100 Best colleges for Psychology in California, US

For Psychology

#9 in the United States

#10 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 9%
Receiving Aid: 60%
Average Aid: $22,441
Enrollment: 46,678

3. University of California - San Francisco

For Psychology

#10 in the United States

#11 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 13%
Enrollment: 3,126
Male:Female: 35:65
Founded: 1864

4. University of California-San Diego

For Psychology

#12 in the United States

#13 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 25%
Receiving Aid: 70%
Average Aid: $24,176
Enrollment: 42,376

5. University of California - Berkeley

Berkeley

For Psychology

#19 in the United States

#22 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 12%
Receiving Aid: 61%
Average Aid: $25,951
Enrollment: 45,699

6. University of Southern California

For Psychology

#22 in the United States

#25 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Average SAT: 1495
Average ACT: 34
Net Price: $41,496

7. University of California - Davis

Davis

For Psychology

#35 in the United States

#38 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 42%
Receiving Aid: 58%
Average Aid: $21,258
Enrollment: 39,707

8. University of California - Irvine

Irvine

For Psychology

#44 in the United States

#51 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 26%
Receiving Aid: 71%
Average Aid: $21,533
Enrollment: 36,582

9. University of California - Santa Barbara

Santa Barbara

For Psychology

#86 in the United States

#100 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 28%
Receiving Aid: 58%
Average Aid: $21,732
Enrollment: 26,068

10. California Institute of Technology

Pasadena

For Psychology

#97 in the United States

#112 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 3%
Net Price: $23,397
Receiving Aid: 68%
Average Aid: $60,201

11. San Diego State University

For Psychology

#119 in the United States

#135 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Receiving Aid: 95%
Average Aid: $5,459
Enrollment: 39,241

12. University of California - Riverside

Riverside

For Psychology

#122 in the United States

#138 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 63%
Receiving Aid: 75%
Average Aid: $21,566
Enrollment: 26,426

13. University of California - Santa Cruz

Santa Cruz

For Psychology

#154 in the United States

#176 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 63%
Receiving Aid: 71%
Average Aid: $21,564
Enrollment: 19,764

14. Loma Linda University

Loma Linda

For Psychology

#165 in the United States

#187 in North America

Enrollment: 4,202
Male:Female: 33:67
Founded: 1905

15. San Jose State University

San Jose

For Psychology

#203 in the United States

#230 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 80%
Receiving Aid: 67%
Average Aid: $11,311
Enrollment: 36,062

16. San Francisco State University

For Psychology

#213 in the United States

#240 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 96%
Receiving Aid: 79%
Average Aid: $11,498
Enrollment: 23,908

17. California State University - Fullerton

Fullerton

For Psychology

#219 in the United States

#248 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 87%
Receiving Aid: 82%
Average Aid: $10,445
Enrollment: 41,962

18. California State University - Long Beach

Long Beach

For Psychology

#221 in the United States

#250 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 47%
Receiving Aid: 82%
Average Aid: $10,512
Enrollment: 40,278

19. Palo Alto University

Palo Alto

For Psychology

#245 in the United States

#275 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 12%
Enrollment: 1,223
Male:Female: 15:85
Founded: 1975

20. Claremont Graduate University

For Psychology

#247 in the United States

#277 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 35%
Enrollment: 1,763
Male:Female: 40:60
Founded: 1925

21. West Los Angeles College

Culver

For Psychology

#268 in the United States

#299 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 100%
Receiving Aid: 70%
Average Aid: $6,817
Enrollment: 9,299

22. Santa Clara University

Santa Clara

For Psychology

#269 in the United States

#300 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 44%
Average SAT: 1420
Average ACT: 32
Net Price: $49,651

23. California State University - Los Angeles

For Psychology

#275 in the United States

#306 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 92%
Receiving Aid: 94%
Average Aid: $12,478
Enrollment: 25,080

24. Alliant International University - San Diego

For Psychology

#279 in the United States

#310 in North America

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

25. California State University - Northridge

For Psychology

#282 in the United States

#313 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 93%
Receiving Aid: 87%
Average Aid: $12,000
Enrollment: 37,760

26. University of California - Merced

Merced

For Psychology

#289 in the United States

#320 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 39%
Receiving Aid: 85%
Average Aid: $24,868
Enrollment: 9,147

27. University of San Francisco

For Psychology

#291 in the United States

#322 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 51%
Average SAT: 1300
Average ACT: 29
Net Price: $44,104

28. California State University - Fresno

Fresno

For Psychology

#296 in the United States

#328 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 96%
Receiving Aid: 89%
Average Aid: $11,412
Enrollment: 23,986

29. California State University - San Bernardino

San Bernardino

For Psychology

#298 in the United States

#330 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 98%
Receiving Aid: 89%
Average Aid: $10,421
Enrollment: 18,925

30. University of San Diego

For Psychology

#303 in the United States

#335 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 47%
Net Price: $37,675
Receiving Aid: 86%
Average Aid: $37,444

31. California Polytechnic State University - San Luis Obispo

San Luis Obispo

For Psychology

#311 in the United States

#344 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Receiving Aid: 60%
Average Aid: $12,707
Enrollment: 22,485

