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2023 Best Value Medicine Doctor's Degree Schools in California

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

8 Colleges
$26,754 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$57,667 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Medicine Doctor's Degree School for You

Medicine is the #63 most popular major in California with 1,756 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

There are so many programs in today's world that it can tough to figure out which one is the right one for you. As online education oppotunities continue to grow, you're not restricted to just schools in your local area anymore. Even some of the 'big name' schools are offering online courses. Also, there are a number of trade schools with offerings that you might find attractive.

To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Course Advisor has created its Best Value Medicine Doctor's Degree Schools in California ranking. This report analyzed 8 schools in California to see which ones offered the best value doctor's degree programs for medicine students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.

This ranking is not just a list of inexpensive schools. We also consider each school's quality, since we believe a low-quality school may not be a 'bargain' at any price. 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.

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

2023 Best Value Medicine Doctor’s Degree Schools in California

The following schools top our list of the Best Value Medicine Doctor's Degree Colleges.

Best California Schools for Affordable Quality for a Doctorate in Medicine

Our 2023 rankings named University of California - Los Angeles the best value school in California for medicine students working on their doctor’s degree. UCLA is a very large public school located in the city of Los Angeles.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at UCLA are $13,036 per year.

UCLA excels when it comes to quality. It’s ranked in the top 20% of all schools on our Best Medicine Doctor’s Degree Schools in California list.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend University of California - San Francisco. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Value Medicine Doctor’s Degree Schools in California list. Located in the city of San Francisco, UCSF is a public school with a small student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at UCSF are $12,999 a year.

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A rank of #3 on this year’s list means University of California - Davis is a great value for medicine students working on their doctor’s degree. UC Davis is a fairly large public school located in the small suburb of Davis.

UC Davis graduate students pay an average of $13,608 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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The excellent doctor’s degree programs at University of California - Irvine helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best value medicine schools in California. UC Irvine is a fairly large public school located in the city of Irvine.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at UC Irvine are $13,356 a year.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of California - San Diego. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Best Value Medicine Doctor’s Degree Schools in California list. Located in the large city of La Jolla, UCSD is a public college with a fairly large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at UCSD are $13,564 a year.

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#6

Stanford University

Stanford, CA

Stanford University ranked #6 on this year’s Best Value Medicine Doctor’s Degree Schools in California list. Located in the large suburb of Stanford, Stanford is a private not-for-profit college with a large student population.

Stanford graduate students pay an average of $55,011 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

Stanford also took the #1 spot in our Best Medicine Doctor’s Degree Schools in California rankings.

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#7

Loma Linda University

Loma Linda, CA

Loma Linda University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for medicine students to get a doctor’s degree. It came in at #7 on the list. Loma Linda University is a small private not-for-profit school located in the large suburb of Loma Linda.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at Loma Linda University are $31,058 a year.

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University of Southern California landed the #8 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value doctor’s degree medicine programs. Located in the city of Los Angeles, USC is a private not-for-profit college with a very large student population.

USC graduate students pay an average of $61,396 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

USC also claimed a spot on our Best Medicine Doctor’s Degree Schools in California list. It’s in the top 15% of all schools in this category.

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Best Value Medicine Colleges in the Far Western US Region

Explore all the Best Value Medicine Schools in the Far Western US Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Washington 478
Oregon 158
Nevada 242
Hawaii 68

One of 30 majors within the area of study, medicine 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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