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2023 Most Popular Medicine Doctor's Degree Schools in the New England Region

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Finding the Best Medicine Doctor's Degree School for You

In 2020-2021, 28,629 medicine students received a degree or certificate, making the major the #7 most popular in the country.

It's not easy to decide which healthcare program to enroll in when you have so many options available. You can choose a traditional brick and mortar school, or with the growth of online education, you can attend a school half-way across the country without even leaving your house. Also there are many trade schools that offer short-term programs that open up more career options.

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 the New England Region ranking. Our analysis looked at 10 schools in the New England Region to see which doctor's degree programs were the most popular for healthcare students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from the Medicine program at each school on the list.

Check out the medicine doctor's degree programs at these schools if you want to attend one of the most popular in the New England Region .

#1

Tufts University

Medford, MA

Our 2023 rankings named Tufts University the most popular school in the New England Region for medicine students working on their doctor’s degree. Tufts is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the suburb of Medford.

Of the 196 students majoring in medicine at Tufts, 43% are male and 57% are female.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Massachusetts Medical School Worcester. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Popular Medicine Doctor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region list. UMass Medical School is a small public school located in the midsize city of Worcester.

Of the 169 students majoring in medicine at UMass Medical School, 46% are male and 54% are female.

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#3

Boston University

Boston, MA

The in-demand doctor’s degree programs at Boston University helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular medicine schools in the New England Region . Located in the city of Boston, Boston U is a private not-for-profit school with a very large student population.

Women make up 51% of the medicine majors at the school.

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#4

Harvard University

Cambridge, MA

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Harvard University. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Most Popular Medicine Doctor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region list. Located in the medium-sized city of Cambridge, Harvard is a private not-for-profit college with a very large student population.

Women make up 51% of the medicine majors at the school.

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#5

Brown University

Providence, RI

The in-demand doctor’s degree programs at Brown University helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular medicine schools in the New England Region . Brown is a large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Providence.

About 55% of the students majoring in medicine at the school are women while 45% are male.

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#6

University of Vermont

Burlington, VT

University of Vermont landed the #6 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular doctor’s degree medicine programs. Located in the small city of Burlington, UVM is a public school with a fairly large student population.

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

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University of Connecticut came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Medicine Doctor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region ranking. Located in the large suburb of Storrs, UCONN is a public school with a fairly large student population.

Of the 107 students majoring in medicine at UCONN, 44% are male and 56% are female.

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#8

Dartmouth College

Hanover, NH

Dartmouth College landed the #8 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular doctor’s degree medicine programs. Located in the town of Hanover, Dartmouth is a private not-for-profit school with a moderately-sized student population.

About 57% of the students majoring in medicine at the school are women while 43% are male.

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#9

Quinnipiac University

Hamden, CT

With a ranking of #9, Quinnipiac University did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for medicine students working on their doctor’s degree. Quinnipiac is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school located in the large suburb of Hamden.

Women make up 63% of the medicine majors at the school.

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#10

Yale University

New Haven, CT

Yale University ranked #10 on this year’s Most Popular Medicine Doctor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region list. Located in the city of New Haven, Yale is a private not-for-profit school with a fairly large student population.

Women make up 42% of the medicine majors at the school.

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Best Medicine Colleges by State

Explore the best medicine schools for a specific state in the New England region.

State Degrees Awarded
Massachusetts 692
Connecticut 293
New Hampshire 99
Maine 174
Vermont 110
Rhode Island 120

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 10 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).

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