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2023 Best Medicine Doctor's Degree Schools in the Southeast Region

35 Colleges
$57,667 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Medicine Doctor's Degree School for You

With 28,629 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, medicine is the #7 most popular major in the United States.

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.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Healthcare Degree Search has created the Best Medicine Doctor's Degree Schools in the Southeast Region to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 35 schools in the Southeast Region 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 Southeast Region

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

Top 10 Best Medicine Doctor's Degree Schools

#1

Vanderbilt University

Nashville, TN

Our analysis found Vanderbilt University to be the best school for medicine students who want to pursue a doctor’s degree in the Southeast Region . Vanderbilt is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Nashville.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Eastern Virginia Medical School. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Medicine Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region list. Eastern Virginia Medical School is a small public school located in the city of Norfolk.

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#3

Wake Forest University

Winston-Salem, NC

The excellent doctor’s degree programs at Wake Forest University helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best medicine schools in the Southeast Region . Wake Forest University is a moderately-sized private not-for-profit school located in the city of Winston-Salem.

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#4

Virginia Tech

Blacksburg, VA

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Virginia Tech. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Best Medicine Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region list. Located in the small city of Blacksburg, Virginia Tech is a public school with a fairly large student population.

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#5

Duke University

Durham, NC

The excellent doctor’s degree programs at Duke University helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the best medicine schools in the Southeast Region . Duke is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Durham.

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Morehouse School of Medicine came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Best Medicine Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region ranking. Located in the city of Atlanta, MSM is a private not-for-profit school with a fairly small student population.

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University of Virginia - Main Campus landed the #7 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best doctor’s degree medicine programs. Located in the small suburb of Charlottesville, University of Virginia is a public school with a very large student population.

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Medical University of South Carolina 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 midsize city of Charleston, MUSC is a public college with a small student population.

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#9

Emory University

Atlanta, GA

With a ranking of #9, Emory University did quite well on this year’s best schools for medicine students working on their doctor’s degree. Emory is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Atlanta.

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University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences came in at #10 in this year’s edition of the Best Medicine Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region ranking. Located in the midsize city of Little Rock, UAMS is a public college 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
Florida 1,218
North Carolina 684
Tennessee 680
Georgia 565
Kentucky 430
West Virginia 370
Virginia 1,144
Alabama 404
Louisiana 492
Mississippi 228
South Carolina 381
Arkansas 314

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).

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