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2023 Most Popular Medicine Schools in the Plains States Region

14 Colleges
$57,509 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.

With all the programs available today, it can be tough to choose which one is the best for you. Along with traditional schools that require in-person attendence, you can attend one of many reputable online schools. Some programs even offer a hybrid experience. Alternatively, you may choose a trade school that prepares you to enter the workforce with knowledge in a specific field.

The Most Popular Medicine Schools in the Plains States Region ranking is one of many tools that Grad Degree Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. Our analysis looked at 14 schools in the Plains States 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.

The following schools top our list of the Most Popular Medicine Colleges.

Our 2023 rankings named University of Minnesota - Twin Cities the most popular school in the Plains States Region for medicine students. UMN Twin Cities is a very large public school located in the city of Minneapolis.

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#2

University of Kansas

Lawrence, KS

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Kansas. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Popular Medicine Schools in the Plains States Region list. KU is a very large public school located in the small city of Lawrence.

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#3

Saint Louis University

Saint Louis, MO

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Saint Louis University. The school came in at #3 on this year’s Most Popular Medicine Schools in the Plains States Region list. SLU is a large private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Saint Louis.

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#4

Creighton University

Omaha, NE

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Creighton University. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Most Popular Medicine Schools in the Plains States Region list. Located in the large city of Omaha, Creighton is a private not-for-profit school with a medium-sized student population.

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#5

University of Iowa

Iowa City, IA

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Iowa. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Most Popular Medicine Schools in the Plains States Region list. Iowa is a very large public school located in the city of Iowa City.

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University of Missouri - Columbia landed the #6 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular medicine programs. Located in the city of Columbia, Mizzou is a public school with a very large student population.

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University of Nebraska Medical Center did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular schools for medicine students. It came in at #7 on the list. Located in the large city of Omaha, UNMC is a public school with a small student population.

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Washington University in St Louis landed the #8 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular medicine programs. WUSTL is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the large suburb of Saint Louis.

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University of Missouri - Kansas City ranked #9 on this year’s Most Popular Medicine Schools in the Plains States Region list. UMKC is a large public school located in the large city of Kansas City.

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Mayo Clinic School of Medicine came in at #10 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Medicine Schools in the Plains States Region ranking. Mayo Clinic School of Medicine is a small private not-for-profit school located in the city of Rochester.

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Best Medicine Colleges by State

Explore the best medicine colleges for a specific state in the Plains States region.

State Degrees Awarded
Missouri 1,012
Minnesota 341
Iowa 399
Kansas 214
Nebraska 287
North Dakota 3
South Dakota 66

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 14 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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