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2023 Most Popular Medicine Schools in New York

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With 2,722 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, medicine is the #11 most popular major in New York.

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To help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Grad Degree Search has developed this Most Popular Medicine Schools in New York ranking. Our analysis looked at 15 schools in New York 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.

The colleges and universities below are the most popular for medicine majors pursuing a .

Our 2023 rankings named SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University the most popular school in New York for medicine students. SUNY Downstate is a small public school located in the large city of Brooklyn.

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#2

New York Medical College

Valhalla, NY

A rank of #2 on this year’s list means New York Medical College is a great place for medicine students. Located in the large suburb of Valhalla, New York Medical College is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.

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#3

University at Buffalo

Buffalo, NY

The excellent programs at University at Buffalo helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best medicine schools in New York. Located in the large suburb of Buffalo, University at Buffalo is a public college with a very large student population.

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The excellent programs at Albert Einstein College of Medicine helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best medicine schools in New York. Located in the large city of Bronx, Albert Einstein College of Medicine is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.

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The excellent programs at Upstate Medical University helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the best medicine schools in New York. Located in the midsize city of Syracuse, SUNY Upstate Medical University is a public school with a small student population.

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Columbia University in the City of New York came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Medicine Schools in New York ranking. Located in the large city of New York, Columbia is a private not-for-profit college with a fairly large student population.

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#7

Stony Brook University

Stony Brook, NY

Stony Brook University ranked #7 on this year’s Most Popular Medicine Schools in New York list. SUNY Stony Brook is a fairly large public school located in the suburb of Stony Brook.

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With a ranking of #8, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for medicine students. Located in the large city of New York, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.

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Albany Medical College landed the #9 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular medicine programs. AMC Albany is a fairly small private not-for-profit school located in the small city of Albany.

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#10

New York University

New York, NY

New York University ranked #10 on this year’s Most Popular Medicine Schools in New York list. NYU is a very large private not-for-profit school located in the city of New York.

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Best Medicine Colleges in the Middle Atlantic Region

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State Degrees Awarded
Pennsylvania 2,307
Maryland 270
New Jersey 614
District of Columbia 471

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 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).

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