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2023 Most Popular Medicine Schools in Virginia

4 Colleges
$57,687 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Medicine School for You

In 2020-2021, medicine students earned 1,144 degrees and certificates from a Virginia school, making the subject the 4th in the state.

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 help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Healthcare Degree Search has developed this Most Popular Medicine Schools in Virginia ranking. This report analyzed 4 schools in Virginia 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.

The following schools top our list of the Most Popular Medicine Colleges.

Our 2023 rankings named Virginia Commonwealth University the most popular school in Virginia for medicine students. Located in the midsize city of Richmond, VCU is a public school with a very large student population.

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A rank of #2 on this year’s list means University of Virginia - Main Campus is a great place for medicine students. Located in the suburb of Charlottesville, University of Virginia is a public college with a fairly large student population.

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The excellent programs at Eastern Virginia Medical School helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best medicine schools in Virginia. Eastern Virginia Medical School is a small public school located in the medium-sized city of Norfolk.

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#4

Virginia Tech

Blacksburg, VA

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Virginia Tech. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Most Popular Medicine Schools in Virginia list. Located in the small city of Blacksburg, Virginia Tech is a public school with a fairly large student population.

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Best Medicine Colleges in the Southeast Region

Explore all the Most Popular Medicine Schools in the Southeast Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Florida 1,218
North Carolina 684
Tennessee 680
Georgia 565
Kentucky 430
West Virginia 370
Alabama 404
Louisiana 492
Mississippi 228
South Carolina 381
Arkansas 314

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

Medicine Focus Areas

Major Annual Graduates
Medicine 20,665

Majors Similar to Medicine

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 4 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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