If you plan on majoring in medicine, you won't be alone since the degree program is ranked #40 in the country in terms of popularity. So, you have a fair amount of options to choose from when looking for a school.
College Factual reviewed 3 schools in Tennessee to determine which ones were the best for degree seekers in the field of medicine. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 678 degrees in medicine annually.
Your choice of medicine school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. We derive our Best Overall Medicine 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.
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 Schools in Tennessee.
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If you aren't interested in a particular degree level and want to know which schools are the overall best at delivering an education for the medicine degrees they offer, see the list below.
It's difficult to beat The University of Tennessee - Health Science Center if you wish to pursue a degree in medicine. UTHSC is a small public university located in the large city of Memphis.
There were roughly 171 medicine students who graduated with this degree at UTHSC in the most recent year we have data available. Students who graduate with their degree from the medicine program report average early career earnings of $60,957.
Lincoln Memorial University is one of the best schools in the United States for getting a degree in medicine. LMU is a moderately-sized private not-for-profit university located in the town of Harrogate.
There were approximately 227 medicine students who graduated with this degree at LMU in the most recent data year. After graduating, medicine degree recipients typically earn about $61,666 at the beginning of their careers.
Any student pursuing a degree in medicine needs to check out East Tennessee State University. Located in the small city of Johnson City, ETSU is a public university with a large student population.
There were approximately 67 medicine students who graduated with this degree at ETSU in the most recent data year. Students who receive their degree from the medicine program make around $60,144 in the first couple years of their career.
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).
Your choice of medicine school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. We derive our Best Overall Medicine School rankings by rolling up our degree-level rankings after weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each school.
