2023 Best Medicine Doctor's Degree Schools in the Southeast Region
Finding the Best Medicine Doctor's Degree School for You
Medicine is the #41 most popular major in the country with 28,629 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.
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.
The Best Medicine Doctor's Degree Schools in the Southeast Region ranking is one of many tools that Course Advisor has developed to help you make your educational decision. Our analysis looked at 35 schools in the Southeast Region to see which doctor's degree programs offered the best educational experiences for students. To come up with a school's ranking, we analyzed numerous factors related to post-graduation wages, the quality of education offered by the school, average accumulated student debt, and more.
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2023 Best Medicine Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region
The following schools top our list of the Best Medicine Doctor's Degree Colleges.
Top 10 Best Medicine Doctor's Degree Schools
Our analysis found Vanderbilt University to be the best school for medicine students who want to pursue a doctor’s degree in the Southeast Region . Vanderbilt is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Nashville.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Eastern Virginia Medical School. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Medicine Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region list. Eastern Virginia Medical School is a small public school located in the midsize city of Norfolk.
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A rank of #3 on this year’s list means Wake Forest University is a great place for medicine students working on their doctor’s degree. Wake Forest University is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school located in the medium-sized city of Winston-Salem.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Virginia Tech. The school came in at #4 on this year’s Best Medicine Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region list. Located in the city of Blacksburg, Virginia Tech is a public college with a very large student population.
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A rank of #5 on this year’s list means Duke University is a great place for medicine students working on their doctor’s degree. Duke is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Durham.
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Morehouse School of Medicine came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Best Medicine Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region ranking. Located in the city of Atlanta, MSM is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.
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University of Virginia - Main Campus 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 #7 on the list. Located in the small suburb of Charlottesville, University of Virginia is a public school with a very large student population.
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Medical University of South Carolina 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. Located in the city of Charleston, MUSC is a public school with a small student population.
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Emory University came in at #9 in this year’s edition of the Best Medicine Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region ranking. Emory is a large private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Atlanta.
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University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences ranked #10 on this year’s Best Medicine Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region list. Located in the city of Little Rock, UAMS is a public school with a small student population.
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Request InformationBest Medicine Colleges by State
Explore the best medicine schools for a specific state in the Southeast region.
| State | Degrees Awarded |
|---|---|
| Georgia | 565 |
| Virginia | 1,144 |
| North Carolina | 684 |
| Florida | 1,218 |
| Tennessee | 680 |
| Kentucky | 430 |
| South Carolina | 381 |
| Louisiana | 492 |
| Arkansas | 314 |
| Alabama | 404 |
| Mississippi | 228 |
| West Virginia | 370 |
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Medicine Related Rankings by Major
One of 30 majors within the area of study, medicine has other similar majors worth exploring.
Majors Similar to Medicine
| 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).
More about our data sources and methodologies.