2022 Most Popular Doctor's Degree Colleges for Health/Medical Psychology in the Southeast Region

A doctor's degree in health/medical psychology is more popular than many other degrees. In fact, it ranks #310 out of 815 on popularity of all such degrees in the nation. As a result, there are many colleges that offer the degree, making your choice of school a hard one.

College Factual reviewed 5 schools in the Southeast Region to determine which ones were the most popular for doctor's degree seekers in the field of health/medical psychology. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 30 doctor's degrees in health/medical psychology during the 2019-2020 academic year.

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Choosing a Great Health/Medical Psychology School for Your Doctor's Degree

Your choice of school for getting your doctor's degree in health/medical psychology matters. As an aid in helping you pick the right school for you, we created our Most Popular Doctor's Degree Colleges for Health/Medical Psychology in the Southeast Region ranking.

Being popular does not always equate to overall quality, but a school with a large number of health/medical psychology students usually has them for a reason. This may be due to it being a great value, it offering a stellar educational experience, or the subject is a major focus of the school.

More Ways to Rank Health/Medical Psychology Schools

This is not our only ranking, nor the only degree level we have ranked. In addition to this ranking, you may want to take at the rankings for different degree levels as called out above. You can also narrow your search by location by filtering for a certain area of the country. Plus, you can view our other rankings for health/medical psychology.

 

Most Popular Schools for Doctorate Students to Study Health/Medical Psychology in the Southeast Region

Explore the most popular colleges and universities for health/medical psychology students seeking a a doctor's degree.

Most Well Attended Schools for Health/Medical Psychology Students Working on Their Doctorate

1

East Carolina University
Greenville, NC

9 Annual Doctor's Degrees

#1 Most Popular In NC

#1 Best Quality In NC

You'll be surrounded by many like-minded peers at East Carolina University if you want to pursue a doctor's degree in health/medical psychology. ECU is a fairly large public university located in the city of Greenville. You also may be intersted to know that the school ranks #1 in quality for doctor's degrees in health/medical psychology in North Carolina.

There were roughly 9 health/medical psychology individuals who graduated with this degree at ECU in the most recent year we have data available.

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2

University of South Alabama
Mobile, AL

7 Annual Doctor's Degrees

#1 Most Popular In AL

#1 Best Quality In AL

University of South Alabama is one of the most popular schools in the United States for getting a doctor's degree in health/medical psychology. USA is a large public university located in the medium-sized city of Mobile. Potential students might also be interested to know that the school ranks #1 in quality for doctor's degrees in health/medical psychology in Alabama.

There were about 7 health/medical psychology individuals who graduated with this degree at USA in the most recent year we have data available.

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3

Virginia Commonwealth University
Richmond, VA

6 Annual Doctor's Degrees

#1 Most Popular In VA

#1 Best Quality In VA

Virginia Commonwealth University is a popular decision for individuals interested in a doctor's degree in health/medical psychology. Located in the medium-sized city of Richmond, VCU is a public university with a very large student population. Potential students might also be interested to know that the school ranks #1 in quality for doctor's degrees in health/medical psychology in Virginia.

There were about 6 health/medical psychology individuals who graduated with this degree at VCU in the most recent data year.

More information about a doctorate in health/medical psychology from Virginia Commonwealth University

4

University of North Carolina at Charlotte
Charlotte, NC

4 Annual Doctor's Degrees

#2 Most Popular In NC

#2 Best Quality In NC

You'll be surrounded by many like-minded peers at University of North Carolina at Charlotte if you want to pursue a doctor's degree in health/medical psychology. Located in the city of Charlotte, UNC Charlotte is a public university with a very large student population. This isn't the only ranking where the school placed. It's also #2 in quality for doctor's degrees in health/medical psychology in North Carolina.

There were roughly 4 health/medical psychology individuals who graduated with this degree at UNC Charlotte in the most recent data year.

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Virginia State University
Petersburg, VA

4 Annual Doctor's Degrees

#2 Most Popular In VA

#2 Best Quality In VA

Virginia State University is one of the most popular schools in the United States for getting a doctor's degree in health/medical psychology. Virginia State is a small public university located in the suburb of Petersburg. You also may be intersted to know that the school ranks #2 in quality for doctor's degrees in health/medical psychology in Virginia.

There were roughly 4 health/medical psychology students who graduated with this degree at Virginia State in the most recent data year.

More information about a doctorate in health/medical psychology from Virginia State University

Best Health/Medical Psychology Colleges by State

Explore the most popular health/medical psychology schools for a specific state in the Southeast Region .

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
North Carolina	190	11
Virginia	176	5
Alabama	129	7

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Rankings in Majors Related to Health/Medical Psychology

One of 16 majors within the Clinical, Counseling & Applied Psychology area of study, Health/Medical Psychology has other similar majors worth exploring.

Most Popular Majors Related to Health/Medical Psychology

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Clinical Psychology	277
Counseling Psychology	138
Educational Psychology	48
School Psychology	43
Industrial & Organizational Psychology	22
Other Psychology & Counseling	19
Community Psychology	11
Applied Behavior Analysis	8
Applied Psychology	2

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.