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2023 Most Popular Medicine Schools in the Southeast Region

36 Colleges
$55,627 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Medicine 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 Schools in the Southeast Region ranking. Our analysis looked at 36 schools in the Southeast 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 Southeast Region .

#1

Augusta University

Augusta, GA

Our analysis found Augusta University to be the most popular school for medicine students who want to pursue a degree in the Southeast Region . Augusta University is a medium-sized public school located in the medium-sized city of Augusta.

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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. Located in the midsize city of Columbia, UofSC is a public college with a very large student population.

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#3

University of Miami

Coral Gables, FL

The excellent programs at University of Miami helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best medicine schools in the Southeast Region . Located in the city of Coral Gables, U Miami is a private not-for-profit college with a fairly large student population.

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Out of the 36 schools in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Virginia Commonwealth University landed the # 4 spot on the list. Located in the midsize city of Richmond, VCU is a public school 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 North Carolina at Chapel Hill. The school came in at #5 on this year’s Most Popular Medicine Schools in the Southeast Region list. UNC Chapel Hill is a very large public school located in the city of Chapel Hill.

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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. Located in the large city of New Orleans, LSU Health - New Orleans is a public college with a small student population.

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Tulane University of Louisiana landed the #7 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular medicine programs. Located in the city of New Orleans, Tulane is a private not-for-profit school with a large student population.

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University of Alabama at Birmingham came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Medicine Schools in the Southeast Region ranking. Located in the medium-sized city of Birmingham, UAB is a public college with a fairly large student population.

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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. Located in the medium-sized city of Little Rock, UAMS is a public school with a small student population.

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Medical University of South Carolina 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 midsize city of Charleston, MUSC is a public college with a small student population.

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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).

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