2025 Best Medicine Doctor's Degree Schools in Mississippi

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.

In 2025, College Factual analyzed 2 schools in order to identify the top ones for its Best Medicine Doctor's Degree Schools in Mississippi ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 250 doctor's degrees in medicine during the 2022-2023 academic year.

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 complete 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

Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we've developed a number of rankings, including this Best Medicine Doctor's Degree Schools in Mississippi list, to help you choose the best school for you.

Best Schools for Doctorate Students to Study Medicine in Mississippi

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

Top Mississippi Schools for a Doctorate in Medicine

1

University of Mississippi
University, MS

165 Annual Graduates

$58,404 Median Starting Salary

University of Mississippi is a wonderful decision for individuals interested in a doctor's degree in medicine. Located in the town of University, Ole Miss is a public university with a fairly large student population.

Soon after graduating, medicine doctorate recipients typically make an average of $58,404 in their early careers.

More information about a doctorate in medicine from University of Mississippi

2

William Carey University
Hattiesburg, MS

85 Annual Graduates

William Carey University is one of the best schools in the country for getting a doctor's degree in medicine. William Carey University is a medium-sized private not-for-profit university located in the city of Hattiesburg.More information about a doctorate in medicine from William Carey University

Best Medicine Colleges in the Southeast Region

Explore all the Best Medicine Colleges 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
Louisiana	103	492
Tennessee	102	680
Alabama	98	404
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	165
Osteopathic Medicine/Osteopathy	85

Most Popular Related Majors

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences	166
Nursing	124
Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions	107
Dentistry	37
Public Health	12
Bioethics/Medical Ethics	12
Communication Sciences	7
Health & Medical Administrative Services	7

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.