2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for General Health & Wellness in California

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Health and Wellness Schools for a Master’s in California” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

In 2019-2020, 5,006 people earned their degree in general health and wellness, making the major the 159th most popular in the United States.

Across California, there were 127 general health and wellness graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 18 general health and wellness graduates with average earnings and debt of $60,281 and $50,119 respectively.

The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great general health and wellness 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 general health and wellness program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we’ve developed the “Best Value Health and Wellness Schools for a Master’s in California” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

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Best Value Health and Wellness Schools for a Master’s in California

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Health and Wellness Schools for a Master’s in California.

Top 1 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for General Health & Wellness in California

#1

California Institute of Integral Studies

San Francisco, California

#1 in overall quality

$22,188 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend California Institute of Integral Studies. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Health and Wellness Schools for a Master’s in California list. This small school is located in San Francisco, California, and it awarded 18 masters’s health and wellness degrees in 2019-2020.

CIIS also made our “Best General Health & Wellness Master’s Degree Schools in California” list, coming in at #1. Average graduate tuition and fees at California Institute of Integral Studies are $22,188, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Full California Institute of Integral Studies General Health & Wellness Report

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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 Sandra M. Palumbo.

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