A degree in medicine is more popular than many other degrees. In fact, it ranks #40 out of 395 on popularity of all such degrees in the nation. As a result, there are many college that offer the degree, making your choice of school a hard one.
College Factual looked at 7 colleges and universities when compiling its 2025 Best Medicine Schools in California ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 1,771 degrees in medicine annually.
The medicine program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for Medicine rankings. In order to come up with a best overall ranking for medicine 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.
The medicine school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we've developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of the Best Medicine Schools in California.
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The schools below may not offer all types of medicine degrees so you may want to filter by degree level first. However, they are great for the degree levels they do offer.
It's difficult to beat University of Southern California if you want to pursue a degree in medicine. Located in the large city of Los Angeles, USC is a private not-for-profit university with a fairly large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #13 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means USC is a great university overall.
There were approximately 170 medicine students who graduated with this degree at USC in the most recent data year. Medicine degree recipients from University of Southern California earn a boost of approximately $10,197 over the typical earnings of medicine graduates.
Samuel Merritt University is a good decision for students interested in a degree in medicine. Samuel Merritt University is a small private not-for-profit university located in the city of Oakland.
There were roughly 45 medicine students who graduated with this degree at Samuel Merritt University in the most recent year we have data available. Soon after graduating, medicine degree recipients generally earn about $67,061 in the first five years of their career.
It is difficult to beat University of California - Los Angeles if you want to pursue a degree in medicine. UCLA is a fairly large public university located in the large city of Los Angeles. A Best Colleges rank of #28 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means UCLA is a great university overall.
There were roughly 164 medicine students who graduated with this degree at UCLA in the most recent data year. Degree recipients from the medicine program at University of California - Los Angeles get $9,299 more than the average graduate with the same degree when they enter the workforce.
It is hard to beat Loma Linda University if you want to pursue a degree in medicine. Loma Linda University is a small private not-for-profit university located in the suburb of Loma Linda.
There were about 151 medicine students who graduated with this degree at Loma Linda University in the most recent data year. Students who graduate with their degree from the medicine program report average early career earnings of $66,750.
UC Davis is a very large public university located in the suburb of Davis. This university ranks 10th out of 161 colleges for overall quality in the state of California.
There were approximately 127 medicine students who graduated with this degree at UC Davis in the most recent data year. Degree recipients from the medicine major at University of California - Davis make $7,231 more than the typical graduate with the same degree when they enter the workforce.
Located in the city of Irvine, UC Irvine is a public university with a very large student population. This university ranks 12th out of 161 schools for overall quality in the state of California.
There were approximately 93 medicine students who graduated with this degree at UC Irvine in the most recent data year. Medicine degree recipients from University of California - Irvine earn a boost of approximately $5,981 above the average income of medicine graduates.
Located in the large city of La Jolla, UCSD is a public university with a very large student population. This university ranks 8th out of 161 schools for overall quality in the state of California.
There were about 79 medicine students who graduated with this degree at UCSD in the most recent data year. Graduates who receive their degree from the medicine program make an average of $67,163 in the first couple years of working.
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).
The medicine program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for Medicine rankings. In order to come up with a best overall ranking for medicine schools, we combine our degree-level rankings, weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each level.
