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2023 Most Popular Medicine Schools in Michigan

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Finding the Best Medicine School for You

Medicine is one of the most popular subjects to study in Michigan. With 1,198 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 help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Healthcare Degree Search has developed this Most Popular Medicine Schools in Michigan ranking. Our analysis looked at 7 schools in Michigan 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.

The colleges and universities below are the most popular for medicine majors pursuing a .

#1

Wayne State University

Detroit, MI

Our 2023 rankings named Wayne State University the most popular school in Michigan for medicine students. Wayne State is a very large public school located in the large city of Detroit.

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#2

Michigan State University

East Lansing, MI

The excellent programs at Michigan State University helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best medicine schools in Michigan. Michigan State is a fairly large public school located in the small city of East Lansing.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend University of Michigan - Ann Arbor. The school came in at #3 on this year’s Most Popular Medicine Schools in Michigan list. Located in the city of Ann Arbor, U-M is a public school with a fairly large student population.

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#4

Oakland University

Rochester Hills, MI

Out of the 7 schools in Michigan that were part of this year’s ranking, Oakland University landed the # 4 spot on the list. Located in the large suburb of Rochester Hills, Oakland is a public school with a fairly large student population.

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#5

Central Michigan University

Mount Pleasant, MI

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Central Michigan University. The school came in at #5 on this year’s Most Popular Medicine Schools in Michigan list. Central Michigan is a fairly large public school located in the town of Mount Pleasant.

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Western Michigan University Homer Stryker M.D. School of Medicine came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Medicine Schools in Michigan ranking. Located in the city of Kalamazoo, Western Michigan University School of Medicine is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.

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Concordia University, Ann Arbor did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular schools for medicine students. It came in at #7 on the list. Concordia University, Ann Arbor is a small private not-for-profit school located in the medium-sized city of Ann Arbor.

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State Degrees Awarded
Illinois 1,344
Ohio 1,329
Indiana 494
Wisconsin 419

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 7 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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