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2023 Best Medicine Schools in Tennessee

3 Colleges
$54,822 Avg Salary

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.

View our full ranking methodology.

2023 Best Medicine Schools in Tennessee

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

Top Tennessee Schools in Medicine

#1

Vanderbilt University

Nashville, TN

Our analysis found Vanderbilt University to be the best school for medicine students who want to pursue a degree in Tennessee. Located in the city of Nashville, Vanderbilt is a private not-for-profit school with a fairly large student population.

Read full report on Medicine at Vanderbilt University

A rank of #2 on this year’s list means The University of Tennessee - Health Science Center is a great place for medicine students. UTHSC is a small public school located in the large city of Memphis.

Full Medicine at The University of Tennessee - Health Science Center Report

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.

Read full report on Medicine at East Tennessee State University

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
Kentucky 430
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

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 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.

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