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2023 Most Popular Medicine Doctor's Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region

15 Colleges
$57,667 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Medicine Doctor's Degree 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.

When it comes to higher education, there are a lot of options for students. 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.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Grad Degree Search has created the Most Popular Medicine Doctor's Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 15 schools in the Far Western US Region to see which doctor's degree programs were the most popular for students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from the Medicine program at each school on the list.

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

Our analysis found University of Washington - Seattle Campus to be the most popular school for medicine students who want to pursue a doctor’s degree in the Far Western US Region . UW Seattle is a fairly large public school located in the large city of Seattle.

Of the 285 students majoring in medicine at UW Seattle, 48% are male and 52% are female.

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The in-demand doctor’s degree programs at University of California - Los Angeles helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular medicine schools in the Far Western US Region . Located in the city of Los Angeles, UCLA is a public college with a fairly large student population.

About 55% of the students majoring in medicine at the school are women while 45% are male.

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The in-demand doctor’s degree programs at University of Southern California helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular medicine schools in the Far Western US Region . USC is a very large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Los Angeles.

About 51% of the students majoring in medicine at the school are women while 49% are male.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of California - San Francisco. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Most Popular Medicine Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region list. UCSF is a small public school located in the city of San Francisco.

Of the 173 students majoring in medicine at UCSF, 41% are male and 59% are female.

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#5

Loma Linda University

Loma Linda, CA

The in-demand doctor’s degree programs at Loma Linda University helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular medicine schools in the Far Western US Region . Located in the suburb of Loma Linda, Loma Linda University is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.

About 44% of the students majoring in medicine at the school are women while 56% are male.

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With a ranking of #6, Oregon Health & Science University did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for medicine students working on their doctor’s degree. Located in the city of Portland, OHSU is a public college with a small student population.

Women make up 54% of the medicine majors at the school.

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University of California - San Diego landed the #7 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular doctor’s degree medicine programs. UCSD is a very large public school located in the city of La Jolla.

About 55% of the students majoring in medicine at the school are women while 45% are male.

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University of California - Davis ranked #8 on this year’s Most Popular Medicine Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region list. Located in the suburb of Davis, UC Davis is a public school with a fairly large student population.

About 66% of the students majoring in medicine at the school are women while 34% are male.

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#9

Stanford University

Stanford, CA

Stanford University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular places for medicine students to get a doctor’s degree. It came in at #9 on the list. Stanford is a large private not-for-profit school located in the suburb of Stanford.

About 53% of the students majoring in medicine at the school are women while 47% are male.

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With a ranking of #9, University of California - Irvine did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for medicine students working on their doctor’s degree. Located in the large city of Irvine, UC Irvine is a public school with a fairly large student population.

About 57% of the students majoring in medicine at the school are women while 43% are male.

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Best Medicine Colleges by State

Explore the best medicine schools for a specific state in the Far Western US region.

State Degrees Awarded
California 1,756
Washington 478
Oregon 158
Nevada 242
Hawaii 68

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 15 schools only.

  • 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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