2025 Best Medicine Doctor's Degree Schools in Florida

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 looked at 9 colleges and universities when compiling its 2025 Best Medicine Doctor's Degree Schools in Florida ranking. Combined, these schools handed out 1,443 doctor's degrees in medicine to qualified students.

What's on this page: * Our Methodology

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Choosing a Great Medicine School for Your Doctor's Degree

The medicine doctor's degree program you select can have a big impact on your future. Important measures of a quality medicine program can vary widely even among the top schools. Below we explain some of the most important factors to consider before making your choice:

Overall Quality Is a Must

A school that excels in educating for a particular major and degree level must be a great school overall as well. To account for this we include a school's overall Best Colleges for a Doctor's Degree ranking which itself looks at a host of various factors like degree completion, educational resources, student body caliber and post-graduation earnings for the school as a whole.

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

The metrics below are just some of the other metrics that we use to determine our rankings.

• Major Focus - How much a school focuses on medicine students vs. other majors.
• Major Demand - How many other medicine students want to attend this school to pursue a doctor's degree.
• Educational Resources - How many resources are allocated to students. These resources may include educational expenditures per student, number of students per instructor, and graduation rate among other things.
• Student Debt - How much debt medicine students go into to obtain their doctor's degree and how well they are able to pay back that debt.
• 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 colleges for medicine students working on their doctor's degree.

More Ways to Rank Medicine Schools

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 Florida.

Best Schools for Doctorate Students to Study Medicine in Florida

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

Top Florida Schools for a Doctorate in Medicine

1

University of Florida
Gainesville, FL

141 Annual Graduates

University of Florida is one of the finest schools in the United States for getting a doctor's degree in medicine. UF is a fairly large public university located in the medium-sized city of Gainesville.More information about a doctorate in medicine from University of Florida

2

Nova Southeastern University
Fort Lauderdale, FL

424 Annual Graduates

$61,451 Median Starting Salary

Any student who is interested in a doctor's degree in medicine has to look into Nova Southeastern University. Located in the large suburb of Fort Lauderdale, NUS Florida is a private not-for-profit university with a fairly large student population.

Soon after graduating, medicine doctorate recipients typically make about $61,451 in the first five years of their career.

More information about a doctorate in medicine from Nova Southeastern University

3

University of Miami
Coral Gables, FL

211 Annual Graduates

Any student who is interested in a doctor's degree in medicine has to check out University of Miami. Located in the suburb of Coral Gables, U Miami is a private not-for-profit university with a fairly large student population.More information about a doctorate in medicine from University of Miami

4

University of South Florida - Main Campus
Tampa, FL

179 Annual Graduates

Any student pursuing a degree in a doctor's degree in medicine has to look into University of South Florida - Main Campus. Located in the city of Tampa, USF Tampa is a public university with a fairly large student population.More information about a doctorate in medicine from University of South Florida - Main Campus

5

Florida State University
Tallahassee, FL

125 Annual Graduates

Florida State is a very large public university located in the midsize city of Tallahassee.More information about a doctorate in medicine from Florida State University

6

University of Central Florida
Orlando, FL

122 Annual Graduates

Located in the suburb of Orlando, UCF is a public university with a very large student population.More information about a doctorate in medicine from University of Central Florida

7

Florida International University
Miami, FL

118 Annual Graduates

Located in the large suburb of Miami, FIU is a public university with a very large student population.More information about a doctorate in medicine from Florida International University

8

Florida Atlantic University
Boca Raton, FL

64 Annual Graduates

Located in the small city of Boca Raton, FAU is a public university with a fairly large student population.More information about a doctorate in medicine from Florida Atlantic University

9

Barry University
Miami, FL

59 Annual Graduates

Located in the suburb of Miami, Barry University is a private not-for-profit university with a medium-sized student population.More information about a doctorate in medicine from Barry University

Best Medicine Colleges in the Southeast Region

Explore all the Best Medicine Colleges in the Southeast Area or other specific states within that region.

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Virginia	127	1,144
Georgia	126	565
North Carolina	115	684
Mississippi	113	228
Louisiana	103	492
Tennessee	102	680
Alabama	98	404
South Carolina	91	381
Kentucky	87	430
Arkansas	58	314
West Virginia	49	370

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Medicine Related Rankings by Major

Medicine is one of 34 different types of Health Professions programs to choose from.

Medicine Focus Areas

Major	Annual Graduates
Medicine	1,012
Osteopathic Medicine/Osteopathy	372
Podiatric Medicine/Podiatry	59

Most Popular Related Majors

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Nursing	890
Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences	787
Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions	696
Dentistry	218
Optometry	132
Public Health	49
Chiropractic	48
Communication Sciences	45
Health Sciences & Services	37
Allied Health Professions	27

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.