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2023 Most Popular Medical Science Schools in California

8 Colleges
$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.

The Most Popular Medical Science Schools in California ranking is one of many tools that Course Advisor has developed to help you make your educational decision. Our analysis looked at 8 schools in California to see which programs were the most popular for students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from the Medical Science program at each school on the list.

The colleges and universities below are the most popular for medical science majors pursuing a .

Our 2023 rankings named University of California - San Francisco the most popular school in California for medical science students. UCSF is a small public school located in the large city of San Francisco.

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Out of the 8 schools in California that were part of this year’s ranking, University of California - San Diego landed the # 2 spot on the list. UCSD is a fairly large public school located in the city of La Jolla.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Southern California. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Most Popular Medical Science Schools in California list. USC is a very large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Los Angeles.

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A rank of #4 on this year’s list means University of California - Irvine is a great place for medical science students. Located in the large city of Irvine, UC Irvine is a public college with a very large student population.

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#5

Keck Graduate Institute

Claremont, CA

Out of the 8 schools in California that were part of this year’s ranking, Keck Graduate Institute landed the # 5 spot on the list. Located in the suburb of Claremont, KGI is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.

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University of California - Los Angeles ranked #6 on this year’s Most Popular Medical Science Schools in California list. Located in the city of Los Angeles, UCLA is a public school with a fairly large student population.

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#7

Loma Linda University

Loma Linda, CA

Loma Linda University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular schools for medical science students. It came in at #7 on the list. Located in the suburb of Loma Linda, Loma Linda University is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.

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Southern California University of Health Sciences came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Medical Science Schools in California ranking. Located in the suburb of Whittier, SCU is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.

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Best Medical Science Colleges in the Far Western US Region

Explore all the Most Popular Medical Science Schools in the Far Western US Area or other specific states within that region.

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 8 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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