At a glance · California

  • 27 colleges in California offer a bachelor's health science program: 26 awarded the degree in 2022-23 (federal IPEDS completions); 1 more carry program earnings in federal outcome data but no 2022-23 degree count under these program codes.
  • Largest programs by graduates in 2022-23: California State University-Sacramento (410), California State University-Long Beach (235), California State University-Channel Islands (208).
  • Hardest reported gate into the program (only the UC and the CSU publish one): California State University-East Bay — Health Science, Fall 2025: 382 applied, 328 admitted (85.9%).
  • Highest reported admit rate into the program: California State University-Dominguez Hills — 95.4% (348 applied, 332 admitted, Fall 2025).
  • Highest median earnings four years after the degree: Dominican University of California, $82,911.
  • Lowest average net price with aid: California State University-San Bernardino, $4,564 per year.

A college on this page with no first-year row is not reporting a separate admit rate for health science, and that is a different thing from the door being closed. Where a CSU does report one, the figure is that campus's own count of first-year applicants and admits for the major. Admits are not enrollees. At most UC programs students are admitted to the campus, not the major. This page as JSON → · All 475 colleges nationwide →

Hardest reported gate

85.9%
California State University-East Bay
Health Science, Fall 2025: 382 applied, 328 admitted

Highest reported admit rate

95.4%
California State University-Dominguez Hills
Health Science, Fall 2025: 348 applied, 332 admitted

Highest earnings, 4 yrs out

$82,911
Dominican University of California
median, graduates of this program

Lowest net price with aid

$4,564
California State University-San Bernardino
average for aid recipients, per year

Every college, one row each

Colleges with a reported gate into the program come first, hardest first; the rest are sorted by earnings, then by graduates. Degree awarded is the program the college conferred bachelor's degrees in during 2022-23, with the number of graduates (federal IPEDS completions). Program admit rate is the college system's own number for this major (UC Information Center, CSU Chancellor's Office). Net price is the average paid by aid recipients; full price is the cost of attendance. Earnings are federal College Scorecard medians four years after the degree.

College Gate into the program Degree awarded
· graduates 2022-23
Program
admit rate
Campus
admit rate
Net price
with aid
Full
price
Earnings
4 yrs out
California State University-East Bay
CA · Public · Test-blind
Health Science
Fall 2025: 382 applied, 328 admitted
Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences, General
188 graduates
85.9% 97% $9,320 $22,850 $68,231
California State University-Channel Islands
CA · Public · Test-blind
Health Science
Fall 2025: 381 applied, 353 admitted
Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences, General
208 graduates
92.7% 93% $9,849 $23,561 $58,396
California State University-Fresno
CA · Public · Test-blind
Health Science
Fall 2025: 14 applied, 13 admitted
Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences, General
145 graduates
92.9% 96% $7,000 $20,095 $76,268
California State University-Sacramento
CA · Public · Test-blind
Health Science
Fall 2025: 3,463 applied, 3,261 admitted
Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences, General
410 graduates
94.2% 94% $9,338 $22,945 $67,182
California State University-Dominguez Hills
CA · Public · Test-blind
Health Science
Fall 2025: 348 applied, 332 admitted
Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences, General
127 graduates
95.4% 91% $8,615 $23,191 $51,549
Dominican University of California
CA · Private nonprofit · Test-optional
Not reported by the college system
Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences, General
16 graduates
— 96% $35,333 $71,751 $82,911
California State University-Stanislaus
CA · Public · Test-blind
Not reported by the college system
Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences, General
33 graduates
— 98% $6,067 $19,739 $80,630
San Diego State University
CA · Public · Test-blind
Not reported by the college system — — 34% $15,364 $27,780 $73,095
California State University-Chico
CA · Public · Test-blind
Not reported by the college system
Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences, General
6 graduates
— 94% $14,480 $26,283 $69,303
San Francisco State University
CA · Public · Test-blind
Not reported by the college system
Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences, General
74 graduates
— 96% $12,278 $26,488 $65,252
Azusa Pacific University
CA · Private nonprofit · Test-optional
Not reported by the college system
Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences, General
31 graduates
— 80% $22,212 $56,313 $64,797
California Baptist University
CA · Private nonprofit · Test-optional
Not reported by the college system
Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences, General
30 graduates
— 74% $26,285 $54,038 $59,801
California State University-Fullerton
CA · Public · Test-blind
Not reported by the college system
Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences, General
17 graduates
— 87% $6,555 $18,269 $54,244
California State University-San Bernardino
CA · Public · Test-blind
Not reported by the college system
Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences, General
60 graduates
— 98% $4,564 $17,427 $45,977
California State University-Long Beach
CA · Public · Test-blind
Not reported by the college system
Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences, General
235 graduates
— 47% $10,440 $22,679 —
California Northstate University
CA · Private for-profit
Not reported by the college system
Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences, General
59 graduates
— — — — —
Los Angeles Pacific University
CA · Private nonprofit
Not reported by the college system
Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences, General
45 graduates
— — $22,677 — —
CBD College
CA · Private nonprofit
Not reported by the college system
Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences, General
35 graduates
— — — — —
Saint Mary's College of California
CA · Private nonprofit · Test-optional
Not reported by the college system
Health Professions and Related Clinical Sciences, Other
28 graduates
— 89% $30,378 $77,659 —
National University
CA · Private nonprofit
Not reported by the college system
Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences, General
19 graduates
— — $22,878 — —
Southern California University of Health Sciences
CA · Private nonprofit
Not reported by the college system
Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences, General
17 graduates
— — — — —
Loma Linda University
CA · Private nonprofit
Not reported by the college system
Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences, General
6 graduates
— — — — —
University of Saint Katherine
CA · Private nonprofit
Not reported by the college system
Health and Wellness, General
5 graduates
— — — — —
University of Southern California
CA · Private nonprofit · Test-optional
Not reported by the college system
Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences, General
5 graduates
— 10% $32,740 $90,300 —
Ashford University
CA · Private for-profit
Not reported by the college system
Health and Wellness, General
3 graduates
— — $31,266 — —
Biola University
CA · Private nonprofit · Test-optional
Not reported by the college system
Health and Wellness, General
3 graduates
— 60% $31,495 $62,757 —
United States University
CA · Private for-profit
Not reported by the college system
Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences, General
1 graduate
— — — — —

Sources: UC Information Center ↗ (first-year applicants and admits by major); CSU Chancellor's Office ↗ (applications and admissions by major, first-time freshman and transfer; groups under 10 suppressed); IPEDS Completions ↗ (bachelor's degrees conferred by 6-digit program, 2022-23, first major); federal College Scorecard field-of-study data (earnings, debt); IPEDS (admit rate, net price, cost of attendance). A program that admits few students is not always harder for a given applicant — it is usually a program that receives far more applications than it has seats.

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