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2023 Best Medicine Doctor's Degree Schools in Kentucky

2 Colleges
$57,667 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Medicine Doctor's Degree School for You

Out of the majors we analyze each year, medicine was ranked 5th in Kentucky. In fact, 430 were awarded in the state in 2020-2021.

There are so many healthcare programs in today's world that it can tough to figure out which one is the right one for you. 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 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 in Kentucky ranking. This report analyzed 2 schools in Kentucky to see which ones offered the best doctor's degree programs for healthcare students. To come up with a school's ranking, we analyzed numerous factors related to post-graduation wages, the quality of education offered by the school, average accumulated student debt, and more.

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2023 Best Medicine Doctor’s Degree Schools in Kentucky

The following schools top our list of the Best Medicine Doctor's Degree Colleges.

Top Kentucky Schools for a Doctorate in Medicine

#1

University of Kentucky

Lexington, KY

Our 2023 rankings named University of Kentucky the best school in Kentucky for medicine students working on their doctor’s degree. UK is a very large public school located in the city of Lexington.

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#2

University of Louisville

Louisville, KY

The excellent doctor’s degree programs at University of Louisville helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best medicine schools in Kentucky. UofL is a fairly large public school located in the large city of Louisville.

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Best Medicine Colleges in the Southeast Region

Explore all the Best Medicine Colleges in the Southeast Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Florida 1,218
North Carolina 684
Tennessee 680
Georgia 565
West Virginia 370
Virginia 1,144
Louisiana 492
Mississippi 228
South Carolina 381
Alabama 404
Arkansas 314

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

Majors Similar to Medicine

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 2 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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