100 Best colleges for Artificial Intelligence (AI) in California, US

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Below is a list of best universities in California ranked based on their research performance in Artificial Intelligence (AI). A graph of 16M citations received by 387K academic papers made by 100 universities in California was used to calculate publications' ratings, which then were adjusted for release dates and added to final scores.

We don't distinguish between undergraduate and graduate programs nor do we adjust for current majors offered. You can find information about granted degrees on a university page but always double-check with the university website.

1. Stanford University

For Artificial Intelligence (AI)

Acceptance Rate
4%
Average SAT
1540
Average ACT
34
Net Price
$18,279

2. University of California - Berkeley

For Artificial Intelligence (AI)

Acceptance Rate
11%
Receiving Aid
60%
Average Aid
$21,669
Enrollment
45,307

3. University of California - Los Angeles

For Artificial Intelligence (AI)

Acceptance Rate
9%
Receiving Aid
57%
Average Aid
$21,766
Enrollment
46,430

4. University of Southern California

For Artificial Intelligence (AI)

Acceptance Rate
12%
Average SAT
1500
Average ACT
34
Net Price
$36,808

5. University of California-San Diego

For Artificial Intelligence (AI)

Acceptance Rate
24%
Receiving Aid
61%
Average Aid
$20,782
Enrollment
42,006

6. California Institute of Technology

For Artificial Intelligence (AI)

Acceptance Rate
3%
Net Price
$20,755
Receiving Aid
71%
Average Aid
$59,192

7. University of California - Davis

For Artificial Intelligence (AI)

Acceptance Rate
37%
Receiving Aid
63%
Average Aid
$20,548
Enrollment
39,679

8. University of California - Santa Barbara

For Artificial Intelligence (AI)

Acceptance Rate
26%
Receiving Aid
59%
Average Aid
$20,389
Enrollment
26,420

9. University of California - Irvine

For Artificial Intelligence (AI)

Acceptance Rate
21%
Receiving Aid
80%
Average Aid
$17,411
Enrollment
35,937

10. University of California - San Francisco

For Artificial Intelligence (AI)

Acceptance Rate
13%
Enrollment
3,140
Male:Female
35:65
Founded
1864

11. University of California - Santa Cruz

For Artificial Intelligence (AI)

Acceptance Rate
47%
Receiving Aid
74%
Average Aid
$21,202
Enrollment
19,478

12. University of California - Riverside

For Artificial Intelligence (AI)

Acceptance Rate
69%
Receiving Aid
79%
Average Aid
$22,042
Enrollment
26,809

13. San Diego State University

For Artificial Intelligence (AI)

Acceptance Rate
39%
Receiving Aid
98%
Average Aid
$9,934
Enrollment
37,402

14. Naval Postgraduate School

For Artificial Intelligence (AI)

Acceptance Rate
23%
Enrollment
2,670
Male:Female
78:22
Founded
1909

15. San Jose State University

For Artificial Intelligence (AI)

Acceptance Rate
77%
Receiving Aid
65%
Average Aid
$9,210
Enrollment
35,751

16. University of California - Merced

For Artificial Intelligence (AI)

Acceptance Rate
89%
Receiving Aid
86%
Average Aid
$25,868
Enrollment
9,103

17. California State University - Fullerton

For Artificial Intelligence (AI)

Acceptance Rate
67%
Receiving Aid
80%
Average Aid
$9,194
Enrollment
40,386

18. Santa Clara University

For Artificial Intelligence (AI)

Acceptance Rate
52%
Average SAT
1385
Average ACT
31
Net Price
$50,551

19. San Francisco State University

For Artificial Intelligence (AI)

Acceptance Rate
94%
Receiving Aid
78%
Average Aid
$9,830
Enrollment
25,282

20. California Polytechnic State University - San Luis Obispo

For Artificial Intelligence (AI)

Acceptance Rate
30%
Receiving Aid
57%
Average Aid
$10,065
Enrollment
22,000

21. California State University - Long Beach

For Artificial Intelligence (AI)

Acceptance Rate
40%
Receiving Aid
80%
Average Aid
$9,478
Enrollment
38,973

22. California State University - Northridge

For Artificial Intelligence (AI)

Acceptance Rate
91%
Receiving Aid
85%
Average Aid
$10,511
Enrollment
37,579

23. Palo Alto University

For Artificial Intelligence (AI)

Acceptance Rate
12%
Enrollment
1,129
Male:Female
14:86
Founded
1975

24. California State University - Los Angeles

For Artificial Intelligence (AI)

Acceptance Rate
87%
Receiving Aid
92%
Average Aid
$10,907
Enrollment
26,460

25. California State University - Fresno

For Artificial Intelligence (AI)

