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California
California has 222 degree-granting institutions in this data. Between them they award 25,091 research doctorates and 133,258 master’s degrees over the window, and take $7.50bn in federal research and development money.
This page counts every institution in the state, including the ones that award no graduate degree at all. Leaving those out would make a state look like its flagship.
222
institutions in the state
87 award a research doctorate. 19 enrol no graduate students at all.
33.1%
of research doctorates go to non-residents
8,295 of 25,091. National figure: 38.9%.
18.1%
of graduate enrolment is non-resident
56,330 of 311,982 graduate students.
$7.50bn
federal research and development money
Across 78 institutions. $5.87bn in total federal obligations.
Where California sits
The non-resident share of research doctorates, against the same figure for the country. That is 5.8 points below the national figure of 38.9%. The pattern this site measures nationally is weaker here, not stronger.
California ranks 38 of 52 states on that share, and 1 of 56 on the number of research doctorates it awards. Rank 1 is the highest. Only states that award doctorates are ranked.
Undergraduate and graduate, side by side
The same institutions at two levels. Undergraduate is the remainder once graduate enrolment is taken out of the total, and both levels carry their own non-resident count. In California the graduate share is 13.6 points higher than the undergraduate share.
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| Institution | Undergraduates | Non-res | Share | Graduates | Non-res | Share | State funding | Federal R&D |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| University of Southern California | 21,023 | 2,977 | 14.2% | 26,124 | 9,777 | 37.4% | — | $1.26bn |
| University of California-Los Angeles | 33,040 | 2,542 | 7.7% | 13,638 | 3,805 | 27.9% | $670.5m | $1.90bn |
| University of California-Berkeley | 33,078 | 3,800 | 11.5% | 12,621 | 4,012 | 31.8% | $540.9m | $1.13bn |
| University of the People | 36,386 | 0 | 0.0% | 6,481 | 0 | 0.0% | — | — |
| University of California-San Diego | 33,792 | 3,986 | 11.8% | 8,584 | 3,830 | 44.6% | $572.1m | $1.88bn |
| California State University-Fullerton | 37,125 | 475 | 1.3% | 4,837 | 683 | 14.1% | $248.4m | $33.7m |
| California State University-Long Beach | 34,243 | 795 | 2.3% | 6,035 | 768 | 12.7% | $289.6m | $33.9m |
| University of California-Davis | 31,797 | 4,157 | 13.1% | 7,910 | 1,825 | 23.1% | $540.7m | $1.01bn |
| San Diego State University | 34,050 | 873 | 2.6% | 5,191 | 543 | 10.5% | $255.3m | $181.6m |
| California State University-Northridge | 32,429 | 1,027 | 3.2% | 5,331 | 705 | 13.2% | $301.4m | $27.0m |
| University of California-Irvine | 29,503 | 3,506 | 11.9% | 7,079 | 2,193 | 31.0% | $411.3m | $644.9m |
| San Jose State University | 27,111 | 1,061 | 3.9% | 8,951 | 1,760 | 19.7% | $277.6m | $88.1m |
| California State University-Sacramento | 28,268 | 474 | 1.7% | 2,904 | 210 | 7.2% | $279.7m | $34.0m |
| Bakersfield College | 30,410 | 53 | 0.2% | — | — | — | $106.1m | — |
| Mt San Antonio College | 28,742 | 230 | 0.8% | — | — | — | $186.7m | — |
| California State Polytechnic University-Pomona | 24,455 | 315 | 1.3% | 2,393 | 292 | 12.2% | $243.7m | $13.7m |
| University of California-Riverside | 22,646 | 903 | 4.0% | 3,780 | 1,495 | 39.6% | $417.1m | $231.6m |
| University of California-Santa Barbara | 23,232 | 2,293 | 9.9% | 2,836 | 957 | 33.7% | $297.0m | $303.4m |
| California State University-Los Angeles | 21,527 | 227 | 1.1% | 3,553 | 330 | 9.3% | $245.0m | $10.9m |
| California State University-Fresno | 21,430 | 520 | 2.4% | 2,556 | 242 | 9.5% | $228.8m | $14.4m |
| San Francisco State University | 20,756 | 924 | 4.5% | 3,152 | 350 | 11.1% | $150.2m | $42.0m |
| Pasadena City College | 23,592 | 551 | 2.3% | — | — | — | $95.6m | — |
| California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo | 21,559 | 215 | 1.0% | 926 | 46 | 5.0% | $215.1m | $38.1m |
| Cerritos College | 21,046 | 39 | 0.2% | — | — | — | $103.8m | — |
| National University | 10,151 | 2 | 0.0% | 9,773 | 1 | 0.0% | — | $5.0m |
| University of California-Santa Cruz | 17,812 | 552 | 3.1% | 1,952 | 640 | 32.8% | $279.6m | $218.4m |
| California State University-San Bernardino | 16,067 | 201 | 1.3% | 2,858 | 362 | 12.7% | $112.4m | $11.3m |
