2023 Best Medicine Schools in the Southeast Region
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.
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 assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Grad Degree Search has created its Best Medicine Schools in the Southeast Region ranking. Our analysis looked at 35 schools in the Southeast Region to see which programs offered the best educational experiences for students.
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2023 Best Medicine Schools in the Southeast Region
The colleges and universities below are the best for medicine majors pursuing a .
Top 10 Best Medicine Schools
Our analysis found Vanderbilt University to be the best school for medicine students who want to pursue a degree in the Southeast Region . Vanderbilt is a large private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Nashville.
The excellent programs at Eastern Virginia Medical School helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best medicine schools in the Southeast Region . Eastern Virginia Medical School is a small public school located in the medium-sized city of Norfolk.
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The excellent programs at Wake Forest University helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best medicine schools in the Southeast Region . Wake Forest University is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school located in the city of Winston-Salem.
The excellent 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 fairly large student population.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Duke University. The school came in at #5 on this year’s Best Medicine Schools in the Southeast Region list. Duke is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Durham.
With a ranking of #6, Morehouse School of Medicine did quite well on this year’s best schools for medicine students. Located in the city of Atlanta, MSM is a private not-for-profit school with a fairly small student population.
University of Virginia - Main Campus did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best schools for medicine students. It came in at #7 on the list. Located in the small suburb of Charlottesville, University of Virginia is a public college with a fairly large student population.
Medical University of South Carolina came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Best Medicine Schools in the Southeast Region ranking. Located in the midsize city of Charleston, MUSC is a public college with a small student population.
Emory University ranked #9 on this year’s Best Medicine Schools in the Southeast Region list. Emory is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Atlanta.
With a ranking of #10, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences did quite well on this year’s best schools for medicine students. Located in the city of Little Rock, UAMS is a public college with a small student population.
Best Medicine Colleges by State
Explore the best medicine colleges for a specific state in the Southeast region.
State | Degrees Awarded |
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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 |
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Medicine Related Rankings by Major
One of 29 majors within the area of study, medicine has other similar majors worth exploring.
Majors Similar to Medicine
Related Major | Annual Graduates |
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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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