100 Best colleges for Liberal Arts &amp; Social Sciences in California, US

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#11 in the United States

#12 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 9%
Receiving Aid: 59%
Average Aid: $25,627
Enrollment: 47,335

4. University of California-San Diego

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#23 in the United States

#25 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 27%
Receiving Aid: 66%
Average Aid: $25,757
Enrollment: 44,256

5. University of Southern California

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#24 in the United States

#26 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Average SAT: 1500
Average ACT: 34
Net Price: $43,412

6. University of California - San Francisco

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#33 in the United States

#37 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 13%
Enrollment: 3,007
Male:Female: 36:64
Founded: 1864

7. University of California - Davis

Davis

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#35 in the United States

#39 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 42%
Receiving Aid: 65%
Average Aid: $24,591
Enrollment: 40,065

8. University of California - Irvine

Irvine

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#43 in the United States

#49 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 29%
Receiving Aid: 61%
Average Aid: $23,110
Enrollment: 37,297

9. University of California - Santa Barbara

Santa Barbara

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#49 in the United States

#59 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 33%
Receiving Aid: 61%
Average Aid: $24,695
Enrollment: 26,133

10. California Institute of Technology

Pasadena

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#73 in the United States

#87 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 3%
Net Price: $14,513
Receiving Aid: 70%
Average Aid: $72,373

11. University of California - Santa Cruz

Santa Cruz

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#95 in the United States

#112 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 66%
Receiving Aid: 64%
Average Aid: $22,774
Enrollment: 19,938

12. University of California - Riverside

Riverside

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#98 in the United States

#116 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 76%
Receiving Aid: 80%
Average Aid: $24,355
Enrollment: 26,384

13. San Diego State University

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#119 in the United States

#140 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 36%
Receiving Aid: 62%
Average Aid: $12,053
Enrollment: 41,137

14. San Jose State University

San Jose

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#173 in the United States

#201 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 85%
Receiving Aid: 69%
Average Aid: $12,353
Enrollment: 37,661

15. San Francisco State University

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#186 in the United States

#214 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 96%
Receiving Aid: 81%
Average Aid: $12,996
Enrollment: 22,563

16. Santa Clara University

Santa Clara

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#202 in the United States

#232 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 48%
Average SAT: 1420
Average ACT: 32
Net Price: $53,883

17. California State University - Fullerton

Fullerton

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#206 in the United States

#236 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 91%
Receiving Aid: 83%
Average Aid: $11,234
Enrollment: 43,662

18. California State University - Long Beach

Long Beach

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#208 in the United States

#239 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 46%
Receiving Aid: 82%
Average Aid: $11,795
Enrollment: 42,003

19. Loyola Marymount University

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#223 in the United States

#254 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 45%
Average SAT: 1345
Average ACT: 30
Net Price: $59,926

20. University of San Francisco

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#235 in the United States

#268 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 62%
Average SAT: 1290
Average ACT: 28
Net Price: $45,443

21. Claremont Graduate University

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#239 in the United States

#272 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 35%
Enrollment: 1,771
Male:Female: 41:59
Founded: 1925

22. Naval Postgraduate School

Monterey

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#246 in the United States

#279 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 23%
Enrollment: 2,441
Male:Female: 79:21
Founded: 1909

23. John F. Kennedy University

Pleasant Hill

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#266 in the United States

#299 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 100%
Founded: 1964

24. Loma Linda University

Loma Linda

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#269 in the United States

#302 in North America

Enrollment: 4,210
Male:Female: 34:66
Founded: 1905

25. California State University - Northridge

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#270 in the United States

#303 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 93%
Receiving Aid: 86%
Average Aid: $12,825
Enrollment: 38,313

26. University of San Diego

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#276 in the United States

#311 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 52%
Net Price: $37,918
Receiving Aid: 87%
Average Aid: $40,965

27. California State University - Los Angeles

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#278 in the United States

#313 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 91%
Receiving Aid: 95%
Average Aid: $13,824
Enrollment: 23,163

28. University of California - Merced

Merced

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#280 in the United States

#315 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 91%
Receiving Aid: 91%
Average Aid: $27,292
Enrollment: 9,110

29. California Polytechnic State University - San Luis Obispo

San Luis Obispo

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#284 in the United States

#319 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 31%
Receiving Aid: 62%
Average Aid: $14,338
Enrollment: 23,069

30. Pepperdine University

Malibu

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#287 in the United States

#322 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 63%
Average SAT: 1370
Average ACT: 31
Net Price: $66,585

31. Chapman University

Orange

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#300 in the United States

#338 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 65%
Average SAT: 1350
Average ACT: 30
Net Price: $47,902

32. California State University - Sacramento

Sacramento

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#307 in the United States

#346 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 94%
Receiving Aid: 86%
Average Aid: $12,767
Enrollment: 31,943

33. Humboldt State University

Arcata

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#308 in the United States

#347 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 98%
Receiving Aid: 74%
Average Aid: $10,748
Enrollment: 6,237

