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Largest psychology programs in California

California psychology 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-Fullerton	Fullerton	Public, 4-year	1,092
2	California State University-Northridge	Northridge	Public, 4-year	1,049
3	University of California-Los Angeles	Los Angeles	Public, 4-year	765
4	California State University-Long Beach	Long Beach	Public, 4-year	744
5	San Diego State University	San Diego	Public, 4-year	695
6	Ashford University	San Diego	For-profit, 4-year	691
7	California State University-Sacramento	Sacramento	Public, 4-year	647
8	California State University-Fresno	Fresno	Public, 4-year	567
9	California State University-San Bernardino	San Bernardino	Public, 4-year	547
10	California State University-Dominguez Hills	Carson	Public, 4-year	506
11	California State University-Stanislaus	Turlock	Public, 4-year	495
12	University of California-Irvine	Irvine	Public, 4-year	486
13	University of California-Santa Cruz	Santa Cruz	Public, 4-year	465
14	San Francisco State University	San Francisco	Public, 4-year	465
15	San Jose State University	San Jose	Public, 4-year	449
16	California State University-Los Angeles	Los Angeles	Public, 4-year	434
17	California State Polytechnic University-Pomona	Pomona	Public, 4-year	378
18	Merced College	Merced	Public, 2-year	370
19	California State University-East Bay	Hayward	Public, 4-year	368
20	Bakersfield College	Bakersfield	Public, 4-year	356
21	University of California-San Diego	La Jolla	Public, 4-year	351
22	California State University-Channel Islands	Camarillo	Public, 4-year	324
23	Mt San Antonio College	Walnut	Public, 2-year	320
24	California State University-San Marcos	San Marcos	Public, 4-year	316
25	Sierra College	Rocklin	Public, 2-year	304

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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