2022 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Family Practice Nurse/Nursing 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 Family Practice Nursing Schools for a Doctorate in California” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

Family Practice Nurse/Nursing is the 51st most popular major in the country with 16,802 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across California, there were 714 family practice nurse/nursing graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 33 family practice nurse/nursing graduates with average earnings and debt of $71,544 and $133,402 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Family Practice Nursing Schools for a Doctorate in California” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in family practice nurse/nursing. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality family practice nurse/nursing programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the family practice nurse/nursing program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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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 Value Family Practice Nursing Schools for a Doctorate in California” list to help you make the college decision.

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Best Value Family Practice Nursing Schools for a Doctorate in California

The colleges and universities below are the best for california doctor’s degree family practice nursing students.

Top 3 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Family Practice Nurse/Nursing in California

#1

Brandman University

Irvine, California

#3 in overall quality

$12,540 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Family Practice Nursing Schools for a Doctorate in California that were part of this year’s ranking, Brandman University landed the #1 spot on the list. Brandman is a private not-for-profit institution located in Irvine, California. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 5 doctorate’s degrees in 2019-2020.

Brandman also made our “Best Family Practice Nurse/Nursing Doctor’s Degree Schools in California” list, coming in at #3. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Brandman are $12,540.

Read more about Family Practice Nurse/Nursing at Brandman University

#1

Loma Linda University

Loma Linda, California

#1 in overall quality

$30,640 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Family Practice Nursing Schools for a Doctorate in California that were part of this year’s ranking, Loma Linda University landed the #1 spot on the list. Loma Linda University is located in Loma Linda, California and, has a small student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 13 doctorate’s family practice nursing degrees to qualified students.

In addition to being on our california doctor’s degree family practice nursing students list, Loma Linda University has also earned the #1 rank in our “Best Family Practice Nurse/Nursing Doctor’s Degree Schools in California” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Loma Linda University are $30,640, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read more about Family Practice Nurse/Nursing at Loma Linda University

#2

University of San Francisco

San Francisco, California

#2 in overall quality

$26,710 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Family Practice Nursing Schools for a Doctorate in California that were part of this year’s ranking, University of San Francisco landed the #2 spot on the list. This fairly large school is located in San Francisco, California, and it awarded 15 doctorate’s family practice nursing degrees in 2019-2020.

USFCA did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Family Practice Nurse/Nursing Doctor’s Degree Schools in California” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at USFCA are $26,710, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full USFCA Family Practice Nurse/Nursing Report

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• Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Family Practice Nurse/Nursing

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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