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2023 Most Popular Medicine Schools in the Far Western US Region

15 Colleges
$59,902 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Medicine 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.

The Most Popular Medicine Schools in the Far Western US Region ranking is one of many tools that Grad Degree Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. Our analysis looked at 15 schools in the Far Western US Region to see which 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.

Check out the medicine programs at these schools if you want to attend one of the most popular in the Far Western US Region .

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

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend University of California - Los Angeles. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Most Popular Medicine Schools in the Far Western US Region list. Located in the city of Los Angeles, UCLA is a public college with a fairly large student population.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend University of Southern California. The school came in at #3 on this year’s Most Popular Medicine Schools in the Far Western US Region list. USC is a very large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Los Angeles.

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Out of the 15 schools in the Far Western US Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of California - San Francisco landed the # 4 spot on the list. UCSF is a small public school located in the large city of San Francisco.

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#5

Loma Linda University

Loma Linda, CA

A rank of #5 on this year’s list means Loma Linda University is a great place for medicine students. Located in the large suburb of Loma Linda, Loma Linda University is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.

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Oregon Health & Science University came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Medicine Schools in the Far Western US Region ranking. Located in the city of Portland, OHSU is a public college with a small student population.

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With a ranking of #7, University of California - San Diego did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for medicine students. UCSD is a fairly large public school located in the city of La Jolla.

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University of California - Davis did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular schools for medicine students. It came in at #8 on the list. Located in the small suburb of Davis, UC Davis is a public college with a fairly large student population.

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University of California - Irvine came in at #9 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Medicine Schools in the Far Western US Region ranking. Located in the city of Irvine, UC Irvine is a public college with a very large student population.

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#9

Stanford University

Stanford, CA

Stanford University landed the #9 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular medicine programs. Stanford is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the large suburb of Stanford.

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Best Medicine Colleges by State

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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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