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Largest English language and literature programs in California

California English language and literature 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	California State University-Long Beach	Long Beach	Public, 4-year	292
2	University of California-Los Angeles	Los Angeles	Public, 4-year	250
3	University of California-Berkeley	Berkeley	Public, 4-year	221
4	California State University-Northridge	Northridge	Public, 4-year	169
5	California State University-Sacramento	Sacramento	Public, 4-year	164
6	University of California-Irvine	Irvine	Public, 4-year	160
7	California State University-Fullerton	Fullerton	Public, 4-year	159
8	University of California-Davis	Davis	Public, 4-year	144
9	University of California-Santa Barbara	Santa Barbara	Public, 4-year	132
10	San Diego State University	San Diego	Public, 4-year	130
11	California State University-San Bernardino	San Bernardino	Public, 4-year	126
12	San Francisco State University	San Francisco	Public, 4-year	124
13	University of California-Riverside	Riverside	Public, 4-year	115
14	California State University-Los Angeles	Los Angeles	Public, 4-year	112
15	California State Polytechnic University-Pomona	Pomona	Public, 4-year	106
16	National University	San Diego	Private nonprofit, 4-year	101
17	San Jose State University	San Jose	Public, 4-year	79
18	California State University-Stanislaus	Turlock	Public, 4-year	70
19	Sonoma State University	Rohnert Park	Public, 4-year	68
20	California State University-Chico	Chico	Public, 4-year	66
21	California State University-Fresno	Fresno	Public, 4-year	65
22	California State University-San Marcos	San Marcos	Public, 4-year	62
23	Pasadena City College	Pasadena	Public, 2-year	60
24	California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo	San Luis Obispo	Public, 4-year	58
25	El Camino Community College District	Torrance	Public, 2-year	58

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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