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2023 Best Value Medical Science Schools in California

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

6 Colleges
$25,809 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$72,506 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Medical Science School for You

In 2020-2021, 86 degrees and certificates were awarded to medical science students who went to a California college or university. This makes it the #226 most popular major in the state.

With all the programs available today, it can be tough to choose which one is the best for you. 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 Medical Science Schools in California ranking. This report analyzed 6 schools in California to see which ones offered the best value programs for medical science students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.

Our ranking of value is based on the quality of a program as defined in our per sticker price dollar. More specifically, we discount our quality score by the published tuition and fees charged by a school. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The value is determined by how much quality your dollar buys.

In our regional and nationwide rankings, out-of-state tution and fees are used in our calculations. Average in-state tuition and fees are used for our statewide rankings.

2023 Best Value Medical Science Schools in California

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

Best California Schools for Affordable Quality in Medical Science

Our analysis found University of California - San Francisco to be the best value school for medical science students who want to pursue a degree in California. UCSF is a small public school located in the city of San Francisco.

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$13,258 Average Tuition & Fees

A rank of #2 on this year’s list means University of California - Los Angeles is a great value for medical science students. Located in the large city of Los Angeles, UCLA is a public college with a very large student population.

UCLA undergraduate students pay an average of $13,258 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

UCLA excels when it comes to quality. It’s ranked in the top 10% of all schools on our Best Medical Science Schools in California list.

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$13,775 Average Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of California - Irvine. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Best Value Medical Science Schools in California list. Located in the large city of Irvine, UC Irvine is a public school with a very large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at UC Irvine are $13,775 a year.

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Out of the 6 schools in California that were part of this year’s ranking, University of California - San Diego landed the # 4 spot on the list. UCSD is a very large public school located in the large city of La Jolla.

UCSD undergraduate students pay an average of $14,700 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

UCSD excels when it comes to quality. It’s ranked in the top 20% of all schools on our Best Medical Science Schools in California list.

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#5

Keck Graduate Institute

Claremont, CA

Out of the 6 schools in California that were part of this year’s ranking, Keck Graduate Institute landed the # 5 spot on the list. Located in the large suburb of Claremont, KGI is a private not-for-profit school with a fairly small student population.

KGI also made our Best Medical Science Schools in California list, coming in at #2.

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$61,503 Average Tuition & Fees

University of Southern California came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Medical Science Schools in California ranking. USC is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Los Angeles.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at USC are $61,503 a year.

In addition to its great value ranking, USC is in the top 10% of all schools on our Best Medical Science Schools in California list.

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Best Value Medical Science Colleges in the Far Western US Region

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State Degrees Awarded
Washington 7
Oregon 52

One of 30 majors within the area of study, medical science 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 6 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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