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Largest speech communication and rhetoric programs in California
California speech communication and rhetoric 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 | 625 |
| 2 | California State University-Sacramento | Sacramento | Public, 4-year | 372 |
| 3 | California State University-Long Beach | Long Beach | Public, 4-year | 355 |
| 4 | San Diego State University | San Diego | Public, 4-year | 318 |
| 5 | University of Southern California | Los Angeles | Private nonprofit, 4-year | 257 |
| 6 | Santa Monica College | Santa Monica | Public, 4-year | 254 |
| 7 | California State University-Northridge | Northridge | Public, 4-year | 238 |
| 8 | San Francisco State University | San Francisco | Public, 4-year | 215 |
| 9 | San Jose State University | San Jose | Public, 4-year | 206 |
| 10 | California State University-Los Angeles | Los Angeles | Public, 4-year | 172 |
| 11 | California State University-San Marcos | San Marcos | Public, 4-year | 158 |
| 12 | Long Beach City College | Long Beach | Public, 2-year | 145 |
| 13 | California State University-San Bernardino | San Bernardino | Public, 4-year | 143 |
| 14 | California State Polytechnic University-Pomona | Pomona | Public, 4-year | 132 |
| 15 | Orange Coast College | Costa Mesa | Public, 2-year | 124 |
| 16 | Bakersfield College | Bakersfield | Public, 4-year | 122 |
| 17 | Saddleback College | Mission Viejo | Public, 2-year | 121 |
| 18 | Loyola Marymount University | Los Angeles | Private nonprofit, 4-year | 105 |
| 19 | Santa Clara University | Santa Clara | Private nonprofit, 4-year | 104 |
| 20 | California State University-Bakersfield | Bakersfield | Public, 4-year | 101 |
| 21 | California State University-East Bay | Hayward | Public, 4-year | 96 |
| 22 | California State University-Chico | Chico | Public, 4-year | 92 |
| 23 | Mt San Antonio College | Walnut | Public, 2-year | 91 |
| 24 | Chaffey College | Rancho Cucamonga | Public, 2-year | 89 |
| 25 | California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo | San Luis Obispo | Public, 4-year | 86 |
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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