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Best Health Professions Colleges in California

189 accredited institutions in California offering health professions programs, ranked by annual graduates (IPEDS 2023–24).

189

Colleges

95,262

Graduates/yr

127

Public

Master's

Top Degree

Ranked: Health Professions Programs in California

Private NonprofitMaster's

University of Southern California

Net Price <$30K

PublicBachelor's

California State University-Sacramento

In-State Tuition

PublicBachelor's

California State University-Fullerton

In-State Tuition

PublicAssociate's

Fresno City College

In-State Tuition

Private NonprofitDoctoral

Western University of Health Sciences

PublicBachelor's

California State University-Northridge

In-State Tuition

Private For-ProfitBachelor's

Ashford University

Net Price <$30K

PublicBachelor's

California State University-Long Beach

In-State Tuition

Private NonprofitBachelor's

Azusa Pacific University

Net Price <$30K

PublicAssociate's

In-State Tuition

PublicBachelor's

University of California-Irvine

In-State Tuition

PublicBachelor's

San Diego State University

In-State Tuition

Private NonprofitBachelor's

Samuel Merritt University

University of California-San Francisco

PublicBachelor's

California State University-Los Angeles

In-State Tuition

Private NonprofitDoctoral

Loma Linda University

PublicBachelor's

San Jose State University

In-State Tuition

PublicAssociate's

Santa Ana College

In-State Tuition

Private NonprofitBachelor's

National University

Net Price <$30K

PublicBachelor's

California State University-Fresno

In-State Tuition

PublicBachelor's

California State University-East Bay

In-State Tuition

Private NonprofitDoctoral

University of the Pacific

Net Price <$30K

Private For-ProfitAssociate's

Carrington College-Sacramento

Net Price <$30K

PublicBachelor's

San Francisco State University

In-State Tuition

University of California-Los Angeles

In-State Tuition

Private NonprofitBachelor's

California Baptist University

Net Price <$30K

PublicBachelor's

California State University-Dominguez Hills

In-State Tuition

Private For-ProfitAssociate's

San Joaquin Valley College-Visalia

Net Price <$30K

PublicAssociate's

Saddleback College

In-State Tuition

PublicBachelor's

California State University-San Bernardino

In-State Tuition

PublicBachelor's

University of California-San Diego

In-State Tuition

University of California-Berkeley

In-State Tuition

PublicAssociate's

San Joaquin Delta College

In-State Tuition

PublicBachelor's

California State University-Chico

In-State Tuition

PublicAssociate's

Diablo Valley College

In-State Tuition

PublicAssociate's

Southwestern College

In-State Tuition

Private NonprofitMaster's

University of San Francisco

Net Price <$30K

PublicAssociate's

Santa Rosa Junior College

In-State Tuition

Private NonprofitMaster's

Charles R Drew University of Medicine and Science

Net Price <$30K

PublicAssociate's

El Camino Community College District

In-State Tuition

PublicAssociate's

Mt San Antonio College

In-State Tuition

PublicAssociate's

College of the Desert

In-State Tuition

Private For-ProfitAssociate's

American Career College-Los Angeles

Net Price <$30K

PublicAssociate's

San Luis Obispo

In-State Tuition

PublicBachelor's

California State University-Stanislaus

In-State Tuition

PublicAssociate's

Modesto Junior College

In-State Tuition

Private NonprofitMaster's

University of San Diego

Net Price <$30K

PublicAssociate's

Riverside City College

In-State Tuition

Private For-ProfitAssociate's

San Joaquin Valley College-Bakersfield

Net Price <$30K

PublicAssociate's

Bakersfield College

In-State Tuition

PublicAssociate's

In-State Tuition

PublicAssociate's

In-State Tuition

PublicAssociate's

In-State Tuition

PublicAssociate's

In-State Tuition

PublicAssociate's

Santa Barbara City College

In-State Tuition

PublicAssociate's

Los Angeles City College

In-State Tuition

Private NonprofitBachelor's

Mount Saint Mary's University

Net Price <$30K

PublicAssociate's

College of the Canyons

In-State Tuition

Private For-ProfitMaster's

Alliant International University-San Diego

Private NonprofitDoctoral

Chapman University

Net Price <$30K

University of California-Davis

In-State Tuition

PublicAssociate's

Cerritos College

In-State Tuition

Private NonprofitBachelor's

