A degree in medicine is more popular than many other degrees. In fact, it ranks #40 out of 395 on popularity of all such degrees in the nation. As a result, there are many college that offer the degree, making your choice of school a hard one.
For its 2025 ranking, College Factual looked at 9 schools in New York to determine which ones were the best for medicine students pursuing a degree. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 2,694 degrees in medicine annually.
The medicine program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for Medicine rankings. In order to come up with a best overall ranking for medicine schools, we combine our degree-level rankings, weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each level.
In order to find the schools that are the best fit for you, you may want to filter to one of the degree levels below.
Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we've developed a number of rankings, including this Best Medicine Schools in New York list, to help you choose the best school for you.
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The schools below may not offer all types of medicine degrees so you may want to filter by degree level first. However, they are great for the degree levels they do offer.
It is difficult to beat New York University if you wish to pursue a degree in medicine. NYU is a very large private not-for-profit university located in the city of New York. A Best Colleges rank of #16 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means NYU is a great university overall.
There were roughly 127 medicine students who graduated with this degree at NYU in the most recent data year.
SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University is one of the finest schools in the United States for getting a degree in medicine. Located in the city of Brooklyn, SUNY Downstate is a public university with a small student population.
There were about 189 medicine students who graduated with this degree at SUNY Downstate in the most recent data year. Degree recipients from the medicine degree program at SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University make $12,934 more than the typical college grad in this field shortly after graduation.
Any student pursuing a degree in medicine has to look into University of Rochester. University of Rochester is a large private not-for-profit university located in the medium-sized city of Rochester. A Best Colleges rank of #82 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means University of Rochester is a great university overall.
There were about 106 medicine students who graduated with this degree at University of Rochester in the most recent year we have data available. Students who graduate with their degree from the medicine program report average early career wages of $67,077.
Upstate Medical University is one of the best schools in the United States for getting a degree in medicine. Located in the midsize city of Syracuse, SUNY Upstate Medical University is a public university with a small student population.
There were roughly 150 medicine students who graduated with this degree at SUNY Upstate Medical University in the most recent data year. Students who receive their degree from the medicine program make an average of $66,054 in their early career salary.
SUNY Stony Brook is a very large public university located in the suburb of Stony Brook. A Best Colleges rank of #153 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means SUNY Stony Brook is a great university overall.
There were approximately 133 medicine students who graduated with this degree at SUNY Stony Brook in the most recent year we have data available. Medicine degree recipients from Stony Brook University receive an earnings boost of approximately $8,134 above the average income of medicine graduates.
University at Buffalo is a fairly large public university located in the large suburb of Buffalo. This university ranks 18th out of 136 schools for overall quality in the state of New York.
There were roughly 170 medicine students who graduated with this degree at University at Buffalo in the most recent year we have data available. Students who receive their degree from the medicine program earn about $64,438 in their early career salary.
Touro is a fairly large private not-for-profit college located in the large city of New York. This college ranks 77th out of 136 colleges for overall quality in the state of New York.
There were roughly 247 medicine students who graduated with this degree at Touro in the most recent year we have data available. Graduates who receive their degree from the medicine program earn about $67,607 for their early career.
Hofstra is a large private not-for-profit university located in the suburb of Hempstead. This university ranks 28th out of 136 colleges for overall quality in the state of New York.
There were about 96 medicine students who graduated with this degree at Hofstra in the most recent year we have data available. Those medicine students who get their degree from Hofstra University receive $8,999 more than the standard medicine student.
Located in the rural area of Old Westbury, NYIT is a private not-for-profit school with a medium-sized student population. This school ranks 106th out of 136 schools for overall quality in the state of New York.
There were approximately 396 medicine students who graduated with this degree at NYIT in the most recent year we have data available. Medicine degree recipients from New York Institute of Technology get an earnings boost of around $3,489 over the average income of medicine graduates.
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 medicine program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for Medicine rankings. In order to come up with a best overall ranking for medicine schools, we combine our degree-level rankings, weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each level.
