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2023 Most Popular Medicine Doctor's Degree Schools in North Carolina

4 Colleges
$57,667 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Medicine Doctor's Degree School for You

Medicine is the #39 most popular major in North Carolina with 684 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

When it comes to higher education, there are a lot of options for students. As online education oppotunities continue to grow, you're not restricted to just schools in your local area anymore. Even some of the 'big name' schools are offering online courses. Also, there are a number of trade schools with offerings that you might find attractive.

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 North Carolina to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 4 schools in North Carolina 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.

The colleges and universities below are the most popular for medicine majors pursuing a doctor's degree.

Our analysis found University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill to be the most popular school for medicine students who want to pursue a doctor’s degree in North Carolina. Located in the small city of Chapel Hill, UNC Chapel Hill is a public school with a fairly large student population.

About 52% of the students majoring in medicine at the school are women while 48% are male.

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#2

Wake Forest University

Winston-Salem, NC

The in-demand doctor’s degree programs at Wake Forest University helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular medicine schools in North Carolina. Located in the midsize city of Winston-Salem, Wake Forest University is a private not-for-profit school with a medium-sized student population.

Women make up 51% of the medicine majors at the school.

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#3

Duke University

Durham, NC

The in-demand doctor’s degree programs at Duke University helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular medicine schools in North Carolina. Located in the city of Durham, Duke is a private not-for-profit college with a large student population.

Of the 114 students majoring in medicine at Duke, 44% are male and 56% are female.

Full Medicine at Duke University Report

#4

East Carolina University

Greenville, NC

The in-demand doctor’s degree programs at East Carolina University helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular medicine schools in North Carolina. ECU is a very large public school located in the small city of Greenville.

About 54% of the students majoring in medicine at the school are women while 46% are male.

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Best Medicine Colleges in the Southeast Region

Explore all the Most Popular Medicine Schools in the Southeast Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Georgia 565
Virginia 1,144
Florida 1,218
Tennessee 680
Kentucky 430
South Carolina 381
Louisiana 492
Arkansas 314
Alabama 404
Mississippi 228
West Virginia 370

Medicine is one of 30 different types of programs to choose from.

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 4 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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