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2023 Most Popular Health/Medical Prep Programs Graduate Certificate Schools in California

7 Colleges
$17,657 Avg Salary
$25,438 Avg Student Debt

Finding the Best Health/Medical Prep Programs Graduate Certificate 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 Most Popular Health/Medical Prep Programs Graduate Certificate Schools in California ranking is one of many tools that Grad Degree Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. Our analysis looked at 7 schools in California to see which graduate certificate programs were the most popular for students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from the Health/Medical Prep Programs program at each school on the list.

Check out the medical prep graduate certificate programs at these schools if you want to attend one of the most popular in California.

#1

Keck Graduate Institute

Claremont, CA

Our 2023 rankings named Keck Graduate Institute the most popular school in California for health/medical prep programs students working on their graduate certificate. KGI is a fairly small private not-for-profit school located in the large suburb of Claremont.

Of the 69 students majoring in medical prep at KGI, 36% are male and 64% are female.

While working on their Graduate Certificate, medical prep majors at KGI accumulate an average of around $24,498 in student debt.

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#2

San Francisco State University

San Francisco, CA

A rank of #2 on this year’s list means San Francisco State University is a great place for health/medical prep programs students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the city of San Francisco, SFSU is a public college with a fairly large student population.

Of the 24 students majoring in medical prep at SFSU, 33% are male and 67% are female.

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#3

Scripps College

Claremont, CA

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Scripps College. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Most Popular Health/Medical Prep Programs Graduate Certificate Schools in California list. Located in the large suburb of Claremont, Scripps is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.

Women make up 59% of the medical prep majors at the school.

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

About 24% of the students majoring in medical prep at the school are women while 76% are male.

After completing their Graduate Certificate, medical prep graduates from CDU carry an average student debt load of $24,870.

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The in-demand graduate certificate programs at University of California - San Francisco helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular health/medical prep programs schools in California. Located in the large city of San Francisco, UCSF is a public college with a small student population.

About 61% of the students majoring in medical prep at the school are women while 39% are male.

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#6

Mills College

Oakland, CA

Mills College did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular places for health/medical prep programs students to get a graduate certificate. It came in at #6 on the list. Mills is a fairly small private not-for-profit school located in the city of Oakland.

Of the 15 students majoring in medical prep at Mills, 27% are male and 73% are female.

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With a ranking of #7, California State University - San Marcos did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for health/medical prep programs students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the large suburb of San Marcos, CSUSM is a public college with a fairly large student population.

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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 7 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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