2022 Best Value Informatics Schools for a Doctorate in California

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. At College Factual, we’re committed to helping you make that decision by providing information such as that found in our “Best Value Informatics Schools for a Doctorate in California” ranking.

Informatics is the 278th most popular major in the country with 2,431 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across California, there were 249 informatics graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 1 informatics graduates with average earnings and debt of $71,544 and $133,402 respectively.

Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent informatics programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the informatics program at the school. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Informatics Schools for a Doctorate in California

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Informatics Schools for a Doctorate in California.

Top 1 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Informatics in California

#1

University of California - Irvine

Irvine, California

#1 in overall quality

$28,456 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of California - Irvine. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Informatics Schools for a Doctorate in California. This large school is located in Irvine, California, and it awarded 1 doctorate’s informatics degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at UC Irvine, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Informatics Doctor’s Degree Schools in California” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of California - Irvine are $28,456, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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Notes and References

References

• 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 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).
• Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.

Read more about our data sources and methodologies

Footnotes

• *Average salary, average net price, and average tuition and fees are for the top schools only.
• Some schools otherwise deserving of recognition may have been removed from this ranking in the event that new data identified post-publication warranted it, or at the request of the school.

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