2025 Best Medicine Schools
128
Colleges in the United States
29,089
Medicine Degrees Awarded
$65,617
Avg Early-Career Salary
A degree in
medicine is more popular than many other degrees. In fact, it ranks #40 out of 395 on popularity of all such degrees in the nation. As a result, there are many college that offer the degree, making your choice of school a hard one.
For its 2025 ranking, College Factual looked at 128 schools in the United States to determine which ones were the best for medicine students pursuing a degree. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 29,089 degrees in medicine annually.
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Choosing a Great Medicine School
Your choice of medicine school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. In order to come up with a best overall ranking for medicine schools, we combine our degree-level rankings, weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each level.
You may want to choose one of the degree levels below to find the schools of most interest to you.
Pick Your Medicine Degree Level
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 list to help you make the college decision.
If you'd like to restrict your choices to just one part of the country, you can filter this list by location.
In addition to our rankings, you can take two colleges and compare them based on the criteria that matters most to you in our unique tool, College Combat.
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If you want to learn more about how we derive our rankings, see College Factual's Methodology.
Best Schools for Medicine in the United States
The schools below may not offer all types of medicine degrees so you may want to filter by degree level first. However, they are great for the degree levels they do offer. Only those schools that rank in the top 20% of all the schools we analyze get awarded with a place on this list.
25 Top Schools in Medicine
Michigan State University is one of the best schools in the country for getting a degree in medicine. Located in the small city of East Lansing, Michigan State is a public university with a very large student population. This university ranks 2nd out of 56 colleges for overall quality in the state of Michigan.
There were approximately 467 medicine students who graduated with this degree at Michigan State in the most recent year we have data available. Students who receive their degree from the medicine program earn about $62,864 in the first couple years of their career.
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University of Washington - Seattle Campus is a good option for students pursuing a degree in medicine. Located in the city of Seattle, UW Seattle is a public university with a fairly large student population. This university ranks 1st out of 50 colleges for overall quality in the state of Washington.
There were about 255 medicine students who graduated with this degree at UW Seattle in the most recent year we have data available. Students who receive their degree from the medicine program earn about $67,261 for their early career.
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University of Pennsylvania is a great option for students interested in a degree in medicine. Located in the city of Philadelphia, UPenn is a private not-for-profit university with a fairly large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #2 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means UPenn is a great university overall.
There were about 170 medicine students who graduated with this degree at UPenn in the most recent data year. Medicine degree recipients from University of Pennsylvania receive an earnings boost of approximately $5,750 above the average earnings of medicine graduates.
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It's difficult to beat The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston if you want to pursue a degree in medicine. UTHealth is a medium-sized public university located in the large city of Houston.
There were about 231 medicine students who graduated with this degree at UTHealth in the most recent year we have data available. Soon after graduation, medicine degree recipients typically make about $66,107 in the first five years of their career.
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Mayo Clinic School of Medicine is a small private not-for-profit school located in the medium-sized city of Rochester.
There were about 97 medicine students who graduated with this degree at Mayo Clinic School of Medicine in the most recent year we have data available. Students who graduate with their degree from the medicine program report average early career wages of $67,276.
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Located in the city of Durham, Duke is a private not-for-profit university with a fairly large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #7 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means Duke is a great university overall.
There were roughly 120 medicine students who graduated with this degree at Duke in the most recent year we have data available. Soon after graduating, medicine degree recipients typically earn an average of $67,570 in the first five years of their career.
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USC is a fairly large private not-for-profit university located in the large city of Los Angeles. A Best Colleges rank of #13 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means USC is a great university overall.
There were about 170 medicine students who graduated with this degree at USC in the most recent year we have data available. Medicine degree recipients from University of Southern California receive an earnings boost of around $10,197 over the typical income of medicine graduates.
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Located in the large city of Oakland, Samuel Merritt University is a private not-for-profit university with a small student population.
There were roughly 45 medicine students who graduated with this degree at Samuel Merritt University in the most recent year we have data available. Soon after graduating, medicine degree recipients usually make about $67,061 at the beginning of their careers.
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Located in the medium-sized city of Gainesville, UF is a public university with a very large student population. This university ranks 1st out of 70 colleges for overall quality in the state of Florida.
There were about 137 medicine students who graduated with this degree at UF in the most recent year we have data available. Graduates who receive their degree from the medicine program earn about $61,829 in the first couple years of working.
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Medicine Degrees Awarded
Located in the large city of New York, NYU is a private not-for-profit university with a fairly large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #16 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means NYU is a great university overall.
There were roughly 127 medicine students who graduated with this degree at NYU in the most recent year we have data available.
