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Largest American states studies programs in California
California American states 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 | Coastline Community College | Fountain Valley | Public, 2-year | 106 |
| 2 | University of California-Berkeley | Berkeley | Public, 4-year | 55 |
| 3 | California State University-Fullerton | Fullerton | Public, 4-year | 23 |
| 4 | California State University-Long Beach | Long Beach | Public, 4-year | 19 |
| 5 | University of Southern California | Los Angeles | Private nonprofit, 4-year | 9 |
| 6 | Stanford University | Stanford | Private nonprofit, 4-year | 8 |
| 7 | University of California-Davis | Davis | Public, 4-year | 5 |
| 8 | Occidental College | Los Angeles | Private nonprofit, 4-year | 4 |
| 9 | Pepperdine University | Malibu | Private nonprofit, 4-year | 4 |
| 10 | Pitzer College | Claremont | Private nonprofit, 4-year | 4 |
| 11 | Riverside City College | Riverside | Public, 2-year | 4 |
| 12 | Scripps College | Claremont | Private nonprofit, 4-year | 4 |
| 13 | San Francisco State University | San Francisco | Public, 4-year | 2 |
| 14 | University of California-Santa Cruz | Santa Cruz | Public, 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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