Acceptance Rate
95%
Receiving Aid
89%
Average Aid
$9,968
Enrollment
23,999

26. Claremont Graduate University

For Artificial Intelligence (AI)

Acceptance Rate
35%
Enrollment
1,903
Male:Female
40:60
Founded
1925

27. California State University - Sacramento

For Artificial Intelligence (AI)

Acceptance Rate
93%
Receiving Aid
82%
Average Aid
$9,590
Enrollment
31,818

28. University of San Diego

For Artificial Intelligence (AI)

Acceptance Rate
53%
Net Price
$36,008
Receiving Aid
84%
Average Aid
$36,408

29. University of San Francisco

For Artificial Intelligence (AI)

Acceptance Rate
71%
Average SAT
1310
Average ACT
29
Net Price
$42,953

30. Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute

For Artificial Intelligence (AI)

Enrollment
44
Male:Female
45:55

31. California State Polytechnic University - Pomona

For Artificial Intelligence (AI)

Acceptance Rate
55%
Receiving Aid
77%
Average Aid
$9,040
Enrollment
27,503

32. Loma Linda University

For Artificial Intelligence (AI)

Acceptance Rate
100%
Enrollment
4,280
Male:Female
33:67
Founded
1905

33. California State University - San Bernardino

For Artificial Intelligence (AI)

Acceptance Rate
91%
Receiving Aid
89%
Average Aid
$9,871
Enrollment
19,803

34. Loyola Marymount University

For Artificial Intelligence (AI)

Acceptance Rate
41%
Average SAT
1380
Average ACT
31
Net Price
$52,815

35. Chapman University

For Artificial Intelligence (AI)

Acceptance Rate
73%
Average SAT
1300
Average ACT
29
Net Price
$45,033

36. Harvey Mudd College

For Artificial Intelligence (AI)

Acceptance Rate
13%
Average SAT
1520
Average ACT
35
Net Price
$39,850

37. Pomona College

For Artificial Intelligence (AI)

Acceptance Rate
7%
Average SAT
1520
Average ACT
34
Net Price
$19,962

38. John F. Kennedy University

For Artificial Intelligence (AI)

Acceptance Rate
100%
Founded
1964

39. Humboldt State University

For Artificial Intelligence (AI)

Acceptance Rate
98%
Receiving Aid
76%
Average Aid
$9,262
Enrollment
6,025

40. California State University - Chico

For Artificial Intelligence (AI)

Acceptance Rate
95%
Receiving Aid
72%
Average Aid
$9,162
Enrollment
14,183

41. California State University - San Marcos

For Artificial Intelligence (AI)

Acceptance Rate
95%
Receiving Aid
75%
Average Aid
$8,922
Enrollment
15,109

42. University of the Pacific

For Artificial Intelligence (AI)

Acceptance Rate
93%
Average SAT
1272
Average ACT
29
Net Price
$28,164

43. Claremont McKenna College

For Artificial Intelligence (AI)

Acceptance Rate
10%
Average SAT
1495
Average ACT
34
Net Price
$28,701

44. Pepperdine University

For Artificial Intelligence (AI)

Acceptance Rate
49%
Average SAT
1383
Average ACT
30
Net Price
$47,804

45. California State University - Dominguez Hills

For Artificial Intelligence (AI)

Acceptance Rate
89%
Receiving Aid
91%
Average Aid
$9,819
Enrollment
16,426

46. California State University - Stanislaus

For Artificial Intelligence (AI)

Acceptance Rate
97%
Receiving Aid
89%
Average Aid
$9,696
Enrollment
10,154

47. Sonoma State University

For Artificial Intelligence (AI)

Acceptance Rate
94%
Receiving Aid
81%
Average Aid
$7,287
Enrollment
6,637

48. Alliant International University - San Diego

For Artificial Intelligence (AI)

Acceptance Rate
0%
Net Price
$25,481
Receiving Aid
33%
Average Aid
$9,411

49. California State University Maritime Academy

For Artificial Intelligence (AI)

Acceptance Rate
96%
Receiving Aid
62%
Average Aid
$9,529
Enrollment
849

50. California State University - Bakersfield

For Artificial Intelligence (AI)

Acceptance Rate
87%
Receiving Aid
90%
Average Aid
$10,750
Enrollment
9,613

51. California State University - East Bay

For Artificial Intelligence (AI)

Acceptance Rate
96%
Receiving Aid
80%
Average Aid
$8,659
Enrollment
13,673

52. Graduate Theological Union

For Artificial Intelligence (AI)

Enrollment
172
Male:Female
48:52

53. California State University - Monterey Bay

For Artificial Intelligence (AI)

