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2023 Best Medicine Doctor's Degree Schools in California

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Finding the Best Medicine Doctor's Degree School for You

In 2020-2021, medicine students earned 1,756 degrees and certificates from a California school, making the subject the 10th in the state.

It's not easy to decide which healthcare program to enroll in when you have so many options available. 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 Best Medicine Doctor's Degree Schools in California to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 8 schools in California to see which ones offered the best doctor's degree programs for healthcare students. The factors used to develop this ranking include those related to how in-demand the school is, the overall quality of the school, and post-graduation wages, and more.

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2023 Best Medicine Doctor’s Degree Schools in California

Check out the medicine doctor's degree programs at these schools if you want to get the best education that money can buy.

Top California Schools for a Doctorate in Medicine

#1

Stanford University

Stanford, CA

Our 2023 rankings named Stanford University the best school in California for medicine students working on their doctor’s degree. Stanford is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the large suburb of Stanford.

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Out of the 8 schools in California that were part of this year’s ranking, University of California - Los Angeles landed the # 2 spot on the list. Located in the large city of Los Angeles, UCLA is a public college with a fairly large student population.

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Out of the 8 schools in California that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Southern California landed the # 3 spot on the list. USC is a very large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Los Angeles.

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The excellent doctor’s degree programs at University of California - San Francisco helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best medicine schools in California. UCSF is a small public school located in the city of San Francisco.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend University of California - Davis. The school came in at #5 on this year’s Best Medicine Doctor’s Degree Schools in California list. Located in the suburb of Davis, UC Davis is a public college with a very large student population.

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#6

Loma Linda University

Loma Linda, CA

Loma Linda University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for medicine students to get a doctor’s degree. It came in at #6 on the list. Located in the suburb of Loma Linda, Loma Linda University is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.

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University of California - Irvine landed the #7 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best doctor’s degree medicine programs. Located in the city of Irvine, UC Irvine is a public college with a fairly large student population.

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University of California - San Diego landed the #8 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best doctor’s degree medicine programs. UCSD is a fairly large public school located in the large city of La Jolla.

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Best Medicine Colleges in the Far Western US Region

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State Degrees Awarded
Oregon 158
Washington 478
Nevada 242
Hawaii 68

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

Medicine Concentrations

Major Annual Graduates
Medicine 20,665

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 8 schools only.

  • Read more about our ranking methodology.
  • 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).

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