Iowa Named As A Great State For Doctors In 2025

There are great doctors everywhere, but some places have more great doctors than others. That's because the state is really good for those providers.

A new study shows that most of the Midwest is great for doctors, including Iowa. Up north, Iowa gives doctors great opportunities and they pay well.

While every state has doctors to take care of the community, some states are the best for doctors, and some are excellent. Iowa is one of those excellent states, and all we can say is "Thank goodness!"

Iowa Is In The Top 5 Best States For Doctors

WalletHub released its list of 2024 Best & Worst States for Doctors. To find out which states were the best and which were the worst, they compared all of the states across two key dimensions:

• Opportunity & Competition
• Medical Environment

After doing all of the math, WalletHub found that Iowa is the 4th best state for doctors.

Worst States For Doctors

We'll get to the top 10 best states for doctors; let's look at the bottom.

Illinois actually is close to the bottom of this list landing at the 6th worst state for doctors, or the 46th best state. The reason Illinois is so low is that the Land of Lincoln ranked dead last in the Medical Environment dimension.

These are the worst states for doctors:

42. Alaska
43. New York
44. Maryland
45. New Mexico
46. Illinois
47. Oregon
48. New Jersey
49. District of Columbia
50. Rhode Island
51. Hawaii

Best States For Doctors

If you plan on adding M.D. to the end of your name or know someone who wants to, these are the 10 best states for them to work in, according to WalletHub:

1. Montana
2. Indiana
3. South Dakota
4. Iowa
5. Utah
6. North Carolina
7. Minnesota
8. North Dakota
9. Tennessee
10. Wisconsin