32. California State University - Sacramento

Sacramento

For Psychology

#315 in the United States

#349 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 94%
Receiving Aid: 85%
Average Aid: $11,503
Enrollment: 31,172

33. Loyola Marymount University

For Psychology

#316 in the United States

#350 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 40%
Net Price: $54,471
Receiving Aid: 100%
Average Aid: $21,575

34. Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute

For Psychology

#320 in the United States

#354 in North America

Enrollment: 48
Male:Female: 37:63

35. Chapman University

Orange

For Psychology

#321 in the United States

#355 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 56%
Average SAT: 1340
Average ACT: 30
Net Price: $48,037

36. Pepperdine University

Malibu

For Psychology

#333 in the United States

#369 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Average SAT: 1350
Average ACT: 29
Net Price: $52,216

37. Western University of Health Sciences

Pomona

For Psychology

#339 in the United States

#376 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 8%
Enrollment: 3,625
Male:Female: 36:64
Founded: 1977

38. Humboldt State University

Arcata

For Psychology

#343 in the United States

#381 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 99%
Receiving Aid: 73%
Average Aid: $10,046
Enrollment: 6,156

39. Charles R Drew University of Medicine and Science

For Psychology

#362 in the United States

#401 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 39%
Net Price: $27,789
Receiving Aid: 43%
Average Aid: $6,184

40. Naval Postgraduate School

Monterey

For Psychology

#370 in the United States

#412 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 23%
Enrollment: 2,600
Male:Female: 79:21
Founded: 1909

41. California State University - San Marcos

San Marcos

For Psychology

#372 in the United States

#414 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 96%
Receiving Aid: 79%
Average Aid: $10,247
Enrollment: 15,431

42. University of the Pacific

Stockton

For Psychology

#378 in the United States

#421 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 95%
Average SAT: 1290
Average ACT: 27
Net Price: $30,975

43. California State University - Chico

Chico

For Psychology

#388 in the United States

#431 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 94%
Receiving Aid: 73%
Average Aid: $10,331
Enrollment: 14,523

44. John F. Kennedy University

Pleasant Hill

For Psychology

#393 in the United States

#436 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 100%
Founded: 1964

45. Pomona College

For Psychology

#398 in the United States

#441 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 7%
Average SAT: 1520
Average ACT: 34
Net Price: $17,423

46. California State Polytechnic University - Pomona

Pomona

For Psychology

#400 in the United States

#443 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 74%
Receiving Aid: 78%
Average Aid: $10,441
Enrollment: 26,848

47. Claremont McKenna College

For Psychology

#411 in the United States

#455 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 11%
Average SAT: 1505
Average ACT: 34
Net Price: $29,978

48. Sonoma State University

Rohnert Park

For Psychology

#412 in the United States

#456 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 95%
Receiving Aid: 86%
Average Aid: $8,546
Enrollment: 5,990

49. Fielding Graduate University

Santa Barbara

For Psychology

#465 in the United States

#512 in North America

Enrollment: 937
Male:Female: 19:81
Founded: 1974

50. Fuller Theological Seminary

Pasadena

For Psychology

#474 in the United States

#521 in North America

Enrollment: 1,935
Male:Female: 52:48

51. California State University - Dominguez Hills

Carson

For Psychology

#487 in the United States

#535 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 91%
Receiving Aid: 95%
Average Aid: $11,074
Enrollment: 15,181

52. Chicago School of Professional Psychology at Los Angeles

For Psychology

#505 in the United States

#556 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 40%
Net Price: $39,401
Receiving Aid: 100%
Average Aid: $2,599

53. California State University - East Bay

Hayward

For Psychology

#507 in the United States

#558 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 97%
Receiving Aid: 80%
Average Aid: $10,886
Enrollment: 13,333

54. Azusa Pacific University

Azusa

For Psychology

#518 in the United States

#569 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 79%
Average SAT: 1154
Average ACT: 22
Net Price: $26,117

55. Mills College

Oakland

For Psychology

#548 in the United States

#599 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 17%
Average SAT: 1455
Average ACT: 32
Net Price: $25,283

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

Duarte

For Psychology

#550 in the United States

#601 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 14%
Enrollment: 90
Founded: 1994

57. Occidental College

For Psychology

#585 in the United States

#639 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 40%
Average SAT: 1430
Average ACT: 33
Net Price: $47,113

58. California State University - Monterey Bay

Seaside

For Psychology

#587 in the United States

#641 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 95%
Receiving Aid: 79%
Average Aid: $10,480
Enrollment: 6,742

59. California State University - Bakersfield

Bakersfield

For Psychology

#601 in the United States

#655 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 88%
Receiving Aid: 91%
Average Aid: $12,437
Enrollment: 9,787

60. Biola University

La Mirada

For Psychology

#610 in the United States

#665 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Average SAT: 1245
Average ACT: 27
Net Price: $30,510

61. University of the West

Rosemead

For Psychology

#612 in the United States

#667 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 100%
Net Price: $11,137
Receiving Aid: 100%
Average Aid: $13,807