34. California State University - Fresno

Fresno

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#318 in the United States

#359 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 95%
Receiving Aid: 88%
Average Aid: $12,326
Enrollment: 24,427

35. California State University - San Bernardino

San Bernardino

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#320 in the United States

#361 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 94%
Receiving Aid: 91%
Average Aid: $12,167
Enrollment: 18,492

36. California State Polytechnic University - Pomona

Pomona

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#338 in the United States

#379 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 75%
Receiving Aid: 80%
Average Aid: $11,833
Enrollment: 27,636

37. Pomona College

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#347 in the United States

#389 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 7%
Average SAT: 1525
Average ACT: 34
Net Price: $19,938

38. Palo Alto University

Palo Alto

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#356 in the United States

#399 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 12%
Enrollment: 1,065
Male:Female: 16:84
Founded: 1975

39. Claremont McKenna College

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#361 in the United States

#406 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Average SAT: 1515
Average ACT: 34
Net Price: $33,895

40. California State University - Chico

Chico

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#379 in the United States

#425 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 93%
Receiving Aid: 75%
Average Aid: $11,509
Enrollment: 15,257

41. Sonoma State University

Rohnert Park

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#382 in the United States

#430 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 93%
Receiving Aid: 87%
Average Aid: $9,094
Enrollment: 5,891

42. Alliant International University - San Diego

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#398 in the United States

#446 in North America

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

43. California State University - San Marcos

San Marcos

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#422 in the United States

#471 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 95%
Receiving Aid: 79%
Average Aid: $11,123
Enrollment: 16,237

44. University of the Pacific

Stockton

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#439 in the United States

#490 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 71%
Average SAT: 1332
Average ACT: 28
Net Price: $31,670

45. Occidental College

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#470 in the United States

#521 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 44%
Average SAT: 1450
Average ACT: 33
Net Price: $48,400

46. California State University - Dominguez Hills

Carson

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#473 in the United States

#524 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 93%
Receiving Aid: 95%
Average Aid: $13,951
Enrollment: 15,182

47. University of Redlands

Redlands

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#492 in the United States

#545 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 83%
Average SAT: 1229
Average ACT: 25
Net Price: $28,482

48. Fuller Theological Seminary

Pasadena

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#511 in the United States

#565 in North America

Enrollment: 1,890
Male:Female: 53:47

49. Western University of Health Sciences

Pomona

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#523 in the United States

#578 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 8%
Enrollment: 3,665
Male:Female: 35:65
Founded: 1977

50. Saint Mary's College of California

Moraga

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#539 in the United States

#594 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 87%
Net Price: $35,332
Receiving Aid: 100%
Average Aid: $42,407

51. California State University - East Bay

Hayward

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#542 in the United States

#597 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 97%
Receiving Aid: 82%
Average Aid: $12,369
Enrollment: 12,326

52. Charles R Drew University of Medicine and Science

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#555 in the United States

#610 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 39%
Net Price: $35,558
Receiving Aid: 100%
Average Aid: $4,276

53. Golden Gate University - San Francisco

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#561 in the United States

#616 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 83%
Enrollment: 3,098
Male:Female: 53:47
Founded: 1901

54. Mills College

Oakland

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#574 in the United States

#630 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 17%
Average SAT: 1470
Average ACT: 33
Net Price: $27,473

55. Azusa Pacific University

Azusa

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#576 in the United States

#632 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 88%
Average SAT: 1111
Average ACT: 28
Net Price: $26,143

56. California State University Maritime Academy

Vallejo

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#580 in the United States

#636 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 95%
Receiving Aid: 68%
Average Aid: $11,038
Enrollment: 837

57. Saybrook University

Oakland

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#585 in the United States

#641 in North America

Enrollment: 1,057
Male:Female: 17:83
Founded: 1971

58. California State University - Bakersfield

Bakersfield

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#590 in the United States

#647 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 94%
Receiving Aid: 93%
Average Aid: $12,966
Enrollment: 10,419

59. University of the West

Rosemead

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#600 in the United States

#657 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 100%
Net Price: $14,713
Receiving Aid: 100%
Average Aid: $9,445

60. Biola University

La Mirada

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#601 in the United States

#658 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 74%
Average SAT: 1265
Average ACT: 27
Net Price: $34,082

61. California State University - Monterey Bay

Seaside

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#616 in the United States

#676 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 97%
Receiving Aid: 76%
Average Aid: $12,185
Enrollment: 7,713

62. Fielding Graduate University

Santa Barbara

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#620 in the United States

#680 in North America

Enrollment: 915
Male:Female: 18:82
Founded: 1974

63. Pitzer College

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#623 in the United States

#683 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 25%
Net Price: $34,979
Receiving Aid: 45%
Average Aid: $51,487

64. Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#628 in the United States

#689 in North America

Enrollment: 52
Male:Female: 32:68

65. West Los Angeles College

Culver

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#629 in the United States

#690 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 100%
Receiving Aid: 83%
Average Aid: $5,857
Enrollment: 9,255

