2025 Best Medicine Doctor's Degree Schools in Alabama

Medicine is of the hottest doctor's degree programs in the United States, coming in as the #2 most popular major in the country. So, there are lots of possibilities to explore when you're trying to determine where you want to get your degree.

For its 2025 ranking, College Factual looked at 2 schools in Alabama to determine which ones were the best for medicine students pursuing a doctor's degree. Combined, these schools handed out 415 doctor's degrees in medicine to qualified students.

What's on this page: * Our Methodology

• Best Doctor’s Degree Schools List

Average Early-Career Salaries

Average early-career salary of those graduating with their doctor's degree is one indicator we use in our analysis to find the schools that offer the highest-quality education. That is, everyone wants their doctor's degree to be worth something, and salaries are one measure of determining that.

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

More Ways to Rank Medicine Schools

The medicine school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we've developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of the Best Medicine Doctor's Degree Schools in Alabama.

Best Schools for Doctorate Students to Study Medicine in Alabama

The following list ranks the best colleges and universities for pursuing a doctor's degree in medicine.

Top Alabama Schools for a Doctorate in Medicine

1

University of Alabama at Birmingham
Birmingham, AL

168 Annual Graduates

It is hard to beat University of Alabama at Birmingham if you wish to pursue a doctor's degree in medicine. UAB is a very large public university located in the midsize city of Birmingham.More information about a doctorate in medicine from University of Alabama at Birmingham

2

University of South Alabama
Mobile, AL

74 Annual Graduates

$60,781 Median Starting Salary

It's difficult to beat University of South Alabama if you want to pursue a doctor's degree in medicine. Located in the city of Mobile, USA is a public university with a fairly large student population.

Soon after graduating, medicine doctorate recipients generally earn around $60,781 at the beginning of their careers.

More information about a doctorate in medicine from University of South Alabama

Best Medicine Colleges in the Southeast Region

Explore all the Best Medicine Schools in the Southeast Area or other specific states within that region.

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Florida	138	1,212
Virginia	127	1,144
Georgia	126	565
North Carolina	115	684
Mississippi	113	228
Louisiana	103	492
Tennessee	102	680
South Carolina	91	381
Kentucky	87	430
Arkansas	58	314
West Virginia	49	370

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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	242
Osteopathic Medicine/Osteopathy	173

Most Popular Related Majors

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Nursing	572
Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences	270
Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions	175
Dentistry	79
Optometry	40
Communication Sciences	23
Health & Medical Administrative Services	19
Public Health	15
Mental & Social Health Services	4

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.