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2023 Most Popular Medicine Doctor's Degree Schools in Michigan

6 Colleges
$57,667 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Medicine Doctor's Degree School for You

Medicine is one of the most popular subjects to study in Michigan. With 1,198 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, it ranked 3rd out of all the majors we track in the state.

Today's healthcare students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. 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.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Healthcare Degree Search has created the Most Popular Medicine Doctor's Degree Schools in Michigan to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 6 schools in Michigan to see which ones were the most popular doctor's degree programs for healthcare students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from the Medicine program at each school on the list.

The colleges and universities below are the most popular for medicine majors pursuing a doctor's degree.

#1

Wayne State University

Detroit, MI

Our analysis found Wayne State University to be the most popular school for medicine students who want to pursue a doctor’s degree in Michigan. Wayne State is a fairly large public school located in the city of Detroit.

About 48% of the students majoring in medicine at the school are women while 52% are male.

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#2

Michigan State University

East Lansing, MI

A rank of #2 on this year’s list means Michigan State University is a great place for medicine students working on their doctor’s degree. Michigan State is a very large public school located in the small city of East Lansing.

Of the 467 students majoring in medicine at Michigan State, 49% are male and 51% are female.

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Out of the 6 schools in Michigan that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Michigan - Ann Arbor landed the # 3 spot on the list. Located in the medium-sized city of Ann Arbor, U-M is a public college with a fairly large student population.

Of the 169 students majoring in medicine at U-M, 44% are male and 56% are female.

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#4

Oakland University

Rochester Hills, MI

Out of the 6 schools in Michigan that were part of this year’s ranking, Oakland University landed the # 4 spot on the list. Located in the large suburb of Rochester Hills, Oakland is a public college with a fairly large student population.

About 60% of the students majoring in medicine at the school are women while 40% are male.

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#5

Central Michigan University

Mount Pleasant, MI

The in-demand doctor’s degree programs at Central Michigan University helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular medicine schools in Michigan. Central Michigan is a fairly large public school located in the town of Mount Pleasant.

Of the 90 students majoring in medicine at Central Michigan, 49% are male and 51% are female.

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With a ranking of #6, Western Michigan University Homer Stryker M.D. School of Medicine did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for medicine students working on their doctor’s degree. Located in the city of Kalamazoo, Western Michigan University School of Medicine is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.

Women make up 53% of the medicine majors at the school.

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Explore all the Most Popular Medicine Colleges in the Great Lakes Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Illinois 1,344
Ohio 1,329
Indiana 494
Wisconsin 419

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 6 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.

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