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2023 Best Value Medical Science Schools in the Far Western US Region

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

8 Colleges
$44,446 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$72,506 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Medical Science School for You

Medical Science is the #147 most popular major in the country with 909 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

It's not easy to decide which program to enroll in when you have so many options available. Along with traditional schools that require in-person attendence, you can attend one of many reputable online schools. Some programs even offer a hybrid experience. Alternatively, you may choose a trade school that prepares you to enter the workforce with knowledge in a specific field.

To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Grad Degree Search has created its Best Value Medical Science Schools in the Far Western US Region ranking. Our analysis looked at 8 schools in the Far Western US Region to see which programs offered the best value experiences for medical science students with the aim of identifying those quality schools that are more affordable than some of their counterparts.

Our ranking of value is based on the quality of a program as defined in our per sticker price dollar. 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.

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

2023 Best Value Medical Science Schools in the Far Western US Region

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

Best Far Western US Region Schools for Affordable Quality in Medical Science

$34,274 Average Tuition & Fees

Our 2023 rankings named Oregon Health & Science University the best value school in the Far Western US Region for medical science students. OHSU is a small public school located in the city of Portland.

OHSU undergraduate students pay an average of $34,274 in tuition and fees each year.

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The excellent programs at University of California - San Francisco helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best medical science schools in the Far Western US Region . Located in the city of San Francisco, UCSF is a public school with a small student population.

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A rank of #3 on this year’s list means University of California - Los Angeles is a great value for medical science students. UCLA is a very large public school located in the city of Los Angeles.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at UCLA are $43,012 a year.

UCLA also claimed a spot on our Best Medical Science Schools in the Far Western US Region list. It’s in the top 10% of all schools in this category.

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$43,529 Average Tuition & Fees

Out of the 8 schools in the Far Western US Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of California - Irvine landed the # 4 spot on the list. UC Irvine is a fairly large public school located in the large city of Irvine.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at UC Irvine are $43,529 a year.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend University of Washington - Seattle Campus. The school came in at #5 on this year’s Best Value Medical Science Schools in the Far Western US Region list. Located in the city of Seattle, UW Seattle is a public college with a fairly large student population.

UW Seattle undergraduate students pay an average of $39,906 in tuition and fees each year.

On top of its placing in our value ranking, UW Seattle also did well on our Best Medical Science Schools in the Far Western US Region list. It’s in the top 15% of all schools reviewed in this analysis.

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$44,454 Average Tuition & Fees

University of California - San Diego did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best value schools for medical science students. It came in at #6 on the list. Located in the city of La Jolla, UCSD is a public college with a very large student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at UCSD are $44,454 per year.

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#7

Keck Graduate Institute

Claremont, CA

Keck Graduate Institute landed the #7 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value medical science programs. KGI is a small private not-for-profit school located in the large suburb of Claremont.

KGI did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our Best Medical Science Schools in the Far Western US Region list.

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University of Southern California did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best value schools for medical science students. It came in at #8 on the list. Located in the large city of Los Angeles, USC is a private not-for-profit college with a fairly large student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at USC are $61,503 per year.

USC also claimed a spot on our Best Medical Science Schools in the Far Western US Region list. It’s in the top 10% of all schools in this category.

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Best Medical Science Colleges by State

Explore the best medical science schools for a specific state in the Far Western US region.

State Degrees Awarded
California 86
Washington 7
Oregon 52

More Medical Science Rankings in the Far Western US Region

One of 29 majors within the area of study, medical science 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 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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