Colleges & Universities in the United States

California Universities (state)

Introduction

Where are the top universities in the US state of California located? uniRank answers this question by publishing a list of 131 California universities ordered by town (main campus location) and meeting the following uniRank selection criteria:

  • being chartered, licensed or accredited by the appropriate higher education-related organization in the United States
  • offering at least three-year bachelor's degrees or postgraduate master's or doctoral degrees
  • delivering courses predominantly in a traditional, non-distance education format

With this webpage, uniRank aims to provide a complete listing, sorted by location, of all universities and colleges in California with their ranking.

California Universities by town


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# University Town
1063 Soka University of America Aliso Viejo
1701 Bethesda University Anaheim
954 Pacific Union College Angwin
270 California State Polytechnic University, Humboldt Arcata
1328 Menlo College Atherton
443 Azusa Pacific University Azusa
596 California State University, Bakersfield Bakersfield
1252 Notre Dame de Namur University Belmont
5 University of California, Berkeley Berkeley
1583 Dominican School of Philosophy & Theology Berkeley
1599 The Wright Institute Berkeley
1215 Woodbury University Burbank
594 California State University Channel Islands Camarillo
1412 Pacifica Graduate Institute Carpinteria
375 California State University, Dominguez Hills Carson
209 California State University, Chico Chico
310 Harvey Mudd College Claremont
318 Pomona College Claremont
439 Pitzer College Claremont
520 Claremont Graduate University Claremont
522 Claremont McKenna College Claremont
884 Scripps College Claremont
1007 Keck Graduate Institute Claremont
1623 San Joaquin College of Law Clovis
1031 Vanguard University of Southern California Costa Mesa
Un Antioch University Los Angeles Culver City
22 University of California, Davis Davis
1706 Irell and Manella Graduate School of Biological Sciences Duarte
1563 John Paul the Great Catholic University Escondido
288 California State University, Fresno Fresno
909 Fresno Pacific University Fresno
162 California State University, Fullerton Fullerton
1395 Hope International University Fullerton
1475 Marshall B. Ketchum University Fullerton
447 California State University, East Bay Hayward
1674 The University of West Los Angeles Inglewood
37 University of California, Irvine Irvine
693 University of Massachusetts Global Irvine
897 Concordia University Irvine Irvine
277 National University La Jolla
326 Biola University La Mirada
786 University of La Verne La Verne
1589 Laguna College of Art and Design Laguna Beach
382 Loma Linda University Loma Linda
177 California State University, Long Beach Long Beach
11 University of California, Los Angeles Los Angeles
23 University of Southern California Los Angeles
238 Loyola Marymount University Los Angeles
308 California State University, Los Angeles Los Angeles
424 Occidental College Los Angeles
758 Otis College of Art and Design Los Angeles
976 Southern California Institute of Architecture Los Angeles
1017 Southwestern Law School Los Angeles
1060 The Chicago School of Professional Psychology Los Angeles
1177 American Jewish University Los Angeles
1192 Charles R. Drew University of Medicine and Science Los Angeles
1232 Mount Saint Mary's University Los Angeles
1650 American Film Institute Conservatory Los Angeles
244 Pepperdine University Malibu
249 University of California, Merced Merced
430 Naval Postgraduate School Monterey
626 Saint Mary's College of California Moraga
1014 West Coast University-Los Angeles North Hollywood
125 California State University, Northridge Northridge
1185 Samuel Merritt University Oakland
201 Chapman University Orange
1183 Palo Alto University Palo Alto
1581 Sofia University Palo Alto
56 California Institute of Technology Pasadena
491 ArtCenter College of Design Pasadena
1325 Saybrook University Pasadena
1530 Pacific Oaks College Pasadena
1690 Providence Christian College Pasadena
190 California State Polytechnic University, Pomona Pomona
771 Western University of Health Sciences Pomona
1533 Simpson University Redding
662 University of Redlands Redlands
79 University of California, Riverside Riverside
733 California Baptist University Riverside
999 La Sierra University Riverside
1237 Jessup University Rocklin
286 Sonoma State University Rohnert Park
1514 University of the West Rosemead
211 California State University, Sacramento Sacramento
267 California State University, San Bernardino San Bernardino
19 University of California, San Diego San Diego
97 San Diego State University San Diego
217 University of San Diego San Diego
755 Point Loma Nazarene University San Diego
832 Alliant International University San Diego
998 California Western School of Law San Diego
1390 NewSchool of Architecture and Design San Diego
1434 Thomas Jefferson School of Law San Diego
1655 United States University San Diego
1621 Life Pacific University San Dimas
67 University of California, San Francisco San Francisco
137 San Francisco State University San Francisco
212 University of San Francisco San Francisco
263 University of California College of the Law, San Francisco San Francisco
519 Academy of Art University San Francisco
562 California College of the Arts San Francisco
628 Golden Gate University San Francisco
648 California Institute of Integral Studies San Francisco
989 San Francisco Conservatory of Music San Francisco
128 San José State University San Jose
1463 University of Silicon Valley San Jose
131 California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo San Luis Obispo
349 California State University San Marcos San Marcos
564 University of St. Augustine for Health Sciences San Marcos
631 Dominican University of California San Rafael
45 University of California, Santa Barbara Santa Barbara
747 Westmont College Santa Barbara
1196 Fielding Graduate University Santa Barbara
Un Antioch University Santa Barbara Santa Barbara
156 Santa Clara University Santa Clara
1061 The Master's University Santa Clarita
80 University of California, Santa Cruz Santa Cruz
1629 RAND School of Public Policy Santa Monica
1250 Thomas Aquinas College Santa Paula
1619 San Diego Christian College Santee
508 California State University, Monterey Bay Seaside
3 Stanford University Stanford
389 University of the Pacific Stockton
1592 Humphreys University Stockton
629 California Lutheran University Thousand Oaks
364 California State University, Stanislaus Turlock
1661 Dharma Realm Buddhist University Ukiah
436 California Institute of the Arts Valencia
806 California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo Maritime Academy Vallejo
1452 Touro University California Vallejo
840 Whittier College Whittier
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