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California Universities

Introduction

Where are the top Universities in California located? uniRank answers this question by publishing a list of 132 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
1097 Soka University of America Aliso Viejo
1711 Bethesda University Anaheim
968 Pacific Union College Angwin
279 California State Polytechnic University, Humboldt Arcata
1307 Menlo College Atherton
466 Azusa Pacific University Azusa
596 California State University, Bakersfield Bakersfield
1244 Notre Dame de Namur University Belmont
5 University of California, Berkeley Berkeley
1598 Dominican School of Philosophy & Theology Berkeley
1601 The Wright Institute Berkeley
1142 Woodbury University Burbank
584 California State University Channel Islands Camarillo
1448 Pacifica Graduate Institute Carpinteria
372 California State University, Dominguez Hills Carson
195 California State University, Chico Chico
306 Harvey Mudd College Claremont
317 Pomona College Claremont
444 Pitzer College Claremont
471 Claremont Graduate University Claremont
486 Claremont McKenna College Claremont
936 Scripps College Claremont
942 Keck Graduate Institute Claremont
1656 San Joaquin College of Law Clovis
1027 Vanguard University of Southern California Costa Mesa
19 University of California, Davis Davis
1707 Irell and Manella Graduate School of Biological Sciences Duarte
1615 John Paul the Great Catholic University Escondido
263 California State University, Fresno Fresno
1047 Fresno Pacific University Fresno
181 California State University, Fullerton Fullerton
1419 Hope International University Fullerton
1503 Marshall B. Ketchum University Fullerton
465 California State University, East Bay Hayward
1689 The University of West Los Angeles Inglewood
38 University of California, Irvine Irvine
760 University of Massachusetts Global Irvine
891 Concordia University Irvine Irvine
291 National University La Jolla
345 Biola University La Mirada
794 University of La Verne La Verne
1579 Laguna College of Art and Design Laguna Beach
389 Loma Linda University Loma Linda
183 California State University, Long Beach Long Beach
11 University of California, Los Angeles Los Angeles
22 University of Southern California Los Angeles
248 Loyola Marymount University Los Angeles
321 California State University, Los Angeles Los Angeles
409 Occidental College Los Angeles
702 Otis College of Art and Design Los Angeles
970 Southwestern Law School Los Angeles
1009 Southern California Institute of Architecture Los Angeles
1114 The Chicago School of Professional Psychology Los Angeles
1124 Charles R. Drew University of Medicine and Science Los Angeles
1168 American Jewish University Los Angeles
1275 Mount Saint Mary's University Los Angeles
1663 American Film Institute Conservatory Los Angeles
221 Pepperdine University Malibu
258 University of California, Merced Merced
410 Naval Postgraduate School Monterey
654 Saint Mary's College of California Moraga
1024 West Coast University-Los Angeles North Hollywood
133 California State University, Northridge Northridge
1192 Samuel Merritt University Oakland
1344 Holy Names University Oakland
225 Chapman University Orange
1318 Palo Alto University Palo Alto
1611 Sofia University Palo Alto
57 California Institute of Technology Pasadena
518 ArtCenter College of Design Pasadena
1332 Saybrook University Pasadena
1533 Pacific Oaks College Pasadena
1706 Providence Christian College Pasadena
219 California State Polytechnic University, Pomona Pomona
736 Western University of Health Sciences Pomona
1540 Simpson University Redding
601 University of Redlands Redlands
81 University of California, Riverside Riverside
768 California Baptist University Riverside
988 La Sierra University Riverside
1322 Jessup University Rocklin
273 Sonoma State University Rohnert Park
1555 University of the West Rosemead
223 California State University, Sacramento Sacramento
271 California State University, San Bernardino San Bernardino
20 University of California, San Diego San Diego
98 San Diego State University San Diego
222 University of San Diego San Diego
855 Point Loma Nazarene University San Diego
901 Alliant International University San Diego
1044 California Western School of Law San Diego
1284 Thomas Jefferson School of Law San Diego
1415 NewSchool of Architecture and Design San Diego
1627 United States University San Diego
1632 Life Pacific University San Dimas
67 University of California, San Francisco San Francisco
128 San Francisco State University San Francisco
220 University of San Francisco San Francisco
270 University of California College of the Law, San Francisco San Francisco
593 Academy of Art University San Francisco
595 California College of the Arts San Francisco
634 Golden Gate University San Francisco
650 California Institute of Integral Studies San Francisco
1075 San Francisco Conservatory of Music San Francisco
125 San José State University San Jose
1457 University of Silicon Valley San Jose
140 California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo San Luis Obispo
352 California State University San Marcos San Marcos
632 University of St. Augustine for Health Sciences San Marcos
602 Dominican University of California San Rafael
48 University of California, Santa Barbara Santa Barbara
767 Westmont College Santa Barbara
1308 Fielding Graduate University Santa Barbara
150 Santa Clara University Santa Clara
1165 The Master's University Santa Clarita
78 University of California, Santa Cruz Santa Cruz
1625 Pardee RAND Graduate School Santa Monica
1241 Thomas Aquinas College Santa Paula
1619 San Diego Christian College Santee
527 California State University, Monterey Bay Seaside
3 Stanford University Stanford
364 University of the Pacific Stockton
1532 Humphreys University Stockton
684 California Lutheran University Thousand Oaks
376 California State University, Stanislaus Turlock
1661 Dharma Realm Buddhist University Ukiah
443 California Institute of the Arts Valencia
1040 California State University Maritime Academy Vallejo
1452 Touro University California Vallejo
823 Whittier College Whittier
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