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Largest African-American studies programs in California
California African-American studies programs, ranked by awards conferred in 2024, the latest IPEDS completions year on file. At least 5 schools must offer the program for this list to exist.
| Rank | School | City | Sector | Awards conferred |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | University of California-Los Angeles | Los Angeles | Public, 4-year | 34 |
| 2 | California State University-Northridge | Northridge | Public, 4-year | 17 |
| 3 | University of California-Berkeley | Berkeley | Public, 4-year | 12 |
| 4 | San Francisco State University | San Francisco | Public, 4-year | 12 |
| 5 | University of California-Davis | Davis | Public, 4-year | 7 |
| 6 | Loyola Marymount University | Los Angeles | Private nonprofit, 4-year | 6 |
| 7 | California State University-Fresno | Fresno | Public, 4-year | 5 |
| 8 | San Diego State University | San Diego | Public, 4-year | 5 |
| 9 | San Jose State University | San Jose | Public, 4-year | 5 |
| 10 | University of California-Santa Barbara | Santa Barbara | Public, 4-year | 4 |
| 11 | Occidental College | Los Angeles | Private nonprofit, 4-year | 4 |
| 12 | Stanford University | Stanford | Private nonprofit, 4-year | 4 |
| 13 | California State University-Dominguez Hills | Carson | Public, 4-year | 3 |
| 14 | California State University-Los Angeles | Los Angeles | Public, 4-year | 3 |
| 15 | University of California-Irvine | Irvine | Public, 4-year | 3 |
| 16 | University of Southern California | Los Angeles | Private nonprofit, 4-year | 3 |
| 17 | California State University-Long Beach | Long Beach | Public, 4-year | 2 |
| 18 | University of California-Riverside | Riverside | Public, 4-year | 2 |
| 19 | Pomona College | Claremont | Private nonprofit, 4-year | 2 |
| 20 | University of California-San Diego | La Jolla | Public, 4-year | 1 |
| 21 | Pitzer College | Claremont | Private nonprofit, 4-year | 1 |
| 22 | Scripps College | Claremont | Private nonprofit, 4-year | 1 |
Completions counts total awards conferred, summed across every credential level, from IPEDS.
How to read this. A larger school naturally confers more awards in a common program; this counts total completions, not selectivity. A campus that is part of one multi-campus system is shown as a single row when more than two of its campuses would otherwise appear.
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