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2023 Most Popular Medicine Doctor's Degree Schools in North Carolina

4 Colleges
$57,667 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Medicine Doctor's Degree 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 Most Popular Medicine Doctor's Degree Schools in North Carolina ranking. Our analysis looked at 4 schools in North Carolina 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 North Carolina at Chapel Hill to be the most popular school for medicine students who want to pursue a doctor’s degree in North Carolina. Located in the small city of Chapel Hill, UNC Chapel Hill is a public college with a fairly large student population.

Of the 194 students majoring in medicine at UNC Chapel Hill, 48% are male and 52% are female.

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

#2

Wake Forest University

Winston-Salem, NC

A rank of #2 on this year’s list means Wake Forest University is a great place for medicine students working on their doctor’s degree. Located in the medium-sized city of Winston-Salem, Wake Forest University is a private not-for-profit college with a medium-sized student population.

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

Full Medicine at Wake Forest University Report

#3

Duke University

Durham, NC

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Duke University. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Most Popular Medicine Doctor’s Degree Schools in North Carolina list. Located in the city of Durham, Duke is a private not-for-profit college with a large student population.

Women make up 56% of the medicine majors at the school.

Read full report on Medicine at Duke University

#4

East Carolina University

Greenville, NC

The in-demand doctor’s degree programs at East Carolina University helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular medicine schools in North Carolina. ECU is a very large public school located in the city of Greenville.

Of the 80 students majoring in medicine at ECU, 46% are male and 54% are female.

Read full report on Medicine at East Carolina University

Best Medicine Colleges in the Southeast Region

Explore all the Most Popular 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

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.

  • 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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