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2023 Most Popular Medicine Schools in California

9 Colleges
$60,565 Avg Salary

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In 2020-2021, 1,756 degrees and certificates were awarded to medicine students who went to a California college or university. This makes it the #15 most popular major in the state.

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The Most Popular Medicine 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 9 schools in California to see which programs were the most popular for students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from the Medicine program at each school on the list.

The following schools top our list of the Most Popular Medicine Colleges.

Our 2023 rankings named University of California - Los Angeles the most popular school in California for medicine students. Located in the city of Los Angeles, UCLA is a public school with a fairly large student population.

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A rank of #2 on this year’s list means University of Southern California is a great place for medicine students. USC is a very large private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Los Angeles.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend University of California - San Francisco. The school came in at #3 on this year’s Most Popular Medicine Schools in California list. UCSF is a small public school located in the large city of San Francisco.

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#4

Loma Linda University

Loma Linda, CA

Out of the 9 schools in California that were part of this year’s ranking, Loma Linda University landed the # 4 spot on the list. Located in the large suburb of Loma Linda, Loma Linda University is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of California - San Diego. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Most Popular Medicine Schools in California list. UCSD is a very large public school located in the city of La Jolla.

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University of California - Davis did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular schools for medicine students. It came in at #6 on the list. Located in the small suburb of Davis, UC Davis is a public school with a very large student population.

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#7

Stanford University

Stanford, CA

Stanford University landed the #7 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular medicine programs. Stanford is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the large suburb of Stanford.

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University of California - Irvine ranked #7 on this year’s Most Popular Medicine Schools in California list. Located in the city of Irvine, UC Irvine is a public college with a fairly large student population.

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With a ranking of #9, University of California - Riverside did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for medicine students. Located in the large city of Riverside, UCR is a public college with a fairly large student population.

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Best Medicine Colleges in the Far Western US Region

Explore all the Most Popular Medicine Colleges in the Far Western US Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Washington 478
Oregon 158
Nevada 242
Hawaii 68

Medicine is one of 29 different types of programs to choose from.

Related Major Annual Graduates
Nursing 66,964
Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions 24,774
Public Health 19,473
Health & Medical Administrative Services 17,335
Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences 16,952

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 9 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).

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