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2023 Best Medicine Doctor's Degree Schools

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Finding the Best Medicine Doctor's Degree 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.

To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Course Advisor has created its Best Medicine Doctor's Degree Schools ranking. This report analyzed 133 schools in the United States to see which ones offered the best doctor's degree programs for students. Factors related to overall quality of the school, post-graduation earnings, average student debt, and more accumulated were considered when coming up with this list.

View our full ranking methodology.

2023 Best Medicine Doctor’s Degree Schools in the United States

The colleges and universities below are the best for medicine majors pursuing a doctor's degree.

Top 15% Best Medicine Doctor's Degree Schools

#1

Stanford University

Stanford, CA

Our 2023 rankings named Stanford University the best school in the United States for medicine students working on their doctor’s degree. Stanford is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the suburb of Stanford.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Medicine Doctor’s Degree Schools list. Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai is a small private not-for-profit school located in the city of New York.

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Out of the 133 schools in the United States that were part of this year’s ranking, Mayo Clinic School of Medicine landed the # 3 spot on the list. Mayo Clinic School of Medicine is a small private not-for-profit school located in the midsize city of Rochester.

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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 Best Medicine Doctor’s Degree Schools list. Medical College of Wisconsin is a small private not-for-profit school located in the large suburb of Milwaukee.

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The excellent doctor’s degree programs at Albany Medical College helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the best medicine schools in the United States. Located in the city of Albany, AMC Albany is a private not-for-profit college with a fairly small student population.

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Baylor College of Medicine did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for medicine students to get a doctor’s degree. It came in at #6 on the list. Baylor College of Medicine is a small private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Houston.

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With a ranking of #7, SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University did quite well on this year’s best schools for medicine students working on their doctor’s degree. Located in the large city of Brooklyn, SUNY Downstate is a public school with a small student population.

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#8

Brown University

Providence, RI

Brown University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for medicine students to get a doctor’s degree. It came in at #8 on the list. 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 doctor’s degree medicine programs. Weill Cornell Medical College is a small private not-for-profit school located in the large city of New York.

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#10

Northwestern University

Evanston, IL

Northwestern University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for medicine students to get a doctor’s degree. It came in at #10 on the list. Located in the city of Evanston, Northwestern is a private not-for-profit college with a fairly large student population.

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The University of Texas Medical Branch did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for medicine students to get a doctor’s degree. It came in at #11 on the list. Located in the town of Galveston, UTMB Galveston is a public college 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 working on their doctor’s degree. Located in the large city of Houston, UTHealth is a public college with a medium-sized student population.

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#13

Harvard University

Cambridge, MA

With a ranking of #13, Harvard University did quite well on this year’s best schools for medicine students working on their doctor’s degree. Located in the city of Cambridge, Harvard is a private not-for-profit college with a fairly large student population.

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With a ranking of #14, University of California - Los Angeles did quite well on this year’s best schools for medicine students working on their doctor’s degree. Located in the city of Los Angeles, UCLA is a public school with a fairly large student population.

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With a ranking of #15, University of Southern California did quite well on this year’s best schools for medicine students working on their doctor’s degree. USC is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Los Angeles.

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#16

University of Chicago

Chicago, IL

With a ranking of #16, University of Chicago did quite well on this year’s best schools for medicine students working on their doctor’s degree. UChicago is a large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Chicago.

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

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#18

Dartmouth College

Hanover, NH

Dartmouth College landed the #18 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best doctor’s degree medicine programs. Located in the town of Hanover, Dartmouth is a private not-for-profit school with a moderately-sized student population.

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With a ranking of #19, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center did quite well on this year’s best schools for medicine students working on their doctor’s degree. Located in the city of Lubbock, TTUHSC is a public college with a moderately-sized student population.

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Additional Noteworthy Schools

Here are some additional great schools for Medicine students that almost earned our Best Medicine Doctor's Degree 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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