WalletHub’s Top 10 Colleges & Universities in California

With the first “early decision” college-application deadline looming on Nov. 1 and tuition costs having more than doubled since the 1980s, the personal-finance website WalletHub today released its 2020’s Best College & University Rankings as well as accompanying videos, in addition to separate rankings for colleges and for universities.

To help college-bound seniors choose the best schools within their states, WalletHub compared over 1,000 higher-education institutions in the U.S. based on 33 key measures grouped into seven categories, such as Student Selectivity, Cost & Financing and Career Outcomes. The data set ranges from student-faculty ratio to graduation rate to post-attendance median salary.

Top 10 Colleges & Universities in California

1. Stanford University
2. California Institute of Technology
3. University of California-Los Angeles
4. University of California-Berkeley
5. Harvey Mudd College
6. Pomona College
7. University of California-San Diego
8. Claremont McKenna College
9. University of California-Irvine
10. California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo

With that in mind, here’s a closer look at some of the top schools and how each performed in certain metrics:
 
School Snapshot: Stanford University (1 = Best; 34 = Average; 67 = Worst)

• 1^st– Admission Rate
• 2^nd– Student-Faculty Ratio
• 19^th– On-Campus Crime
• 3^rd– Gender & Racial Diversity
• 1^st– Graduation Rate
• 1^st– Post-Attendance Median Salary

School Snapshot: California Institute of Technology (1 = Best; 34 = Average; 67 = Worst)

• 2^nd– Admission Rate
• 1^st– Student-Faculty Ratio
• 28^th– Gender & Racial Diversity
• 4^th– Graduation Rate
• 3^rd– Post-Attendance Median Salary

School Snapshot: University of California-Los Angeles (1 = Best; 34 = Average; 67 = Worst)

• 6^th– Admission Rate
• 32^nd– Net Cost
• 5^th– Gender & Racial Diversity
• 7^th– Graduation Rate
• 13^th– Post-Attendance Median Salary

To view the full reports, please visit: 

Best Colleges & Universities Overall: http://wallethub.com/edu/college-rankings/40750/

Best Colleges: https://wallethub.com/edu/best-worst-colleges-in-the-us-ranking/40748/

Best Universities: https://wallethub.com/edu/best-worst-universities-in-usa-ranking/39704/

Please let me know if you have any questions or if you would like to schedule a phone, Skype or in-studio interview with one of our experts. Feel free to embed this YouTube video summarizing the overall study on your website. You can also use or edit these raw files as you see fit. Full data sets for specific colleges and universities are also available upon request.

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