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2023 Most Popular Medicine Schools in Pennsylvania

6 Colleges
$59,244 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Medicine School for You

In 2020-2021, medicine students earned 2,307 degrees and certificates from a Pennsylvania school, making the subject the 4th in the state.

With all the healthcare programs available today, it can be tough to choose which one is the best for you. With more and more schools offering online options, you could even register for a great program on the other side of the country. On top of that, there are a considerable number of trade schools that offer fast-track entry to many fields.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Healthcare Degree Search has created the Most Popular Medicine Schools in Pennsylvania to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 6 schools in Pennsylvania 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 following schools top our list of the Most Popular Medicine Colleges.

#1

Thomas Jefferson University

Philadelphia, PA

Our 2023 rankings named Thomas Jefferson University the most popular school in Pennsylvania for medicine students. Located in the large city of Philadelphia, Thomas Jefferson University is a private not-for-profit college with a medium-sized student population.

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#2

Drexel University

Philadelphia, PA

A rank of #2 on this year’s list means Drexel University is a great place for medicine students. Located in the city of Philadelphia, Drexel is a private not-for-profit college with a very large student population.

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#3

Temple University

Philadelphia, PA

A rank of #3 on this year’s list means Temple University is a great place for medicine students. Located in the large city of Philadelphia, Temple is a public school with a very large student population.

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#4

University of Pennsylvania

Philadelphia, PA

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend University of Pennsylvania. The school came in at #4 on this year’s Most Popular Medicine Schools in Pennsylvania list. UPenn is a very large private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Philadelphia.

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A rank of #5 on this year’s list means University of Pittsburgh - Pittsburgh Campus is a great place for medicine students. Pitt is a very large public school located in the large city of Pittsburgh.

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With a ranking of #6, Geisinger Commonwealth School of Medicine did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for medicine students. Geisinger Commonwealth is a fairly small private not-for-profit school located in the small city of Scranton.

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Best Medicine Colleges in the Middle Atlantic Region

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
Maryland 270
New Jersey 614
District of Columbia 471

Medicine is one of 30 different types of healthcare programs to choose from.

Medicine Focus Areas

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 6 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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