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2023 Best Value Health Professions Doctor's Degree Schools in California

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

46 Colleges
$13,788 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$81,655 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Health Professions Doctor's Degree School for You

In 2020-2021, health professions students earned 54,872 degrees and certificates from a California school, making the subject the 2nd in the state.

When it comes to higher education, there are a lot of options for students. 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.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Course Advisor has created the Best Value Health Professions Doctor's Degree Schools in California to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 46 schools in California to see which doctor's degree programs offered the best value experiences for health professions students with the aim of identifying those quality schools that are more affordable than some of their counterparts.

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. 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.

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

2023 Best Value Health Professions Doctor’s Degree Schools in California

Check out the health professions doctor's degree programs at these schools if you want to get the best value for your educational dollar.

Top 10 Best Health Professions Doctor's Degree Schools

Our analysis found Pacific College of Health and Science to be the best value school for health professions students who want to pursue a doctor’s degree in California. Located in the large city of San Diego, Pacific College San Diego is a private for-profit college with a small student population.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at Pacific College San Diego are $12,668 per year.

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The excellent doctor’s degree programs at California State University - Fullerton helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best value health professions schools in California. Located in the large suburb of Fullerton, Cal State Fullerton is a public school with a fairly large student population.

Cal State Fullerton graduate students pay an average of $8,410 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend San Jose State University. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Best Value Health Professions Doctor’s Degree Schools in California list. Located in the city of San Jose, San Jose State is a public school with a fairly large student population.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at San Jose State are $9,286 per year.

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Out of the 46 schools in California that were part of this year’s ranking, California State University - Sacramento landed the # 4 spot on the list. Sac State is a very large public school located in the large city of Sacramento.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at Sac State are $8,826 per year.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend California State University - Fresno. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Best Value Health Professions Doctor’s Degree Schools in California list. Fresno State is a fairly large public school located in the city of Fresno.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at Fresno State are $8,087 a year.

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California State University - Long Beach ranked #6 on this year’s Best Value Health Professions Doctor’s Degree Schools in California list. Located in the city of Long Beach, CSULB is a public school with a very large student population.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at CSULB are $8,280 per year.

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Point Loma Nazarene University came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Health Professions Doctor’s Degree Schools in California ranking. Located in the large city of San Diego, PLNU is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.

PLNU graduate students pay an average of $11,880 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

PLNU excels when it comes to quality. It’s ranked in the top 10% of all schools on our Best Health Professions Doctor’s Degree Schools in California list.

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#8

San Francisco State University

San Francisco, CA

San Francisco State University landed the #8 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value doctor’s degree health professions programs. SFSU is a very large public school located in the large city of San Francisco.

SFSU graduate students pay an average of $8,738 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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University of California - Los Angeles landed the #9 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value doctor’s degree health professions programs. Located in the large city of Los Angeles, UCLA is a public college with a very large student population.

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

In addition to its great value ranking, UCLA is in the top 20% of all schools on our Best Health Professions Doctor’s Degree Schools in California list.

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#10

San Diego State University

San Diego, CA

San Diego State University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for health professions students to get a doctor’s degree. It came in at #10 on the list. SDSU is a very large public school located in the large city of San Diego.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at SDSU are $9,570 per year.

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Best Value Health Professions Colleges in the Far Western US Region

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

State Degrees Awarded
Washington 10,021
Oregon 5,865
Hawaii 1,126
Nevada 4,207
Alaska 578

Health Professions Majors to Study

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
Public Health 40,596
Health Sciences & Services 35,945
Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions 29,833
Mental & Social Health Services 29,053
Medicine 28,629
Dental Support Services 26,399
Communication Sciences 22,298
Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences 20,393
Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science 18,901
Somatic Bodywork & Therapeutic Services 10,751
Health/Medical Prep Programs 9,210
Other Health Professions 7,984
Dentistry 6,770
Dietetics & Clinical Nutrition Services 6,158
Bioethics/Medical Ethics 5,115
Alternative Medicine & Systems 3,564
Chiropractic 2,658
Health Aids/Attendants/Orderlies 2,374
Medical Illustration & Informatics 2,089
Optometry 1,822
Advanced Dentistry & Oral Sciences 1,775
Ophthalmic & Optometric Support Services 960
Medical Science 909
Movement & Mind-Body Therapies 294
Alternative Medical Support Services 227
Energy & Biologically Based Therapies 68

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 25 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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