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2023 Best Medicine Schools in the New England Region

10 Colleges
$60,975 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Medicine 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.

It's not easy to decide which healthcare program to enroll in when you have so many options available. You can choose a traditional brick and mortar school, or with the growth of online education, you can attend a school half-way across the country without even leaving your house. Also there are many trade schools that offer short-term programs that open up more career options.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Healthcare Degree Search has created the Best Medicine Schools in the New England Region to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 10 schools in the New England Region to see which programs offered the best educational experiences for healthcare students.

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2023 Best Medicine Schools in the New England Region

The following schools top our list of the Best Medicine Colleges.

Top 10 Best Medicine Schools

#1

Brown University

Providence, RI

Our 2023 rankings named Brown University the best school in the New England Region for medicine students. Brown is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the midsize city of Providence.

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#2

Harvard University

Cambridge, MA

The excellent programs at Harvard University helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best medicine schools in the New England Region . Located in the midsize city of Cambridge, Harvard is a private not-for-profit school with a fairly large student population.

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#3

Dartmouth College

Hanover, NH

A rank of #3 on this year’s list means Dartmouth College is a great place for medicine students. Located in the town of Hanover, Dartmouth is a private not-for-profit college with a moderately-sized student population.

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#4

Tufts University

Medford, MA

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Tufts University. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Best Medicine Schools in the New England Region list. Tufts is a large private not-for-profit school located in the large suburb of Medford.

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#5

Yale University

New Haven, CT

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Yale University. The school came in at #5 on this year’s Best Medicine Schools in the New England Region list. Located in the midsize city of New Haven, Yale is a private not-for-profit school with a large student population.

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University of Massachusetts Medical School Worcester came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Best Medicine Schools in the New England Region ranking. UMass Medical School is a small public school located in the midsize city of Worcester.

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#7

Boston University

Boston, MA

Boston University came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Best Medicine Schools in the New England Region ranking. Located in the large city of Boston, Boston U is a private not-for-profit school with a very large student population.

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#8

Quinnipiac University

Hamden, CT

Quinnipiac University ranked #8 on this year’s Best Medicine Schools in the New England Region list. Quinnipiac is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school located in the suburb of Hamden.

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#9

University of Vermont

Burlington, VT

University of Vermont did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best schools for medicine students. It came in at #9 on the list. Located in the small city of Burlington, UVM is a public college with a fairly large student population.

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University of Connecticut did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best schools for medicine students. It came in at #10 on the list. Located in the large suburb of Storrs, UCONN is a public college with a fairly large student population.

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Best Medicine Colleges by State

Explore the best medicine colleges for a specific state in the New England region.

State Degrees Awarded
Massachusetts 692
Connecticut 293
New Hampshire 99
Maine 174
Vermont 110
Rhode Island 120

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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 10 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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