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2022 Best Value Medicine Schools for a Doctorate in California For Those Making $48-$75k

6 Ranked Colleges
1,130 Degrees Awarded
$36,200 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Value Medicine Schools for a Doctorate in California For Those Making $48-$75k

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Best Value Medicine Schools for a Doctorate in California For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking - to help you make that decision.

Medicine is the 40th most popular major in the country with 20,073 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across California, there were 1,130 medicine graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 1,130 medicine graduates with average earnings and debt of $71,544 and $133,402 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Medicine Schools for a Doctorate in California For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking looked at 6 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in medicine. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality medicine programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the medicine program at the school. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Medicine Schools for a Doctorate in California For Those Making $48-$75k

The colleges and universities below are the best for california doctor’s degree medicine students whose families make $48-$75k.

Top 6 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Medicine (Income $48-$75k) in California

#1

Stanford University

Stanford, California
#1 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Stanford University. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Medicine Schools for a Doctorate in California For Those Making $48-$75k list. Stanford University is a private not-for-profit institution located in Stanford, California. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 92 doctorate’s degrees in 2019-2020.

Stanford also made our “Best Medicine Doctor’s Degree Schools in California” list, coming in at #1. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Stanford are $55,011.

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#2

University of California - Los Angeles

Los Angeles, California
#5 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of California - Los Angeles. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Medicine Schools for a Doctorate in California For Those Making $48-$75k list. Los Angeles, California is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out doctorate’s medicine degrees to 149 students in 2019-2020.

UCLA did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #5 on our “Best Medicine Doctor’s Degree Schools in California” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at UCLA are $28,131.

Read full report on Medicine at University of California - Los Angeles

#6 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of California - Irvine. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Medicine Schools for a Doctorate in California For Those Making $48-$75k list. Irvine, California is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out doctorate’s medicine degrees to 93 students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at UC Irvine, the school also landed the #6 spot in our “Best Medicine Doctor’s Degree Schools in California” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at UC Irvine are $28,456, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read more about Medicine at University of California - Irvine

#7 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of California - Davis. It ranked #4 on our 2022 Best Value Medicine Schools for a Doctorate in California For Those Making $48-$75k list. Davis, California is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out doctorate’s medicine degrees to 115 students in 2019-2020.

UC Davis also took the #7 spot in our “Best Medicine Doctor’s Degree Schools in California” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at UC Davis are $28,700.

Read more about Medicine at University of California - Davis

#8 in overall quality

Out of the 6 schools in the Best Value Medicine Schools for a Doctorate in California For Those Making $48-$75k that were part of this year’s ranking, University of California - San Diego landed the #5 spot on the list. Located in La Jolla, California, this large public school handed out 130 diplomas to qualified doctorate’s medicine students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at UCSD, the school also landed the #8 spot in our “Best Medicine Doctor’s Degree Schools in California” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of California - San Diego are $28,631, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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#6

University of Southern California

Los Angeles, California
#3 in overall quality

University of Southern California did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Medicine Schools for a Doctorate in California For Those Making $48-$75k ranking, coming in at #6. Located in Los Angeles, California, this large private not-for-profit school handed out 173 diplomas to qualified doctorate’s medicine students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at USC, the school also landed the #3 spot in our “Best Medicine Doctor’s Degree Schools in California” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at University of Southern California are $48,715.

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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.

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