2025 Best Medicine Doctor's Degree Schools in the New England Region

Medicine is of the hottest doctor's degree programs in the United States, coming in as the #2 most popular major in the country. So, there are lots of possibilities to explore when you're trying to determine where you want to get your degree.

College Factual reviewed 7 schools in the New England Region to determine which ones were the best for doctor's degree seekers in the field of medicine. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 1,471 doctor's degrees in medicine during the 2022-2023 academic year.

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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. Below we explain some of the most important factors to consider before making your choice:

Overall Quality Is a Must

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.

Average Early-Career Salaries

Average early-career salary of those graduating with their doctor's degree is one indicator we use in our analysis to find the schools that offer the highest-quality education. That is, everyone wants their doctor's degree to be worth something, and salaries are one measure of determining that.

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 the New England Region.

Best Schools for Doctorate Students to Study Medicine in the New England Region

The following list ranks the best colleges and universities for pursuing a doctor's degree in medicine.

Top New England Region Schools for a Doctorate in Medicine

1

Brown University
Providence, RI

135 Annual Graduates

Every student pursuing a degree in a doctor's degree in medicine has to check out Brown University. Located in the medium-sized city of Providence, Brown is a private not-for-profit university with a fairly large student population.More information about a doctorate in medicine from Brown University

2

Boston University
Boston, MA

149 Annual Graduates

Boston University is one of the finest schools in the United States for getting a doctor's degree in medicine. Boston U is a very large private not-for-profit university located in the city of Boston.More information about a doctorate in medicine from Boston University

3

Tufts University
Medford, MA

202 Annual Graduates

Tufts University is a wonderful choice for individuals pursuing a doctor's degree in medicine. Tufts is a large private not-for-profit university located in the suburb of Medford.More information about a doctorate in medicine from Tufts University

4

Quinnipiac University
Hamden, CT

95 Annual Graduates

$69,516 Median Starting Salary

Any student pursuing a degree in a doctor's degree in medicine needs to look into Quinnipiac University. Located in the large suburb of Hamden, Quinnipiac is a private not-for-profit university with a medium-sized student population.

Students who graduate with their doctorate from the medicine program report average early career income of $69,516.

More information about a doctorate in medicine from Quinnipiac University

5

University of Connecticut
Storrs, CT

109 Annual Graduates

Located in the town of Storrs, UCONN is a public university with a fairly large student population.More information about a doctorate in medicine from University of Connecticut

6

University of Vermont
Burlington, VT

112 Annual Graduates

UVM is a large public university located in the city of Burlington.More information about a doctorate in medicine from University of Vermont

7

University of New England
Biddeford, ME

171 Annual Graduates

$65,581 Median Starting Salary

UNE is a medium-sized private not-for-profit university located in the midsize suburb of Biddeford.

Doctorate graduates who receive their degree from the medicine program earn an average of $65,581 in their early career salary.

More information about a doctorate in medicine from University of New England

Best Medicine Colleges by State

Explore the best medicine schools for a specific state in the New England Region .

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Massachusetts	153	692
Connecticut	93	293
Rhode Island	78	120
New Hampshire	47	99
Maine	46	174
Vermont	30	110

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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	1,300
Osteopathic Medicine/Osteopathy	171

Most Popular Related Majors

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions	1,229
Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences	857
Nursing	665
Dentistry	577
Optometry	192
Bioethics/Medical Ethics	65
Public Health	43
Health Sciences & Services	39
Chiropractic	33
Mental & Social Health Services	22

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.