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Largest political science and government programs in California

California political science and government 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	708
2	University of California-Berkeley	Berkeley	Public, 4-year	421
3	University of California-Santa Barbara	Santa Barbara	Public, 4-year	303
4	University of California-San Diego	La Jolla	Public, 4-year	285
5	University of California-Irvine	Irvine	Public, 4-year	265
6	University of California-Davis	Davis	Public, 4-year	232
7	University of California-Riverside	Riverside	Public, 4-year	202
8	California State University-Sacramento	Sacramento	Public, 4-year	190
9	California State University-Northridge	Northridge	Public, 4-year	185
10	California State University-Long Beach	Long Beach	Public, 4-year	184
11	Santa Monica College	Santa Monica	Public, 4-year	144
12	San Diego State University	San Diego	Public, 4-year	142
13	University of California-Santa Cruz	Santa Cruz	Public, 4-year	128
14	University of Southern California	Los Angeles	Private nonprofit, 4-year	124
15	San Francisco State University	San Francisco	Public, 4-year	118
16	California State University-Fullerton	Fullerton	Public, 4-year	100
17	Stanford University	Stanford	Private nonprofit, 4-year	100
18	California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo	San Luis Obispo	Public, 4-year	97
19	Loyola Marymount University	Los Angeles	Private nonprofit, 4-year	91
20	California State Polytechnic University-Pomona	Pomona	Public, 4-year	89
21	California State University-Los Angeles	Los Angeles	Public, 4-year	79
22	San Jose State University	San Jose	Public, 4-year	74
23	California State University-Fresno	Fresno	Public, 4-year	68
24	University of San Diego	San Diego	Private nonprofit, 4-year	67
25	California State University-San Marcos	San Marcos	Public, 4-year	67

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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