Medicine is of the hottest degree programs in the United States, coming in as the #42 most popular major in the country. This makes choosing the right school a hard decision.
In 2025, College Factual analyzed 3 schools in order to identify the top ones for its Best Medicine Schools in Missouri ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 485 degrees in medicine annually.
Your choice of medicine school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. For our Best Overall Medicine School rankings, we roll up the results of our degree-level rankings, weighted by the number of degrees awarded at that level.
You may want to choose one of the degree levels below to find the schools of most interest to you.
When choosing the right school for you, it's important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we've created a number of major-specific rankings, including this Best Medicine Schools in Missouri list to help you make the college decision.
You can also filter this list by location to find schools closer to you.
In addition to College Factual's rankings, you may want to take a look at College Combat, our unique tool that lets you pit your favorite schools head-to-head and compare how they rate on factors that most interest you.
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Although we recommend filtering by degree level first, you can view the list below to see which schools give the educational experience for the medicine degree levels they offer.
Saint Louis University is one of the best schools in the country for getting a degree in medicine. SLU is a large private not-for-profit university located in the large city of Saint Louis. This university ranks 4th out of 48 schools for overall quality in the state of Missouri.
There were about 166 medicine students who graduated with this degree at SLU in the most recent year we have data available.
University of Missouri - Kansas City is a wonderful choice for students interested in a degree in medicine. UMKC is a large public university located in the city of Kansas City. This university ranks 14th out of 48 colleges for overall quality in the state of Missouri.
There were roughly 100 medicine students who graduated with this degree at UMKC in the most recent year we have data available.
It is hard to beat University of Missouri - Columbia if you wish to pursue a degree in medicine. Mizzou is a fairly large public university located in the midsize city of Columbia. A Best Colleges rank of #131 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means Mizzou is a great university overall.
There were approximately 109 medicine students who graduated with this degree at Mizzou in the most recent year we have data available.
The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
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).
Your choice of medicine school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. For our Best Overall Medicine School rankings, we roll up the results of our degree-level rankings, weighted by the number of degrees awarded at that level.
