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Four-year colleges in California
122 four-year colleges (33 public) with 823,843 undergraduates in total. Sorted by size; click any column to re-sort.
median net price $25,018median graduation 60%median earnings $70,398
122 colleges · click a column to sort
| College | Sector | Undergrads | Admit | Net price | Grad. | Earnings | Debt |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 California State University-FullertonFullerton | Public | 38,546 | 90% | $5,115 | 68% | $69,015 | $13,594 |
 California State University-Long BeachLong Beach | Public | 35,924 | 46% | $9,426 | 70% | $69,554 | $14,195 |
 San Diego State UniversitySan Diego | Public | 35,377 | 36% | $13,243 | 78% | $73,494 | $14,500 |
 University of California-San DiegoLa Jolla | Public | 34,948 | 27% | $14,794 | 86% | $96,197 | $13,000 |
 University of California-Los AngelesLos Angeles | Public | 33,475 | 9.0% | $14,659 | 93% | $88,581 | $13,750 |
 University of California-BerkeleyBerkeley | Public | 33,068 | 11% | $14,538 | 94% | $100,212 | $12,416 |
 California State University-NorthridgeNorthridge | Public | 32,691 | 94% | $6,346 | 57% | $63,721 | $15,000 |
 University of California-DavisDavis | Public | 32,253 | 42% | $14,318 | 86% | $86,999 | $12,038 |
 University of California-IrvineIrvine | Public | 30,197 | 29% | $13,866 | 87% | $83,432 | $12,821 |
 California State University-SacramentoSacramento | Public | 28,350 | 94% | $11,186 | 54% | $69,014 | $15,000 |
 San Jose State UniversitySan Jose | Public | 27,601 | 85% | $14,241 | 68% | $83,493 | $14,750 |
 California State Polytechnic University-PomonaPomona | Public | 25,042 | 75% | $9,404 | 68% | $77,464 | $15,500 |
 University of California-Santa BarbaraSanta Barbara | Public | 23,113 | 33% | $16,807 | 84% | $82,568 | $11,776 |
 University of California-RiversideRiverside | Public | 22,593 | 76% | $12,672 | 75% | $72,974 | $16,368 |
 California Polytechnic State University-San Luis ObispoSan Luis Obispo | Public | 21,996 | 31% | $18,832 | 87% | $96,304 | $16,500 |
 California State University-FresnoFresno | Public | 21,605 | 95% | $5,418 | 58% | $62,756 | $13,156 |
 University of Southern CaliforniaLos Angeles | Nonprofit | 20,443 | 9.8% | $33,056 | 90% | $103,420 | $17,000 |
 California State University-Los AngelesLos Angeles | Public | 19,562 | 91% | $2,385 | 55% | $62,555 | $14,576 |
 San Francisco State UniversitySan Francisco | Public | 18,639 | 96% | $9,803 | 50% | $73,299 | $15,000 |
 University of California-Santa CruzSanta Cruz | Public | 17,940 | 66% | $18,549 | 74% | $73,362 | $15,000 |
| California State University-San BernardinoSan Bernardino | Public | 15,023 | 94% | $3,946 | 53% | $61,951 | $14,625 |
 California State University-San MarcosSan Marcos | Public | 14,877 | 95% | $10,939 | 55% | $67,217 | $16,000 |
 California State University-ChicoChico | Public | 13,631 | 93% | $14,157 | 60% | $70,012 | $14,259 |
 California State University-Dominguez HillsCarson | Public | 12,538 | 93% | $7,244 | 42% | $62,587 | $15,000 |
 National UniversitySan Diego | Nonprofit | 10,794 | — | $24,008 | 43% | $73,988 | $25,000 |
 California State University-East BayHayward | Public | 9,809 | 97% | $6,858 | 49% | $73,868 | $16,500 |