Point Loma Nazarene University

Net Price <$30K

PublicAssociate's

Merritt College

In-State Tuition

Private NonprofitDoctoral

Southern California University of Health Sciences

PublicAssociate's

Mendocino College

In-State Tuition

Private NonprofitDoctoral

Life Chiropractic College West

PublicAssociate's

Imperial Valley College

In-State Tuition

PublicAssociate's

Pasadena City College

In-State Tuition

PublicAssociate's

City College of San Francisco

In-State Tuition

Private NonprofitBachelor's

Dominican University of California

Net Price <$30K

PublicAssociate's

Cypress College

In-State Tuition

Private For-ProfitDoctoral

Five Branches University

PublicAssociate's

Chaffey College

Rancho Cucamonga

In-State Tuition

Private For-ProfitAssociate's

Concorde Career College-Garden Grove

Net Price <$30K

PublicAssociate's

Grossmont College

In-State Tuition

Private NonprofitDoctoral

Marshall B Ketchum University

PublicAssociate's

Orange Coast College

In-State Tuition

PublicAssociate's

Long Beach City College

In-State Tuition

Private NonprofitBachelor's

Concordia University-Irvine

Net Price <$30K

PublicAssociate's

Sacramento City College

In-State Tuition

PublicAssociate's

San Bernardino Valley College

In-State Tuition

PublicAssociate's

San Diego Mesa College

In-State Tuition

PublicAssociate's

Antelope Valley Community College District

In-State Tuition

Private NonprofitMaster's

Palo Alto University

PublicAssociate's

Ventura College

In-State Tuition

PublicAssociate's

Gavilan College

In-State Tuition

PublicAssociate's

College of the Sequoias

In-State Tuition

Private For-ProfitAssociate's

Glendale Career College

Net Price <$30K

PublicAssociate's

American River College

In-State Tuition

Private For-ProfitAssociate's

Concorde Career College-North Hollywood

North Hollywood

Net Price <$30K

Private NonprofitAssociate's

Casa Loma College-Los Angeles

Net Price <$30K

Private For-ProfitAssociate's

Concorde Career College-San Bernardino

Net Price <$30K

Private For-ProfitAssociate's

High Desert Medical College

Net Price <$30K

PublicAssociate's

Hartnell College

In-State Tuition

PublicAssociate's

Palomar College

In-State Tuition

PublicAssociate's

Skyline College

In-State Tuition

PublicAssociate's

Santa Monica College

In-State Tuition

PublicAssociate's

Allan Hancock College

In-State Tuition

PublicAssociate's

East Los Angeles College

In-State Tuition

Private NonprofitBachelor's

Biola University

Net Price <$30K

Private NonprofitAssociate's

Pacific Union College

Net Price <$30K

PublicAssociate's

Foothill College

Los Altos Hills

In-State Tuition

PublicAssociate's

In-State Tuition

PublicAssociate's

Monterey Peninsula College

In-State Tuition

PublicAssociate's

Victor Valley College

In-State Tuition

PublicBachelor's

California State University-Bakersfield

In-State Tuition

PublicAssociate's

Los Angeles Valley College

In-State Tuition

Private For-ProfitAssociate's

Concorde Career College-San Diego

Net Price <$30K

PublicAssociate's

Golden West College

Huntington Beach

In-State Tuition

PublicAssociate's

In-State Tuition

PublicAssociate's

College of the Redwoods

In-State Tuition

PublicAssociate's

In-State Tuition

PublicAssociate's

Cabrillo College

In-State Tuition

Private NonprofitMaster's

Fuller Theological Seminary

PublicAssociate's

MiraCosta College

In-State Tuition

PublicAssociate's

Glendale Community College

In-State Tuition

PublicAssociate's

Napa Valley College

In-State Tuition

PublicAssociate's

College of San Mateo

In-State Tuition

PublicAssociate's

Los Angeles County College of Nursing and Allied Health

PublicAssociate's

San Diego City College

In-State Tuition

PublicAssociate's

Los Angeles Mission College

In-State Tuition

PublicAssociate's

Moorpark College

In-State Tuition

Private NonprofitMaster's

University of La Verne

Net Price <$30K

Private For-ProfitMaster's

University of Phoenix-California

PublicAssociate's

West Los Angeles College

In-State Tuition

PublicAssociate's

In-State Tuition

Private NonprofitMaster's

Fresno Pacific University

Net Price <$30K

PublicAssociate's

Cosumnes River College

In-State Tuition

PublicAssociate's

Evergreen Valley College

In-State Tuition

Private NonprofitMaster's

South Baylo University

PublicAssociate's

Rio Hondo College

