85 Best Surgeons Medical schools in California, US

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Below is a list of best universities in California ranked based on their research performance in Surgery. A graph of 13.1M citations received by 364K academic papers made by 85 universities in California was used to calculate publications' ratings, which then were adjusted for release dates and added to final scores.

We don't distinguish between undergraduate and graduate programs nor do we adjust for current majors offered. You can find information about granted degrees on a university page but always double-check with the university website.

1. University of California - San Francisco

For Surgery

Acceptance Rate
13%
Enrollment
3,140
Male:Female
35:65
Founded
1864

2. Stanford University

For Surgery

Acceptance Rate
4%
Average SAT
1540
Average ACT
34
Net Price
$18,279

3. University of California - Los Angeles

For Surgery

Acceptance Rate
9%
Receiving Aid
57%
Average Aid
$21,766
Enrollment
46,430

4. University of Southern California

For Surgery

Acceptance Rate
12%
Average SAT
1500
Average ACT
34
Net Price
$36,808

5. University of California-San Diego

For Surgery

Acceptance Rate
24%
Receiving Aid
61%
Average Aid
$20,782
Enrollment
42,006

6. University of California - Davis

For Surgery

Acceptance Rate
37%
Receiving Aid
63%
Average Aid
$20,548
Enrollment
39,679

7. University of California - Irvine

For Surgery

Acceptance Rate
21%
Receiving Aid
80%
Average Aid
$17,411
Enrollment
35,937

8. Loma Linda University

For Surgery

Acceptance Rate
100%
Enrollment
4,280
Male:Female
33:67
Founded
1905

9. University of California - Berkeley

For Surgery

Acceptance Rate
11%
Receiving Aid
60%
Average Aid
$21,669
Enrollment
45,307

10. California Institute of Technology

For Surgery

Acceptance Rate
3%
Net Price
$20,755
Receiving Aid
71%
Average Aid
$59,192

11. University of California - Santa Barbara

For Surgery

Acceptance Rate
26%
Receiving Aid
59%
Average Aid
$20,389
Enrollment
26,420

12. University of California - Riverside

For Surgery

Acceptance Rate
69%
Receiving Aid
79%
Average Aid
$22,042
Enrollment
26,809

13. Palo Alto University

For Surgery

Acceptance Rate
12%
Enrollment
1,129
Male:Female
14:86
Founded
1975

14. San Diego State University

For Surgery

Acceptance Rate
39%
Receiving Aid
98%
Average Aid
$9,934
Enrollment
37,402

15. West Los Angeles College

For Surgery

Acceptance Rate
100%
Receiving Aid
65%
Average Aid
$6,951
Enrollment
8,656

16. Western University of Health Sciences

For Surgery

Acceptance Rate
8%
Enrollment
3,724
Male:Female
36:64
Founded
1977

17. Charles R Drew University of Medicine and Science

For Surgery

Acceptance Rate
80%
Net Price
$27,637
Receiving Aid
73%
Average Aid
$11,419

19. California State University - Fresno

For Surgery

Acceptance Rate
95%
Receiving Aid
89%
Average Aid
$9,968
Enrollment
23,999

20. University of the Pacific

For Surgery

Acceptance Rate
93%
Average SAT
1272
Average ACT
29
Net Price
$28,164

21. University of San Francisco

For Surgery

Acceptance Rate
71%
Average SAT
1310
Average ACT
29
Net Price
$42,953

22. California State University - Long Beach

For Surgery

Acceptance Rate
40%
Receiving Aid
80%
Average Aid
$9,478
Enrollment
38,973

23. California State University - Sacramento

For Surgery

Acceptance Rate
93%
Receiving Aid
82%
Average Aid
$9,590
Enrollment
31,818

24. California State University - Fullerton

For Surgery

Acceptance Rate
67%
Receiving Aid
80%
Average Aid
$9,194
Enrollment
40,386

25. University of San Diego

For Surgery

Acceptance Rate
53%
Net Price
$36,008
Receiving Aid
84%
Average Aid
$36,408

26. University of California - Santa Cruz

For Surgery

Acceptance Rate
47%
Receiving Aid
74%
Average Aid
$21,202
Enrollment
19,478

27. Humboldt State University

For Surgery

Acceptance Rate
