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Here are Business First's top-to-bottom 2017 rankings of four-year public colleges within the state. Each college that qualified for the national top 250 is preceded by its overall rank. Click on the school's name to see its statistical profile.
Colleges in the lower echelon are not ranked, but are listed alphabetically.
TOP 250 (national ranks 1-250)
• 3. University of California-Berkeley
• 5. University of California-Los Angeles
• 11. University of California-San Diego
• 19. University of California-Irvine
• 27. University of California-Davis
• 35. University of California-Santa Barbara
• 51. California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo
• 79. San Diego State University
• 81. University of California-Santa Cruz
• 84. University of California-Riverside
• 128. California State University-Long Beach
• 141. California State University-Fullerton
• 143. San Jose State University
• 152. California State Polytechnic University-Pomona
• 183. California State University-East Bay
• 191. San Francisco State University
• 217. California State University-Dominguez Hills
• 242. California State University-San Marcos
• 244. California State University-Chico
• 247. California State University-Fresno
• 248. California State University-Monterey Bay
LOWER ECHELON (national ranks 251-499, listed alphabetically)
• California State University-Bakersfield
• California State University-Los Angeles
• California State University-Northridge
• California State University-Sacramento
• California State University-San Bernardino
• California State University-Stanislaus
• Humboldt State University
• Sonoma State University