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2023 Most Popular Health Sciences & Services Undergraduate Certificate Schools in California

5 Colleges
$24,596 Avg Salary
$11,499 Avg Student Debt

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.

To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Healthcare Degree Search has created its Most Popular Health Sciences & Services Undergraduate Certificate Schools in California ranking. Our analysis looked at 5 schools in California to see which undergraduate certificate programs were the most popular for healthcare students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from the Health Sciences & Services program at each school on the list.

The colleges and universities below are the most popular for health science majors pursuing a undergraduate certificate.

Our analysis found Pacific College of Health and Science to be the most popular school for health sciences and services students who want to pursue a undergraduate certificate in California. Located in the city of San Diego, Pacific College San Diego is a private for-profit college with a small student population.

About 91% of the students majoring in health science at the school are women while 9% are male.

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

#2

Pasadena City College

Pasadena, CA

The in-demand undergraduate certificate programs at Pasadena City College helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular health sciences and services schools in California. Pasadena City College is a fairly large public school located in the midsize city of Pasadena.

Women make up 60% of the health science majors at the school.

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#3

Bakersfield College

Bakersfield, CA

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Bakersfield College. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Most Popular Health Sciences & Services Undergraduate Certificate Schools in California list. Located in the large city of Bakersfield, Bakersfield College is a public college with a fairly large student population.

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#4

MiraCosta College

Oceanside, CA

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend MiraCosta College. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Most Popular Health Sciences & Services Undergraduate Certificate Schools in California list. MiraCosta College is a fairly large public school located in the suburb of Oceanside.

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#4

West Los Angeles College

Culver City, CA

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend West Los Angeles College. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Most Popular Health Sciences & Services Undergraduate Certificate Schools in California list. Located in the suburb of Culver City, West LA College is a public college with a moderately-sized student population.

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

Explore all the Most Popular 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 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 Sandra M. Palumbo.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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