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2023 Best Value Allied Health Professions Master's Degree Schools in California

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

18 Colleges
$29,093 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$95,097 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Allied Health Professions Master's Degree School for You

In 2020-2021, 4,117 degrees and certificates were awarded to allied health professions students who went to a California college or university. This makes it the #30 most popular major in the state.

It's not easy to decide which program to enroll in when you have so many options available. You can choose a traditional brick and mortar school, or with the growth of online education, you can attend a school half-way across the country without even leaving your house. Also there are many trade schools that offer short-term programs that open up more career options.

To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Course Advisor has created its Best Value Allied Health Professions Master's Degree Schools in California ranking. Our analysis looked at 18 schools in California to see which master's degree programs offered the best value experiences for allied health students with the aim of identifying those quality schools that are more affordable than some of their counterparts.

Our ranking of value is based on the quality of a program as defined in our per sticker price dollar. Specifically, our score for quality is discounted by the published tuition and fees charged by the given college. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The more quality your dollar buys, the better the value.

In our regional and nationwide rankings, out-of-state tution and fees are used in our calculations. For statewide rankings, we use average in-state tuition and fees.

2023 Best Value Allied Health Professions Master’s Degree Schools in California

The colleges and universities below are the best value schools for allied health majors pursuing a master's degree.

Top 10 Best Allied Health Professions Master's Degree Schools

Our 2023 rankings named California State University - Monterey Bay the best value school in California for allied health professions students working on their master’s degree. Located in the suburb of Seaside, CSUMB is a public school with a medium-sized student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at CSUMB are $8,652 a year.

Read full report on Allied Health Professions at California State University - Monterey Bay

Out of the 18 schools in California that were part of this year’s ranking, Western University of Health Sciences landed the # 2 spot on the list. Located in the large suburb of Pomona, Western University of Health Sciences is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at Western University of Health Sciences are $22,709 per year.

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A rank of #3 on this year’s list means Dominican University of California is a great value for allied health professions students working on their master’s degree. Located in the city of San Rafael, DUofC is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.

DUofC graduate students pay an average of $16,569 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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The excellent master’s degree programs at Point Loma Nazarene University helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best value allied health professions schools in California. PLNU is a small private not-for-profit school located in the city of San Diego.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at PLNU are $11,880 a year.

Full Allied Health Professions at Point Loma Nazarene University Report

The excellent master’s degree programs at Azusa Pacific University helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the best value allied health professions schools in California. Azusa Pacific is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school located in the suburb of Azusa.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at Azusa Pacific are $16,696 a year.

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Touro University California came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Allied Health Professions Master’s Degree Schools in California ranking. TUC is a small private not-for-profit school located in the city of Vallejo.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at TUC are $31,020 per year.

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Marshall B Ketchum University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for allied health professions students to get a master’s degree. It came in at #7 on the list. MBKU is a small private not-for-profit school located in the suburb of Fullerton.

MBKU graduate students pay an average of $38,408 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

Full Allied Health Professions at Marshall B Ketchum University Report

#8

Loma Linda University

Loma Linda, CA

Loma Linda University landed the #8 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value master’s degree allied health professions programs. Loma Linda University is a small private not-for-profit school located in the large suburb of Loma Linda.

Loma Linda University graduate students pay an average of $31,058 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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Fresno Pacific University ranked #9 on this year’s Best Value Allied Health Professions Master’s Degree Schools in California list. Located in the city of Fresno, Fresno Pacific is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at Fresno Pacific are $15,060 a year.

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#10

University of La Verne

La Verne, CA

With a ranking of #10, University of La Verne did quite well on this year’s best value schools for allied health professions students working on their master’s degree. ULV is a moderately-sized private not-for-profit school located in the large suburb of La Verne.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at ULV are $14,520 per year.

Read full report on Allied Health Professions at University of La Verne

Best Value Allied Health Professions Colleges in the Far Western US Region

Explore all the Best Value Allied Health Professions Colleges in the Far Western US Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Washington 711
Oregon 615
Nevada 313
Hawaii 49
Alaska 38

One of 30 majors within the area of study, allied health professions has other similar majors worth exploring.

Majors Similar to Allied Health

Related Major Annual Graduates
Nursing 322,592
Health & Medical Administrative Services 89,359
Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services 84,492
Practical Nursing & Nursing Assistants 84,274
Public Health 40,596

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 18 schools only.

  • 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.

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