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2023 Best Medicine Schools in the Great Lakes Region

21 Colleges
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Finding the Best Medicine School for You

In 2020-2021, 28,629 medicine students received a degree or certificate, making the major the #9 most popular in the country.

There are lots of options to pick from today when trying to decide which program is right for you. As online education oppotunities continue to grow, you're not restricted to just schools in your local area anymore. Even some of the 'big name' schools are offering online courses. Also, there are a number of trade schools with offerings that you might find attractive.

To help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Grad Degree Search has developed this Best Medicine Schools in the Great Lakes Region ranking. This report analyzed 21 schools in the Great Lakes Region to see which ones offered the best programs for students.

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2023 Best Medicine Schools in the Great Lakes Region

The colleges and universities below are the best for medicine majors pursuing a .

Top 10 Best Medicine Schools

Our 2023 rankings named Medical College of Wisconsin the best school in the Great Lakes Region for medicine students. Medical College of Wisconsin is a small private not-for-profit school located in the large suburb of Milwaukee.

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#2

Northwestern University

Evanston, IL

A rank of #2 on this year’s list means Northwestern University is a great place for medicine students. Located in the city of Evanston, Northwestern is a private not-for-profit school with a very large student population.

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#3

University of Chicago

Chicago, IL

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend University of Chicago. The school came in at #3 on this year’s Best Medicine Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. UChicago is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Chicago.

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A rank of #4 on this year’s list means Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science is a great place for medicine students. Located in the large suburb of North Chicago, RFUMS is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Wisconsin - Madison. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Best Medicine Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. Located in the city of Madison, UW - Madison is a public college with a very large student population.

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Northeast Ohio Medical University landed the #6 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best medicine programs. NEOMED is a small public school located in the suburb of Rootstown.

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With a ranking of #7, Case Western Reserve University did quite well on this year’s best schools for medicine students. Case Western is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Cleveland.

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#8

Michigan State University

East Lansing, MI

Michigan State University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best schools for medicine students. It came in at #8 on the list. Michigan State is a very large public school located in the city of East Lansing.

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#9

Rush University

Chicago, IL

Rush University landed the #9 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best medicine programs. Rush University is a small private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Chicago.

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University of Michigan - Ann Arbor ranked #10 on this year’s Best Medicine Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. Located in the medium-sized city of Ann Arbor, U-M is a public college with a fairly large student population.

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Best Medicine Colleges by State

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

State Degrees Awarded
Michigan 1,198
Illinois 1,344
Ohio 1,329
Indiana 494
Wisconsin 419

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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 21 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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