2023 Most Popular 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.
Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Course Advisor has created the Most Popular Medicine Doctor's Degree Schools in the Southeast Region to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 36 schools in the Southeast Region to see which doctor's degree programs were the most popular for students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from the Medicine program at each school on the list.
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2023 Most Popular Medicine Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region
The following schools top our list of the Most Popular Medicine Doctor's Degree Colleges.
Top 10 Most Popular Medicine Doctor's Degree Schools
Our 2023 rankings named Augusta University the most popular school in the Southeast Region for medicine students working on their doctor’s degree. Augusta University is a medium-sized public school located in the medium-sized city of Augusta.
Women make up 49% of the medicine majors at the school.
Out of the 36 schools in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of South Carolina - Columbia landed the # 2 spot on the list. Located in the city of Columbia, UofSC is a public school with a very large student population.
About 50% of the students majoring in medicine at the school are women while 50% are male.
Full Medicine at University of South Carolina - Columbia Report
Out of the 36 schools in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Miami landed the # 3 spot on the list. Located in the city of Coral Gables, U Miami is a private not-for-profit college with a fairly large student population.
Women make up 57% of the medicine majors at the school.
The in-demand doctor’s degree programs at Virginia Commonwealth University helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular medicine schools in the Southeast Region . Located in the city of Richmond, VCU is a public college with a very large student population.
About 47% of the students majoring in medicine at the school are women while 53% are male.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Most Popular Medicine Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region list. UNC Chapel Hill is a very large public school located in the city of Chapel Hill.
Women make up 52% of the medicine majors at the school.
Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center - New Orleans did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular places for medicine students to get a doctor’s degree. It came in at #6 on the list. Located in the city of New Orleans, LSU Health - New Orleans is a public school with a small student population.
About 52% of the students majoring in medicine at the school are women while 48% are male.
Tulane University of Louisiana ranked #7 on this year’s Most Popular Medicine Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region list. Located in the large city of New Orleans, Tulane is a private not-for-profit college with a fairly large student population.
Of the 185 students majoring in medicine at Tulane, 51% are male and 49% are female.
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University of Alabama at Birmingham came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Medicine Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region ranking. Located in the midsize city of Birmingham, UAB is a public school with a very large student population.
Women make up 46% of the medicine majors at the school.
With a ranking of #9, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for medicine students working on their doctor’s degree. Located in the midsize city of Little Rock, UAMS is a public school with a small student population.
About 43% of the students majoring in medicine at the school are women while 57% are male.
Medical University of South Carolina did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular places for medicine students to get a doctor’s degree. It came in at #10 on the list. Located in the city of Charleston, MUSC is a public college with a small student population.
Of the 175 students majoring in medicine at MUSC, 56% are male and 44% are female.
Full Medicine at Medical University of South Carolina Report
Best Medicine Colleges by State
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 |
Majors Related to Medicine
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.
- 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.
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