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2023 Best Medicine Doctor's Degree Schools in the Southeast Region

35 Colleges
$57,667 Avg Salary

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

#1

Vanderbilt University

Nashville, TN

Our 2023 rankings named Vanderbilt University the best school in the Southeast Region for medicine students working on their doctor’s degree. 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 medium-sized city of Norfolk.

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#3

Wake Forest University

Winston-Salem, NC

Out of the 35 schools in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Wake Forest University landed the # 3 spot on the list. Wake Forest University is a moderately-sized private not-for-profit school located in the medium-sized city of Winston-Salem.

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#4

Virginia Tech

Blacksburg, VA

A rank of #4 on this year’s list means Virginia Tech is a great place for medicine students working on their doctor’s degree. Located in the small city of Blacksburg, Virginia Tech is a public college with a very large student population.

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#5

Duke University

Durham, NC

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 city of Durham.

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Morehouse School of Medicine ranked #6 on this year’s Best Medicine Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region list. Located in the large city of Atlanta, MSM is a private not-for-profit college with a fairly small student population.

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University of Virginia - Main Campus ranked #7 on this year’s Best Medicine Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region 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 landed the #8 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best doctor’s degree medicine programs. Located in the midsize city of Charleston, MUSC is a public college with a small student population.

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#9

Emory University

Atlanta, GA

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 city of Atlanta.

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With a ranking of #10, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences did quite well on this year’s best schools for medicine students working on their doctor’s degree. Located in the medium-sized city of Little Rock, UAMS 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
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

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).

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