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2023 Most Popular Online Healthcare Doctor's Degree Schools in California

9 Schools Ranked

A healthcare student has lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. You're no longer limited to schools in your local area, either, since online programs are becoming more prevalent. Also, there are a number of trade schools and bootcamps with offerings that you might find attractive.

To help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Healthcare Degree Search has developed this Most Popular Online Healthcare Doctor's Degree Schools in California ranking. Our analysis looked at 9 schools in California to see which online doctor's degree programs were the most popular for healthcare students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from schools with online programs.

Learn more about these popular schools with online programs:

1,065 Total Awards
$26,247 Average Tuition & Fees

Our 2023 rankings named University of St. Augustine for Health Sciences the most popular school in California for healthcare students working on their doctor’s degree. University of St. Augustine for Health Sciences is a medium-sized private for-profit school located in San Marcos, California that handed out 1,065 doctor’s degrees in 2020-2021.

Around 62% of those degree recipients were women.

Interested in an online degree? Then you definitely want to check out USAHS. Every graduate student at the school took at least one class online.

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#2

Brandman University

Irvine, California
113 Total Awards
$12,720 Average Tuition & Fees

A rank of #2 on this year’s list means Brandman University is a great place for healthcare students working on their doctor’s degree. Brandman University is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school located in Irvine, California that handed out 113 doctor’s degrees in 2020-2021.

Of those students who received their degree, 84% were women.

Brandman is one of the schools on our list that is primarily online. Each graduate student at the school took at least one class online.

Full Brandman University Report

#3

Northcentral University

San Diego, California
17 Total Awards
$18,207 Average Tuition & Fees

The excellent doctor’s degree programs at Northcentral University helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular healthcare schools in California. Located in San Diego, California, the fairly large private not-for-profit school awarded 17 diplomas to qualifed doctor’s degree students in 2020-2021.

Of those students who received their degree, 76% were women.

Since the graduate programs at Northcentral University are online, the school is an excellent choice for graduate students who need more flexibility than what is offered at some other schools.

Full Northcentral University Report

43 Total Awards
$8,087 Average Tuition & Fees

A rank of #4 on this year’s list means California State University - Fresno is a great place for healthcare students working on their doctor’s degree. This large public school is located in Fresno, California, and it awarded 43 doctor’s degrees in 2020-2021.

Of those students who received their degree, 79% were women.

In 2019-2020 about 98% of the graduate students at the school chose to take one or more online courses.

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#5

Point Loma Nazarene University

San Diego, California
9 Total Awards

You’ll be in good company if you attend Point Loma Nazarene University. The school came in at #5 on this year’s Most Popular Online Healthcare Doctor’s Degree Schools in California list. PLNU is a private not-for-profit institution located in San Diego, California. The school has a small population, and it awarded 9 doctor’s degrees in 2020-2021.

Around 89% of those degree recipients were women.

In 2019-2020 about 56% of the graduate students at the school chose to take one or more online courses.

Full Point Loma Nazarene University Report

5 Total Awards
$12,965 Average Tuition & Fees

California Intercontinental University ranked #6 on this year’s Most Popular Online Healthcare Doctor’s Degree Schools in California list. California Intercontinental University is a very small private for-profit school situated in Irvine, California. It awarded 5 doctor’s degrees in 2020-2021.

Around 60% of those degree recipients were women.

Since the graduate programs at California Intercontinental University are primarily online school, so it is a great choice for returning adults and students who work full time.

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$10,989 Average Tuition & Fees

West Coast University - Orange County came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Online Healthcare Doctor’s Degree Schools in California ranking.

West Coast University - Orange County is one of the schools on our list that is primarily online. Each graduate student at the school took at least one class online.

Full West Coast University - Orange County Report

#7

Touro University Worldwide

Los Alamitos, California

Touro University Worldwide landed the #7 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular doctor’s degree healthcare programs.

If you are interested in distance education, TUW is an excellent choice, since graduate classes are offered online.

Full Touro University Worldwide Report

#7

National University

La Jolla, California

With a ranking of #7, National University did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for healthcare students working on their doctor’s degree.

During the 2019-2020 year, about 48% of the graduate students at the school took at least one online course.

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Notes and References

Footnotes

*These averages are for the top 9 schools only.

References

  • 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 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).
  • Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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