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2023 Most Popular Medical Science Graduate Certificate Schools in California

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Finding the Best Medical Science Graduate Certificate School for You

In 2020-2021, 86 degrees and certificates were awarded to medical science students who went to a California college or university. This makes it the #24 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 can choose a traditional brick and mortar school, or with the growth of online education, you can attend a school half-way across the country without even leaving your house. Also there are many trade schools that offer short-term programs that open up more career options.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Healthcare Degree Search has created the Most Popular Medical Science Graduate Certificate Schools in California to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 2 schools in California to see which graduate certificate programs were the most popular for healthcare students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from the Medical Science program at each school on the list.

Check out the medical science graduate certificate programs at these schools if you want to attend one of the most popular in California.

Our 2023 rankings named University of California - San Francisco the most popular school in California for medical science students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the large city of San Francisco, UCSF is a public college with a small student population.

Of the 6 students majoring in medical science at UCSF, 33% are male and 67% are female.

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A rank of #2 on this year’s list means University of Southern California is a great place for medical science students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the city of Los Angeles, USC is a private not-for-profit school with a very large student population.

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State Degrees Awarded
Oregon 52
Washington 7

One of 30 majors within the healthcare area of study, medical science has other similar majors worth exploring.

Medical Science Concentrations

Major Annual Graduates
Medical Scientist 853
Clinical and Translational Science 52
Temporomandibular Disorders and Orofacial Pain 4

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 2 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).

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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