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 ...

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

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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.