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UTMB Galveston is a small public university located in the city of Galveston.
There were roughly 219 medicine students who graduated with this degree at UTMB Galveston in the most recent year we have data available. Students who graduate with their degree from the medicine program report average early career income of $61,688.
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Northwestern is a very large private not-for-profit university located in the city of Evanston. A Best Colleges rank of #5 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means Northwestern is a great university overall.
There were approximately 154 medicine students who graduated with this degree at Northwestern in the most recent data year. Medicine degree recipients from Northwestern University get an earnings boost of about $4,422 over the typical income of medicine graduates.
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Located in the city of Washington, Georgetown is a private not-for-profit university with a very large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #11 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means Georgetown is a great university overall.
There were approximately 197 medicine students who graduated with this degree at Georgetown in the most recent data year. Degree recipients from the medicine degree program at Georgetown University get $2,951 more than the typical college grad with the same degree shortly after graduation.
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Located in the large city of Lubbock, TTUHSC is a public university with a small student population.
There were about 180 medicine students who graduated with this degree at TTUHSC in the most recent year we have data available. Students who graduate with their degree from the medicine program state that they receive average early career wages of $63,386.
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Located in the large city of Fort Worth, TCU is a private not-for-profit university with a large student population. This university ranks 4th out of 115 schools for overall quality in the state of Texas.More information about a degree in medicine from Texas Christian University
Located in the city of Philadelphia, Temple is a public university with a fairly large student population. This university ranks 8th out of 103 schools for overall quality in the state of Pennsylvania.
There were approximately 289 medicine students who graduated with this degree at Temple in the most recent year we have data available. Graduates who receive their degree from the medicine program make around $67,343 in the first couple years of working.
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Johns Hopkins is a fairly large private not-for-profit university located in the large city of Baltimore. A Best Colleges rank of #6 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means Johns Hopkins is a great university overall.
There were about 129 medicine students who graduated with this degree at Johns Hopkins in the most recent year we have data available. Degree recipients from the medicine program at Johns Hopkins University earn $2,391 above the standard college graduate in this field shortly after graduation.
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SUNY Downstate is a small public university located in the large city of Brooklyn.
There were about 189 medicine students who graduated with this degree at SUNY Downstate in the most recent year we have data available. Degree recipients from the medicine degree program at SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University earn $12,934 above the average college grad in this field shortly after graduation.
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Located in the city of Los Angeles, UCLA is a public university with a very large student population. This university ranks 4th out of 161 schools for overall quality in the state of California.
There were roughly 164 medicine students who graduated with this degree at UCLA in the most recent data year. Degree recipients from the medicine program at University of California - Los Angeles get $9,299 more than the typical graduate with the same degree when they enter the workforce.
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Case Western is a fairly large private not-for-profit university located in the city of Cleveland. This university ranks 3rd out of 91 colleges for overall quality in the state of Ohio.
There were approximately 203 medicine students who graduated with this degree at Case Western in the most recent year we have data available. Students who graduate with their degree from the medicine program state that they receive average early career wages of $66,273.
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Located in the city of Madison, UW - Madison is a public university with a very large student population. This university ranks 1st out of 46 colleges for overall quality in the state of Wisconsin.
There were about 173 medicine students who graduated with this degree at UW - Madison in the most recent data year. Graduates who receive their degree from the medicine program make about $66,876 for their early career.
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UT Health San Antonio is a small public university located in the large city of San Antonio.
There were approximately 203 medicine students who graduated with this degree at UT Health San Antonio in the most recent data year. Students who receive their degree from the medicine program make around $63,177 in their early career salary.
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Located in the medium-sized city of Providence, Brown is a private not-for-profit university with a large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #26 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means Brown is a great university overall.
There were approximately 148 medicine students who graduated with this degree at Brown in the most recent data year. Those medicine students who get their degree from Brown University make $6,734 more than the average medicine graduate.
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NUS Florida is a fairly large private not-for-profit university located in the large suburb of Fort Lauderdale. This university ranks 14th out of 70 schools for overall quality in the state of Florida.
There were about 277 medicine students who graduated with this degree at NUS Florida in the most recent year we have data available. Soon after graduating, medicine degree recipients usually make about $61,451 in their early careers.
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Boston U is a fairly large private not-for-profit university located in the city of Boston. A Best Colleges rank of #23 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means Boston U is a great university overall.
There were roughly 164 medicine students who graduated with this degree at Boston U in the most recent year we have data available. Medicine degree recipients from Boston University get an earnings boost of about $5,037 above the typical income of medicine majors.
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