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2023 Best Value Medical Science Graduate Certificate Schools in California

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

2 Colleges
$37,198 Avg Tuition & Fees*

Finding the Best Medical Science Graduate Certificate School for You

In 2020-2021, 86 degrees and certificates were awarded to medical science students who went to a California college or university. This makes it the #139 most popular major in the state.

When it comes to higher education, there are a lot of options for students. As online education oppotunities continue to grow, you're not restricted to just schools in your local area anymore. Even some of the 'big name' schools are offering online courses. Also, there are a number of trade schools with offerings that you might find attractive.

The Best Value Medical Science 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 2 schools in California 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.

This ranking is not just a list of inexpensive schools. We also consider each school's quality, since we believe a low-quality school may not be a 'bargain' at any price. More specifically, we discount our quality score by the published tuition and fees charged by a school. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The value is determined by how much quality your dollar buys.

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

2023 Best Value Medical Science Graduate Certificate Schools in California

The following schools top our list of the Best Value Medical Science Graduate Certificate Colleges.

Best California Schools for Affordable Quality for a Postbaccalaureate Certificates in Medical Science

Our 2023 rankings named University of California - San Francisco the best value school in California for medical science students working on their graduate certificate. UCSF is a small public school located in the large city of San Francisco.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at UCSF are $12,999 per year.

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Out of the 2 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 large city of Los Angeles.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at USC are $61,396 per year.

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Best Value Medical Science Colleges in the Far Western US Region

Explore all the Best Value Medical Science Colleges in the Far Western US Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Washington 7
Oregon 52

Medical Science is one of 29 different types of programs to choose from.

Majors Similar to Medical Science

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 2 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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