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Largest history programs in California

California history 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	212
2	California State University-Fullerton	Fullerton	Public, 4-year	158
3	California State University-Sacramento	Sacramento	Public, 4-year	141
4	California State University-Long Beach	Long Beach	Public, 4-year	140
5	University of California-Berkeley	Berkeley	Public, 4-year	135
6	University of California-Santa Barbara	Santa Barbara	Public, 4-year	124
7	University of California-Davis	Davis	Public, 4-year	112
8	California State University-San Bernardino	San Bernardino	Public, 4-year	111
9	University of California-Riverside	Riverside	Public, 4-year	108
10	California State Polytechnic University-Pomona	Pomona	Public, 4-year	106
11	San Diego State University	San Diego	Public, 4-year	105
12	Bakersfield College	Bakersfield	Public, 4-year	103
13	California State University-Fresno	Fresno	Public, 4-year	98
14	University of California-Santa Cruz	Santa Cruz	Public, 4-year	98
15	University of California-Irvine	Irvine	Public, 4-year	89
16	California State University-Northridge	Northridge	Public, 4-year	79
17	University of California-San Diego	La Jolla	Public, 4-year	78
18	California State University-San Marcos	San Marcos	Public, 4-year	77
19	California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo	San Luis Obispo	Public, 4-year	69
20	California State University-Los Angeles	Los Angeles	Public, 4-year	66
21	California State University-Bakersfield	Bakersfield	Public, 4-year	63
22	Santa Monica College	Santa Monica	Public, 4-year	59
23	California State University-Stanislaus	Turlock	Public, 4-year	55
24	San Francisco State University	San Francisco	Public, 4-year	55
25	San Jose State University	San Jose	Public, 4-year	55

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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