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2023 Most Popular Medicine Schools in the Southeast Region

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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.

The Most Popular Medicine 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 36 schools in the Southeast Region to see which 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.

Check out the medicine programs at these schools if you want to attend one of the most popular in the Southeast Region .

#1

Augusta University

Augusta, GA

Our 2023 rankings named Augusta University the most popular school in the Southeast Region for medicine students. Augusta University is a medium-sized public school located in the midsize city of Augusta.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of South Carolina - Columbia. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Popular Medicine Schools in the Southeast Region list. Located in the city of Columbia, UofSC is a public college with a fairly large student population.

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#3

University of Miami

Coral Gables, FL

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 small city of Coral Gables, U Miami is a private not-for-profit college with a fairly large student population.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Virginia Commonwealth University. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Most Popular Medicine Schools in the Southeast Region list. Located in the medium-sized city of Richmond, VCU is a public college with a very large student population.

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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 Schools in the Southeast Region list. UNC Chapel Hill is a fairly large public school located in the small city of Chapel Hill.

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Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center - New Orleans ranked #6 on this year’s Most Popular Medicine Schools in the Southeast Region list. Located in the large city of New Orleans, LSU Health - New Orleans is a public school with a small student population.

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Tulane University of Louisiana ranked #7 on this year’s Most Popular Medicine Schools in the Southeast Region list. Located in the large city of New Orleans, Tulane is a private not-for-profit college with a large student population.

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University of Alabama at Birmingham did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular schools for medicine students. It came in at #8 on the list. Located in the midsize city of Birmingham, UAB is a public college with a fairly large student population.

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With a ranking of #9, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for medicine students. Located in the city of Little Rock, UAMS is a public college with a small student population.

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Medical University of South Carolina came in at #10 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Medicine Schools in the Southeast Region ranking. Located in the midsize city of Charleston, MUSC is a public school with a small student population.

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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

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).

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