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2023 Most Popular Medicine Schools in the Great Lakes Region

24 Colleges
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In 2020-2021, 28,629 medicine students received a degree or certificate, making the major the #9 most popular in the country.

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The Most Popular Medicine Schools in the Great Lakes Region ranking is one of many tools that Grad Degree Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. This report analyzed 24 schools in the Great Lakes Region to see which ones were the most popular programs 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 Colleges.

Our analysis found Indiana University - Purdue University - Indianapolis to be the most popular school for medicine students who want to pursue a degree in the Great Lakes Region . Located in the city of Indianapolis, IUPUI is a public college with a fairly large student population.

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A rank of #2 on this year’s list means University of Illinois at Chicago is a great place for medicine students. UIC is a very large public school located in the large city of Chicago.

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#3

Wayne State University

Detroit, MI

Out of the 24 schools in the Great Lakes Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Wayne State University landed the # 3 spot on the list. Wayne State is a fairly large public school located in the city of Detroit.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Medical College of Wisconsin. The school came in at #4 on this year’s Most Popular Medicine Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. Medical College of Wisconsin is a small private not-for-profit school located in the large suburb of Milwaukee.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Case Western Reserve University. The school came in at #5 on this year’s Most Popular Medicine Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. Case Western is a large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Cleveland.

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Ohio State University - Main Campus came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Medicine Schools in the Great Lakes Region ranking. Located in the city of Columbus, Ohio State is a public school with a fairly large student population.

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#7

Michigan State University

East Lansing, MI

Michigan State University came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Medicine Schools in the Great Lakes Region ranking. Michigan State is a fairly large public school located in the city of East Lansing.

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With a ranking of #8, University of Cincinnati - Main Campus did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for medicine students. UC is a fairly large public school located in the large city of Cincinnati.

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Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science ranked #9 on this year’s Most Popular Medicine Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. Located in the suburb of North Chicago, RFUMS is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.

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University of Michigan - Ann Arbor did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular schools for medicine students. It came in at #10 on the list. Located in the city of Ann Arbor, U-M is a public school with a fairly large student population.

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Best Medicine Colleges by State

Explore the best medicine schools for a specific state in the Great Lakes region.

State Degrees Awarded
Michigan 1,198
Illinois 1,344
Ohio 1,329
Indiana 494
Wisconsin 419

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

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 24 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).

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