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Largest sociology programs in California

California sociology 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	645
2	University of California-Santa Barbara	Santa Barbara	Public, 4-year	616
3	California State University-Northridge	Northridge	Public, 4-year	388
4	California State University-Los Angeles	Los Angeles	Public, 4-year	339
5	California State University-Fullerton	Fullerton	Public, 4-year	334
6	California State University-Long Beach	Long Beach	Public, 4-year	312
7	California State University-Sacramento	Sacramento	Public, 4-year	291
8	California State University-San Bernardino	San Bernardino	Public, 4-year	280
9	University of California-Berkeley	Berkeley	Public, 4-year	275
10	University of California-Riverside	Riverside	Public, 4-year	255
11	University of California-Davis	Davis	Public, 4-year	253
12	California State University-San Marcos	San Marcos	Public, 4-year	245
13	University of California-Irvine	Irvine	Public, 4-year	217
14	Mt San Antonio College	Walnut	Public, 2-year	196
15	San Jose State University	San Jose	Public, 4-year	194
16	California State Polytechnic University-Pomona	Pomona	Public, 4-year	193
17	California State University-Dominguez Hills	Carson	Public, 4-year	191
18	San Diego State University	San Diego	Public, 4-year	167
19	California State University-Chico	Chico	Public, 4-year	164
20	California State University-East Bay	Hayward	Public, 4-year	159
21	Long Beach City College	Long Beach	Public, 2-year	157
22	California State University-Fresno	Fresno	Public, 4-year	155
23	University of California-San Diego	La Jolla	Public, 4-year	146
24	California State University-Bakersfield	Bakersfield	Public, 4-year	135
25	California State University-Stanislaus	Turlock	Public, 4-year	130

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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