College Rankings - Academics in California

Making the grade: A high Academics grade generally indicates that professors are knowledgeable, accessible, and genuinely interested in their students’ welfare. Other determining factors include class size, how well professors communicate, and whether or not classes are engaging. How exactly does CP calculate these grades?

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Grade Are You Interested? School Name Tuition Size
A+
California Institute of Technology
Pasadena, CA
$34,584 947
A+
Claremont McKenna College
Claremont, CA
$38,510 1,210
A+
Stanford University
Stanford, CA
$38,676 6,532
A
Harvey Mudd College
Claremont, CA
$38,467 757
A
Pitzer College
Claremont, CA
$39,330 1,043
A
Pomona College
Claremont, CA
$37,017 1,550
A
Scripps College
Claremont, CA
$38,700 898
A
University of California - Berkeley
Berkeley, CA
$31,022 25,534
A
University of Southern California
Los Angeles, CA
$39,183 16,751
A-
Loyola Marymount University
Los Angeles, CA
$35,419 5,833
A-
Mills College
Oakland, CA
$37,485 921
A-
Occidental College
Los Angeles, CA
$38,935 1,972
A-
Pepperdine University
Malibu, CA
$37,850 3,440
A-
Santa Clara University
Santa Clara, CA
$39,048 5,107
A-
UCLA
Los Angeles, CA
$30,935 26,556
A-
UC San Diego
La Jolla, CA
$31,461 24,217
A-
UC Santa Barbara
Santa Barbara, CA
$31,746 19,805
A-
University of San Diego
San Diego, CA
$36,292 5,111
B+
Azusa Pacific University
Azusa, CA
$28,800 4,678
B+
Biola University
La Mirada, CA
$28,852 4,106
B+
Cal Poly
San Luis Obispo, CA
$17,658 18,316
B+
Chapman University
Orange, CA
$40,234 4,476
B+
University of California - Davis
Davis, CA
$32,027 24,420
B+
University of California - Irvine
Irvine, CA
$31,387 21,952
B+
University of San Francisco
San Francisco, CA
$37,424 5,327