62. California State University - Stanislaus

Turlock

For Psychology

#616 in the United States

#672 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 97%
Receiving Aid: 89%
Average Aid: $11,362
Enrollment: 9,841

63. Saybrook University

Oakland

For Psychology

#623 in the United States

#680 in North America

Enrollment: 1,055
Male:Female: 16:84
Founded: 1971

64. University of Redlands

Redlands

For Psychology

#637 in the United States

#694 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 81%
Average SAT: 1201
Average ACT: 28
Net Price: $28,054

65. Dominican University of California

San Rafael

For Psychology

#640 in the United States

#697 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 96%
Average SAT: 1181
Average ACT: 26
Net Price: $51,292

66. Saint Mary's College of California

Moraga

For Psychology

#657 in the United States

#714 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 89%
Net Price: $31,615
Receiving Aid: 100%
Average Aid: $42,080

67. Wright Institute

Berkeley

For Psychology

#669 in the United States

#727 in North America

Enrollment: 511
Male:Female: 20:80
Founded: 1969

68. Touro University California

Vallejo

For Psychology

#670 in the United States

#728 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 49%
Enrollment: 1,090
Male:Female: 35:65
Founded: 1997

69. Pitzer College

For Psychology

#684 in the United States

#742 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 17%
Net Price: $34,801
Receiving Aid: 39%
Average Aid: $48,031

70. Antioch University

Culver

For Psychology

#708 in the United States

#767 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 81%
Enrollment: 888
Male:Female: 28:72

71. Harvey Mudd College

For Psychology

#713 in the United States

#772 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 13%
Average SAT: 1520
Average ACT: 35
Net Price: $42,720

72. California State University - Channel Islands

Camarillo

For Psychology

#735 in the United States

#795 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 93%
Receiving Aid: 83%
Average Aid: $12,804
Enrollment: 5,688

73. University of La Verne

La Verne

For Psychology

#751 in the United States

#812 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 48%
Average SAT: 1137
Average ACT: 22
Net Price: $27,216

74. California Institute of Integral Studies

For Psychology

#762 in the United States

#824 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 90%
Enrollment: 2,047
Male:Female: 18:82
Founded: 1968

75. Scripps College

For Psychology

#764 in the United States

#826 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Average SAT: 1475
Average ACT: 33
Net Price: $45,505

76. California State University Maritime Academy

Vallejo

For Psychology

#801 in the United States

#864 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 99%
Receiving Aid: 66%
Average Aid: $11,063
Enrollment: 805

77. Graduate Theological Union

Berkeley

For Psychology

#811 in the United States

#875 in North America

Enrollment: 178
Male:Female: 50:50

78. United States University

For Psychology

#816 in the United States

#880 in North America

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

79. Master's University and Seminary

Santa Clarita

For Psychology

#821 in the United States

#886 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 76%
Net Price: $33,463
Receiving Aid: 87%
Average Aid: $15,528

80. Whittier College

Whittier

For Psychology

#822 in the United States

#887 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 85%
Net Price: $32,436
Receiving Aid: 100%
Average Aid: $32,008

81. Golden Gate University - San Francisco

For Psychology

#853 in the United States

#918 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 100%
Enrollment: 2,262
Male:Female: 62:38
Founded: 1901

82. Samuel Merritt University

Oakland

For Psychology

#864 in the United States

#931 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 66%
Enrollment: 1,894
Male:Female: 21:79
Founded: 1909

83. Keck Graduate Institute

For Psychology

#867 in the United States

#934 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Enrollment: 602
Male:Female: 30:70
Founded: 1997

84. Northcentral University

For Psychology

#884 in the United States

#952 in North America

Enrollment: 10,518
Male:Female: 24:76

85. California Lutheran University

Thousand Oaks

For Psychology

#900 in the United States

#968 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 89%
Average SAT: 1227
Average ACT: 26
Net Price: $27,080

86. Marshall B Ketchum University

Fullerton

For Psychology

#933 in the United States

#1001 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 23%
Enrollment: 686
Male:Female: 27:73
Founded: 1904

87. Ashford University

For Psychology

#940 in the United States

#1008 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 100%
Net Price: $25,771
Receiving Aid: 100%
Average Aid: $5,234

88. Westmont College

Santa Barbara

For Psychology

#946 in the United States

#1014 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 80%
Average SAT: 1315
Average ACT: 32
Net Price: $36,412

89. Point Loma Nazarene University

For Psychology

#958 in the United States

#1026 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 82%
Average SAT: 1275
Average ACT: 26
Net Price: $36,370

90. Soka University of America

Aliso Viejo

For Psychology

#1003 in the United States

#1072 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Average SAT: 1340
Net Price: $18,807
Receiving Aid: 100%

91. Woodbury University

Burbank

For Psychology

#1011 in the United States

#1080 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 73%
Net Price: $31,257
Receiving Aid: 99%
Average Aid: $27,165

92. Pardee RAND Graduate School

Santa Monica

For Psychology

#1019 in the United States

#1088 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 13%
Enrollment: 131
Male:Female: 58:42
Founded: 1970

93. California Western School of Law