2025 Best Medicine Doctor's Degree Schools in Massachusetts

If you pursue a doctor's degree in medicine, you won't be alone. The field of study is the #2 most popular program in the country. This means there are lots of options to choose from when you decide to get your degree.

College Factual looked at 2 colleges and universities when compiling its 2025 Best Medicine Doctor's Degree Schools in Massachusetts ranking. Combined, these schools handed out 668 doctor's degrees in medicine to qualified students.

What's on this page: * Our Methodology

• Best Doctor’s Degree Schools List

Early-Career Earnings

One measure we use to determine the quality of a school is to look at the average salary of doctorate graduates during the early years of their career. This is because one of the main reasons people pursue their doctor's degree is to enable themselves to find better-paying positions.

Other Factors We Consider

The metrics below are just some of the other metrics that we use to determine our rankings.

• Major Focus - How much a school focuses on medicine students vs. other majors.
• Major Demand - How many other medicine students want to attend this school to pursue a doctor's degree.
• Educational Resources - How many resources are allocated to students. These resources may include educational expenditures per student, number of students per instructor, and graduation rate among other things.
• Student Debt - How much debt medicine students go into to obtain their doctor's degree and how well they are able to pay back that debt.
• Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized medicine related body.

Our complete ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best schools for medicine students working on their doctor's degree.

More Ways to Rank Medicine Schools

Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we've developed the Best Medicine Doctor's Degree Schools in Massachusetts ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

Best Schools for Doctorate Students to Study Medicine in Massachusetts

Below you'll see a list of the best colleges and universities for pursuing a doctor's degree in medicine.

Top Massachusetts Schools for a Doctorate in Medicine

1

Boston University
Boston, MA

149 Annual Graduates

Boston University is a great decision for individuals interested in a doctor's degree in medicine. Located in the city of Boston, Boston U is a private not-for-profit university with a fairly large student population.More information about a doctorate in medicine from Boston University

2

Tufts University
Medford, MA

202 Annual Graduates

Any student pursuing a degree in a doctor's degree in medicine has to look into Tufts University. Located in the large suburb of Medford, Tufts is a private not-for-profit university with a fairly large student population.More information about a doctorate in medicine from Tufts University

Best Medicine Colleges in the New England Region

Explore all the Best Medicine Colleges in the New England Area or other specific states within that region.

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Connecticut	93	293
Rhode Island	78	120
New Hampshire	47	99
Maine	46	174
Vermont	30	110

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Medicine Related Rankings by Major

Medicine is one of 34 different types of Health Professions programs to choose from.

Medicine Focus Areas

Major	Annual Graduates
Medicine	668

Majors Similar to Medicine

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions	706
Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences	554
Dentistry	467
Nursing	401
Optometry	192
Health Sciences & Services	35
Public Health	25
Advanced Dentistry & Oral Sciences	14
Mental & Social Health Services	13
Allied Health Professions	11

Notes and References

• 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). More about our data sources and methodologies.