| California State University-BakersfieldBakersfield | Public | 8,577 | 94% | $4,001 | 48% | $62,381 | $13,246 |
 California State University-StanislausTurlock | Public | 8,385 | 98% | $3,565 | 52% | $65,560 | $13,000 |
 University of California-MercedMerced | Public | 8,372 | 90% | $11,583 | 68% | $69,352 | $13,500 |
| California Baptist UniversityRiverside | Nonprofit | 8,179 | 85% | $24,138 | 60% | $67,633 | $25,000 |
 Stanford UniversityStanford | Nonprofit | 7,554 | 3.6% | $12,307 | 92% | $125,340 | $10,750 |
 Chapman UniversityOrange | Nonprofit | 7,478 | 65% | $46,708 | 83% | $80,694 | $19,500 |
| Loyola Marymount UniversityLos Angeles | Nonprofit | 7,094 | 45% | $50,518 | 79% | $86,034 | $19,500 |
 California State University-Monterey BaySeaside | Public | 6,819 | 97% | $13,861 | 62% | $63,891 | $11,000 |
| Santa Clara UniversitySanta Clara | Nonprofit | 6,552 | 48% | $50,570 | 87% | $117,193 | $19,500 |
| University of San DiegoSan Diego | Nonprofit | 5,671 | 52% | $29,539 | 81% | $93,069 | $21,250 |
 California State Polytechnic University-HumboldtArcata | Public | 5,612 | 98% | $13,751 | 44% | $54,882 | $17,297 |
| Los Angeles Film SchoolHollywood | For-profit | 5,472 | — | $48,481 | 37% | $37,849 | $32,147 |
 University of San FranciscoSan Francisco | Nonprofit | 5,287 | 62% | $30,496 | 66% | $94,613 | $22,956 |
 Sonoma State UniversityRohnert Park | Public | 5,166 | 93% | $10,759 | 55% | $71,264 | $15,000 |
 California State University-Channel IslandsCamarillo | Public | 5,013 | 95% | $8,534 | 55% | $66,328 | $14,000 |
| University of Massachusetts GlobalAliso Viejo | Public | 4,491 | — | $35,957 | 0% | $68,286 | $23,000 |
 Academy of Art UniversitySan Francisco | For-profit | 3,587 | — | $41,747 | 33% | $44,567 | $31,000 |
 Pepperdine UniversityMalibu | Nonprofit | 3,553 | 63% | $48,065 | 78% | $89,410 | $21,500 |
 Biola UniversityLa Mirada | Nonprofit | 3,474 | 74% | $32,530 | 68% | $64,126 | $22,250 |
 University of the PacificStockton | Nonprofit | 3,204 | 71% | $24,186 | 73% | $88,053 | $18,500 |
| West Coast University-Anaheim-Orange CountyAnaheim | For-profit | 3,192 | — | $36,240 | 25% | $104,344 | $33,500 |
 Point Loma Nazarene UniversitySan Diego | Nonprofit | 3,188 | 84% | $40,555 | 77% | $68,713 | $21,895 |
 University of La VerneLa Verne | Nonprofit | 3,050 | 71% | $20,523 | 61% | $74,115 | $23,250 |
 Azusa Pacific UniversityAzusa | Nonprofit | 2,759 | 88% | $22,597 | 63% | $71,595 | $22,000 |
| West Coast University-OntarioOntario | For-profit | 2,671 | — | $47,072 | 56% | $104,344 | $33,500 |
| Stanbridge UniversityIrvine | For-profit | 2,643 | 10% | $25,124 | 51% | $67,293 | $24,315 |
| Westcliff UniversityIrvine | For-profit | 2,363 | 73% | $30,505 | 61% | — | $26,486 |
 California Lutheran UniversityThousand Oaks | Nonprofit | 2,296 | 76% | $26,445 | 69% | $77,620 | $21,000 |
 University of RedlandsRedlands | Nonprofit | 2,049 | 83% | $30,924 | 64% | $80,659 | $25,000 |
 Art Center College of DesignPasadena | Nonprofit | 2,017 | 74% | $48,389 | 81% | $75,975 | $27,651 |
 Saint Mary's College of CaliforniaMoraga | Nonprofit | 1,947 | 86% | $32,200 | 67% | $83,501 | $22,500 |
| Reach UniversityOakland | Nonprofit | 1,946 | 100% | $22,412 | — | — | — |
