Top Seven Health Science Universities in California

Stanford University

• In 2009, Stanford School of Medicine was ranked ninth in the country for its medical research by U.S. News and World Report. Stanford offers both degree and nondegree medical programs, as well as professional development.

  Stanford University
  450 Serra Mall
  Stanford, CA 94305
  650-723-2300
  med.stanford.edu

University of California, San Francisco

• The University of California in San Francisco is one of the leading medical schools in the world. It was ranked number five by U.S. News and World Report in both quality of research training and quality of primary care training in 2009.

  UCSF Medical School, Dean's Office
  513 Parnassus Ave
  San Francisco, CA 94143-0410
  415-476-9000
  medschool2.ucsf.edu

University of Southern California, Keck School of Medicine

• The University of Southern California in Los Angeles is home to the Keck School of Medicine. It was rated number 39 in the country for medical research by U.S. World and News Report in 2009.

  University of Southern California
  Health Sciences Campus
  Los Angeles, CA 90033
  323-442-2000
  usc.edu/schools/medicine

University of California, Los Angeles

• UCLA's Geffen School of Medicine has only been around 50 years, but in that time it has become one of the country's most elite medical schools. U.S. News and World Report ranked it number 11 of the top medical research universities in America in 2009.

  David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA
  Student Admissions
  12-105 Center for Health Sciences Box 957035
  Los Angeles, CA 90095
  310-825-6373
  dgsom.healthsciences.ucla.edu/

University of California, San Diego, School of Medicine

• The University of California San Diego opened its School of Medicine in 1968. In 2009, U.S. World News and World Report ranked it number 15 of the top medical schools in the U.S. for its medical research.

  University of California San Diego, School of Medicine
  9500 Gillman Drive
  La Jolla, CA 92093
  858-534-0830
  som.ucsd.edu

University of California, Davis

• The University of California at Davis began its medical program in 1966. In 2009, U.S. News and World Report ranked it 48 out of the top 50 medical schools in America for medical research. In addition, in 2009 UC David opened a new nursing school, the Betty Irene School of Nursing, which will be accepting graduate students in fall 2010.

  UC Davis School of Medicine
  Medical Education Building
  4610 X Street
  Sacramento, CA 95817
  ucdmc.ucdavis.edu/medschool

University of California Irvine

• The College of Health Science at the University of California in Irvine encompasses the School of Medicine, the Program in Nursing Science, the Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences and the Program of Public Health. In 2009 the School of Medicine was ranked 45th in the country by U.S. News and World Report for its medical research.

  College of Health Sciences
  205 Multipurpose Science and Technology Building
  Irvine, CA 92697
  949-824-9267
  cohs.uci.edu