2023 Most Popular Health Professions Doctor's Degree Schools
Finding the Best Health Professions Doctor's Degree School for You
Health Professions is one of the most popular majors in the nation, ranking 2nd of all the majors we analyze. In 2020-2021, 977,800 degrees and certificates were awarded to students with this major.
It's not easy to decide which program to enroll in when you have so many options available. 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.
To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Course Advisor has created its Most Popular Health Professions Doctor's Degree Schools ranking. This report analyzed 702 schools in the United States to see which ones were the most popular doctor's degree programs for students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from the Health Professions program at each school on the list.
2023 Most Popular Health Professions Doctor’s Degree Schools in the United States
Check out the health professions doctor's degree programs at these schools if you want to attend one of the most popular in the United States.
Top 25 Most Popular Schools for a Doctorate in Health Professions
Our analysis found University of St. Augustine for Health Sciences to be the most popular school for health professions students who want to pursue a doctor’s degree in the United States. USAHS is a moderately-sized private for-profit school located in the suburb of San Marcos.
About 62% of the students majoring in health professions at the school are women while 38% are male.
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Out of the 702 schools in the United States that were part of this year’s ranking, Rutgers University - New Brunswick landed the # 2 spot on the list. Located in the small city of New Brunswick, Rutgers New Brunswick is a public college with a fairly large student population.
Of the 965 students majoring in health professions at Rutgers New Brunswick, 38% are male and 62% are female.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Illinois at Chicago. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Most Popular Health Professions Doctor’s Degree Schools list. Located in the city of Chicago, UIC is a public college with a fairly large student population.
Of the 868 students majoring in health professions at UIC, 38% are male and 62% are female.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Southern California. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Most Popular Health Professions Doctor’s Degree Schools list. Located in the city of Los Angeles, USC is a private not-for-profit school with a fairly large student population.
Of the 816 students majoring in health professions at USC, 40% are male and 60% are female.
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Out of the 702 schools in the United States that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Minnesota - Twin Cities landed the # 5 spot on the list. Located in the large city of Minneapolis, UMN Twin Cities is a public school with a fairly large student population.
Women make up 63% of the health professions majors at the school.
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Nova Southeastern University came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Health Professions Doctor’s Degree Schools ranking. Located in the large suburb of Fort Lauderdale, NUS Florida is a private not-for-profit college with a fairly large student population.
Women make up 64% of the health professions majors at the school.
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University of Washington - Seattle Campus ranked #7 on this year’s Most Popular Health Professions Doctor’s Degree Schools list. Located in the city of Seattle, UW Seattle is a public school with a fairly large student population.
Of the 687 students majoring in health professions at UW Seattle, 37% are male and 63% are female.
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University of Florida ranked #8 on this year’s Most Popular Health Professions Doctor’s Degree Schools list. UF is a fairly large public school located in the midsize city of Gainesville.
Women make up 60% of the health professions majors at the school.
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Ohio State University - Main Campus landed the #9 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular doctor’s degree health professions programs. Ohio State is a very large public school located in the city of Columbus.
Women make up 60% of the health professions majors at the school.
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With a ranking of #10, Creighton University did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for health professions students working on their doctor’s degree. Creighton is a moderately-sized private not-for-profit school located in the city of Omaha.
Women make up 64% of the health professions majors at the school.
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Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences ranked #11 on this year’s Most Popular Health Professions Doctor’s Degree Schools list. Located in the city of Boston, MCPHS University is a private not-for-profit college with a moderately-sized student population.
About 64% of the students majoring in health professions at the school are women while 36% are male.
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University of Maryland - Baltimore did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular places for health professions students to get a doctor’s degree. It came in at #12 on the list. Located in the large city of Baltimore, UMB is a public college with a medium-sized student population.
About 66% of the students majoring in health professions at the school are women while 34% are male.
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Temple University came in at #13 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Health Professions Doctor’s Degree Schools ranking. Located in the large city of Philadelphia, Temple is a public school with a very large student population.
About 52% of the students majoring in health professions at the school are women while 48% are male.
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New York University landed the #14 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular doctor’s degree health professions programs. NYU is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the large city of New York.
About 58% of the students majoring in health professions at the school are women while 42% are male.
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With a ranking of #15, Virginia Commonwealth University did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for health professions students working on their doctor’s degree. Located in the midsize city of Richmond, VCU is a public school with a fairly large student population.
Of the 611 students majoring in health professions at VCU, 40% are male and 60% are female.
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University of California - San Francisco landed the #16 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular doctor’s degree health professions programs. Located in the large city of San Francisco, UCSF is a public school with a small student population.
Women make up 66% of the health professions majors at the school.
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With a ranking of #17, Palmer College of Chiropractic - Davenport did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for health professions students working on their doctor’s degree. Palmer College of Chiropractic - Davenport is a small private not-for-profit school located in the midsize city of Davenport.
About 43% of the students majoring in health professions at the school are women while 57% are male.
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University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus came in at #18 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Health Professions Doctor’s Degree Schools ranking. Located in the city of Denver, CU Anschutz is a public college with a very large student population.
Women make up 64% of the health professions majors at the school.
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University of Pittsburgh - Pittsburgh Campus ranked #19 on this year’s Most Popular Health Professions Doctor’s Degree Schools list. Pitt is a fairly large public school located in the large city of Pittsburgh.
Women make up 66% of the health professions majors at the school.
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With a ranking of #20, Chamberlain University - Illinois did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for health professions students working on their doctor’s degree. Located in the suburb of Addison, Chamberlain - Illinois is a private for-profit school with a very large student population.
Women make up 93% of the health professions majors at the school.
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With a ranking of #21, The University of Tennessee - Health Science Center did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for health professions students working on their doctor’s degree. Located in the city of Memphis, UTHSC is a public college with a small student population.
Women make up 56% of the health professions majors at the school.
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Indiana University - Purdue University - Indianapolis landed the #22 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular doctor’s degree health professions programs. IUPUI is a very large public school located in the large city of Indianapolis.
Of the 558 students majoring in health professions at IUPUI, 49% are male and 51% are female.
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University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill ranked #23 on this year’s Most Popular Health Professions Doctor’s Degree Schools list. UNC Chapel Hill is a fairly large public school located in the small city of Chapel Hill.
Of the 555 students majoring in health professions at UNC Chapel Hill, 39% are male and 61% are female.
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Loma Linda University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular places for health professions students to get a doctor’s degree. It came in at #24 on the list. Loma Linda University is a small private not-for-profit school located in the large suburb of Loma Linda.
Women make up 59% of the health professions majors at the school.
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University at Buffalo ranked #25 on this year’s Most Popular Health Professions Doctor’s Degree Schools list. Located in the large suburb of Buffalo, University at Buffalo is a public school with a fairly large student population.
Women make up 52% of the health professions majors at the school.
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Additional Award Winners
This section represents the rest of the schools awarded a Most Popular Health Professions Doctor's Degree Schools badge. Showing in this list means the college was ranked in the top 15% of the 702 different United States health professions schools we analyzed.
Honorable Mentions
These are some additional schools worth mentioning that are also popular but just didn't quite make the cut to earn our top Most Popular Health Professions Doctor's Degree Schools award.
Health Professions by Region
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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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