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Most Popular Health Professions Doctor's Degree Schools in California

2023 Most Popular Health Professions Doctor's Degree Schools in California

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$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.

To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Course Advisor has created its Most Popular Health Professions Doctor's Degree Schools in California ranking. This report analyzed 60 schools in California to see which ones were the most popular doctor's degree programs for students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from the Health Professions program at each school on the list.

Check out the health professions doctor's degree programs at these schools if you want to attend one of the most popular in California.

Our analysis found University of St. Augustine for Health Sciences to be the most popular school for health professions students who want to pursue a doctor’s degree in California. Located in the suburb of San Marcos, USAHS is a private for-profit college with a moderately-sized student population.

Women make up 62% of the health professions majors at the school.

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Out of the 60 schools in California that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Southern California landed the # 2 spot on the list. USC is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Los Angeles.

About 60% of the students majoring in health professions at the school are women while 40% are male.

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Out of the 60 schools in California that were part of this year’s ranking, University of California - San Francisco landed the # 3 spot on the list. UCSF is a small public school located in the city of San Francisco.

Of the 610 students majoring in health professions at UCSF, 34% are male and 66% are female.

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#4

Loma Linda University

Loma Linda, CA

A rank of #4 on this year’s list means Loma Linda University is a great place for health professions students working on their doctor’s degree. Located in the large suburb of Loma Linda, Loma Linda University is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.

Of the 550 students majoring in health professions at Loma Linda University, 41% are male and 59% are female.

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A rank of #5 on this year’s list means Pacific College of Health and Science is a great place for health professions students working on their doctor’s degree. Located in the city of San Diego, Pacific College San Diego is a private for-profit college with a small student population.

About 81% of the students majoring in health professions at the school are women while 19% are male.

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University of the Pacific ranked #6 on this year’s Most Popular Health Professions Doctor’s Degree Schools in California list. Pacific is a moderately-sized private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Stockton.

About 63% of the students majoring in health professions at the school are women while 37% are male.

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University of California - Los Angeles landed the #7 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular doctor’s degree health professions programs. Located in the large city of Los Angeles, UCLA is a public college with a fairly large student population.

About 60% of the students majoring in health professions at the school are women while 40% are male.

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Western University of Health Sciences landed the #8 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular doctor’s degree health professions programs. Western University of Health Sciences is a small private not-for-profit school located in the suburb of Pomona.

About 56% of the students majoring in health professions at the school are women while 44% are male.

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University of California - San Diego landed the #9 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular doctor’s degree health professions programs. UCSD is a fairly large public school located in the large city of La Jolla.

About 60% of the students majoring in health professions at the school are women while 40% are male.

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#10

Chapman University

Orange, CA

With a ranking of #10, Chapman University did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for health professions students working on their doctor’s degree. Chapman is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school located in the medium-sized city of Orange.

About 57% of the students majoring in health professions at the school are women while 43% are male.

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Additional Noteworthy Schools

Here are some additional popular schools for Health Professions students in the state of California that almost earned our Most Popular Health Professions Doctor's Degree Schools in California award.

Rank College Location
11 Marshall B Ketchum University Fullerton, CA
12 Life Chiropractic College West Hayward, CA

Best Health Professions Colleges in the Far Western US Region

Explore all the Most Popular 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).

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