2024 Best Podiatric Medicine/Podiatry Schools in California

A degree in podiatric medicine/podiatry is more popular than many other degrees. In fact, it ranks #559 out of 1506 on popularity of all such degrees in the nation. This means you won't have too much trouble finding schools that offer the degree.

For its 2024 ranking, College Factual looked at 2 schools in California to determine which ones were the best for podiatric medicine/podiatry students pursuing a degree. Combined, these schools handed out 83 degrees in podiatric medicine/podiatry to qualified students.

What's on this page: * Degree-Level Rankings

• Best Overall Podiatric Medicine/Podiatry Schools List

Pick Your Podiatric Medicine/Podiatry 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 Podiatric Medicine/Podiatry Schools in California 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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More information on how we come up with our rankings can be found here: College Factual's Data Methodology.

Best Schools for Podiatric Medicine/Podiatry in California

Although we recommend filtering by degree level first, you can view the list below to see which schools give the educational experience for the podiatric medicine/podiatry degree levels they offer.

Top California Schools in Podiatric Medicine/Podiatry

1

Western University of Health Sciences
Pomona, CA

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

38 Podiatric Medicine/Podiatry Degrees Awarded

5.3% Growth in Graduates

Western University of Health Sciences is a great option for students pursuing a degree in podiatric medicine/podiatry. Western University of Health Sciences is a small private not-for-profit university located in the large suburb of Pomona.More information about a degree in podiatric medicine/podiatry from Western University of Health Sciences

2

Samuel Merritt University
Oakland, CA

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

45 Podiatric Medicine/Podiatry Degrees Awarded

15.6% Growth in Graduates

Samuel Merritt University is a good choice for students pursuing a degree in podiatric medicine/podiatry. Samuel Merritt University is a small private not-for-profit university located in the city of Oakland.More information about a degree in podiatric medicine/podiatry from Samuel Merritt University

Best Podiatric Medicine/Podiatry Colleges in the Far Western US Region

Explore all the Best Podiatric Medicine/Podiatry Schools in the Far Western US Area or other specific states within that region.

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded

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Podiatric Medicine/Podiatry Related Rankings by Major

Podiatric Medicine/Podiatry is one of 3 different types of Medicine programs to choose from.

Most Popular Majors Related to Podiatric Medicine/Podiatry

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Medicine	1,235
Osteopathic Medicine/Osteopathy	453

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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).

More about our data sources and methodologies.