98%
Receiving Aid
76%
Average Aid
$9,262
Enrollment
6,025

28. San Jose State University

For Surgery

Acceptance Rate
77%
Receiving Aid
65%
Average Aid
$9,210
Enrollment
35,751

29. California State University - East Bay

For Surgery

Acceptance Rate
96%
Receiving Aid
80%
Average Aid
$8,659
Enrollment
13,673

30. San Francisco State University

For Surgery

Acceptance Rate
94%
Receiving Aid
78%
Average Aid
$9,830
Enrollment
25,282

31. California Polytechnic State University - San Luis Obispo

For Surgery

Acceptance Rate
30%
Receiving Aid
57%
Average Aid
$10,065
Enrollment
22,000

32. Marshall B Ketchum University

For Surgery

Acceptance Rate
23%
Enrollment
685
Male:Female
28:72
Founded
1904

33. Chapman University

For Surgery

Acceptance Rate
73%
Average SAT
1300
Average ACT
29
Net Price
$45,033

34. California State University - Los Angeles

For Surgery

Acceptance Rate
87%
Receiving Aid
92%
Average Aid
$10,907
Enrollment
26,460

36. Santa Clara University

For Surgery

Acceptance Rate
52%
Average SAT
1385
Average ACT
31
Net Price
$50,551

37. University of California - Merced

For Surgery

Acceptance Rate
89%
Receiving Aid
86%
Average Aid
$25,868
Enrollment
9,103

38. California State University - San Bernardino

For Surgery

Acceptance Rate
91%
Receiving Aid
89%
Average Aid
$9,871
Enrollment
19,803

39. California State University - Northridge

For Surgery

Acceptance Rate
91%
Receiving Aid
85%
Average Aid
$10,511
Enrollment
37,579

40. Touro University California

For Surgery

Acceptance Rate
49%
Enrollment
1,144
Male:Female
37:63
Founded
1997

41. Alliant International University - San Diego

For Surgery

Acceptance Rate
0%
Net Price
$25,481
Receiving Aid
33%
Average Aid
$9,411

42. Pomona College

For Surgery

Acceptance Rate
7%
Average SAT
1520
Average ACT
34
Net Price
$19,962

43. University of the West

For Surgery

Acceptance Rate
78%
Net Price
$19,028
Receiving Aid
80%
Average Aid
$8,190

44. Naval Postgraduate School

For Surgery

Acceptance Rate
23%
Enrollment
2,670
Male:Female
78:22
Founded
1909

45. Claremont Graduate University

For Surgery

Acceptance Rate
35%
Enrollment
1,903
Male:Female
40:60
Founded
1925

46. Samuel Merritt University

For Surgery

Acceptance Rate
66%
Enrollment
1,911
Male:Female
23:77
Founded
1909

47. California State Polytechnic University - Pomona

For Surgery

Acceptance Rate
55%
Receiving Aid
77%
Average Aid
$9,040
Enrollment
27,503

48. Pepperdine University

For Surgery

Acceptance Rate
49%
Average SAT
1383
Average ACT
30
Net Price
$47,804

49. Southern California University of Health Sciences

For Surgery

Acceptance Rate
100%
Net Price
$17,273
Receiving Aid
50%
Average Aid
$2,117

50. Fielding Graduate University

For Surgery

Enrollment
1,000
Male:Female
21:79
Founded
1974

51. Keck Graduate Institute

For Surgery

Acceptance Rate
50%
Enrollment
668
Male:Female
30:70
Founded
1997

53. California State University - Chico

For Surgery

Acceptance Rate
95%
Receiving Aid
72%
Average Aid
$9,162
Enrollment
14,183

54. Loyola Marymount University

For Surgery

Acceptance Rate
41%
Average SAT
1380
Average ACT
31
Net Price
$52,815

55. Azusa Pacific University

For Surgery

Acceptance Rate
87%
Average SAT
1110
Average ACT
25
Net Price
$26,666

56. California State University - San Marcos

For Surgery

Acceptance Rate
95%
Receiving Aid
75%
Average Aid
$8,922
Enrollment
15,109

57. Fuller Theological Seminary

For Surgery

Enrollment
2,089
Male:Female
53:47

58. Whittier College

For Surgery

Acceptance Rate
75%
Average SAT
1240
Average ACT
27
Net Price
$28,368

59. California State University - Dominguez Hills

For Surgery

Acceptance Rate
89%
Receiving Aid
91%
Average Aid
$9,819
Enrollment
16,426

60. California State University Maritime Academy

For Surgery

Acceptance Rate
96%
Receiving Aid
62%
Average Aid
$9,529
Enrollment
849

