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2023 Best Value Health Sciences & Services Undergraduate Certificate Schools in California

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

3 Colleges
$4,156 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$24,596 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Health Sciences & Services Undergraduate Certificate School for You

With 5,947 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, health sciences and services is the #22 most popular major in California.

Today's students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. With more and more schools offering online options, you could even register for a great program on the other side of the country. On top of that, there are a considerable number of trade schools that offer fast-track entry to many fields.

To help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Course Advisor has developed this Best Value Health Sciences & Services Undergraduate Certificate Schools in California ranking. This report analyzed 3 schools in California to see which ones offered the best value undergraduate certificate programs for health science students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.

When determining this ranking, we place a high emphasis on the school's quality as well as its sticker price. Even though a college may be affordable, it may not offer value. 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.

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

2023 Best Value Health Sciences & Services Undergraduate Certificate Schools in California

The colleges and universities below are the best value schools for health science majors pursuing a undergraduate certificate.

Best California Schools for Affordable Quality for an Award Taking 1 to 4 Years in Health Sciences & Services

#1

Pasadena City College

Pasadena, CA

Our analysis found Pasadena City College to be the best value school for health sciences and services students who want to pursue a undergraduate certificate in California. Located in the midsize city of Pasadena, Pasadena City College is a public college with a fairly large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at Pasadena City College are $1,212 a year.

Read full report on Health Sciences & Services at Pasadena City College

#2

Bakersfield College

Bakersfield, CA

Out of the 3 schools in California that were part of this year’s ranking, Bakersfield College landed the # 2 spot on the list. Bakersfield College is a very large public school located in the city of Bakersfield.

Bakersfield College undergraduate students pay an average of $1,430 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Pacific College of Health and Science. The school came in at #3 on this year’s Best Value Health Sciences & Services Undergraduate Certificate Schools in California list. Pacific College San Diego is a small private for-profit school located in the city of San Diego.

Pacific College San Diego undergraduate students pay an average of $9,826 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

Read full report on Health Sciences & Services at Pacific College of Health and Science

Best Value Health Sciences & Services Colleges in the Far Western US Region

Explore all the Best Value Health Sciences & Services Schools in the Far Western US Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Washington 394
Oregon 350
Nevada 432
Alaska 1

One of 30 majors within the area of study, health sciences and services has other similar majors worth exploring.

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
Allied Health Professions 82,308

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 3 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).
  • Credit for the banner image above goes to Sandra M. Palumbo.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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