66. California State University - Stanislaus

Turlock

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#644 in the United States

#707 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 98%
Receiving Aid: 89%
Average Aid: $12,492
Enrollment: 9,724

67. Harvey Mudd College

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#651 in the United States

#716 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 13%
Average SAT: 1535
Average ACT: 35
Net Price: $43,966

68. Graduate Theological Union

Berkeley

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#674 in the United States

#740 in North America

Enrollment: 150
Male:Female: 46:54

69. Chicago School of Professional Psychology at Los Angeles

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#696 in the United States

#762 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 46%
Net Price: $39,401
Receiving Aid: 100%
Average Aid: $2,599

70. Scripps College

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#720 in the United States

#786 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 38%
Average SAT: 1490
Average ACT: 33
Net Price: $44,396

71. California Western School of Law

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#728 in the United States

#794 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 46%
Enrollment: 650
Male:Female: 38:62
Founded: 1924

72. University of La Verne

La Verne

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#771 in the United States

#840 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 71%
Average SAT: 1111
Average ACT: 22
Net Price: $21,530

73. Whittier College

Whittier

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#778 in the United States

#847 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 81%
Net Price: $28,101
Receiving Aid: 100%
Average Aid: $36,176

74. California Institute of Integral Studies

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#781 in the United States

#850 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 90%
Enrollment: 1,874
Male:Female: 19:81
Founded: 1968

75. California State University - Channel Islands

Camarillo

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#801 in the United States

#870 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 95%
Receiving Aid: 83%
Average Aid: $12,528
Enrollment: 5,592

76. Antioch University

Culver

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#812 in the United States

#882 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 81%
Enrollment: 910
Male:Female: 32:68

77. Dominican University of California

San Rafael

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#820 in the United States

#890 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 83%
Average SAT: 1255
Net Price: $37,456
Receiving Aid: 100%

78. Soka University of America

Aliso Viejo

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#823 in the United States

#893 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 43%
Average SAT: 1422
Net Price: $15,691
Receiving Aid: 100%

79. Master's University and Seminary

Santa Clarita

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#832 in the United States

#902 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 84%
Net Price: $37,919
Receiving Aid: 98%
Average Aid: $16,990

80. Pardee RAND Graduate School

Santa Monica

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#879 in the United States

#949 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 13%
Enrollment: 230
Male:Female: 58:42
Founded: 1970

81. Point Loma Nazarene University

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#896 in the United States

#968 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 84%
Average SAT: 1270
Average ACT: 29
Net Price: $39,696

82. Westmont College

Santa Barbara

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#903 in the United States

#975 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 77%
Average SAT: 1345
Average ACT: 29
Net Price: $32,172

83. Wright Institute

Berkeley

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#918 in the United States

#990 in North America

Enrollment: 518
Male:Female: 21:79
Founded: 1969

84. California Lutheran University

Thousand Oaks

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#925 in the United States

#997 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 76%
Average SAT: 1240
Average ACT: 28
Net Price: $32,774

85. Northcentral University

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#926 in the United States

#998 in North America

Enrollment: 9,489
Male:Female: 26:74

86. Touro University California

Vallejo

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#931 in the United States

#1003 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 0%
Enrollment: 1,144
Male:Female: 36:64
Founded: 1997

87. Newschool of Architecture and Design

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#939 in the United States

#1011 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 100%
Net Price: $55,265
Receiving Aid: 88%
Average Aid: $7,862

88. Thomas Jefferson School of Law

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#941 in the United States

#1013 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Enrollment: 262
Male:Female: 35:65
Founded: 1969

89. American Jewish University

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#988 in the United States

#1061 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 71%
Net Price: $18,651
Receiving Aid: 86%
Average Aid: $25,048

90. United States University

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#995 in the United States

#1071 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 100%
Net Price: $20,197
Receiving Aid: 32%
Average Aid: $8,161

91. Woodbury University

Burbank

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#996 in the United States

#1072 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 82%
Net Price: $37,258
Receiving Aid: 100%
Average Aid: $22,081

92. Southwestern Law School

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#1003 in the United States

#1079 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 31%
Enrollment: 1,006
Male:Female: 40:60
Founded: 1911

93. La Sierra University

Riverside

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#1005 in the United States

#1081 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 91%
Net Price: $23,848
Receiving Aid: 99%
Average Aid: $27,646

94. Ashford University

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#1029 in the United States

#1105 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 100%
Net Price: $32,265
Receiving Aid: 100%
Average Aid: $5,648

95. Keck Graduate Institute

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#1049 in the United States

#1126 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Enrollment: 622
Male:Female: 29:71
Founded: 1997

96. Menlo College

Atherton

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#1074 in the United States

#1151 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 68%
Net Price: $32,563
Receiving Aid: 100%
Average Aid: $39,174

97. Irell & Manella Graduate School of Biological Sciences at City of Hope

Duarte

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#1084 in the United States

#1161 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 14%
Enrollment: 90
Founded: 1994

98. Claremont School of Theology