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Best Value Health Sciences & Services Undergraduate Certificate Schools in California

2023 Best Value Health Sciences & Services Undergraduate Certificate Schools in California

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

3 Colleges

$4,247 Avg Tuition & Fees*

$24,596 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Health Sciences & Services Undergraduate Certificate School for You

Health Sciences & Services is one of the most popular subjects to study in California. With 6,731 degrees and certificates handed out in 2021-2022, it ranked 5th out of all the majors we track in the state.

There are so many trade school programs in today's world that it can tough to figure out which one is the right one for you. With more and more schools offering online options, you could even register for a great program on the other side of the country.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Trade College Search has created the Best Value Health Sciences & Services Undergraduate Certificate Schools in California to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 3 schools in California to see which ones offered the best value undergraduate certificate programs for health science students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.

This ranking is not just a list of inexpensive schools. We also consider each school's quality, since we believe a low-quality school may not be a 'bargain' at any price. Specifically, our score for quality is discounted by the published tuition and fees charged by the given college. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The more quality your dollar buys, the better the value.

For nationwide and regional rankings, we use out-of-state tuition and fees in our calculations. For statewide rankings, we use average in-state tuition and fees.

Best California Schools for Affordable Quality for an Award Taking 1 to 4 Years in Health Sciences & Services

Pasadena City College

Pasadena, CA

22 Undergraduate Certificates

$1,172 Average Tuition & Fees

Our analysis found Pasadena City College to be the best value school for health sciences & services students who want to pursue a undergraduate certificate in California. Located in the medium-sized city of Pasadena, Pasadena City College is a public college with a very large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at Pasadena City College are $1,172 a year.

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Bakersfield College

Bakersfield, CA

3 Undergraduate Certificates

$1,430 Average Tuition & Fees

A rank of #2 on this year’s list means Bakersfield College is a great value for health sciences & services students working on their undergraduate certificate. Bakersfield College is a fairly large public school located in the large city of Bakersfield.

Bakersfield College undergraduate students pay an average of $1,430 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

Pacific College of Health and Science

San Diego, CA

127 Undergraduate Certificates

$10,138 Average Tuition & Fees

The excellent undergraduate certificate programs at Pacific College of Health and Science helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best value health sciences & services schools in California. Located in the large city of San Diego, Pacific College San Diego is a private for-profit school with a small student population.

Pacific College San Diego undergraduate students pay an average of $10,138 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

Best Value Health Sciences & Services Colleges in the Far Western US Region

Explore all the Best Value Health Sciences & Services Colleges in the Far Western US Area or other specific states within that region.

State	Degrees Awarded
Washington	408
Oregon	308
Nevada	395
Alaska	1

One of 11 majors within the trade school area of study, health sciences & services has other similar majors worth exploring.

Health Science Focus Areas

Major	Annual Graduates
General Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences	30,811
General Health & Wellness	5,951

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Health & Medical Administrative Services	88,600
Practical Nursing & Nursing Assistants	85,339
Allied Health Professions	83,905
Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services	83,587
Mental & Social Health Services	30,331

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 3 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).
Credit for the banner image above goes to Sandra M. Palumbo.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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