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2023 Best Medicine Doctor's Degree Schools in North Carolina

4 Colleges
$57,667 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Medicine Doctor's Degree School for You

In 2020-2021, medicine students earned 684 degrees and certificates from a North Carolina school, making the subject the 8th in the state.

When it comes to higher education, there are a lot of options for healthcare students. 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.

The Best Medicine Doctor's Degree Schools in North Carolina ranking is one of many tools that Healthcare Degree Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. This report analyzed 4 schools in North Carolina 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 North Carolina

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

Top North Carolina Schools for a Doctorate in Medicine

#1

Wake Forest University

Winston-Salem, NC

Our analysis found Wake Forest University to be the best school for medicine students who want to pursue a doctor’s degree in North Carolina. Wake Forest University is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school located in the midsize city of Winston-Salem.

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#2

Duke University

Durham, NC

The excellent doctor’s degree programs at Duke University helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best medicine schools in North Carolina. Duke is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Durham.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. The school came in at #3 on this year’s Best Medicine Doctor’s Degree Schools in North Carolina list. UNC Chapel Hill is a very large public school located in the city of Chapel Hill.

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#4

East Carolina University

Greenville, NC

Out of the 4 schools in North Carolina that were part of this year’s ranking, East Carolina University landed the # 4 spot on the list. Located in the city of Greenville, ECU is a public college with a very large student population.

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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
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

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 4 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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