In-State Tuition

University of California-Riverside

In-State Tuition

PublicAssociate's

Contra Costa College

In-State Tuition

Private NonprofitMaster's

Pacific Oaks College

PublicBachelor's

California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo

San Luis Obispo

In-State Tuition

PublicAssociate's

In-State Tuition

PublicAssociate's

Madera Community College

In-State Tuition

PublicAssociate's

In-State Tuition

PublicAssociate's

Mt San Jacinto Community College District

In-State Tuition

PublicAssociate's

San Jose City College

In-State Tuition

PublicAssociate's

Los Angeles Trade Technical College

In-State Tuition

PublicBachelor's

Sonoma State University

In-State Tuition

PublicAssociate's

Mission College

In-State Tuition

Private NonprofitBachelor's

Simpson University

Net Price <$30K

PublicAssociate's

College of Marin

In-State Tuition

PublicAssociate's

Fullerton College

In-State Tuition

PublicAssociate's

Irvine Valley College

In-State Tuition

PublicAssociate's

Columbia College

In-State Tuition

PublicAssociate's

Compton College

In-State Tuition

Private NonprofitMaster's

Loyola Marymount University

Net Price <$30K

Private NonprofitBachelor's

Santa Clara University

Net Price <$30K

PublicAssociate's

Coalinga College

In-State Tuition

PublicAssociate's

De Anza College

In-State Tuition

Private NonprofitBachelor's

University of Redlands

Net Price <$30K

PublicAssociate's

Los Angeles Pierce College

In-State Tuition

Private NonprofitMaster's

California Lutheran University

Net Price <$30K

Private NonprofitBachelor's

Vanguard University of Southern California

Net Price <$30K

PublicAssociate's

Los Medanos College

In-State Tuition

PublicAssociate's

Solano Community College

In-State Tuition

PublicAssociate's

Crafton Hills College

In-State Tuition

PublicAssociate's

Los Angeles Southwest College

In-State Tuition

Private For-ProfitMaster's

Emperor's College of Traditional Oriental Medicine

Private NonprofitBachelor's

La Sierra University

Net Price <$30K

PublicAssociate's

Los Angeles Harbor College

In-State Tuition

Private NonprofitBachelor's

Saint Mary's College of California

Net Price <$30K

PublicAssociate's

Cuyamaca College

In-State Tuition

PublicAssociate's

Reedley College

In-State Tuition

Private NonprofitMaster's

Academy of Chinese Culture and Health Sciences

PublicAssociate's

Barstow Community College

In-State Tuition

PublicAssociate's

Porterville College

In-State Tuition

Private NonprofitMaster's

Dongguk University Los Angeles

PublicAssociate's

West Valley College

In-State Tuition

PublicAssociate's

Cerro Coso Community College

In-State Tuition

Private NonprofitMaster's

California Institute of Integral Studies

PublicAssociate's

Lassen Community College

In-State Tuition

PublicBachelor's

California State Polytechnic University-Humboldt

In-State Tuition

PublicAssociate's

College of the Siskiyous

In-State Tuition

PublicAssociate's

San Diego Miramar College

In-State Tuition

Private NonprofitBachelor's

Lincoln University

Private NonprofitMaster's

Claremont Graduate University

Private NonprofitBachelor's

Westmont College

Net Price <$30K

PublicAssociate's

College of Alameda

In-State Tuition

PublicAssociate's

Lake Tahoe Community College

South Lake Tahoe

In-State Tuition

Private For-ProfitAssociate's

North-West College-West Covina

Net Price <$30K

Private NonprofitBachelor's

Net Price <$30K

Private For-ProfitAssociate's

Glendale Career College-North-West College-Bakersfield

Private For-ProfitBachelor's

Integrity College of Health

Net Price <$30K

Private NonprofitMaster's

Southern California Seminary

Studying Health Professions in California

California has 189 accredited colleges offering health professions programs, producing 95,262 graduates annually. Of these, 127 are public institutions with subsidized in-state tuition for California residents.

When evaluating programs, consider accreditation, internship placement rates, and faculty expertise. Always file the FAFSA — the net price after grants can be dramatically lower than sticker tuition, especially at public institutions.

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Data source: Graduate counts from IPEDS 2023–24 C2023_A Completions survey (NCES). Tuition, acceptance rate, and graduation rate from IPEDS HD2023, ADM2023, DRVGR2023.