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2023 Most Popular Medicine Schools in the Far Western US Region

15 Colleges
$59,902 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Medicine 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. Along with traditional schools that require in-person attendence, you can attend one of many reputable online schools. Some programs even offer a hybrid experience. Alternatively, you may choose a trade school that prepares you to enter the workforce with knowledge in a specific field.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Healthcare Degree Search has created the Most Popular Medicine Schools in the Far Western US Region to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 15 schools in the Far Western US Region to see which 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 programs at these schools if you want to attend one of the most popular in the Far Western US Region .

Our analysis found University of Washington - Seattle Campus to be the most popular school for medicine students who want to pursue a degree in the Far Western US Region . UW Seattle is a very large public school located in the city of Seattle.

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Out of the 15 schools in the Far Western US Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of California - Los Angeles landed the # 2 spot on the list. Located in the large city of Los Angeles, UCLA is a public school with a very large student population.

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A rank of #3 on this year’s list means University of Southern California is a great place for medicine students. USC is a very large private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Los Angeles.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend University of California - San Francisco. The school came in at #4 on this year’s Most Popular Medicine Schools in the Far Western US Region list. UCSF is a small public school located in the city of San Francisco.

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#5

Loma Linda University

Loma Linda, CA

The excellent programs at Loma Linda University helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the best medicine schools in the Far Western US Region . Located in the suburb of Loma Linda, Loma Linda University is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.

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Oregon Health & Science University landed the #6 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular medicine programs. Located in the city of Portland, OHSU is a public school with a small student population.

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University of California - San Diego did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular schools for medicine students. It came in at #7 on the list. UCSD is a fairly large public school located in the city of La Jolla.

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With a ranking of #8, University of California - Davis did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for medicine students. Located in the small suburb of Davis, UC Davis is a public college with a fairly large student population.

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University of California - Irvine landed the #9 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular medicine programs. Located in the city of Irvine, UC Irvine is a public school with a very large student population.

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#9

Stanford University

Stanford, CA

Stanford University ranked #9 on this year’s Most Popular Medicine Schools in the Far Western US Region list. Stanford is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the suburb of Stanford.

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Best Medicine Colleges by State

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State Degrees Awarded
Oregon 158
California 1,756
Washington 478
Nevada 242
Hawaii 68

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 15 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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