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2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Physician Assistant (Income $75-$110k) in California

6 Ranked Colleges
490 Degrees Awarded
$32,200 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Value Physician Assistant Schools for a Master's in California For Those Making $75-$110k

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. At College Factual, we’re committed to helping you make that decision by providing information such as that found in our “Best Value Physician Assistant Schools for a Master’s in California For Those Making $75-$110k” ranking.

Physician Assistant is the 76th most popular major in the country with 10,746 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across California, there were 490 physician assistant graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 490 physician assistant graduates with average earnings and debt of $60,281 and $50,119 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Physician Assistant Schools for a Master’s in California For Those Making $75-$110k” ranking looked at 6 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in physician assistant. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent physician assistant 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 physician assistant program at the school. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Physician Assistant Schools for a Master’s in California For Those Making $75-$110k

The colleges and universities below are the best for california master’s degree physician assistant students whose families make $75-$110k.

Top 6 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Physician Assistant (Income $75-$110k) in California

#1

University of Southern California

Los Angeles, California
#3 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Southern California. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Physician Assistant Schools for a Master’s in California For Those Making $75-$110k. University of Southern California is a large school located in Los Angeles, California that handed out 49 masters’s physician assistant degrees in 2019-2020.

USC also took the #3 spot in our “Best Physician Assistant Master’s Degree Schools in California” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at USC are $48,715, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read more about Physician Assistant at University of Southern California

#2

University of the Pacific

Stockton, California
#6 in overall quality

Out of the 6 schools in the Best Value Physician Assistant Schools for a Master’s in California For Those Making $75-$110k that were part of this year’s ranking, University of the Pacific landed the #2 spot on the list. University of the Pacific is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school situated in Stockton, California. It awarded 40 masters’s physician assistant degrees in 2019-2020.

Pacific not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #6 on our “Best Physician Assistant Master’s Degree Schools in California” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of the Pacific are $49,374, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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#3

Dominican University of California

San Rafael, California
#9 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Dominican University of California. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Physician Assistant Schools for a Master’s in California For Those Making $75-$110k list. Located in San Rafael, California, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 23 degrees to qualified masters’s physician assistant students in 2019-2020.

DUofC also made our “Best Physician Assistant Master’s Degree Schools in California” list, coming in at #9. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at DUofC are $16,520.

Read more about Physician Assistant at DUofC

#4

California Baptist University

Riverside, California
#11 in overall quality

Out of the 6 schools in the Best Value Physician Assistant Schools for a Master’s in California For Those Making $75-$110k that were part of this year’s ranking, California Baptist University landed the #4 spot on the list. Cal Baptist is a fairly large private not-for-profit school situated in Riverside, California. It awarded 30 masters’s physician assistant degrees in 2019-2020.

Cal Baptist did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #11 on our “Best Physician Assistant Master’s Degree Schools in California” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at California Baptist University are $14,140, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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#10 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Charles R Drew University of Medicine and Science. It ranked #5 on our 2022 Best Value Physician Assistant Schools for a Master’s in California For Those Making $75-$110k list. This small school is located in Los Angeles, California, and it awarded 23 masters’s physician assistant degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at CDU, the school also landed the #10 spot in our “Best Physician Assistant Master’s Degree Schools in California” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at CDU are $27,376.

Full CDU Physician Assistant Report

#6

Chapman University

Orange, California
#8 in overall quality

Chapman University landed the #6 spot on the 2022 Best Value Physician Assistant Schools for a Master’s in California For Those Making $75-$110k ranking. Chapman is located in Orange, California and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 34 masters’s physician assistant degrees to qualified students.

Chapman did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #8 on our “Best Physician Assistant Master’s Degree Schools in California” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Chapman University are $35,105, 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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