Top Universities in California

2022 California University Ranking

Introduction

What are California’s most well-known universities? Topuniversitieslist has published the 2022 California University Ranking, which includes 137 accredited California higher-education institutions that fulfill the following Topuniversitieslist quality criteria:

being chartered, registered, or certified by the relevant US higher education-related institution, and providing at least four-year undergraduate degrees (bachelor degrees) or postgraduate degrees (master or doctoral degrees) in a conventional, face-to-face, non-distance education style.

Our goal is to create a non-academic League Table of California’s best universities focused on accurate, impartial, and non-influenceable site metrics generated by objective web intelligence outlets rather than data submitted by the universities themselves.

2022 California University Ranking

#	University	Town	World Rank	Country Rank
1	Irell and Manella Graduate School of Biological Sciences	California	Un	Un
2	Antioch University Santa Barbara	California	Un	Un
3	Antioch University Los Angeles	California	Un	Un
4	Stanford University	California	3	3
5	University of California, Berkeley	California	5	5
6	University of California, Los Angeles	California	9	9
7	University of California, San Diego	California	21	19
8	University of Southern California	California	24	21
9	University of California, Davis	California	25	22
10	University of California, Irvine	California	37	33
11	University of California, Santa Barbara	California	59	46
12	California Institute of Technology	California	69	53
13	University of California, San Francisco	California	90	67
14	University of California, Santa Cruz	California	94	69
15	University of California, Riverside	California	110	79
16	San Diego State University	California	188	101
17	California State University, Northridge	California	267	120
18	San José State University	California	269	121
19	San Francisco State University	California	270	122
20	Santa Clara University	California	353	145
21	California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo	California	393	160
22	California State University, Fullerton	California	419	168
23	California State University, Long Beach	California	424	169
24	California State University, Chico	California	510	198
25	University of San Francisco	California	511	199
26	Pepperdine University	California	525	205
27	California State University, Sacramento	California	569	221
28	University of San Diego	California	584	228
29	Chapman University	California	597	234
30	California State Polytechnic University, Pomona	California	608	238
31	Loyola Marymount University	California	659	259
32	Humboldt State University	California	681	263
33	California State University, San Bernardino	California	689	266
34	Sonoma State University	California	690	267
35	California State University, Fresno	California	719	275
36	Harvey Mudd College	California	748	286
37	Pomona College	California	810	307
38	University of California, Merced	California	835	314
39	California State University, Dominguez Hills	California	895	338
40	California State University, Los Angeles	California	904	343
41	Biola University	California	908	344
42	California State University San Marcos	California	953	363
43	University of the Pacific	California	992	377
44	Azusa Pacific University	California	1014	387
45	California State University, Stanislaus	California	1068	404
46	Occidental College	California	1105	418
47	Naval Postgraduate School	California	1109	419
48	Pitzer College	California	1122	423
49	University of California, Hastings College of the Law	California	1150	433
50	ArtCenter College of Design	California	1178	442
51	California Institute of the Arts	California	1252	468
52	Claremont Graduate University	California	1292	481
53	California State University, East Bay	California	1325	490
54	Academy of Art University	California	1341	496
55	Claremont McKenna College	California	1407	517
56	California State University, Monterey Bay	California	1442	533
57	National University	California	1487	544
58	Golden Gate University	California	1537	564
59	California College of the Arts	California	1653	611
60	California Lutheran University	California	1682	618
61	Saint Mary’s College of California	California	1685	619
62	University of Redlands	California	1732	634
63	Mills College	California	1764	644
64	California State University, Bakersfield	California	1773	646
65	California Institute of Integral Studies	California	1780	648
66	California State University Channel Islands	California	1790	652
67	Dominican University of California	California	1863	677
68	University of St. Augustine for Health Sciences	California	1984	713
69	Otis College of Art and Design	California	2090	740
70	Loma Linda University	California	2141	756
71	Whittier College	California	2195	775
72	California Baptist University	California	2239	793
73	Westmont College	California	2262	802
74	Western University of Health Sciences	California	2284	809
75	University of La Verne	California	2321	821
76	Concordia University Irvine	California	2393	844
77	Point Loma Nazarene University	California	2426	853
78	Alliant International University	California	2435	855
79	Scripps College	California	2440	857
80	San Francisco Art Institute	California	2601	919
81	Brandman University	California	2627	920
82	Fresno Pacific University	California	2653	938
83	Keck Graduate Institute	California	2693	948
84	Southwestern Law School	California	2774	971
85	Pacific Union College	California	2910	1008
86	West Coast University-Los Angeles	California	2977	1036
87	La Sierra University	California	3166	1091
88	California State University Maritime Academy	California	3188	1096
89	Southern California Institute of Architecture	California	3210	1103
90	Thomas Aquinas College	California	3275	1118
91	San Francisco Conservatory of Music	California	3290	1121
92	Soka University of America	California	3304	1124
93	Woodbury University	California	3311	1127
94	Vanguard University of Southern California	California	3319	1131
95	California Western School of Law	California	3343	1137
96	American Jewish University	California	3464	1171
97	The Master’s University	California	3474	1174
98	Charles R. Drew University of Medicine and Science	California	3587	1209
99	Fielding Graduate University	California	3590	1210
100	The Chicago School of Professional Psychology	California	3673	1235
101	Thomas Jefferson School of Law	California	3847	1289
102	Holy Names University	California	3852	1290
103	Samuel Merritt University	California	3940	1311
104	Cogswell University of Silicon Valley	California	3966	1319
105	John F. Kennedy University	California	4021	1329
106	NewSchool of Architecture and Design	California	4056	1336
107	Palo Alto University	California	4115	1351
108	Mount Saint Mary’s University	California	4389	1414
109	Hope International University	California	4421	1420
110	Notre Dame de Namur University	California	4564	1444
111	Saybrook University	California	4583	1448
112	William Jessup University	California	4624	1457
113	Menlo College	California	4720	1471
114	Pacifica Graduate Institute	California	4740	1475
115	Touro University California	California	4951	1509
116	Columbia College Hollywood	California	5418	1568
117	Simpson University	California	5474	1574
118	Life Pacific College	California	5584	1583
119	Marshall B. Ketchum University	California	5778	1601
120	University of the West	California	5822	1605
121	Pardee RAND Graduate School	California	5859	1609
122	Marymount California University	California	5995	1620
123	Pacific Oaks College	California	6168	1632
124	Humphreys University	California	6210	1638
125	Laguna College of Art and Design	California	6222	1639
126	San Diego Christian College	California	6366	1651
127	American Film Institute Conservatory	California	6579	1669
128	John Paul the Great Catholic University	California	6712	1676
129	Sofia University	California	6844	1681
130	Dominican School of Philosophy & Theology	California	6860	1682
131	San Joaquin College of Law	California	6910	1687
132	The Wright Institute	California	6938	1688
133	Dharma Realm Buddhist University	California	7134	1696
134	United States University	California	7632	1708
135	Bethesda University	California	7787	1715
136	The University of West Los Angeles	California	8747	1740
137	Providence Christian College	California	8904	1744