Find Healthcare Schools

Study Area & Zipcode

Most Popular Medicine Schools in the Far Western US Region

Find Schools Near

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 2023 rankings named University of Washington - Seattle Campus the most popular school in the Far Western US Region for medicine students. UW Seattle is a very large public school located in the large city of Seattle.

Read More…

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend University of California - Los Angeles. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Most Popular Medicine Schools in the Far Western US Region list. Located in the large city of Los Angeles, UCLA is a public college with a very large student population.

Read More…

The excellent programs at University of Southern California helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best medicine schools in the Far Western US Region . USC is a very large private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Los Angeles.

Full Medicine at University of Southern California Report

The excellent programs at University of California - San Francisco helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best medicine schools in the Far Western US Region . UCSF is a small public school located in the large city of San Francisco.

Read More…

#5

Loma Linda University

Loma Linda, CA

A rank of #5 on this year’s list means Loma Linda University is a great place for medicine students. Located in the large suburb of Loma Linda, Loma Linda University is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.

Full Medicine at Loma Linda University Report

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

Full Medicine at Oregon Health & Science University Report

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.

Read full report on Medicine at University of California - San Diego

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 school with a very large student population.

Read More…

University of California - Irvine did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular schools for medicine students. It came in at #9 on the list. Located in the large city of Irvine, UC Irvine is a public school with a fairly large student population.

Read full report on Medicine at University of California - Irvine

#9

Stanford University

Stanford, CA

With a ranking of #9, Stanford University did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for medicine students. Stanford is a large private not-for-profit school located in the suburb of Stanford.

Read full report on Medicine at Stanford University

Best Medicine Colleges by State

Explore the best medicine colleges for a specific state in the Far Western US region.

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).

More about our data sources and methodologies.

Featured Schools

Find Healthcare Schools Near You

Our free school finder matches students with accredited healthcare schools across the U.S.