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

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

3 Colleges
$39,319 Avg Tuition & Fees*

Finding the Best Medical Science Graduate Certificate 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 help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Grad Degree Search has developed this Best Value Medical Science Graduate Certificate Schools in the Far Western US Region ranking. Our analysis looked at 3 schools in the Far Western US Region to see which graduate certificate 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 Graduate Certificate Schools in the Far Western US Region

Check out the medical science graduate certificate programs at these schools if you want to get the best value for your educational dollar.

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

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

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at OHSU are $28,460 a year.

Read full report on Medical Science at Oregon Health & Science University

Out of the 3 schools in the Far Western US Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of California - San Francisco landed the # 2 spot on the list. Located in the city of San Francisco, UCSF is a public college with a small student population.

UCSF graduate students pay an average of $28,101 in tuition and fees each year.

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The excellent graduate certificate programs at University of Southern California helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best value medical science schools in the Far Western US Region . Located in the city of Los Angeles, USC is a private not-for-profit school with a fairly large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at USC are $61,396 a year.

In addition to its great value ranking, USC is in the top 20% of all schools on our Best Medical Science Graduate Certificate Schools in the Far Western US Region list.

Read full report on Medical Science at University of Southern California

Best Medical Science Colleges by State

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

State Degrees Awarded
California 86
Washington 7
Oregon 52

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 3 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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