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2023 Best Value Alternative Medicine & Systems Master's Degree Schools in California

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

5 Colleges
$16,690 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$25,701 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Alternative Medicine & Systems Master's Degree School for You

In 2020-2021, 1,164 degrees and certificates were awarded to alternative medicine and systems students who went to a California college or university. This makes it the #12 most popular major in the state.

There are lots of options to pick from today when trying to decide which healthcare program is right for you. You're no longer limited to schools in your local area, either, since online programs are becoming more prevalent. Or you may find the programs at a trade school to be a better alternative for you.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Healthcare Degree Search has created the Best Value Alternative Medicine & Systems Master's Degree Schools in California to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 5 schools in California to see which ones offered the best value master's degree programs for alternative medicine students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.

Our ranking of value is based on the quality of a program as defined in our per sticker price dollar. Specifically, our score for quality is discounted by the published tuition and fees charged by the given college. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The more quality your dollar buys, the better the value.

In our regional and nationwide rankings, out-of-state tution and fees are used in our calculations. For statewide rankings, we use average in-state tuition and fees.

2023 Best Value Alternative Medicine & Systems Master’s Degree Schools in California

The following schools top our list of the Best Value Alternative Medicine & Systems Master's Degree Colleges.

Best California Schools for Affordable Quality for a Master's in Alternative Medicine & Systems

Our 2023 rankings named Pacific College of Health and Science the best value school in California for alternative medicine and systems students working on their master’s degree. Pacific College San Diego is a small private for-profit school located in the city of San Diego.

Pacific College San Diego graduate students pay an average of $12,668 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Acupuncture and Integrative Medicine College - Berkeley. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Value Alternative Medicine & Systems Master’s Degree Schools in California list. Located in the midsize city of Berkeley, Acupuncture and Integrative Medicine College - Berkeley is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at Acupuncture and Integrative Medicine College - Berkeley are $13,862 a year.

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A rank of #3 on this year’s list means California Institute of Integral Studies is a great value for alternative medicine and systems students working on their master’s degree. CIIS is a small private not-for-profit school located in the city of San Francisco.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at CIIS are $22,188 per year.

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#4

National University

La Jolla, CA

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend National University. The school came in at #4 on this year’s Best Value Alternative Medicine & Systems Master’s Degree Schools in California list. Located in the city of La Jolla, National University is a private not-for-profit school with a fairly large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at National University are $15,480 a year.

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Out of the 5 schools in California that were part of this year’s ranking, Emperor’s College of Traditional Oriental Medicine landed the # 5 spot on the list. Emperor's College is a small private for-profit school located in the city of Santa Monica.

Emperor’s College graduate students pay an average of $18,043 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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Best Value Alternative Medicine & Systems Colleges in the Far Western US Region

Explore all the Best Value Alternative Medicine & Systems Colleges in the Far Western US Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Oregon 244
Washington 172
Nevada 6
Hawaii 14

Alternative Medicine & Systems is one of 30 different types of healthcare programs to choose from.

Alternative Medicine Concentrations

Major Annual Graduates
Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine 1,930
Holistic/Integrative Health 521
General Alternative and Complementary Medicine and Medical Systems 410
Naturopathic Medicine/Naturopathy 329
Traditional Chinese Medicine and Chinese Herbology 152
Ayurvedic Medicine/Ayurveda 138
Other Alternative and Complementary Medicine and Medical Systems 84

Majors Similar to Alternative Medicine

Related Major Annual Graduates
Nursing 322,592
Health & Medical Administrative Services 89,359
Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services 84,492
Practical Nursing & Nursing Assistants 84,274
Allied Health Professions 82,308

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 5 schools only.

  • 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 Aphiwat chuangchoem.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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