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2023 Best Medicine Schools in North Carolina

4 Colleges
$56,572 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Medicine School for You

Medicine is one of the most popular subjects to study in North Carolina. With 684 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, it ranked 10th out of all the majors we track in the state.

With all the programs available today, it can be tough to choose which one is the best 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 in North Carolina ranking. This report analyzed 4 schools in North Carolina to see which ones offered the best programs for students.

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2023 Best Medicine Schools in North Carolina

Check out the medicine programs at these schools if you want to get the best education that money can buy.

Top North Carolina Schools in Medicine

#1

Wake Forest University

Winston-Salem, NC

Our 2023 rankings named Wake Forest University the best school in North Carolina for medicine students. Located in the city of Winston-Salem, Wake Forest University is a private not-for-profit college with a moderately-sized student population.

Full Medicine at Wake Forest University Report

#2

Duke University

Durham, NC

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Duke University. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Medicine Schools in North Carolina list. Located in the large city of Durham, Duke is a private not-for-profit school with a large student population.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Best Medicine Schools in North Carolina list. Located in the city of Chapel Hill, UNC Chapel Hill is a public school with a very large student population.

Full Medicine at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Report

#4

East Carolina University

Greenville, NC

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend East Carolina University. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Best Medicine Schools in North Carolina list. ECU is a very large public school located in the city of Greenville.

Read full report on Medicine at East Carolina University

Best Medicine Colleges in the Southeast Region

Explore all the Best Medicine Schools in the Southeast Area or other specific states within that region.

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

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Medicine is one of 29 different types of programs to choose from.

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 4 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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