Los Angeles, CA (population: 3,878,715) has twenty-five medicine and health schools within its city limits. University of California-Los Angeles, the highest ranked school in the city with a medicine and health program, has a total student population of 38,550. It is the 7th highest ranked school in the USA and the highest in the state of California. To learn more about medicine and health programs in Los Angeles, ratemyprofessors.com has reviews of medicine and health professors at University of California such as Martin Abbotton, Lee Goodglick, Stephanie McEwan, and T R West.
Medicine and Health students from Los Angeles schools who go on to become medicine and health professionals, office administrators, massage therapists, trainers, etc. have a good chance at finding employment. For example, there are 271,710 people working as medical and health services managers alone in the US, and their average annual salary is $90,970. Also, Registered nurses make on average $66,530 per year and there are about 2,583,770 of them employed in the US today.
Of the 25 medicine and health schools in Los Angeles, only 5 have a student population over 10k. After taking into account tuition, living expenses, and financial aid, West Coast University comes out as the most expensive ($43,034/yr) for medicine and health students, with California State University-Los Angeles as the lowest, reported at only $3,263/yr.
| Name | State | Population | # of Schools | Avg School Rank | Total Programs | Distance from Los Angeles |
| Culver City | CA | - | 2 | 5.62439 | 79 | 6.2 miles |
| Burbank | CA | 103,686 | 5 | 29.098 | 43 | 7.2 miles |
| Santa Monica | CA | 89,350 | 5 | 12.7862 | 74 | 8.3 miles |
| Panorama City | CA | - | 2 | 25.093 | 11 | 8.4 miles |
| Northridge | CA | - | 2 | 29.2432 | 104 | 10.9 miles |
| Woodland Hills | CA | - | 1 | 17.7823 | 121 | 11.9 miles |
| East Los Angeles | CA | 135,682 | 0 | - | 0 | 14.8 miles |
| Alhambra | CA | 86,214 | 4 | 31.3851 | 25 | 16.2 miles |
| Altadena | CA | 41,677 | 0 | - | 0 | 17.0 miles |
| Torrance | CA | 141,478 | 4 | 20.3998 | 164 | 19.8 miles |
| Downey | CA | 107,986 | 0 | - | 0 | 19.9 miles |
| Paramount | CA | 55,280 | 1 | 16.5087 | 2 | 20.4 miles |
| Valencia | CA | - | 1 | 29.1529 | 11 | 21.3 miles |
| Santa Clarita | CA | 171,722 | 2 | 23.9284 | 128 | 21.5 miles |
| Canyon Country | CA | - | 1 | 21.1219 | 9 | 21.9 miles |
| Simi Valley | CA | 121,990 | 0 | - | 0 | 22.0 miles |
| Malibu | CA | - | 1 | 75.691 | 100 | 24.0 miles |
| Rancho Palos Verdes | CA | 41,164 | 1 | 20.67 | 2 | 24.4 miles |
| Cerritos | CA | 51,327 | 3 | 18.7768 | 18 | 25.6 miles |
| Hacienda Heights | CA | 52,748 | 0 | - | 0 | 26.3 miles |
| Long Beach | CA | 464,505 | 6 | 26.5161 | 271 | 26.4 miles |
| Azusa | CA | 47,782 | 1 | 31.8299 | 58 | 28.7 miles |
| West Covina | CA | 106,032 | 5 | 23.6693 | 37 | 28.9 miles |
| Cypress | CA | 47,588 | 2 | 8.65396 | 110 | 29.2 miles |
| Moorpark | CA | - | 1 | 19.4776 | 80 | 29.6 miles |
| Covina | CA | 46,974 | 0 | - | 0 | 30.4 miles |
| Fullerton | CA | 133,165 | 6 | 21.8966 | 252 | 31.8 miles |
| Glendora | CA | 49,443 | 1 | 12.4755 | 68 | 32.8 miles |
| Garden Grove | CA | 167,800 | 4 | 26.4852 | 22 | 34.5 miles |
| Diamond Bar | CA | 57,662 | 0 | - | 0 | 35.2 miles |