2024 Best Chiropractic Doctor's Degree Schools in California

If you pursue a doctor's degree in chiropractic, you won't be alone. The field of study is the #12 most popular program in the country. This makes choosing the right school a hard decision.

In 2024, College Factual analyzed 2 schools in order to identify the top ones for its Best Chiropractic Doctor's Degree Schools in California ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 220 doctor's degrees in chiropractic during the 2020-2021 academic year.

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• Best Doctor’s Degree Schools List

Average Earnings

To determine the overall quality of a graduate school, one factor we look at is the average early-career salary of those receiving their doctor's degree from the school. After all, your doctor's degree won't mean much if it doesn't help you find a job that will help you earn a living.

Other Factors We Consider

In addition to the above, you should consider some of the following factors:

• Major Focus - How much a school focuses on chiropractic students vs. other majors.
• Major Demand - The number of chiropractic students who choose to seek a doctor's degree at the school.
• Educational Resources - The amount of money and other resources allocated to students while they are pursuing their degree. These resources include such things as number of students per instructor and education expenditures per student.
• Student Debt - How much debt chiropractic students go into to obtain their doctor's degree and how well they are able to pay back that debt.
• Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized chiropractic related body.

Our full ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best schools for chiropractic students working on their doctor's degree.

One Size Does Not Fit All

Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we've developed the Best Chiropractic Doctor's Degree Schools in California ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

Best Schools for Doctorate Students to Study Chiropractic in California

Explore the top ranked colleges and universities for chiropractic students seeking a a doctor's degree.

Top California Schools for a Doctorate in Chiropractic

1

Southern California University of Health Sciences
Whittier, CA

83 Annual Graduates

Southern California University of Health Sciences is one of the finest schools in the United States for getting a doctor's degree in chiropractic. Located in the large suburb of Whittier, SCU is a private not-for-profit university with a small student population.More information about a doctorate in chiropractic from Southern California University of Health Sciences

2

Life Chiropractic College West
Hayward, CA

137 Annual Graduates

It's difficult to beat Life Chiropractic College West if you want to pursue a doctor's degree in chiropractic. Life West is a small private not-for-profit college located in the suburb of Hayward.More information about a doctorate in chiropractic from Life Chiropractic College West

Best Chiropractic Colleges in the Far Western US Region

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

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Oregon	107	158

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Chiropractic Related Rankings by Major

Chiropractic is one of 34 different types of Health Professions programs to choose from.

Chiropractic Focus Areas

Major	Annual Graduates
Chiropractic	220

Majors Similar to Chiropractic

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions	2,064
Medicine	1,756
Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences	1,336
Dentistry	791
Alternative Medicine & Systems	681
Nursing	451
Optometry	237
Public Health	66
Mental & Social Health Services	48
Communication Sciences	38

Notes and References

• 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).
• Credit for the banner image above goes to Michael Dorausch. More about our data sources and methodologies.