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2023 Most Popular Medicine Doctor's Degree Schools in District of Columbia

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$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 District of Columbia. With 471 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.

To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Healthcare Degree Search has created its Most Popular Medicine Doctor's Degree Schools in District of Columbia ranking. This report analyzed 3 schools in District of Columbia 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

Georgetown University

Washington, DC

Our analysis found Georgetown University to be the most popular school for medicine students who want to pursue a doctor’s degree in District of Columbia. Georgetown is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Washington.

Women make up 46% of the medicine majors at the school.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend George Washington University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Popular Medicine Doctor’s Degree Schools in District of Columbia list. GWU is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Washington.

Of the 164 students majoring in medicine at GWU, 35% are male and 65% are female.

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#3

Howard University

Washington, DC

Out of the 3 schools in District of Columbia that were part of this year’s ranking, Howard University landed the # 3 spot on the list. Howard is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Washington.

Women make up 54% of the medicine majors at the school.

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Best Medicine Colleges in the Middle Atlantic Region

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

State Degrees Awarded
New York 2,722
Pennsylvania 2,307
Maryland 270
New Jersey 614

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.

  • 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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