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2023 Best Value Public Health Doctor's Degree Schools in California

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

11 Colleges
$24,941 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$76,078 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Public Health Doctor's Degree School for You

Public Health is the #14 most popular major in California with 1,867 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

With all the programs available today, it can be tough to choose which one is the best for you. 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.

To help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Grad Degree Search has developed this Best Value Public Health Doctor's Degree Schools in California ranking. Our analysis looked at 11 schools in California to see which doctor's degree programs offered the best value experiences for public health 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. 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.

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

2023 Best Value Public Health Doctor’s Degree Schools in California

Check out the public health doctor's degree programs at these schools if you want to get the best value for your educational dollar.

Top 10 Best Public Health Doctor's Degree Schools

Our analysis found University of California - Los Angeles to be the best value school for public health students who want to pursue a doctor’s degree in California. Located in the city of Los Angeles, UCLA is a public school with a very large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at UCLA are $13,036 a year.

UCLA excels when it comes to quality. It’s ranked in the top 20% of all schools on our Best Public Health Doctor’s Degree Schools in California list.

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Out of the 11 schools in California that were part of this year’s ranking, University of California - Berkeley landed the # 2 spot on the list. Located in the midsize city of Berkeley, UC Berkeley is a public school with a very large student population.

UC Berkeley graduate students pay an average of $14,160 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

UC Berkeley also took the #3 spot in our Best Public Health Doctor’s Degree Schools in California rankings.

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#3

San Diego State University

San Diego, CA

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend San Diego State University. The school came in at #3 on this year’s Best Value Public Health Doctor’s Degree Schools in California list. SDSU is a very large public school located in the large city of San Diego.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at SDSU are $9,570 per year.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend University of California - Davis. The school came in at #4 on this year’s Best Value Public Health Doctor’s Degree Schools in California list. Located in the suburb of Davis, UC Davis is a public school with a very large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at UC Davis are $13,608 a year.

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Out of the 11 schools in California that were part of this year’s ranking, University of California - Irvine landed the # 5 spot on the list. Located in the large city of Irvine, UC Irvine is a public college with a fairly large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at UC Irvine are $13,356 a year.

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University of California - San Diego came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Public Health Doctor’s Degree Schools in California ranking. UCSD is a fairly large public school located in the city of La Jolla.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at UCSD are $13,564 per year.

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With a ranking of #7, University of California - Merced did quite well on this year’s best value schools for public health students working on their doctor’s degree. UC Merced is a medium-sized public school located in the rural area of Merced.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at UC Merced are $13,207 per year.

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#8

Loma Linda University

Loma Linda, CA

Loma Linda University ranked #8 on this year’s Best Value Public Health Doctor’s Degree Schools in California list. Located in the suburb of Loma Linda, Loma Linda University is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at Loma Linda University are $31,058 a year.

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#9

Stanford University

Stanford, CA

Stanford University came in at #9 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Public Health Doctor’s Degree Schools in California ranking. Stanford is a large private not-for-profit school located in the suburb of Stanford.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at Stanford are $55,011 per year.

In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, Stanford is ranked #1 for overall quality for public health in California.

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Claremont Graduate University landed the #10 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value doctor’s degree public health programs. Claremont Graduate University is a small private not-for-profit school located in the suburb of Claremont.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at Claremont Graduate University are $36,380 a year.

In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, Claremont Graduate University is ranked #2 for overall quality for public health in California.

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Best Value Public Health Colleges in the Far Western US Region

Explore all the Best Value Public Health Schools in the Far Western US Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Washington 197
Oregon 233
Nevada 114
Hawaii 30
Alaska 41

One of 29 majors within the area of study, public health has other similar majors worth exploring.

Majors Similar to Public Health

Related Major Annual Graduates
Nursing 66,964
Medicine 28,629
Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions 24,774
Health & Medical Administrative Services 17,335
Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences 16,952

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 11 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).
  • Credit for the banner image above goes to Article 25 Flickr.

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