2023 Most Popular Medicine Schools in the Southwest 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'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.
The Most Popular Medicine Schools in the Southwest Region ranking is one of many tools that Course Advisor has developed to help you make your educational decision. This report analyzed 13 schools in the Southwest Region to see which ones were the most popular programs 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 Schools in the Southwest Region
The following schools top our list of the Most Popular Medicine Colleges.
Top 10 Most Popular Medicine Schools
Our 2023 rankings named The University of Texas Medical Branch the most popular school in the Southwest Region for medicine students. UTMB Galveston is a small public school located in the town of Galveston.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Most Popular Medicine Schools in the Southwest Region list. UTHealth is a moderately-sized public school located in the large city of Houston.
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A rank of #3 on this year’s list means The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio is a great place for medicine students. UT Health San Antonio is a small public school located in the large city of San Antonio.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Most Popular Medicine Schools in the Southwest Region list. Located in the city of Dallas, UT Southwestern is a public college with a small student population.
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Out of the 13 schools in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Baylor College of Medicine landed the # 5 spot on the list. Located in the large city of Houston, Baylor College of Medicine is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.
University of Arizona came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Medicine Schools in the Southwest Region ranking. Located in the large city of Tucson, University of Arizona is a public school with a very large student population.
Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center ranked #7 on this year’s Most Popular Medicine Schools in the Southwest Region list. TTUHSC is a moderately-sized public school located in the large city of Lubbock.
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University of Oklahoma - Health Sciences Center 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 city of Oklahoma City, UOHSC is a public college with a small student population.
With a ranking of #9, Texas A&M University - College Station did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for medicine students. Located in the midsize city of College Station, Texas A&M College Station is a public school with a very large student population.
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With a ranking of #10, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center - El Paso did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for medicine students. TTUHSC - El Paso is a fairly small public school located in the large city of El-Paso.
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Best Medicine Colleges by State
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State | Degrees Awarded |
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Texas | 1,974 |
Arizona | 473 |
Oklahoma | 269 |
New Mexico | 229 |
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 |
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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.
- 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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