2023 Best Medicine Schools in New York
Finding the Best Medicine School for You
With 2,722 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, medicine is the #30 most popular major in New York.
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 Schools in New York ranking. This report analyzed 13 schools in New York to see which ones offered the best programs for students.
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2023 Best Medicine Schools in New York
Check out the medicine programs at these schools if you want to get the best education that money can buy.
Top 10 Best Medicine Schools
Our 2023 rankings named Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai the best school in New York for medicine students. 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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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Albany Medical College. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Medicine Schools in New York list. Located in the city of Albany, AMC Albany is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.
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The excellent programs at SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best medicine schools in New York. Located in the city of Brooklyn, SUNY Downstate is a public school with a small student population.
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The excellent programs at Weill Cornell Medical College helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best medicine schools in New York. Weill Cornell Medical College is a small private not-for-profit school located in the large city of New York.
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A rank of #5 on this year’s list means New York University is a great place for medicine students. Located in the city of New York, NYU is a private not-for-profit college with a fairly large student population.
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With a ranking of #6, New York Medical College did quite well on this year’s best schools for medicine students. New York Medical College is a small private not-for-profit school located in the suburb of Valhalla.
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Upstate Medical University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best schools for medicine students. It came in at #7 on the list. SUNY Upstate Medical University is a small public school located in the midsize city of Syracuse.
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University of Rochester came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Best Medicine Schools in New York ranking. University of Rochester is a large private not-for-profit school located in the midsize city of Rochester.
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With a ranking of #9, The City College of New York did quite well on this year’s best schools for medicine students. CCNY is a fairly large public school located in the large city of New York.
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With a ranking of #10, Columbia University in the City of New York did quite well on this year’s best schools for medicine students. Columbia is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the large city of New York.
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| State | Degrees Awarded |
|---|---|
| Pennsylvania | 2,307 |
| Maryland | 270 |
| New Jersey | 614 |
| District of Columbia | 471 |
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Rankings in Majors Related to Medicine
Medicine is one of 30 different types of programs to choose from.
Most Popular Related Majors
| 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 13 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.