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.
For its 2024 ranking, College Factual looked at 8 schools in the United States to determine which ones were the best for podiatric medicine/podiatry students pursuing a degree. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 539 degrees in podiatric medicine/podiatry during the 2021-2022 academic year.
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.
Any student who is interested in podiatric medicine/podiatry has to take a look at Western University of Health Sciences. Located in the suburb of Pomona, Western University of Health Sciences is a private not-for-profit university with a small student population.
There were approximately 38 podiatric medicine/podiatry students who graduated with this degree at Western University of Health Sciences in the most recent data year.
It's hard to beat Midwestern University - Glendale if you wish to pursue a degree in podiatric medicine/podiatry. Located in the large suburb of Glendale, Midwestern University - Glendale is a private not-for-profit university with a small student population.
There were approximately 34 podiatric medicine/podiatry students who graduated with this degree at Midwestern University - Glendale in the most recent year we have data available.
Every student pursuing a degree in podiatric medicine/podiatry has to take a look at Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science. RFUMS is a small private not-for-profit university located in the large suburb of North Chicago.
There were roughly 80 podiatric medicine/podiatry students who graduated with this degree at RFUMS in the most recent data year.
Any student who is interested in podiatric medicine/podiatry has to check out Temple University. Located in the city of Philadelphia, Temple is a public university with a very large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #147 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means Temple is a great university overall.
There were roughly 79 podiatric medicine/podiatry students who graduated with this degree at Temple in the most recent data year.
Des Moines University College of Osteopathic Medicine is a small private not-for-profit university located in the medium-sized city of Des Moines.
There were about 48 podiatric medicine/podiatry students who graduated with this degree at Des Moines University College of Osteopathic Medicine in the most recent data year.
Barry University is a medium-sized private not-for-profit university located in the large suburb of Miami. This university ranks 21st out of 77 colleges for overall quality in the state of Florida.
There were roughly 58 podiatric medicine/podiatry students who graduated with this degree at Barry University in the most recent data year.
Kent State is a very large public university located in the suburb of Kent. This university ranks 14th out of 96 schools for overall quality in the state of Ohio.
There were about 91 podiatric medicine/podiatry students who graduated with this degree at Kent State 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).
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.
