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.
For its 2025 ranking, College Factual looked at 3 schools in Missouri to determine which ones were the best for medicine students pursuing a degree. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 1,205 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. 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.
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.
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 Missouri.
More interested in schools in a specific area of the country? Filter this list by region or state.
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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.
Saint Louis University is a wonderful option for students interested in a degree in medicine. Located in the city of Saint Louis, SLU is a private not-for-profit university with a fairly large student population. This university ranks 4th out of 48 schools for overall quality in the state of Missouri.
There were approximately 166 medicine students who graduated with this degree at SLU in the most recent data year. Graduates who receive their degree from the medicine program earn an average of $65,402 in the first couple years of their career.
Every student who is interested in medicine needs to look into University of Missouri - Kansas City. Located in the large city of Kansas City, UMKC is a public university with a fairly large student population. This university ranks 14th out of 48 colleges for overall quality in the state of Missouri.
There were roughly 100 medicine students who graduated with this degree at UMKC in the most recent year we have data available. Graduates who receive their degree from the medicine program earn an average of $63,219 for their early career.
University of Missouri - Columbia is one of the finest schools in the United States for getting a degree in medicine. Located in the medium-sized city of Columbia, Mizzou is a public university with a fairly large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #131 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means Mizzou is a great university overall.
There were roughly 109 medicine students who graduated with this degree at Mizzou in the most recent year we have data available. Graduates who receive their degree from the medicine program make about $63,656 in their early career salary.
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. 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.
