2022 Best Value Health Science Schools for a Doctorate in the Far Western US Region

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Best Value Health Science Schools for a Doctorate in the Far Western US Region” ranking - to help you make that decision.

Health Sciences & Services is the 42nd most popular major in the country with 31,648 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. In 2017-2018, health sciences and services graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $34,571 and had an average of $24,129 in loans still to pay off.

Across the Far Western US region, there were 7,077 health sciences and services graduates with average earnings and debt of $33,506 and $23,763 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 1 health sciences and services graduates with average earnings and debt of $72,342 and $136,270 respectively.

The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great health sciences and services 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 health sciences and services 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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Best Value Health Science Schools for a Doctorate in the Far Western US Region

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Health Science Schools for a Doctorate in the Far Western US Region.

Top 1 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Health Sciences & Services in the Far Western US Region

#1

Loma Linda University

Loma Linda, California

#1 in overall quality

$30,640 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Health Science Schools for a Doctorate in the Far Western US Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Loma Linda University landed the #1 spot on the list. This small school is located in Loma Linda, California, and it awarded 1 doctorate’s health science degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Loma Linda University, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Health Sciences & Services Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Loma Linda University are $30,640, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about Health Sciences & Services at Loma Linda University

• Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Health Sciences & Services

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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