 Vanguard University of Southern CaliforniaCosta Mesa | Nonprofit | 1,933 | 62% | $23,231 | 55% | $62,456 | $20,500 |
 Occidental CollegeLos Angeles | Nonprofit | 1,877 | 44% | $37,470 | 79% | $79,660 | $21,500 |
| Mount Saint Mary's UniversityLos Angeles | Nonprofit | 1,719 | 73% | $27,235 | 56% | $78,572 | $25,000 |
 Pomona CollegeClaremont | Nonprofit | 1,666 | 7.1% | $18,978 | 92% | $84,281 | $14,000 |
 The Master's University and SeminarySanta Clarita | Nonprofit | 1,622 | 84% | $33,777 | 58% | $58,794 | $20,500 |
 Fresno Pacific UniversityFresno | Nonprofit | 1,544 | 64% | $17,491 | 49% | $66,140 | $24,250 |
 Concordia University-IrvineIrvine | Nonprofit | 1,536 | 66% | $29,761 | 47% | $72,184 | $21,500 |
| Los Angeles Pacific UniversitySan Dimas | Nonprofit | 1,483 | — | $28,427 | 28% | — | $28,347 |
 Claremont McKenna CollegeClaremont | Nonprofit | 1,388 | 9.6% | $26,039 | 90% | $127,532 | $13,450 |
 Westmont CollegeSanta Barbara | Nonprofit | 1,302 | 77% | $29,343 | 68% | $70,327 | $21,609 |
 William Jessup UniversityRocklin | Nonprofit | 1,294 | 93% | $26,418 | 48% | $60,855 | $20,450 |
 Pitzer CollegeClaremont | Nonprofit | 1,227 | 25% | $36,135 | 83% | $72,270 | $15,625 |
| Otis College of Art and DesignLos Angeles | Nonprofit | 1,223 | 82% | $50,943 | 58% | $70,469 | $26,500 |
| La Sierra UniversityRiverside | Nonprofit | 1,116 | 92% | $22,767 | 52% | $65,403 | $25,500 |
 Dominican University of CaliforniaSan Rafael | Nonprofit | 1,114 | 84% | $35,567 | 73% | $90,053 | $23,250 |
 Scripps CollegeClaremont | Nonprofit | 1,113 | 38% | $29,998 | 84% | $84,025 | $13,500 |
 California College of the ArtsSan Francisco | Nonprofit | 990 | 91% | $41,109 | 64% | $58,957 | $23,917 |
 California Institute of TechnologyPasadena | Nonprofit | 987 | 2.6% | $8,509 | 90% | $166,642 | $7,500 |
 Harvey Mudd CollegeClaremont | Nonprofit | 921 | 13% | $39,347 | 93% | $164,248 | $25,000 |
| Loma Linda UniversityLoma Linda | Nonprofit | 909 | — | $25,018 | — | $99,540 | $21,500 |
 California Institute of the ArtsValencia | Nonprofit | 860 | 32% | $49,996 | 62% | $45,380 | $24,000 |
 New York Film AcademyBurbank | For-profit | 849 | — | $38,975 | 51% | $43,578 | $25,250 |
| Simpson UniversityRedding | Nonprofit | 809 | 86% | $28,219 | 35% | $62,250 | $18,250 |
| Cal Poly Maritime AcademyVallejo | Public | 804 | 95% | $17,793 | 58% | $105,475 | $23,644 |
| Woodbury UniversityBurbank | Nonprofit | 779 | 82% | $44,337 | 44% | $65,896 | $27,000 |
 Whittier CollegeWhittier | Nonprofit | 764 | 81% | $24,940 | 55% | $68,254 | $20,000 |
 Menlo CollegeAtherton | Nonprofit | 752 | 68% | $32,324 | 52% | $76,858 | $21,063 |
| Chamberlain University-CaliforniaRancho Cordova | For-profit | 751 | 80% | $46,658 | — | $96,897 | $19,746 |
| Laguna College of Art and DesignLaguna Beach | Nonprofit | 746 | 94% | $50,349 | 60% | $49,168 | $27,000 |
 Minerva UniversitySan Francisco | Nonprofit | 637 | 3.0% | — | 93% | — | — |
| Thomas Aquinas CollegeSanta Paula | Nonprofit | 566 | 83% | $30,972 | 84% | $59,595 | $19,000 |
 Hope International UniversityFullerton | Nonprofit | 564 | 33% | $31,029 | 53% | $51,254 | $19,500 |
| Soka University of AmericaAliso Viejo | Nonprofit | 484 | 43% | $16,383 | 88% | $66,071 | $20,500 |
