2025 Best Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine Schools in the Far Western US Region
3Colleges in the Far Western US Region
987Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine Degrees Awarded
Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine is above average in terms of popularity with it being the #287 most popular degree program in the country. This means you won't have too much trouble finding schools that offer the degree.
For its 2025 ranking, College Factual looked at 3 schools in the Far Western US Region to determine which ones were the best for acupuncture and oriental medicine students pursuing a degree. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 987 degrees in acupuncture and oriental medicine annually.
Choosing a Great Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine School
The acupuncture and oriental medicine program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine rankings. We derive our Best Overall Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine 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.
Pick Your Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine Degree Level
Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we've developed a number of rankings, including this Best Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine Schools in the Far Western US Region list, to help you choose the best school for you.
You can also filter this list by location to find schools closer to you.
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Best Schools for Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine in the Far Western US Region
Although we recommend filtering by degree level first, you can view the list below to see which schools give the educational experience for the acupuncture and oriental medicine degree levels they offer.
Top Far Western US Region Schools in Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine
310Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine Degrees Awarded
Any student pursuing a degree in acupuncture and oriental medicine needs to look into Pacific College of Health and Science. Located in the city of San Diego, Pacific College San Diego is a private for-profit college with a fairly small student population.
There were about 310 acupuncture and oriental medicine students who graduated with this degree at Pacific College San Diego in the most recent year we have data available.
38Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine Degrees Awarded
It is hard to beat Bastyr University if you want to pursue a degree in acupuncture and oriental medicine. Bastyr University is a fairly small private not-for-profit university located in the suburb of Kenmore.
There were about 38 acupuncture and oriental medicine students who graduated with this degree at Bastyr University in the most recent data year.
Southern California University of Health Sciences is one of the best schools in the country for getting a degree in acupuncture and oriental medicine. Located in the suburb of Whittier, SCU is a private not-for-profit university with a small student population.
There were about 7 acupuncture and oriental medicine students who graduated with this degree at SCU 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).
The acupuncture and oriental medicine program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine rankings. We derive our Best Overall Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine School rankings by rolling up our degree-level rankings after weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each school.
