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2023 Best Medicine Doctor's Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region

25 Colleges
$57,667 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Medicine Doctor's Degree School for You

In 2020-2021, 28,629 medicine students received a degree or certificate, making the major the #7 most popular in the country.

Today's healthcare students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. Along with traditional schools that require in-person attendence, you can attend one of many reputable online schools. Some programs even offer a hybrid experience. Alternatively, you may choose a trade school that prepares you to enter the workforce with knowledge in a specific field.

To help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Healthcare Degree Search has developed this Best Medicine Doctor's Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region ranking. Our analysis looked at 25 schools in the Middle Atlantic Region to see which doctor's degree programs offered the best educational experiences for healthcare students. Factors related to overall quality of the school, post-graduation earnings, average student debt, and more accumulated were considered when coming up with this list.

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2023 Best Medicine Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region

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

Top 10 Best Medicine Doctor's Degree Schools

Our 2023 rankings named Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai the best school in the Middle Atlantic Region for medicine students working on their doctor’s degree. Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai is a small private not-for-profit school located in the city of New York.

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A rank of #2 on this year’s list means Albany Medical College is a great place for medicine students working on their doctor’s degree. Located in the small city of Albany, AMC Albany is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.

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The excellent doctor’s degree programs at SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best medicine schools in the Middle Atlantic Region . Located in the large city of Brooklyn, SUNY Downstate is a public college with a small student population.

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The excellent doctor’s degree programs at Weill Cornell Medical College helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best medicine schools in the Middle Atlantic Region . Weill Cornell Medical College is a small private not-for-profit school located in the large city of New York.

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#5

University of Pennsylvania

Philadelphia, PA

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend University of Pennsylvania. The school came in at #5 on this year’s Best Medicine Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region list. Located in the large city of Philadelphia, UPenn is a private not-for-profit college with a fairly large student population.

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#6

Thomas Jefferson University

Philadelphia, PA

Thomas Jefferson University ranked #6 on this year’s Best Medicine Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region list. Thomas Jefferson University is a moderately-sized private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Philadelphia.

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#7

New York University

New York, NY

With a ranking of #7, New York University did quite well on this year’s best schools for medicine students working on their doctor’s degree. Located in the city of New York, NYU is a private not-for-profit college with a fairly large student population.

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#8

New York Medical College

Valhalla, NY

With a ranking of #8, New York Medical College did quite well on this year’s best schools for medicine students working on their doctor’s degree. New York Medical College is a small private not-for-profit school located in the suburb of Valhalla.

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Upstate Medical University came in at #9 in this year’s edition of the Best Medicine Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region ranking. SUNY Upstate Medical University is a small public school located in the midsize city of Syracuse.

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#10

University of Rochester

Rochester, NY

University of Rochester came in at #10 in this year’s edition of the Best Medicine Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region ranking. University of Rochester is a large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Rochester.

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Best Medicine Colleges by State

Explore the best medicine schools for a specific state in the Middle Atlantic region.

State Degrees Awarded
New York 2,722
Pennsylvania 2,307
Maryland 270
New Jersey 614
District of Columbia 471

One of 30 majors within the healthcare area of study, medicine has other similar majors worth exploring.

Medicine Concentrations

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).

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