 Northeastern University OaklandOakland | Nonprofit | 464 | 17% | $30,622 | — | $99,371 | $20,000 |
| Life Pacific UniversitySan Dimas | Nonprofit | 456 | 96% | $26,892 | 49% | $43,561 | $21,500 |
 University of Silicon ValleySan Jose | For-profit | 455 | 51% | $34,100 | 53% | $59,124 | $31,000 |
| Touro University WorldwideLos Alamitos | Nonprofit | 454 | — | $12,436 | 37% | $77,590 | $22,000 |
| Arizona College of Nursing-OntarioOntario | For-profit | 380 | 100% | — | — | $41,223 | $28,791 |
| Lionel UniversityCarpinteria | For-profit | 370 | — | $46,466 | 100% | — | $21,875 |
| American Medical Sciences CenterGlendale | For-profit | 365 | — | $41,467 | 100% | $30,594 | $16,771 |
| American University of Health SciencesSignal Hill | For-profit | 351 | 50% | — | — | $113,922 | $42,378 |
| California Aeronautical UniversityBakersfield | For-profit | 347 | — | $46,310 | 41% | $46,345 | $28,667 |
| The Chicago School at Los AngelesLos Angeles | Nonprofit | 337 | 46% | — | — | $60,280 | $26,430 |
| Pacific Oaks CollegePasadena | Nonprofit | 312 | 34% | — | — | $53,848 | $32,844 |
| GnomonNorth Hollywood | For-profit | 294 | 42% | $57,379 | 90% | $124,464 | $28,166 |
| John Paul the Great Catholic UniversityEscondido | Nonprofit | 286 | 80% | $24,156 | 66% | $53,787 | $23,375 |
 Charles R Drew University of Medicine and ScienceLos Angeles | Nonprofit | 282 | 39% | $31,400 | 36% | $79,596 | $23,750 |
 Southern California Institute of ArchitectureLos Angeles | Nonprofit | 236 | 77% | $28,753 | 86% | $73,810 | $31,500 |
| Los Angeles College of MusicPasadena | For-profit | 227 | 88% | $42,853 | 47% | $44,742 | $29,094 |
| San Francisco Conservatory of MusicSan Francisco | Nonprofit | 226 | 55% | $48,678 | 60% | $47,172 | $25,000 |
| World Mission UniversityLos Angeles | Nonprofit | 207 | — | $15,820 | 59% | $24,300 | — |
| Bethesda UniversityAnaheim | Nonprofit | 205 | — | $10,963 | 19% | $51,202 | $12,250 |
| Lincoln UniversityOakland | Nonprofit | 204 | — | — | 80% | $77,205 | — |
| SUM Bible College and Theological SeminaryEl Dorado Hills | Nonprofit | 198 | 41% | $24,260 | 86% | $41,407 | $21,334 |
 Newschool of Architecture and DesignSan Diego | For-profit | 182 | 100% | $51,582 | 56% | $75,045 | $30,332 |
| Yeshiva Ohr Elchonon Chabad West Coast Talmudical SeminaryLos Angeles | Nonprofit | 163 | 58% | $15,235 | 27% | $35,665 | — |
 United States UniversitySandy Springs | For-profit | 153 | — | — | 0% | $72,456 | $13,782 |
| Humphreys UniversityStockton | Nonprofit | 149 | — | $13,473 | 67% | $45,846 | $32,451 |
| California Miramar UniversitySan Diego | For-profit | 135 | 18% | $15,988 | 43% | — | $22,800 |
| San Diego Christian CollegeSantee | Nonprofit | 87 | 31% | $31,898 | 27% | $50,007 | $19,750 |
| Design Institute of San DiegoSan Diego | For-profit | 77 | 100% | $32,832 | 57% | $52,715 | $29,973 |
| Oak Valley CollegeRialto | Nonprofit | 75 | — | $1,706 | 46% | — | — |
| America Evangelical UniversityGardena | Nonprofit | 73 | — | $22,479 | 33% | — | — |
| Grace Mission UniversityFullerton | Nonprofit | 68 | — | $3,148 | 33% | $22,112 | — |
Net price: average per year after grants · Grad.: within 6 years · Earnings: median, 10 years after entry · Source: College Scorecard