Acceptance Rate
92%
Receiving Aid
77%
Average Aid
$8,702
Enrollment
7,045

54. Azusa Pacific University

For Artificial Intelligence (AI)

Acceptance Rate
87%
Average SAT
1110
Average ACT
25
Net Price
$26,666

55. Golden Gate University - San Francisco

For Artificial Intelligence (AI)

Acceptance Rate
83%
Enrollment
2,661
Male:Female
55:45
Founded
1901

56. Mills College

For Artificial Intelligence (AI)

Acceptance Rate
87%
Net Price
$25,283
Receiving Aid
100%
Average Aid
$22,278

57. West Los Angeles College

For Artificial Intelligence (AI)

Acceptance Rate
100%
Receiving Aid
65%
Average Aid
$6,951
Enrollment
8,656

58. Western University of Health Sciences

For Artificial Intelligence (AI)

Acceptance Rate
8%
Enrollment
3,724
Male:Female
36:64
Founded
1977

59. Occidental College

For Artificial Intelligence (AI)

Acceptance Rate
39%
Average SAT
1440
Average ACT
33
Net Price
$44,853

60. University of Redlands

For Artificial Intelligence (AI)

Acceptance Rate
82%
Average SAT
1196
Average ACT
28
Net Price
$28,157

61. California State University - Channel Islands

For Artificial Intelligence (AI)

Acceptance Rate
90%
Receiving Aid
76%
Average Aid
$9,412
Enrollment
6,128

62. Fuller Theological Seminary

For Artificial Intelligence (AI)

Enrollment
2,089
Male:Female
53:47

63. Keck Graduate Institute

For Artificial Intelligence (AI)

Acceptance Rate
50%
Enrollment
668
Male:Female
30:70
Founded
1997

64. Fielding Graduate University

For Artificial Intelligence (AI)

Enrollment
1,000
Male:Female
21:79
Founded
1974

65. Saybrook University

For Artificial Intelligence (AI)

Enrollment
1,013
Male:Female
16:84
Founded
1971

66. University of the West

For Artificial Intelligence (AI)

Acceptance Rate
78%
Net Price
$19,028
Receiving Aid
80%
Average Aid
$8,190

67. Saint Mary's College of California

For Artificial Intelligence (AI)

Acceptance Rate
88%
Net Price
$32,129
Receiving Aid
100%
Average Aid
$39,139

68. Pitzer College

For Artificial Intelligence (AI)

Acceptance Rate
18%
Net Price
$39,809
Receiving Aid
39%
Average Aid
$39,594

69. Southern States University

For Artificial Intelligence (AI)

Net Price
$2,640
Receiving Aid
6%
Average Aid
$5,478
Enrollment
358

70. Marshall B Ketchum University

For Artificial Intelligence (AI)

Acceptance Rate
23%
Enrollment
685
Male:Female
28:72
Founded
1904

71. Antioch University

For Artificial Intelligence (AI)

Acceptance Rate
81%
Enrollment
867
Male:Female
26:74

72. Soka University of America

For Artificial Intelligence (AI)

Acceptance Rate
57%
Average SAT
1340
Net Price
$17,928
Receiving Aid
100%

73. Biola University

For Artificial Intelligence (AI)

Acceptance Rate
57%
Average SAT
1235
Average ACT
27
Net Price
$31,522

74. Scripps College

For Artificial Intelligence (AI)

Acceptance Rate
28%
Average SAT
1450
Average ACT
33
Net Price
$43,923

75. Pardee RAND Graduate School

For Artificial Intelligence (AI)

Acceptance Rate
13%
Enrollment
126
Male:Female
58:42
Founded
1970

76. Charles R Drew University of Medicine and Science

For Artificial Intelligence (AI)

Acceptance Rate
80%
Net Price
$27,637
Receiving Aid
73%
Average Aid
$11,419

77. Wright Institute

For Artificial Intelligence (AI)

Enrollment
520
Male:Female
20:80
Founded
1969

78. California Lutheran University

For Artificial Intelligence (AI)

Acceptance Rate
87%
Average SAT
1235
Average ACT
28
Net Price
$30,416

79. Chicago School of Professional Psychology at Los Angeles

For Artificial Intelligence (AI)

Acceptance Rate
54%
Net Price
$39,401
Receiving Aid
100%
Average Aid
$2,599

80. California Institute of Integral Studies

For Artificial Intelligence (AI)

Acceptance Rate
90%
Enrollment
2,145
Male:Female
18:82
Founded
1968

81. University of La Verne

For Artificial Intelligence (AI)

Acceptance Rate
74%
Average SAT
1137
Average ACT
22
Net Price
$25,103

82. Whittier College

For Artificial Intelligence (AI)

