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2023 Most Popular Medicine Doctor's Degree Schools in the Southeast Region

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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 Most Popular Medicine Doctor's Degree Schools in the Southeast Region ranking. Our analysis looked at 36 schools in the Southeast 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.

#1

Augusta University

Augusta, GA

Our 2023 rankings named Augusta University the most popular school in the Southeast Region for medicine students working on their doctor’s degree. Augusta University is a moderately-sized public school located in the midsize city of Augusta.

Women make up 49% of the medicine majors at the school.

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A rank of #2 on this year’s list means University of South Carolina - Columbia is a great place for medicine students working on their doctor’s degree. Located in the city of Columbia, UofSC is a public college with a fairly large student population.

About 50% of the students majoring in medicine at the school are women while 50% are male.

Read full report on Medicine at University of South Carolina - Columbia

#3

University of Miami

Coral Gables, FL

A rank of #3 on this year’s list means University of Miami is a great place for medicine students working on their doctor’s degree. Located in the city of Coral Gables, U Miami is a private not-for-profit college with a large student population.

Women make up 57% of the medicine majors at the school.

Full Medicine at University of Miami Report

A rank of #4 on this year’s list means Virginia Commonwealth University is a great place for medicine students working on their doctor’s degree. Located in the city of Richmond, VCU is a public school with a fairly large student population.

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

Read full report on Medicine at Virginia Commonwealth University

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Most Popular Medicine Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region list. UNC Chapel Hill is a very large public school located in the small city of Chapel Hill.

Women make up 52% of the medicine majors at the school.

Read full report on Medicine at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

With a ranking of #6, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center - New Orleans 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 New Orleans, LSU Health - New Orleans is a public school with a small student population.

About 52% of the students majoring in medicine at the school are women while 48% are male.

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Tulane University of Louisiana 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 #7 on the list. Located in the city of New Orleans, Tulane is a private not-for-profit college with a large student population.

Of the 185 students majoring in medicine at Tulane, 51% are male and 49% are female.

Full Medicine at Tulane University of Louisiana Report

University of Alabama at Birmingham 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 #8 on the list. Located in the medium-sized city of Birmingham, UAB is a public college with a very large student population.

Women make up 46% of the medicine majors at the school.

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With a ranking of #9, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for medicine students working on their doctor’s degree. Located in the city of Little Rock, UAMS is a public college with a small student population.

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

Full Medicine at University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences Report

Medical University of South Carolina landed the #10 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular doctor’s degree medicine programs. Located in the medium-sized city of Charleston, MUSC is a public college with a small student population.

Of the 175 students majoring in medicine at MUSC, 56% are male and 44% are female.

Read full report on Medicine at Medical University of South Carolina

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.

  • 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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