by our College Data Analytics TeamThe main focus area for this major is Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine. For more details on this concentration, visit its profile page.
Alternative Medicine & Systems is a major offered under the health professions program of study at California Institute of Integral Studies. Here, you’ll find out more about the major master’s degree program in alternative medicine, including such details as the number of graduates, ethnicity of students, related majors and concentrations, and more.
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During the 2019-2020 academic year, part-time graduate students at CIIS paid an average of $0 per credit hour. No discount was available for in-state students. The following table shows the average full-time tuition and fees for graduate student.
| In State | Out of State | |
|---|---|---|
| Tuition | $21,708 | $21,708 |
| Fees | $480 | $480 |
alternative medicine who receive their master’s degree from CIIS make an average of $32,925 a year during the early days of their career. That is 39% higher than the national average of $23,618.
Online degrees for the CIIS alternative medicine master’s degree program are not available at this time. To see if the school offers distance learning options in other areas, visit the CIIS Online Learning page.
Women made up around 73.3% of the alternative medicine students who took home a master’s degree in 2019-2020. This is in the same ballpark of the nationwide number of 74.9%.
Of those graduates who received a master’s degree in alternative medicine at CIIS in 2019-2020, 36.7% were racial-ethnic minorities*. This is lower than the nationwide number of 42%.
| Race/Ethnicity | Number of Students |
|---|---|
| Asian | 6 |
| Black or African American | 0 |
| Hispanic or Latino | 4 |
| Native American or Alaska Native | 0 |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 0 |
| White | 17 |
| International Students | 2 |
| Other Races/Ethnicities | 1 |
Alternative Medicine & Systems students may decide to major in one of the following focus areas.
| Focus Area | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|
| Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine | 30 |
You may also be interested in one of these majors related to alternative medicine and systems.
| Related Major | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|
| Health Sciences & Services | 18 |
*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.
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