Best Colleges for Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities in California

Schools Ranked

$33,532

Avg. Program Earnings

64.4%

Avg. Graduation Rate

Top 25 Schools

College rankings
#	School	Median Earnings	Graduation Rate	School Type
1	Pepperdine University Malibu, California	$45,696	84.7%	private-nonprofit
2	Saint Mary's College of California Moraga, California	$42,682	69.0%	private-nonprofit
3	Loyola Marymount University Los Angeles, California	$42,235	79.8%	private-nonprofit
4	California State University-East Bay Hayward, California	$40,428	45.5%	public
5	Ashford University San Diego, California	$38,289	8.8%	private-forprofit
6	Antioch University-Los Angeles Culver City, California	$35,060		private-nonprofit
7	Antioch University-Santa Barbara Santa Barbara, California	$35,060		private-nonprofit
8	Azusa Pacific University Azusa, California	$34,187	64.4%	private-nonprofit
9	San Francisco State University San Francisco, California	$33,993	50.1%	public
10	California Lutheran University Thousand Oaks, California	$33,993	74.0%	private-nonprofit
11	California State University-Northridge Northridge, California	$33,637	56.2%	public
12	Sonoma State University Rohnert Park, California	$33,077	60.5%	public
13	California State University-Long Beach Long Beach, California	$32,925	69.9%	public
14	California State University-Monterey Bay Seaside, California	$32,467	63.2%	public
15	California State University-Channel Islands Camarillo, California	$32,284	53.5%	public
16	Concordia University-Irvine Irvine, California	$31,133	62.5%	private-nonprofit
17	University of La Verne La Verne, California	$30,988	65.4%	private-nonprofit
18	Soka University of America Aliso Viejo, California	$30,228	86.9%	private-nonprofit
19	Thomas Aquinas College Santa Paula, California	$30,047	82.0%	private-nonprofit
20	California State University-Sacramento Sacramento, California	$29,820	55.8%	public
21	California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo San Luis Obispo, California	$29,685	85.2%	public
22	University of California-Davis Davis, California	$28,598	85.1%	public
23	California Baptist University Riverside, California	$27,874	59.5%	private-nonprofit
24	California State University-San Marcos San Marcos, California	$27,181	54.2%	public
25	San Jose State University San Jose, California	$26,739	64.7%	public