U.S. News & World Report's “America's Best Colleges” guide includes directory information on 1,400 public and private American colleges and universities, including 91 in California. Experts recommend considering multiple resources when picking a college, not just looking at a ranking. Stanford and the California Institute of Technology are ranked in the top 10 of the magazine's 248 best national universities. These schools in California are also ranked by number:
21. UC Berkeley
26. UC Los Angeles (UCLA)
27. University of Southern California (USC)
38. UC San Diego (UCSD)
44. UC Irvine
47. UC Davis
UC Santa Barbara
54. Pepperdine University
76. UC Santa Cruz
88. UC Riverside
98. University of the Pacific
105. University of San Diego
112. University of San Francisco
The third and fourth tiers of the list are organized alphabetically. The University of La Verne is in the third tier grouping of 62 schools. The fourth tier includes Alliant International University, Biola University and San Diego State University. SDSU was the only California State University campus that made the national rankings list.
SOURCE: U.S. NEWS & WORLD REPORT
