2025 Best General Health & Wellness Associate Degree Schools in California

If you plan on getting your associate degree in general health & wellness, you won't be alone since the degree program is ranked #138 in the country in terms of popularity. As a result, there are many college that offer the degree, making your choice of school a hard one.

In 2025, College Factual analyzed 2 schools in order to identify the top ones for its Best General Health & Wellness Associate Degree Schools in California ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 81 associate degrees in general health & wellness during the 2022-2023 academic year.

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Other Factors We Consider

In addition to the above, you should consider some of the following factors:

• Major Focus - How many resources a school devotes to general health & wellness students as compared to other majors.
• Major Demand - The number of general health & wellness students who choose to seek a associate degree at the school.
• Educational Resources - The amount of money and other resources allocated to students while they are pursuing their degree. These resources include such things as number of students per instructor and education expenditures per student.
• Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized general health & wellness related body.

Our complete ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best schools for general health & wellness students working on their associate degree.

More Ways to Rank General Health & Wellness Schools

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 General Health & Wellness Associate Degree Schools in California list to help you make the college decision.

Best Schools for Associate Students to Study General Health & Wellness in California

Learn about the top ranked colleges and universities for general health & wellness students seeking a an associate degree.

Top California Schools for an Associate in Health and Wellness

1

Carrington College, Sacramento
Sacramento, CA

Associate Degree Highest Degree Type

69 Annual Graduates

It is hard to beat Carrington College, Sacramento if you want to pursue an associate degree in general health & wellness. Located in the large suburb of Sacramento, Carrington College, Sacramento is a private for-profit college with a small student population.More information about a associate in general health & wellness from Carrington College, Sacramento

2

Pacific Union College
Angwin, CA

Associate Degree Highest Degree Type

12 Annual Graduates

Pacific Union College is one of the best schools in the country for getting an associate degree in general health & wellness. PUC is a small private not-for-profit college located in the rural area of Angwin.More information about a associate in general health & wellness from Pacific Union College

Best General Health & Wellness Colleges in the Far Western US Region

Explore all the Best General Health & Wellness Schools in the Far Western US Area or other specific states within that region.

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Washington	288	21
Oregon	260	3

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General Health & Wellness Related Rankings by Major

General Health & Wellness is one of 1 different types of Health Sciences & Services programs to choose from.

Most Popular Majors Related to Health and Wellness

Related Major	Annual Graduates
General Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences	4,123

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 Sandra M. Palumbo. More about our data sources and methodologies.