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2023 Most Popular Medicine Schools in California

9 Colleges
$60,565 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Medicine 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.

To help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Healthcare Degree Search has developed this Most Popular Medicine Schools in California ranking. This report analyzed 9 schools in California to see which ones were the most popular programs for healthcare students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from the Medicine program at each school on the list.

The following schools top our list of the Most Popular Medicine Colleges.

Our analysis found University of California - Los Angeles to be the most popular school for medicine students who want to pursue a degree in California. Located in the large city of Los Angeles, UCLA is a public college with a fairly large student population.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend University of Southern California. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Most Popular Medicine Schools in California list. USC is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Los Angeles.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend University of California - San Francisco. The school came in at #3 on this year’s Most Popular Medicine Schools in California list. UCSF is a small public school located in the large city of San Francisco.

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#4

Loma Linda University

Loma Linda, CA

The excellent programs at Loma Linda University helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best medicine schools in California. Located in the large suburb of Loma Linda, Loma Linda University is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend University of California - San Diego. The school came in at #5 on this year’s Most Popular Medicine Schools in California list. UCSD is a very large public school located in the large city of La Jolla.

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University of California - Davis did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular schools for medicine students. It came in at #6 on the list. Located in the small suburb of Davis, UC Davis is a public school with a very large student population.

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#7

Stanford University

Stanford, CA

Stanford University came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Medicine Schools in California ranking. Stanford is a large private not-for-profit school located in the large suburb of Stanford.

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University of California - Irvine ranked #7 on this year’s Most Popular Medicine Schools in California list. Located in the large city of Irvine, UC Irvine is a public college with a very large student population.

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With a ranking of #9, University of California - Riverside did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for medicine students. Located in the city of Riverside, UCR is a public school with a very large student population.

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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 9 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).

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