2023 Best Medicine Schools in Tennessee
Finding the Best Medicine School for You
Out of the majors we analyze each year, medicine was ranked 5th in Tennessee. In fact, 680 were awarded in the state in 2020-2021.
It's not easy to decide which healthcare program to enroll in when you have so many options available. You're no longer limited to schools in your local area, either, since online programs are becoming more prevalent. Or you may find the programs at a trade school to be a better alternative for you.
To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Healthcare Degree Search has created its Best Medicine Schools in Tennessee ranking. This report analyzed 3 schools in Tennessee to see which ones offered the best programs for healthcare students.
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2023 Best Medicine Schools in Tennessee
The following schools top our list of the Best Medicine Colleges.
Top Tennessee Schools in Medicine
Our 2023 rankings named Vanderbilt University the best school in Tennessee for medicine students. Located in the city of Nashville, Vanderbilt is a private not-for-profit school with a large student population.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend The University of Tennessee - Health Science Center. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Medicine Schools in Tennessee list. UTHSC is a small public school located in the large city of Memphis.
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The excellent programs at East Tennessee State University helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best medicine schools in Tennessee. ETSU is a fairly large public school located in the city of Johnson City.
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State | Degrees Awarded |
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Florida | 1,218 |
North Carolina | 684 |
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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Rankings in Majors Related to Medicine
One of 30 majors within the healthcare area of study, medicine has other similar majors worth exploring.
Medicine Concentrations
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 3 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.