61. Santa Ana College

For Surgery

Acceptance Rate
100%
Receiving Aid
97%
Average Aid
$7,374
Enrollment
23,852

62. Harvey Mudd College

For Surgery

Acceptance Rate
13%
Average SAT
1520
Average ACT
35
Net Price
$39,850

63. Ashford University

For Surgery

Acceptance Rate
100%
Net Price
$25,104
Receiving Aid
100%
Average Aid
$5,121

64. Occidental College

For Surgery

Acceptance Rate
39%
Average SAT
1440
Average ACT
33
Net Price
$44,853

65. Cypress College

For Surgery

Acceptance Rate
100%
Receiving Aid
87%
Average Aid
$7,377
Enrollment
13,523

66. Sonoma State University

For Surgery

Acceptance Rate
94%
Receiving Aid
81%
Average Aid
$7,287
Enrollment
6,637

67. University of Redlands

For Surgery

Acceptance Rate
82%
Average SAT
1196
Average ACT
28
Net Price
$28,157

68. Dominican University of California

For Surgery

Acceptance Rate
93%
Average SAT
1162
Average ACT
24
Net Price
$49,907

69. United States University

For Surgery

Acceptance Rate
100%
Net Price
$13,529
Receiving Aid
75%
Average Aid
$3,125

70. Pardee RAND Graduate School

For Surgery

Acceptance Rate
13%
Enrollment
126
Male:Female
58:42
Founded
1970

71. Bakersfield College

For Surgery

Acceptance Rate
100%
Receiving Aid
95%
Average Aid
$6,010
Enrollment
26,873

72. California State University - Stanislaus

For Surgery

Acceptance Rate
97%
Receiving Aid
89%
Average Aid
$9,696
Enrollment
10,154

73. Claremont McKenna College

For Surgery

Acceptance Rate
10%
Average SAT
1495
Average ACT
34
Net Price
$28,701

74. Golden Gate University - San Francisco

For Surgery

Acceptance Rate
83%
Enrollment
2,661
Male:Female
55:45
Founded
1901

75. California State University - Monterey Bay

For Surgery

Acceptance Rate
92%
Receiving Aid
77%
Average Aid
$8,702
Enrollment
7,045

76. Master's University and Seminary

For Surgery

Acceptance Rate
78%
Net Price
$30,783
Receiving Aid
62%
Average Aid
$13,010

77. California State University - Bakersfield

For Surgery

Acceptance Rate
87%
Receiving Aid
90%
Average Aid
$10,750
Enrollment
9,613

78. California State University - Channel Islands

For Surgery

Acceptance Rate
90%
Receiving Aid
76%
Average Aid
$9,412
Enrollment
6,128

79. Bethesda University

For Surgery

Acceptance Rate
100%
Net Price
$21,746
Receiving Aid
81%
Average Aid
$2,786

80. Point Loma Nazarene University

For Surgery

Acceptance Rate
82%
Net Price
$34,933
Receiving Aid
100%
Average Aid
$19,422

81. Antioch University

For Surgery

Acceptance Rate
81%
Enrollment
867
Male:Female
26:74

82. West Coast University - Orange County

For Surgery

Acceptance Rate
100%
Net Price
$27,933
Receiving Aid
83%
Average Aid
$7,762

83. California Baptist University

For Surgery

Acceptance Rate
80%
Net Price
$27,304
Receiving Aid
98%
Average Aid
$22,757

84. California Lutheran University

For Surgery

Acceptance Rate
87%
Average SAT
1235
Average ACT
28
Net Price
$30,416

85. California Miramar University

For Surgery

Acceptance Rate
22%
Net Price
$10,207
Receiving Aid
71%
Average Aid
$5,187

Closest to California states to learn Surgery

State
Universities
Unis
Best university country rank
Best uni United States Flag rank
Nevada 4 156
Oregon 13 39
Utah 7 33
Arizona 7 53
Idaho 3 273
Washington 16 6
Colorado 13 31
New Mexico 3 78
Nebraska 8 68
South Dakota 5 196
Kansas 8 107
Texas 54 10
Oklahoma 10 93
North Dakota 4 197
Minnesota 17 3
Iowa 10 40
Missouri 21 19
Arkansas 10 73
Louisiana 13 72
Wisconsin 17 29
Illinois 36 17
Mississippi 7 101
Indiana 22 27
Michigan 23 5
Tennessee 24 46
Alabama 16 25
Kentucky 13 60
Ohio 36 35
Georgia 21 16
West Virginia 7 95
South Carolina 12 48
North Carolina 26 23
Virginia 25 44
Pennsylvania 60 8
Florida 32 24
District of Columbia 7 57
Maryland 14 2
New York 85 12
New Jersey 16 63
Vermont 3 79
Connecticut 15 13
Massachusetts 43 1
New Hampshire 5 109
Rhode Island 5 51
Maine 7 321
Puerto Rico 9 243