2025 Best Health Sciences & Services Schools in the Far Western US Region
64Colleges in the Far Western US Region
8,038Health Science Degrees Awarded
$39,989Avg Early-Career Salary
If you pursue a degree in health sciences & services, you won't be alone. The field of study is the #34 most popular program in the country. This makes choosing the right school a hard decision.
For its 2025 ranking, College Factual looked at 64 schools in the Far Western US Region to determine which ones were the best for health sciences & services students pursuing a degree. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 8,038 degrees in health sciences & services annually.
Choosing a Great Health Sciences & Services School
Your choice of health sciences & services school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. In order to come up with a best overall ranking for health sciences & services schools, we combine our degree-level rankings, weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each level.
In order to find the schools that are the best fit for you, you may want to filter to one of the degree levels below.
Health Sciences & Services Rankings by Degree Level
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 Health Sciences & Services Schools in the Far Western US Region list to help you make the college decision.
You can also filter this list by location to find schools closer to you.
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Best Schools for Health Sciences & Services 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 health science degree levels they offer. Only those schools that rank in the top 20% of all the schools we analyze get awarded with a place on this list.
12 Top Far Western US Region Schools in Health Science
Every student pursuing a degree in health sciences & services needs to check out California State University - Long Beach. Located in the large city of Long Beach, CSULB is a public university with a fairly large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #246 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means CSULB is a great university overall.
There were approximately 370 health sciences & services students who graduated with this degree at CSULB in the most recent data year.
University of California - Davis is a good decision for students interested in a degree in health sciences & services. UC Davis is a fairly large public university located in the suburb of Davis. A Best Colleges rank of #55 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means UC Davis is a great university overall.
There were approximately 46 health sciences & services students who graduated with this degree at UC Davis in the most recent year we have data available. Health Sciences & Services degree recipients from University of California - Davis earn a boost of about $88,190 above the typical earnings of health sciences & services majors.
Merced College is a wonderful decision for students pursuing a degree in health sciences & services. Merced Community College District is a large public college located in the small city of Merced. A Best Colleges rank of #261 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means Merced Community College District is a great college overall.
There were roughly 61 health sciences & services students who graduated with this degree at Merced Community College District in the most recent year we have data available.
It's hard to beat Santa Rosa Junior College if you wish to pursue a degree in health sciences & services. Located in the midsize city of Santa Rosa, SRJC is a public college with a fairly large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #121 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means SRJC is a great college overall.
There were approximately 117 health sciences & services students who graduated with this degree at SRJC in the most recent data year.
Located in the large city of Seattle, Seattle Central is a public college with a medium-sized student population. This college ranks 15th out of 50 schools for overall quality in the state of Washington.
There were about 103 health sciences & services students who graduated with this degree at Seattle Central in the most recent year we have data available. Those health sciences & services students who get their degree from Seattle Central College earn $31,286 more than the typical health science grad.
Located in the rural area of San Luis Obispo, Cuesta College is a public college with a large student population. This college ranks 112th out of 161 colleges for overall quality in the state of California.
There were roughly 176 health sciences & services students who graduated with this degree at Cuesta College in the most recent year we have data available.
Sac State is a fairly large public university located in the large city of Sacramento. A Best Colleges rank of #267 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means Sac State is a great university overall.
There were approximately 158 health sciences & services students who graduated with this degree at Sac State in the most recent data year. Health Sciences & Services degree recipients from California State University - Sacramento receive an earnings boost of about $4,173 over the typical income of health sciences & services majors.
SWC Chula Vista is a fairly large public college located in the large city of Chula Vista. A Best Colleges rank of #120 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means SWC Chula Vista is a great college overall.
There were roughly 157 health sciences & services students who graduated with this degree at SWC Chula Vista in the most recent data year.
Located in the city of Modesto, MJC is a public college with a large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #230 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means MJC is a great college overall.
There were approximately 67 health sciences & services students who graduated with this degree at MJC in the most recent data year.
Butte College is a large public college located in the rural area of Oroville. This college ranks 63rd out of 161 colleges for overall quality in the state of California.
There were roughly 1 health sciences & services students who graduated with this degree at Butte College in the most recent year we have data available.
Here are some additional great schools for Health Sciences & Services students in the Far Western US Region that almost earned our Best Health Sciences & Services Schools in the Far Western US Region award.
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).
Your choice of health sciences & services school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. In order to come up with a best overall ranking for health sciences & services schools, we combine our degree-level rankings, weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each level.
