2024 Best Medical Scientist Schools in the Far Western US Region
6Colleges in the Far Western US Region
138Medical Scientist Degrees Awarded
A degree in medical scientist is more popular than many other degrees. In fact, it ranks #484 out of 1506 on popularity of all such degrees in the nation. This means you won't have too much trouble finding schools that offer the degree.
In 2024, College Factual analyzed 6 schools in order to identify the top ones for its Best Medical Scientist Schools in the Far Western US Region ranking. Combined, these schools handed out 138 degrees in medical scientist to qualified students.
The medical scientist program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for Medical Scientist rankings. We derive our Best Overall Medical Scientist School rankings by rolling up our degree-level rankings after weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each school.
You may want to choose one of the degree levels below to find the schools of most interest to you.
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 Medical Scientist Schools in the Far Western US Region list to help you make the college decision.
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Best Schools for Medical Scientist in the Far Western US Region
If you aren't interested in a particular degree level and want to know which schools are the overall best at delivering an education for the medical scientist degrees they offer, see the list below.
Top Far Western US Region Schools in Medical Scientist
University of California - San Francisco is a good choice for students interested in a degree in medical scientist. Located in the city of San Francisco, UCSF is a public university with a small student population.
There were approximately 26 medical scientist students who graduated with this degree at UCSF in the most recent data year.
It is hard to beat University of Southern California if you want to pursue a degree in medical scientist. USC is a fairly large private not-for-profit university located in the large city of Los Angeles. A Best Colleges rank of #11 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means USC is a great university overall.
There were approximately 16 medical scientist students who graduated with this degree at USC in the most recent year we have data available.
Any student pursuing a degree in medical scientist has to look into Oregon Health & Science University. OHSU is a small public university located in the large city of Portland.
There were about 52 medical scientist students who graduated with this degree at OHSU in the most recent year we have data available.
It is hard to beat University of Washington - Seattle Campus if you want to pursue a degree in medical scientist. Located in the large city of Seattle, UW Seattle is a public university with a fairly large student population. This university ranks 1st out of 51 schools for overall quality in the state of Washington.
There were approximately 7 medical scientist students who graduated with this degree at UW Seattle in the most recent year we have data available.
University of California - Los Angeles is one of the best schools in the United States for getting a degree in medical scientist. Located in the city of Los Angeles, UCLA is a public university with a very large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #26 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means UCLA is a great university overall.
There were roughly 6 medical scientist students who graduated with this degree at UCLA in the most recent year we have data available.
UCSD is a fairly large public university located in the city of La Jolla. This university ranks 8th out of 168 schools for overall quality in the state of California.
There were roughly 22 medical scientist students who graduated with this degree at UCSD in the most recent year we have data available.
UC Irvine is a very large public university located in the city of Irvine. This university ranks 15th out of 168 colleges for overall quality in the state of California.
There were roughly 9 medical scientist students who graduated with this degree at UC Irvine in the most recent year we have data available.
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).