#1013 in North America
Acceptance Rate
75%
Average SAT
1240
Average ACT
27
Net Price
$28,368

83. Newschool of Architecture and Design

For Artificial Intelligence (AI)

#1017 in North America
Acceptance Rate
45%
Net Price
$50,126
Receiving Aid
64%
Average Aid
$6,832

84. Bethesda University

For Artificial Intelligence (AI)

#1018 in North America
Acceptance Rate
100%
Net Price
$21,746
Receiving Aid
81%
Average Aid
$2,786

85. Dominican University of California

For Artificial Intelligence (AI)

#1019 in North America
Acceptance Rate
93%
Average SAT
1162
Average ACT
24
Net Price
$49,907

86. United States University

For Artificial Intelligence (AI)

#1043 in North America
Acceptance Rate
100%
Net Price
$13,529
Receiving Aid
75%
Average Aid
$3,125

87. Westmont College

For Artificial Intelligence (AI)

#1053 in North America
Acceptance Rate
82%
Average SAT
1369
Average ACT
32
Net Price
$33,112

88. California Baptist University

For Artificial Intelligence (AI)

#1070 in North America
Acceptance Rate
80%
Net Price
$27,304
Receiving Aid
98%
Average Aid
$22,757

89. Woodbury University

For Artificial Intelligence (AI)

#1090 in North America
Acceptance Rate
63%
Net Price
$32,182
Receiving Aid
96%
Average Aid
$23,816

90. Ashford University

For Artificial Intelligence (AI)

#1095 in North America
Acceptance Rate
100%
Net Price
$25,104
Receiving Aid
100%
Average Aid
$5,121

91. Master's University and Seminary

For Artificial Intelligence (AI)

#1128 in North America
Acceptance Rate
78%
Net Price
$30,783
Receiving Aid
62%
Average Aid
$13,010

92. La Sierra University

For Artificial Intelligence (AI)

#1139 in North America
Acceptance Rate
92%
Net Price
$25,076
Receiving Aid
100%
Average Aid
$21,867

93. Touro University California

For Artificial Intelligence (AI)

#1140 in North America
Acceptance Rate
49%
Enrollment
1,144
Male:Female
37:63
Founded
1997

94. Northcentral University

For Artificial Intelligence (AI)

#1152 in North America
Enrollment
11,578
Male:Female
24:76

95. Point Loma Nazarene University

For Artificial Intelligence (AI)

#1160 in North America
Acceptance Rate
82%
Net Price
$34,933
Receiving Aid
100%
Average Aid
$19,422

96. California Western School of Law

For Artificial Intelligence (AI)

#1177 in North America
Acceptance Rate
46%
Enrollment
623
Male:Female
38:62
Founded
1924

97. Menlo College

For Artificial Intelligence (AI)

#1180 in North America
Acceptance Rate
62%
Net Price
$29,151
Receiving Aid
100%
Average Aid
$34,632

98. Samuel Merritt University

For Artificial Intelligence (AI)

#1191 in North America
Acceptance Rate
66%
Enrollment
1,911
Male:Female
23:77
Founded
1909

99. Thomas Jefferson School of Law

For Artificial Intelligence (AI)

#1227 in North America
Acceptance Rate
50%
Enrollment
271
Male:Female
36:64
Founded
1969

100. California Institute of the Arts

For Artificial Intelligence (AI)

#1239 in North America
Acceptance Rate
25%
Net Price
$55,225
Receiving Aid
59%
Average Aid
$20,474

Closest to California states to learn Artificial Intelligence (AI)

State
Universities
Unis
Best university country rank
Best uni United States Flag rank
Oregon 16 79
Utah 9 45
Arizona 7 27
Idaho 5 179
Washington 21 8
Colorado 17 47
New Mexico 6 90
Montana 4 208
Nebraska 8 98
South Dakota 8 319
Kansas 8 86
Texas 63 16
Oklahoma 13 117
North Dakota 5 186
Minnesota 24 20
Iowa 15 50
Missouri 22 48
Arkansas 14 161
Louisiana 19 89
Wisconsin 25 14
Illinois 52 5
Mississippi 11 131
Indiana 27 26
Michigan 26 6
Tennessee 26 53
Alabama 18 111
Kentucky 18 76
Ohio 47 24
Georgia 35 12
West Virginia 10 108
South Carolina 19 82
North Carolina 31 35
Virginia 33 34
Alaska 3 262
Pennsylvania 81 4
Florida 38 33
District of Columbia 8 92
Maryland 22 10
New York 109 11
New Jersey 22 18
Vermont 6 158
Hawaii 5 134
Connecticut 19 25
Massachusetts 56 3
New Hampshire 9 88
Rhode Island 9 59
Maine 7 206
Puerto Rico 6 306