VA

The excellent doctor’s degree programs at Virginia Tech helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best medicine schools in the Southeast Region . Located in the small city of Blacksburg, Virginia Tech is a public college with a very large student population.

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#5

Duke University

Durham, NC

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Duke University. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Best Medicine Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region list. Duke is a large private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Durham.

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Morehouse School of Medicine landed the #6 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best doctor’s degree medicine programs. Located in the large city of Atlanta, MSM is a private not-for-profit college with a fairly small student population.

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University of Virginia - Main Campus ranked #7 on this year’s Best Medicine Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region list. Located in the small suburb of Charlottesville, University of Virginia is a public college with a fairly large student population.

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Medical University of South Carolina 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 #8 on the list. Located in the medium-sized city of Charleston, MUSC is a public college with a small student population.

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#9

Emory University

Atlanta, GA

Emory 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 #9 on the list. Emory is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Atlanta.

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University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences landed the #10 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best doctor’s degree medicine programs. Located in the city of Little Rock, UAMS is a public college with a small student population.

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Best Medicine Colleges by State

Explore the best medicine schools for a specific state in the Southeast region.

State Degrees Awarded
Virginia 1,144
Florida 1,218
Georgia 565
North Carolina 684
Tennessee 680
Kentucky 430
Louisiana 492
Alabama 404
South Carolina 381
Mississippi 228
Arkansas 314
West Virginia 370

One of 29 majors within the area of study, medicine has other similar majors worth exploring.

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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