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2023 Best Medicine Doctor's Degree Schools

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Finding the Best Medicine Doctor's Degree School for You

Medicine is one of the most popular majors in the nation, ranking 7th of all the majors we analyze. In 2020-2021, 28,629 degrees and certificates were awarded to students with this major.

With all the healthcare programs available today, it can be tough to choose which one is the best for you. With more and more schools offering online options, you could even register for a great program on the other side of the country. On top of that, there are a considerable number of trade schools that offer fast-track entry to many fields.

To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Healthcare Degree Search has created its Best Medicine Doctor's Degree Schools ranking. This report analyzed 133 schools in the United States to see which ones offered the best doctor's degree programs for healthcare students. The factors used to develop this ranking include those related to how in-demand the school is, the overall quality of the school, and post-graduation wages, and more.

View our full ranking methodology.

2023 Best Medicine Doctor’s Degree Schools in the United States

Check out the medicine doctor's degree programs at these schools if you want to get the best education that money can buy.

Top 15% Best Medicine Doctor's Degree Schools

#1

Stanford University

Stanford, CA

Our 2023 rankings named Stanford University the best school in the United States for medicine students working on their doctor’s degree. Located in the large suburb of Stanford, Stanford is a private not-for-profit school with a fairly large student population.

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A rank of #2 on this year’s list means Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai is a great place for medicine students working on their doctor’s degree. Located in the city of New York, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Mayo Clinic School of Medicine. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Best Medicine Doctor’s Degree Schools list. Located in the city of Rochester, Mayo Clinic School of Medicine is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.

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Out of the 133 schools in the United States that were part of this year’s ranking, Medical College of Wisconsin landed the # 4 spot on the list. Located in the suburb of Milwaukee, Medical College of Wisconsin is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.

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The excellent doctor’s degree programs at Albany Medical College helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the best medicine schools in the United States. AMC Albany is a small private not-for-profit school located in the city of Albany.

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Baylor College of Medicine did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for medicine students to get a doctor’s degree. It came in at #6 on the list. Located in the city of Houston, Baylor College of Medicine is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.

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SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for medicine students to get a doctor’s degree. It came in at #7 on the list. SUNY Downstate is a small public school located in the large city of Brooklyn.

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#8

Brown University

Providence, RI

Brown University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for medicine students to get a doctor’s degree. It came in at #8 on the list. Located in the medium-sized city of Providence, Brown is a private not-for-profit school with a fairly large student population.

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Weill Cornell Medical College landed the #9 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best doctor’s degree medicine programs. Located in the city of New York, Weill Cornell Medical College is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.

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#10

Northwestern University

Evanston, IL

Northwestern University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for medicine students to get a doctor’s degree. It came in at #10 on the list. Northwestern is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Evanston.

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The University of Texas Medical Branch ranked #11 on this year’s Best Medicine Doctor’s Degree Schools list. UTMB Galveston is a small public school located in the town of Galveston.

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The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston ranked #12 on this year’s Best Medicine Doctor’s Degree Schools list. UTHealth is a medium-sized public school located in the large city of Houston.

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#13

Harvard University

Cambridge, MA

With a ranking of #13, Harvard University did quite well on this year’s best schools for medicine students working on their doctor’s degree. Harvard is a very large private not-for-profit school located in the midsize city of Cambridge.

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University of California - Los Angeles landed the #14 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best doctor’s degree medicine programs. UCLA is a fairly large public school located in the large city of Los Angeles.

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University of Southern California landed the #15 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best doctor’s degree medicine programs. Located in the large city of Los Angeles, USC is a private not-for-profit school with a fairly large student population.

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#16

University of Chicago

Chicago, IL

With a ranking of #16, University of Chicago did quite well on this year’s best schools for medicine students working on their doctor’s degree. Located in the large city of Chicago, UChicago is a private not-for-profit school with a fairly large student population.

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Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science ranked #17 on this year’s Best Medicine Doctor’s Degree Schools list. RFUMS is a small private not-for-profit school located in the large suburb of North Chicago.

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#18

Dartmouth College

Hanover, NH

Dartmouth College did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for medicine students to get a doctor’s degree. It came in at #18 on the list. Dartmouth is a moderately-sized private not-for-profit school located in the remote town of Hanover.

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Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for medicine students to get a doctor’s degree. It came in at #19 on the list. TTUHSC is a moderately-sized public school located in the city of Lubbock.

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Honorable Mentions

These are some additional schools worth mentioning that are also great but just didn't quite make the cut to earn our top Best Medicine Doctor's Degree Schools award.

Rank College Location
20 Vanderbilt University Nashville, TN
21 University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, PA
22 Eastern Virginia Medical School Norfolk, VA
23 University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center Dallas, TX
24 Wake Forest University Winston-Salem, NC
25 University of Nebraska Medical Center Omaha, NE
26 Oregon Health & Science University Portland, OR

Medicine by Region

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Region
Southeast
New England
Rocky Mountains
Plains States
Middle Atlantic
Far Western US
Southwest
Great Lakes

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

Medicine Focus Areas

Major Annual Graduates
Medicine 20,665

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.

  • Read more about our ranking methodology.
  • 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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