2023 Most Popular Medicine Schools in the Great Lakes Region
Finding the Best Medicine School for You
With 28,629 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, medicine is the #7 most popular major in the United States.
When it comes to higher education, there are a lot of options for healthcare students. 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 Schools in the Great Lakes Region ranking. This report analyzed 24 schools in the Great Lakes Region to see which ones were the most popular 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.
2023 Most Popular Medicine Schools in the Great Lakes Region
The following schools top our list of the Most Popular Medicine Colleges.
Top 10 Most Popular Medicine Schools
Our 2023 rankings named Indiana University - Purdue University - Indianapolis the most popular school in the Great Lakes Region for medicine students. IUPUI is a very large public school located in the city of Indianapolis.
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The excellent programs at University of Illinois at Chicago helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best medicine schools in the Great Lakes Region . Located in the city of Chicago, UIC is a public school with a fairly large student population.
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A rank of #3 on this year’s list means Wayne State University is a great place for medicine students. Located in the city of Detroit, Wayne State is a public college with a very large student population.
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The excellent programs at Medical College of Wisconsin helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best medicine schools in the Great Lakes Region . Located in the large suburb of Milwaukee, Medical College of Wisconsin is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.
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Out of the 24 schools in the Great Lakes Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Case Western Reserve University landed the # 5 spot on the list. Located in the city of Cleveland, Case Western is a private not-for-profit college with a large student population.
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With a ranking of #6, Ohio State University - Main Campus did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for medicine students. Ohio State is a very large public school located in the city of Columbus.
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Michigan State University came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Medicine Schools in the Great Lakes Region ranking. Located in the small city of East Lansing, Michigan State is a public school with a fairly large student population.
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University of Cincinnati - Main Campus landed the #8 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular medicine programs. Located in the city of Cincinnati, UC is a public college with a very large student population.
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Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science ranked #9 on this year’s Most Popular Medicine Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. RFUMS is a small private not-for-profit school located in the suburb of North Chicago.
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University of Michigan - Ann Arbor came in at #10 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Medicine Schools in the Great Lakes Region ranking. U-M is a very large public school located in the midsize city of Ann Arbor.
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State | Degrees Awarded |
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Illinois | 1,344 |
Ohio | 1,329 |
Michigan | 1,198 |
Indiana | 494 |
Wisconsin | 419 |
Majors Related to Medicine
Medicine is one of 30 different types of healthcare programs to choose from.
Medicine Focus Areas
Major | Annual Graduates |
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Medicine | 20,665 |
Majors Similar to Medicine
Related Major | Annual Graduates |
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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 24 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.