2022 Most Popular Doctor's Degree Colleges for Chiropractic in California

If you pursue a doctor's degree in chiropractic, you won't be alone. The field of study is the #12 most popular program in the country. This makes choosing the right school a hard decision.

For its 2022 ranking, College Factual looked at 2 schools in California to determine which ones were the most popular for chiropractic students pursuing a doctor's degree. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 277 doctor's degrees in chiropractic during the 2019-2020 academic year.

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One Size Does Not Fit All

This is not our only ranking, nor the only degree level we have ranked. In addition to this ranking, you may want to take at the rankings for different degree levels as called out above. You can also narrow your search by location by filtering for a certain area of the country. On top of that, you can visit our other rankings for chiropractic.

Most Popular Schools for Doctorate Students to Study Chiropractic in California

The following list ranks the most popular colleges and universities for pursuing a doctor's degree in chiropractic.

Most Well Attended Schools for Chiropractic Students Working on Their Doctorate

1

Life Chiropractic College West
Hayward, CA

173 Annual Doctor's Degrees

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

Life Chiropractic College West is a popular choice for students pursuing a doctor's degree in chiropractic. Life West is a fairly small private not-for-profit college located in the large suburb of Hayward. More information about a doctorate in chiropractic from Life Chiropractic College West

2

Southern California University of Health Sciences
Whittier, CA

104 Annual Doctor's Degrees

#1 Best Quality In CA

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

Southern California University of Health Sciences is a popular choice for students pursuing a doctor's degree in chiropractic. Located in the large suburb of Whittier, SCU is a private not-for-profit university with a small student population. You also may be intersted to know that the school ranks #1 in quality for doctor's degrees in chiropractic in California. More information about a doctorate in chiropractic from Southern California University of Health Sciences

Best Chiropractic Colleges in the Far Western US Region

Explore all the Most Popular Chiropractic Colleges in the Far Western US Area or other specific states within that region.

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Oregon	102	154

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Chiropractic Related Rankings by Major

Chiropractic is one of 30 different types of Health Professions programs to choose from.

Majors Similar to Chiropractic

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions	1,829
Medicine	1,656
Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences	1,207
Dentistry	741
Alternative Medicine & Systems	583
Nursing	358
Optometry	242
Public Health	56
Communication Sciences	42
Mental & Social Health Services	39

Notes and References

• 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).
• Credit for the banner image above goes to Michael Dorausch. More about our data sources and methodologies.