85 Best Nursing schools in California, US

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Below is a list of best universities in California ranked based on their research performance in Nursing. A graph of 4.91M citations received by 141K academic papers made by 85 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. University of California - San Francisco

For Nursing

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

2. University of California - Los Angeles

For Nursing

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

3. Stanford University

For Nursing

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

4. University of California-San Diego

For Nursing

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

5. University of Southern California

For Nursing

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

6. University of California - Berkeley

For Nursing

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

7. University of California - Davis

For Nursing

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

8. University of California - Irvine

For Nursing

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

9. San Diego State University

For Nursing

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

10. Loma Linda University

For Nursing

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

11. University of California - Santa Barbara

For Nursing

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

12. University of California - Riverside

For Nursing

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

13. San Jose State University

For Nursing

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

14. San Francisco State University

For Nursing

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

15. California State University - Long Beach

For Nursing

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

16. Palo Alto University

For Nursing

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

17. University of San Francisco

For Nursing

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

18. California State University - Fullerton

For Nursing

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

19. Charles R Drew University of Medicine and Science

For Nursing

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

20. University of San Diego

For Nursing

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

21. West Los Angeles College

For Nursing

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

22. California Institute of Technology

For Nursing

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

23. California State University - Los Angeles

For Nursing

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

24. California Polytechnic State University - San Luis Obispo

For Nursing

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

25. University of California - Santa Cruz

For Nursing

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

26. Alliant International University - San Diego

For Nursing

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

27. Western University of Health Sciences

For Nursing

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

28. Claremont Graduate University

For Nursing

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

29. California State University - Fresno

For Nursing

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

30. California State University - Sacramento

For Nursing

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

31. University of the Pacific

For Nursing

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

33. California State University - Northridge

For Nursing

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

35. Chapman University

For Nursing

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

36. Santa Clara University

For Nursing

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

37. California State University - San Bernardino

For Nursing

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

38. Loyola Marymount University

For Nursing

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

39. University of California - Merced

For Nursing

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

40. Azusa Pacific University

For Nursing

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

41. Pepperdine University

For Nursing

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

42. Fielding Graduate University

For Nursing

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

43. California State University - Chico

For Nursing

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

44. Touro University California

For Nursing

Acceptance Rate
49%
Enrollment
1,144
Male:Female
37:63
Founded
1997

45. Dominican University of California

For Nursing

Acceptance Rate
93%
Average SAT
1162
Average ACT
24
Net Price
$49,907

46. Claremont McKenna College

For Nursing

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

47. Humboldt State University

For Nursing

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

48. Samuel Merritt University

For Nursing

Acceptance Rate
66%
Enrollment
1,911
Male:Female
23:77
Founded
1909

49. California State University - Dominguez Hills

For Nursing

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

50. Chicago School of Professional Psychology at Los Angeles

For Nursing

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

51. California State University - East Bay

For Nursing

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

52. California State University - Bakersfield

For Nursing

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

53. California State University - San Marcos

For Nursing

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

54. Naval Postgraduate School

For Nursing

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

55. Fuller Theological Seminary

For Nursing

Enrollment
2,089
Male:Female
53:47

56. California State University - Stanislaus

For Nursing

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

57. California State Polytechnic University - Pomona

For Nursing

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

58. Biola University

For Nursing

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

59. University of the West

For Nursing

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

60. Sonoma State University

For Nursing

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

61. Pardee RAND Graduate School

For Nursing

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

62. California Western School of Law

For Nursing

Acceptance Rate
46%
Enrollment
623
Male:Female
38:62
Founded
1924

63. Occidental College

For Nursing

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

64. Pomona College

For Nursing

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

65. Southern California University of Health Sciences

For Nursing

Acceptance Rate
100%
Net Price
$17,273
Receiving Aid
50%
Average Aid
$2,117

66. Wright Institute

For Nursing

Enrollment
520
Male:Female
20:80
Founded
1969

67. Golden Gate University - San Francisco

For Nursing

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

68. California State University - Monterey Bay

For Nursing

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

69. California Baptist University

For Nursing

Acceptance Rate
80%
Net Price
$27,304
Receiving Aid
98%
Average Aid
$22,757

70. Point Loma Nazarene University

For Nursing

Acceptance Rate
82%
Net Price
$34,933
Receiving Aid
100%
Average Aid
$19,422

71. Keck Graduate Institute

For Nursing

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

72. California State University - Channel Islands

For Nursing

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

73. Mills College

For Nursing

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

74. Saybrook University

For Nursing

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

75. University of Redlands

For Nursing

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

76. California State University Maritime Academy

For Nursing

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

77. University of La Verne

For Nursing

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

78. California Institute of Integral Studies

For Nursing

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

79. Marshall B Ketchum University

For Nursing

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

80. West Coast University - Orange County

For Nursing

Acceptance Rate
100%
Net Price
$27,933
Receiving Aid
83%
Average Aid
$7,762

81. Antioch University

For Nursing

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

82. Northcentral University

For Nursing

Enrollment
11,578
Male:Female
24:76

83. Master's University and Seminary

For Nursing

Acceptance Rate
78%
Net Price
$30,783
Receiving Aid
62%
Average Aid
$13,010

84. Ashford University

For Nursing

Acceptance Rate
100%
Net Price
$25,104
Receiving Aid
100%
Average Aid
$5,121

85. United States University

For Nursing

Acceptance Rate
100%
Net Price
$13,529
Receiving Aid
75%
Average Aid
$3,125

Closest to California states to learn Nursing

State
Universities
Unis
Best university country rank
Best uni United States Flag rank
Nevada 4 130
Oregon 15 38
Utah 8 37
Arizona 6 46
Idaho 3 261
Washington 15 4
Colorado 14 22
Montana 3 197
Nebraska 7 97
South Dakota 5 251
Kansas 9 68
Texas 57 44
Oklahoma 8 139
North Dakota 3 188
Minnesota 23 13
Iowa 9 36
Missouri 19 34
Arkansas 9 85
Louisiana 16 84
Wisconsin 17 16
Illinois 42 19
Mississippi 6 149
Indiana 18 35
Michigan 19 3
Tennessee 23 30
Alabama 16 33
Kentucky 13 48
Ohio 36 27
Georgia 25 14
West Virginia 4 82
South Carolina 15 59
North Carolina 24 9
Virginia 24 52
Pennsylvania 65 6
Florida 28 31
District of Columbia 8 43
Maryland 18 2
New York 92 8
New Jersey 20 39
Vermont 3 99
Hawaii 4 111
Connecticut 17 7
Massachusetts 48 1
New Hampshire 7 90
Rhode Island 6 24
Maine 7 297
Puerto Rico 6 383