2023 Best Medicine Schools in the Southeast Region
Finding the Best Medicine 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.
To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Course Advisor has created its Best Medicine Schools in the Southeast Region ranking. Our analysis looked at 35 schools in the Southeast Region to see which programs offered the best educational experiences for students.
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2023 Best Medicine Schools in the Southeast Region
The colleges and universities below are the best for medicine majors pursuing a .
Top 10 Best Medicine Schools
Our 2023 rankings named Vanderbilt University the best school in the Southeast Region for medicine students. Vanderbilt is a large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Nashville.
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The excellent programs at Eastern Virginia Medical School helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best medicine schools in the Southeast Region . Eastern Virginia Medical School is a small public school located in the midsize city of Norfolk.
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The excellent programs at Wake Forest University helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best medicine schools in the Southeast Region . Wake Forest University is a moderately-sized private not-for-profit school located in the city of Winston-Salem.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Virginia Tech. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Best Medicine 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. 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 did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best schools for medicine students. It came in at #6 on the list. Located in the 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 did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best schools for medicine students. It came in at #7 on the list. Located in the suburb of Charlottesville, University of Virginia is a public college 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 medicine programs. Located in the medium-sized city of Charleston, MUSC is a public college with a small student population.
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Emory University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best schools for medicine students. It came in at #9 on the list. Emory is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Atlanta.
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University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best schools for medicine students. It came in at #10 on the list. Located in the city of Little Rock, UAMS is a public college with a small student population.
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Explore the best medicine colleges 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.