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2023 Best Value Health/Medical Prep Programs Schools in California

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

5 Colleges
$10,745 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$16,774 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Health/Medical Prep Programs School for You

In 2020-2021, 187 degrees and certificates were awarded to health/medical prep programs students who went to a California college or university. This makes it the #95 most popular major in the state.

Today's students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. 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 Best Value Health/Medical Prep Programs Schools in California ranking is one of many tools that Grad Degree Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. This report analyzed 5 schools in California to see which ones offered the best value programs for medical prep students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.

When determining this ranking, we place a high emphasis on the school's quality as well as its sticker price. Even though a college may be affordable, it may not offer value. 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.

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

2023 Best Value Health/Medical Prep Programs Schools in California

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

Best California Schools for Affordable Quality in Health/Medical Prep Programs

#1

San Francisco State University

San Francisco, CA
$7,304 Average Tuition & Fees

Our analysis found San Francisco State University to be the best value school for health/medical prep programs students who want to pursue a degree in California. Located in the large city of San Francisco, SFSU is a public college with a fairly large student population.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at SFSU are $7,304 per year.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of California - San Francisco. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Value Health/Medical Prep Programs Schools in California list. Located in the large city of San Francisco, UCSF is a public college with a small student population.

Full Health/Medical Prep Programs at University of California - San Francisco Report

Out of the 5 schools in California that were part of this year’s ranking, Western University of Health Sciences landed the # 3 spot on the list. Located in the suburb of Pomona, Western University of Health Sciences is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.

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$14,186 Average Tuition & Fees

The excellent programs at Charles R Drew University of Medicine and Science helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best health/medical prep programs schools in California. Located in the suburb of Los Angeles, CDU is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at CDU are $14,186 per year.

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#5

Keck Graduate Institute

Claremont, CA

The excellent programs at Keck Graduate Institute helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the best health/medical prep programs schools in California. KGI is a fairly small private not-for-profit school located in the suburb of Claremont.

KGI also made our Best Health/Medical Prep Programs Schools in California list, coming in at #2.

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Best Value Health/Medical Prep Programs Colleges in the Far Western US Region

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State Degrees Awarded
Washington 1
Nevada 0
Hawaii 0
Alaska 0

One of 29 majors within the area of study, health/medical prep programs has other similar majors worth exploring.

Related Major Annual Graduates
Nursing 66,964
Medicine 28,629
Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions 24,774
Public Health 19,473
Health & Medical Administrative Services 17,335

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 5 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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