Average annual tuition and fees for our best online California colleges range from $6,995 to $47,000.

It wouldn’t be an exaggeration to say that California dominates Money’s annual college rankings. Year after year, the top of our list is peppered with schools in the Golden State, and 2022 is ...

Stanford University is the No. 1 school in California, followed by Claremont McKenna College and the University of California, Berkeley, in the Wall Street Journal/College Pulse 2025 Best Colleges ...

Stacker identified the best big-city college towns using the Best College Towns in America report from WalletHub, which ranks ...

It’s not uncommon for public colleges to score well on Money’s value-focused analysis. In 2018, the University of California, Irvine nabbed the No. 1 overall spot, and in 2022, the University of ...

Here's the full list of top 10 best colleges in California, according to the report: UCLA (#1 in top public schools; #15 in national universities) *tie ...

College of San Mateo ranked No. 5 in the state for best community colleges and earned a spot as the No. 3 best online college in America. More: These small cities in California rank the safest in ...

The second-best college nationwide isn’t an Ivy League, and it’s right in California. Forbes recently released its annual list of America’s top colleges, ranking 500 schools to highlight ...

Jacob Lund // Shutterstock Best colleges in California. Choosing a college is one of the most important decisions a person will make for their education, impacting everything from future earnings ...

California is home to some of the nation’s best public schools, according to Niche. The ranking and review site recently released its 2025 list of the Best Schools in America, based on factors ...

Several Bay Area colleges and universities, including Stanford, UC Berkeley, Santa Clara University and Cal State East Bay, made it onto U.S. News' "2025 Best Colleges in California" list.