2023 Best Medicine Doctor's Degree Schools in the Southeast Region
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.
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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
Our 2023 rankings named Vanderbilt University the best school in the Southeast Region for medicine students working on their doctor’s degree. Vanderbilt is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the large 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 medium-sized city of Norfolk.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Wake Forest University. The school came in at #3 on this year’s Best Medicine Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region list. Wake Forest University is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school located in the medium-sized city of Winston-Salem.
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Out of the 35 schools in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Virginia Tech landed the # 4 spot on the list. Located in the city of Blacksburg, Virginia Tech is a public school with a fairly large student population.
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A rank of #5 on this year’s list means Duke University is a great place for medicine students working on their doctor’s degree. Duke is a large private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Durham.
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Morehouse School of Medicine ranked #6 on this year’s Best Medicine Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region list. Located in the city of Atlanta, MSM is a private not-for-profit college with a 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 college with a fairly large student population.
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Medical University of South Carolina came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Best Medicine Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region ranking. Located in the city of Charleston, MUSC is a public school with a small student population.
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Emory 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 #9 on the list. 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 ranked #10 on this year’s Best Medicine Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region list. Located in the city of Little Rock, UAMS is a public college with a small student population.
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Explore the best medicine schools for a specific state in the Southeast region.
State | Degrees Awarded |
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Florida | 1,218 |
North Carolina | 684 |
Tennessee | 680 |
Kentucky | 430 |
Georgia | 565 |
West Virginia | 370 |
Virginia | 1,144 |
Alabama | 404 |
Louisiana | 492 |
Mississippi | 228 |
South Carolina | 381 |
Arkansas | 314 |
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Medicine Related Rankings by Major
Medicine is one of 30 different types of healthcare programs to choose from.
Medicine Focus Areas
Major | Annual Graduates |
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Medicine | 20,665 |
Most Popular Majors Related 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 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.