49 Best Pharmacology schools in California, US

Updated: February 29, 2024

Ranking by academic field

Below is a list of best universities in California ranked based on their research performance in Pharmacology. A graph of 4.34M citations received by 99.5K academic papers made by 49 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

San Francisco

For Pharmacology

#3 in the United States

#3 in North America

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

2. Stanford University

Stanford

For Pharmacology

#5 in the United States

#6 in North America

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

3. University of California-San Diego

San Diego

For Pharmacology

#9 in the United States

#10 in North America

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

4. University of California - Los Angeles

Los Angeles

For Pharmacology

#10 in the United States

#11 in North America

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

5. University of Southern California

Los Angeles

For Pharmacology

#39 in the United States

#43 in North America

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

6. University of California - Davis

Davis

For Pharmacology

#45 in the United States

#50 in North America

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

7. University of California - Irvine

Irvine

For Pharmacology

#52 in the United States

#58 in North America

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

8. University of California - Berkeley

Berkeley

For Pharmacology

#80 in the United States

#92 in North America

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

9. Loma Linda University

Loma Linda

For Pharmacology

#119 in the United States

#133 in North America

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

10. University of California - Santa Barbara

Santa Barbara

For Pharmacology

#137 in the United States

#152 in North America

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

11. California Institute of Technology

Pasadena

For Pharmacology

#150 in the United States

#168 in North America

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

12. University of California - Riverside

Riverside

For Pharmacology

#153 in the United States

#172 in North America

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

13. Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute

San Diego

For Pharmacology

#156 in the United States

#175 in North America

Enrollment: 44
Male:Female: 45:55

14. Western University of Health Sciences

Pomona

For Pharmacology

#170 in the United States

#189 in North America

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

15. West Los Angeles College

Culver

For Pharmacology

#178 in the United States

#197 in North America

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

16. Palo Alto University

Palo Alto

For Pharmacology

#182 in the United States

#201 in North America

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

17. University of the Pacific

Stockton

For Pharmacology

#204 in the United States

#225 in North America

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

18. San Diego State University

San Diego

For Pharmacology

#207 in the United States

#228 in North America

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

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

Duarte

For Pharmacology

#213 in the United States

#235 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 14%
Enrollment: 90
Founded: 1994

20. Charles R Drew University of Medicine and Science

Los Angeles

For Pharmacology

#238 in the United States

#265 in North America

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

21. University of California - Santa Cruz

Santa Cruz

For Pharmacology

#249 in the United States

#277 in North America

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

22. Touro University California

Vallejo

For Pharmacology

#253 in the United States

#281 in North America

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

23. California State University - Long Beach

Long Beach

For Pharmacology

#278 in the United States

#307 in North America

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

24. Humboldt State University

Arcata

For Pharmacology

#279 in the United States

#309 in North America

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

25. Pomona College

Claremont

For Pharmacology

#293 in the United States

#326 in North America

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

26. San Jose State University

San Jose

For Pharmacology

#304 in the United States

#337 in North America

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

27. California State University - Fresno

Fresno

For Pharmacology

#311 in the United States

#344 in North America

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

28. Chapman University

Orange

For Pharmacology

#330 in the United States

#364 in North America

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

29. University of San Francisco

San Francisco

For Pharmacology

#342 in the United States

#376 in North America

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

30. California State University - Fullerton

Fullerton

For Pharmacology

#345 in the United States

#379 in North America

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

31. California State University - Los Angeles

Los Angeles

For Pharmacology

#362 in the United States

#398 in North America

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

32. San Francisco State University

San Francisco

For Pharmacology

#363 in the United States

#399 in North America

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

33. California State University - San Bernardino

San Bernardino

For Pharmacology

#374 in the United States

#411 in North America

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

34. California State Polytechnic University - Pomona

Pomona

For Pharmacology

#386 in the United States

#423 in North America

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

35. University of San Diego

San Diego

For Pharmacology

#389 in the United States

#426 in North America

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

36. Keck Graduate Institute

Claremont

For Pharmacology

#397 in the United States

#435 in North America

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

37. University of California - Merced

Merced

For Pharmacology

#409 in the United States

#447 in North America

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

38. Alliant International University - San Diego

San Diego

For Pharmacology

#417 in the United States

#455 in North America

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

39. California State University - Sacramento

Sacramento

For Pharmacology

#423 in the United States

#461 in North America

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

40. Claremont Graduate University

Claremont

For Pharmacology

#439 in the United States

#477 in North America

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

41. California State University - Northridge

Los Angeles

For Pharmacology

#445 in the United States

#483 in North America

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

42. Marshall B Ketchum University

Fullerton

For Pharmacology

#481 in the United States

#522 in North America

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

43. California State University - East Bay

Hayward

For Pharmacology

#488 in the United States

#529 in North America

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

44. Santa Clara University

Santa Clara

For Pharmacology

#509 in the United States

#552 in North America

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

45. California Polytechnic State University - San Luis Obispo

San Luis Obispo

For Pharmacology

#514 in the United States

#558 in North America

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

46. Dominican University of California

San Rafael

For Pharmacology

#523 in the United States

#568 in North America

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

47. Naval Postgraduate School

Monterey

For Pharmacology

#525 in the United States

#570 in North America

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

48. Fielding Graduate University

Santa Barbara

For Pharmacology

#532 in the United States

#579 in North America

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

49. University of the West

Rosemead

For Pharmacology

#544 in the United States

#592 in North America

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

Closest to California states to learn Pharmacology

State	Universities Unis	Best university country rank Best uni rank
Nevada	4	183
Oregon	6	31
Utah	3	33
Arizona	5	36
Idaho	3	237
Washington	6	6
Colorado	10	35
Nebraska	4	71
South Dakota	4	205
Kansas	4	88
Texas	37	15
Oklahoma	8	100
North Dakota	3	177
Minnesota	3	18
Iowa	4	44
Missouri	11	27
Arkansas	6	79
Louisiana	10	84
Wisconsin	7	25
Illinois	19	19
Mississippi	6	99
Indiana	12	40
Michigan	14	4
Tennessee	18	20
Alabama	10	41
Kentucky	8	37
Ohio	21	28
Georgia	13	17
West Virginia	6	103
South Carolina	7	51
North Carolina	18	12
Virginia	16	53
Pennsylvania	33	7
Florida	20	16
District of Columbia	5	55
Maryland	12	2
New York	53	13
New Jersey	12	24
Connecticut	10	8
Massachusetts	28	1
New Hampshire	3	121
Rhode Island	4	64
Maine	3	282
Puerto Rico	5	273