2022 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Chiropractic in California

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Best Value Chiropractic Schools for a Doctorate in California” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

In 2019-2020, 2,596 people earned their degree in chiropractic, making the major the 244th most popular in the United States.

Across California, there were 277 chiropractic graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 277 chiropractic graduates with average earnings and debt of $71,544 and $133,402 respectively.

The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great chiropractic programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the chiropractic program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

More Ways to Rank Chiropractic Schools

When choosing the right school for you, it’s important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we’ve created a number of major-specific rankings, including this “Best Value Chiropractic Schools for a Doctorate in California” list to help you make the college decision.

We’ve created a tool called College Combat that lets you create your own customized comparisons based on the factors that matter the most to you. Go ahead and give it a try, or bookmark the link so you can check it out later.

Best Value Chiropractic Schools for a Doctorate in California

The colleges and universities below are the best for california doctor’s degree chiropractic students.

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

#1

Southern California University of Health Sciences

Whittier, California

#1 in overall quality

$34,795 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Southern California University of Health Sciences. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Chiropractic Schools for a Doctorate in California list. Located in Whittier, California, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 104 diplomas to qualified doctorate’s chiropractic students in 2019-2020.

SCU also took the #1 spot in our “Best Chiropractic Doctor’s Degree Schools in California” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at SCU are $34,795, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about Chiropractic at Southern California University of Health Sciences

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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.

Credits

• Credit for the banner image above goes to Michael Dorausch.

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