Medicine is of the hottest degree programs in the United States, coming in as the #42 most popular major in the country. This makes choosing the right school a hard decision.
College Factual looked at 8 colleges and universities when compiling its 2024 Best Medicine Schools in California ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 1,235 degrees in medicine during the 2021-2022 academic year.
Your choice of medicine school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. For our Best Overall Medicine School rankings, we roll up the results of our degree-level rankings, weighted by the number of degrees awarded at that level.
You may want to choose one of the degree levels below to find the schools of most interest to you.
Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we've developed the Best Medicine Schools in California ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.
You can also filter this list by location to find schools closer to you.
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Although we recommend filtering by degree level first, you can view the list below to see which schools give the educational experience for the medicine degree levels they offer.
Stanford University is one of the finest schools in the United States for getting a degree in medicine. Stanford is a large private not-for-profit university located in the suburb of Stanford. A Best Colleges rank of #3 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means Stanford is a great university overall.
There were approximately 88 medicine students who graduated with this degree at Stanford in the most recent data year.
University of Southern California is one of the best schools in the United States for getting a degree in medicine. USC is a very large private not-for-profit university located in the large city of Los Angeles. A Best Colleges rank of #11 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means USC is a great university overall.
There were about 170 medicine students who graduated with this degree at USC in the most recent data year.
University of California - Los Angeles is one of the best schools in the country for getting a degree in medicine. Located in the large city of Los Angeles, UCLA is a public university with a fairly large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #26 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means UCLA is a great university overall.
There were about 164 medicine students who graduated with this degree at UCLA in the most recent data year.
Loma Linda University is one of the best schools in the United States for getting a degree in medicine. Located in the large suburb of Loma Linda, Loma Linda University is a private not-for-profit university with a small student population.
There were about 151 medicine students who graduated with this degree at Loma Linda University in the most recent data year.
Located in the suburb of Davis, UC Davis is a public university with a very large student population. This university ranks 13th out of 168 colleges for overall quality in the state of California.
There were about 127 medicine students who graduated with this degree at UC Davis in the most recent data year.
UC Irvine is a very large public university located in the large city of Irvine. This university ranks 15th out of 168 schools for overall quality in the state of California.
There were approximately 93 medicine students who graduated with this degree at UC Irvine in the most recent data year.
UCSD is a very large public university located in the large city of La Jolla. This university ranks 8th out of 168 colleges for overall quality in the state of California.
There were roughly 79 medicine students who graduated with this degree at UCSD in the most recent data year.
The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
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).
Your choice of medicine school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. For our Best Overall Medicine School rankings, we roll up the results of our degree-level rankings, weighted by the number of degrees awarded at that level.
