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2023 Most Popular Medicine Schools in District of Columbia

3 Colleges
$58,670 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Medicine School for You

Medicine is one of the most popular subjects to study in District of Columbia. With 471 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 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 District of Columbia ranking. Our analysis looked at 3 schools in District of Columbia 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

Georgetown University

Washington, DC

Our analysis found Georgetown University to be the most popular school for medicine students who want to pursue a degree in District of Columbia. Georgetown is a very large private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Washington.

Full Medicine at Georgetown University Report

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend George Washington University. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Most Popular Medicine Schools in District of Columbia list. GWU is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Washington.

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#3

Howard University

Washington, DC

A rank of #3 on this year’s list means Howard University is a great place for medicine students. Howard is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Washington.

Read full report on Medicine at Howard University

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Explore all the Most Popular Medicine Colleges in the Middle Atlantic Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
New York 2,722
Pennsylvania 2,307
Maryland 270
New Jersey 614

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 3 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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