2023 Best Value Medicine Schools in Pennsylvania
Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing
Finding the Best Medicine School for You
In 2020-2021, medicine students earned 2,307 degrees and certificates from a Pennsylvania school, making the subject the 4th in the state.
With all the healthcare programs available today, it can be tough to choose which one is the best for you. 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.
To help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Healthcare Degree Search has developed this Best Value Medicine Schools in Pennsylvania ranking. This report analyzed 5 schools in Pennsylvania to see which ones offered the best value programs for medicine students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.
This ranking is not just a list of inexpensive schools. We also consider each school's quality, since we believe a low-quality school may not be a 'bargain' at any price. Specifically, our score for quality is discounted by the published tuition and fees charged by the given college. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The more quality your dollar buys, the better the value.
For nationwide and regional rankings, we use out-of-state tuition and fees in our calculations. For statewide rankings, we use average in-state tuition and fees.
Best Pennsylvania Schools for Affordable Quality in Medicine
Our analysis found Temple University to be the best value school for medicine students who want to pursue a degree in Pennsylvania. Located in the city of Philadelphia, Temple is a public college with a very large student population.
The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at Temple are $17,378 a year.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Thomas Jefferson University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Value Medicine Schools in Pennsylvania list. Located in the city of Philadelphia, Thomas Jefferson University is a private not-for-profit college with a moderately-sized student population.
In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Thomas Jefferson University are $42,966 per year.
Thomas Jefferson University not only placed well in our value ranking, but it is also #3 on our Best Medicine Schools in Pennsylvania list.
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Out of the 5 schools in Pennsylvania that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Pittsburgh - Pittsburgh Campus landed the # 3 spot on the list. Pitt is a fairly large public school located in the city of Pittsburgh.
The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at Pitt are $20,362 a year.
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A rank of #4 on this year’s list means University of Pennsylvania is a great value for medicine students. UPenn is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Philadelphia.
UPenn undergraduate students pay an average of $61,710 in in-state tuition and fees each year.
In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, UPenn is ranked #2 for overall quality for medicine in Pennsylvania.
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Out of the 5 schools in Pennsylvania that were part of this year’s ranking, Drexel University landed the # 5 spot on the list. Located in the city of Philadelphia, Drexel is a private not-for-profit college with a very large student population.
Drexel undergraduate students pay an average of $57,136 in in-state tuition and fees each year.
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State | Degrees Awarded |
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New York | 2,722 |
Maryland | 270 |
New Jersey | 614 |
District of Columbia | 471 |
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Majors Related to Medicine
Medicine is one of 30 different types of healthcare programs to choose from.
Medicine Focus Areas
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 5 schools only.
- 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.