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2023 Best Value Health Sciences & Services Undergraduate Certificate Schools in California

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

3 Colleges
$4,156 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$24,596 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Health Sciences & Services Undergraduate Certificate School for You

In 2020-2021, health sciences and services students earned 5,947 degrees and certificates from a California school, making the subject the 2nd in the state.

It's not easy to decide which healthcare program to enroll in when you have so many options available. As online education oppotunities continue to grow, you're not restricted to just schools in your local area anymore. Even some of the 'big name' schools are offering online courses. Also, there are a number of trade schools with offerings that you might find attractive.

The Best Value Health Sciences & Services Undergraduate Certificate Schools in California ranking is one of many tools that Healthcare Degree Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. Our analysis looked at 3 schools in California to see which undergraduate certificate programs offered the best value experiences for health science students with the aim of identifying those quality schools that are more affordable than some of their counterparts.

This ranking is not just a list of inexpensive schools. We also consider each school's quality, since we believe a low-quality school may not be a 'bargain' at any price. More specifically, we discount our quality score by the published tuition and fees charged by a school. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The value is determined by how much quality your dollar buys.

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

2023 Best Value Health Sciences & Services Undergraduate Certificate Schools in California

The following schools top our list of the Best Value Health Sciences & Services Undergraduate Certificate Colleges.

Best California Schools for Affordable Quality for an Award Taking 1 to 4 Years in Health Sciences & Services

#1

Pasadena City College

Pasadena, CA

Our 2023 rankings named Pasadena City College the best value school in California for health sciences and services students working on their undergraduate certificate. Pasadena City College is a very large public school located in the city of Pasadena.

Pasadena City College undergraduate students pay an average of $1,212 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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#2

Bakersfield College

Bakersfield, CA

The excellent undergraduate certificate programs at Bakersfield College helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best value health sciences and services schools in California. Located in the large city of Bakersfield, Bakersfield College is a public college with a very large student population.

Bakersfield College undergraduate students pay an average of $1,430 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

Read full report on Health Sciences & Services at Bakersfield College

The excellent undergraduate certificate programs at Pacific College of Health and Science helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best value health sciences and services schools in California. Located in the city of San Diego, Pacific College San Diego is a private for-profit school with a small student population.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Pacific College San Diego are $9,826 per year.

Full Health Sciences & Services at Pacific College of Health and Science Report

Best Value Health Sciences & Services Colleges in the Far Western US Region

Explore all the Best Value Health Sciences & Services Schools in the Far Western US Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Oregon 350
Washington 394
Nevada 432
Alaska 1

Health Sciences & Services is one of 30 different types of healthcare programs to choose from.

Health Science Concentrations

Major Annual Graduates
General Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences 29,840
General Health & Wellness 6,105

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 3 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 Sandra M. Palumbo.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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