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2022 Best Value Medicine Schools for a Doctorate in California For Those Making $0-$30k

6 Ranked Colleges
1,656 Degrees Awarded
$36,200 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Value Medicine Schools for a Doctorate in California For Those Making $0-$30k

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Value Medicine Schools for a Doctorate in California For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Medicine is the 54th most popular major in the country with 27,562 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. In 2017-2018, medicine graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $54,795 and had an average of $169,628 in loans still to pay off.

Across California, there were 1,656 medicine graduates with average earnings and debt of $53,690 and $127,536 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 1,656 medicine graduates with average earnings and debt of $71,544 and $133,402 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Medicine Schools for a Doctorate in California For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking, we looked at 6 colleges that offer a degree in medicine. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent medicine programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the medicine program at the school. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Medicine Schools for a Doctorate in California For Those Making $0-$30k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Medicine Schools for a Doctorate in California For Those Making $0-$30k.

Top 6 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Medicine (Income $0-$30k) in California

#1

Stanford University

Stanford, California
#1 in overall quality

Out of the 6 schools in the Best Value Medicine Schools for a Doctorate in California For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, Stanford University landed the #1 spot on the list. Located in Stanford, California, this fairly large private not-for-profit school handed out 92 degrees to qualified doctorate’s medicine students in 2019-2020.

Stanford not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Medicine Doctor’s Degree Schools in California” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Stanford are $55,011, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Full Stanford University Medicine Report

#2

University of California - Los Angeles

Los Angeles, California
#5 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of California - Los Angeles. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Medicine Schools for a Doctorate in California For Those Making $0-$30k. Located in Los Angeles, California, this large public school handed out 149 degrees to qualified doctorate’s medicine students in 2019-2020.

UCLA also made our “Best Medicine Doctor’s Degree Schools in California” list, coming in at #5. Average graduate tuition and fees at UCLA are $28,131, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Full University of California - Los Angeles Medicine Report

#6 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of California - Irvine. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Medicine Schools for a Doctorate in California For Those Making $0-$30k. University of California - Irvine is a large school located in Irvine, California that handed out 93 doctorate’s medicine degrees in 2019-2020.

UC Irvine did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #6 on our “Best Medicine Doctor’s Degree Schools in California” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of California - Irvine are $28,456, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read full report on Medicine at UC Irvine

#7 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of California - Davis. The school came in at #4 for the Best Value Medicine Schools for a Doctorate in California For Those Making $0-$30k. Davis, California is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out doctorate’s medicine degrees to 115 students in 2019-2020.

UC Davis also took the #7 spot in our “Best Medicine Doctor’s Degree Schools in California” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of California - Davis are $28,700, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about Medicine at University of California - Davis

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of California - San Diego. It ranked #5 on our 2022 Best Value Medicine Schools for a Doctorate in California For Those Making $0-$30k list. UCSD is a large school located in La Jolla, California that handed out 130 doctorate’s medicine degrees in 2019-2020.

UCSD also took the #8 spot in our “Best Medicine Doctor’s Degree Schools in California” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of California - San Diego are $28,631, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about Medicine at University of California - San Diego

#6

University of Southern California

Los Angeles, California
#3 in overall quality

University of Southern California ranked #6 on this year’s Best Value Medicine Schools for a Doctorate in California For Those Making $0-$30k list. USC is a private not-for-profit institution located in Los Angeles, California. The school has a large population, and it awarded 173 doctorate’s degrees in 2019-2020.

USC not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #3 on our “Best Medicine Doctor’s Degree Schools in California” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Southern California are $48,715, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Full USC Medicine Report

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Notes and References

References

  • 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 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).
  • Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.

Read more about our data sources and methodologies

Footnotes

  • *Average salary, average net price, and average tuition and fees are for the top schools only.
  • Some schools otherwise deserving of recognition may have been removed from this ranking in the event that new data identified post-publication warranted it, or at the request of the school.

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