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2023 Best Medicine Schools

133 Colleges
$57,621 Avg Salary
$16,640 Avg Student Debt

Finding the Best Medicine School for You

In 2020-2021, 28,629 people earned a degree or certificate in medicine, making the major the #41 most popular in the United States.

With all the programs available today, it can be tough to choose which one is the best for you. You're no longer limited to schools in your local area, either, since online programs are becoming more prevalent. Or you may find the programs at a trade school to be a better alternative for you.

The Best Medicine Schools ranking is one of many tools that Course Advisor has developed to help you make your educational decision. Our analysis looked at 133 schools in the United States to see which programs offered the best educational experiences for students.

View our full ranking methodology.

2023 Best Medicine Schools in the United States

Check out the medicine programs at these schools if you want to get the best education that money can buy.

Top 15% Best Medicine Schools

#1

Stanford University

Stanford, CA

Our analysis found Stanford University to be the best school for medicine students who want to pursue a degree in the United States. Stanford is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the suburb of Stanford.

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A rank of #2 on this year’s list means Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai is a great place for medicine students. Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai is a small private not-for-profit school located in the large city of New York.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Mayo Clinic School of Medicine. The school came in at #3 on this year’s Best Medicine Schools list. Mayo Clinic School of Medicine is a small private not-for-profit school located in the city of Rochester.

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Out of the 133 schools in the United States that were part of this year’s ranking, Medical College of Wisconsin landed the # 4 spot on the list. Medical College of Wisconsin is a small private not-for-profit school located in the suburb of Milwaukee.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Albany Medical College. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Best Medicine Schools list. Located in the city of Albany, AMC Albany is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.

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Baylor College of Medicine ranked #6 on this year’s Best Medicine Schools list. Baylor College of Medicine is a small private not-for-profit school located in the city of Houston.

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SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Best Medicine Schools ranking. Located in the city of Brooklyn, SUNY Downstate is a public school with a small student population.

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#8

Brown University

Providence, RI

With a ranking of #8, Brown University did quite well on this year’s best schools for medicine students. Brown is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the midsize city of Providence.

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Weill Cornell Medical College landed the #9 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best medicine programs. Weill Cornell Medical College is a small private not-for-profit school located in the city of New York.

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#10

Northwestern University

Evanston, IL

Northwestern University landed the #10 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best medicine programs. Located in the city of Evanston, Northwestern is a private not-for-profit school with a very large student population.

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The University of Texas Medical Branch did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best schools for medicine students. It came in at #11 on the list. Located in the town of Galveston, UTMB Galveston is a public school with a small student population.

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With a ranking of #12, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston did quite well on this year’s best schools for medicine students. Located in the large city of Houston, UTHealth is a public college with a moderately-sized student population.

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#13

Harvard University

Cambridge, MA

Harvard University came in at #13 in this year’s edition of the Best Medicine Schools ranking. Located in the city of Cambridge, Harvard is a private not-for-profit school with a fairly large student population.

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University of California - Los Angeles ranked #14 on this year’s Best Medicine Schools list. Located in the large city of Los Angeles, UCLA is a public school with a very large student population.

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University of Southern California did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best schools for medicine students. It came in at #15 on the list. USC is a very large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Los Angeles.

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#16

University of Chicago

Chicago, IL

University of Chicago came in at #16 in this year’s edition of the Best Medicine Schools ranking. UChicago is a large private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Chicago.

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Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science ranked #17 on this year’s Best Medicine Schools list. Located in the large suburb of North Chicago, RFUMS is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.

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#18

Dartmouth College

Hanover, NH

Dartmouth College came in at #18 in this year’s edition of the Best Medicine Schools ranking. Located in the town of Hanover, Dartmouth is a private not-for-profit school with a medium-sized student population.

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Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center landed the #19 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best medicine programs. Located in the city of Lubbock, TTUHSC is a public school with a medium-sized student population.

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Additional Noteworthy Schools

These are some additional schools worth mentioning that are also great but just didn't quite make the cut to earn our top Best Medicine Schools award.

Rank College Location
20 Vanderbilt University Nashville, TN
21 University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, PA
22 Eastern Virginia Medical School Norfolk, VA
23 University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center Dallas, TX
24 Wake Forest University Winston-Salem, NC
25 University of Nebraska Medical Center Omaha, NE
26 Oregon Health & Science University Portland, OR

Medicine by Region

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Region
Southeast
New England
Rocky Mountains
Plains States
Middle Atlantic
Far Western US
Southwest
Great Lakes

Medicine is one of 30 different types of programs to choose from.

Related Major Annual Graduates
Nursing 322,592
Health & Medical Administrative Services 89,359
Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services 84,492
Practical Nursing & Nursing Assistants 84,274
Allied Health Professions 82,308

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 25 schools only.

  • Read more about our ranking methodology.
  • 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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