If you plan on majoring in podiatric medicine/podiatry, you won't be alone since the degree program is ranked #559 in the country in terms of popularity. As a result, there are many college that offer the degree, making your choice of school a hard one.
College Factual looked at 4 colleges and universities when compiling its 2025 Best Podiatric Medicine/Podiatry Schools ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 539 degrees in podiatric medicine/podiatry annually.
Choosing a Great Podiatric Medicine/Podiatry School
The podiatric medicine/podiatry program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for Podiatric Medicine/Podiatry rankings. We derive our Best Overall Podiatric Medicine/Podiatry School rankings by rolling up our degree-level rankings after weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each school.
You may want to choose one of the degree levels below to find the schools of most interest to you.
Podiatric Medicine/Podiatry Rankings by Degree Level
Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we've developed the Best Podiatric Medicine/Podiatry Schools ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.
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Best Schools for Podiatric Medicine/Podiatry in the United States
The schools below may not offer all types of podiatric medicine/podiatry degrees so you may want to filter by degree level first. However, they are great for the degree levels they do offer.
Every student who is interested in podiatric medicine/podiatry has to take a look at Samuel Merritt University. Located in the city of Oakland, Samuel Merritt University is a private not-for-profit university with a small student population.
There were about 45 podiatric medicine/podiatry students who graduated with this degree at Samuel Merritt University in the most recent year we have data available.
Any student pursuing a degree in podiatric medicine/podiatry has to check out Temple University. Located in the city of Philadelphia, Temple is a public university with a fairly large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #97 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means Temple is a great university overall.
There were approximately 79 podiatric medicine/podiatry students who graduated with this degree at Temple in the most recent year we have data available.
Kent State University at Kent is one of the finest schools in the country for getting a degree in podiatric medicine/podiatry. Kent State is a very large public university located in the large suburb of Kent. This university ranks 9th out of 91 colleges for overall quality in the state of Ohio.
There were roughly 91 podiatric medicine/podiatry students who graduated with this degree at Kent State in the most recent year we have data available.
Barry University is a good choice for students pursuing a degree in podiatric medicine/podiatry. Barry University is a medium-sized private not-for-profit university located in the suburb of Miami. This university ranks 40th out of 70 schools for overall quality in the state of Florida.
There were about 58 podiatric medicine/podiatry students who graduated with this degree at Barry University in the most recent data year.
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).
The podiatric medicine/podiatry program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for Podiatric Medicine/Podiatry rankings. We derive our Best Overall Podiatric Medicine/Podiatry School rankings by rolling up our degree-level rankings after weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each school.
