2025 Best Medicine Doctor's Degree Schools in Ohio

If you pursue a doctor's degree in medicine, you won't be alone. The field of study is the #2 most popular program in the country. This means there are lots of options to choose from when you decide to get your degree.

College Factual reviewed 7 schools in Ohio to determine which ones were the best for doctor's degree seekers in the field of medicine. Combined, these schools handed out 1,332 doctor's degrees in medicine to qualified students.

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• Best Doctor’s Degree Schools List

Choosing a Great Medicine School for Your Doctor's Degree

Your choice of medicine for getting your doctor's degree school matters. This section explores some of the factors we include in our ranking and how much they vary depending on the school you select. To make it into this list, a school must excel in the following areas.

A Great Overall School

The overall quality of a doctor's degree school is important to ensure a quality education, not just how well they do in a particular major. To make it into this list a school must rank well in our overall Best Colleges for a Doctor's Degree ranking. This ranking considered factors such as graduation rates, overall graduate earnings and other educational resources to identify great colleges and universities.

Early-Career Earnings

One measure we use to determine the quality of a school is to look at the average salary of doctorate graduates during the early years of their career. This is because one of the main reasons people pursue their doctor's degree is to enable themselves to find better-paying positions.

Other Factors We Consider

In addition to the above, you should consider some of the following factors:

• Major Focus - How many resources a school devotes to medicine students as compared to other majors.
• Major Demand - The number of medicine students who choose to seek a doctor's degree at the school.
• Educational Resources - The amount of money and other resources allocated to students while they are pursuing their degree. These resources include such things as number of students per instructor and education expenditures per student.
• Student Debt - How easy is it for medicine to pay back their student loans after receiving their doctor's degree.
• Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized medicine related body.

Our full ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best schools for medicine students working on their doctor's degree.

One Size Does Not Fit All

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 Doctor's Degree Schools in Ohio.

Best Schools for Doctorate Students to Study Medicine in Ohio

Below you'll see a list of the best colleges and universities for pursuing a doctor's degree in medicine.

Top Ohio Schools for a Doctorate in Medicine

1

Case Western Reserve University
Cleveland, OH

211 Annual Graduates

Case Western Reserve University is one of the finest schools in the country for getting a doctor's degree in medicine. Case Western is a fairly large private not-for-profit university located in the large city of Cleveland.More information about a doctorate in medicine from Case Western Reserve University

2

Ohio State University - Main Campus
Columbus, OH

198 Annual Graduates

Ohio State University - Main Campus is a wonderful decision for students pursuing a doctor's degree in medicine. Ohio State is a very large public university located in the city of Columbus.More information about a doctorate in medicine from Ohio State University - Main Campus

3

University of Cincinnati - Main Campus
Cincinnati, OH

167 Annual Graduates

University of Cincinnati - Main Campus is a wonderful choice for students pursuing a doctor's degree in medicine. UC is a very large public university located in the city of Cincinnati.More information about a doctorate in medicine from University of Cincinnati - Main Campus

4

Ohio University - Athens Campus
Athens, OH

242 Annual Graduates

Ohio University - Athens Campus is one of the finest schools in the country for getting a doctor's degree in medicine. OHIO Athens is a very large public university located in the distant town of Athens.More information about a doctorate in medicine from Ohio University - Athens Campus

5

University of Toledo
Toledo, OH

162 Annual Graduates

Located in the city of Toledo, University of Toledo is a public university with a fairly large student population.More information about a doctorate in medicine from University of Toledo

6

Wright State University - Main Campus
Dayton, OH

108 Annual Graduates

$64,945 Median Starting Salary

Wright State University - Main Campus is a moderately-sized public university located in the suburb of Dayton.

Students who graduate with their doctorate from the medicine program state that they receive average early career earnings of $64,945.

More information about a doctorate in medicine from Wright State University - Main Campus

7

Kent State University at Kent
Kent, OH

100 Annual Graduates

Kent State is a very large public university located in the suburb of Kent.More information about a doctorate in medicine from Kent State University at Kent

Best Medicine Colleges in the Great Lakes Region

Explore all the Best Medicine Schools in the Great Lakes Area or other specific states within that region.

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Illinois	153	1,344
Michigan	149	1,198
Indiana	132	494
Wisconsin	108	419

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Rankings in Majors Related to Medicine

One of 34 majors within the Health Professions area of study, Medicine has other similar majors worth exploring.

Medicine Concentrations

Major	Annual Graduates
Medicine	990
Osteopathic Medicine/Osteopathy	242
Podiatric Medicine/Podiatry	100

Majors Similar to Medicine

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences	614
Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions	610
Nursing	318
Dentistry	204
Communication Sciences	74
Optometry	62
Public Health	29
Health & Medical Administrative Services	17
Other Health Professions	13
Medical Science	5

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.