| Stanford University | 8,054 | 924 | 11.5% | 10,392 | 3,712 | 35.7% | — | $1.64bn |
| Saddleback College | 18,370 | 248 | 1.4% | — | — | — | $2.5m | — |
| College of the Canyons | 17,439 | 116 | 0.7% | — | — | — | $102.3m | — |
| California State University-San Marcos | 14,246 | 139 | 1.0% | 1,185 | 52 | 4.4% | $48.7m | $12.8m |
| California State University-Dominguez Hills | 12,730 | 114 | 0.9% | 2,451 | 264 | 10.8% | $169.6m | $5.8m |
| California State University-Chico | 13,160 | 155 | 1.2% | 1,363 | 136 | 10.0% | $185.6m | $8.9m |
| California State University-East Bay | 10,562 | 252 | 2.4% | 2,771 | 795 | 28.7% | $149.1m | $14.3m |
| California Baptist University | 8,110 | 158 | 1.9% | 3,297 | 148 | 4.5% | — | — |
| Northcentral University | 98 | 0 | 0.0% | 10,420 | 0 | 0.0% | — | — |
| Cuesta College | 10,437 | 18 | 0.2% | — | — | — | $21.0m | — |
| Loyola Marymount University | 7,336 | 702 | 9.6% | 2,920 | 263 | 9.0% | — | $15.6m |
| Chapman University | 7,874 | 218 | 2.8% | 2,087 | 216 | 10.3% | — | $48.3m |
| California State University-Stanislaus | 8,669 | 49 | 0.6% | 1,172 | 7 | 0.6% | $117.5m | $2.4m |
| California State University-Bakersfield | 8,336 | 119 | 1.4% | 1,451 | 18 | 1.2% | $37.0m | $8.5m |
| Pepperdine University | 3,629 | 303 | 8.3% | 5,916 | 453 | 7.7% | — | $10.9m |
| Santa Clara University | 6,249 | 497 | 8.0% | 3,091 | 970 | 31.4% | — | $8.0m |
| University of San Francisco | 5,729 | 551 | 9.6% | 3,483 | 597 | 17.1% | — | $11.0m |
| University of California-Merced | 8,372 | 25 | 0.3% | 775 | 300 | 38.7% | $263.1m | $77.2m |
| University of San Diego | 5,726 | 408 | 7.1% | 3,384 | 164 | 4.8% | — | $12.6m |
| University of Massachusetts Global | 5,511 | 5 | 0.1% | 3,558 | 2 | 0.1% | — | — |
| Hartnell College | 8,478 | 2 | 0.0% | — | — | — | $34.7m | — |
| Ohlone College | 8,375 | 303 | 3.6% | — | — | — | $26.6m | — |
| University of the Pacific | 3,297 | 252 | 7.6% | 3,458 | 620 | 17.9% | — | — |
| California State University-Monterey Bay | 5,909 | 134 | 2.3% | 833 | 1 | 0.1% | $114.1m | $11.7m |
| Westcliff University | 2,037 | 197 | 9.7% | 4,495 | 3,559 | 79.2% | — | — |
| Azusa Pacific University | 2,977 | 124 | 4.2% | 3,510 | 122 | 3.5% | — | $3.4m |
| Academy of Art University | 4,191 | 622 | 14.8% | 2,129 | 668 | 31.4% | — | — |
| California State Polytechnic University-Humboldt | 5,594 | 18 | 0.3% | 562 | 8 | 1.4% | $120.0m | $26.6m |
| Sonoma State University | 5,412 | 27 | 0.5% | 578 | 15 | 2.6% | $106.2m | $4.9m |
| California State University-Channel Islands | 5,290 | 49 | 0.9% | 398 | 66 | 16.6% | $111.3m | $3.9m |
| University of La Verne | 3,352 | 69 | 2.1% | 2,244 | 169 | 7.5% | — | — |
| Biola University | 3,395 | 230 | 6.8% | 1,901 | 312 | 16.4% | — | $1.8m |
| University of St. Augustine for Health Sciences | 0 | 0 | — | 4,748 | 16 | 0.3% | — | — |
| Point Loma Nazarene University | 3,158 | 36 | 1.1% | 1,336 | 17 | 1.3% | — | — |
| West Coast University-Anaheim-Orange County | 3,168 | 11 | 0.3% | 1,313 | 0 | 0.0% | — | — |
| Loma Linda University | 979 | 28 | 2.9% | 3,223 | 311 | 9.6% | — | $23.9m |
| Alliant International University-San Diego | 355 | 11 | 3.1% | 3,792 | 306 | 8.1% | — | — |
| Western University of Health Sciences | 0 | 0 | — | 3,625 | 57 | 1.6% | — | $11.2m |
| Concordia University-Irvine | 1,465 | 61 | 4.2% | 2,016 | 23 | 1.1% | — | — |
| California Lutheran University | 2,380 | 85 | 3.6% | 1,033 | 187 | 18.1% | — | $1.2m |
| The Chicago School at Los Angeles | 324 | 5 | 1.5% | 3,068 | 100 | 3.3% | — | — |
| University of Redlands | 2,100 | 20 | 1.0% | 1,092 | 68 | 6.2% | — | — |
| University of California-San Francisco | 0 | 0 | — | 3,126 | 315 | 10.1% | $271.7m | $2.13bn |
| Fresno Pacific University | 1,616 | 55 | 3.4% | 1,305 | 21 | 1.6% | — | — |
| Gurnick Academy of Medical Arts | 2,844 | 0 | 0.0% | 17 | 0 | 0.0% | — | — |
| The Master's University and Seminary | 1,914 | 0 | 0.0% | 885 | 13 | 1.5% | — | — |
| Saint Mary's College of California | 2,044 | 56 | 2.7% | 731 | 31 | 4.2% | — | — |
| Stanbridge University | 2,373 | 0 | 0.0% | 269 | 0 | 0.0% | — | — |
| Naval Postgraduate School | 0 | 0 | — | 2,600 | 168 | 6.5% | — | $73.2m |
| United States University | 178 | 0 | 0.0% | 2,361 | 38 | 1.6% | — | — |
| California Institute of Technology | 1,023 | 126 | 12.3% | 1,440 | 662 | 46.0% | — | $445.2m |
| Art Center College of Design | 2,079 | 933 | 44.9% | 303 | 205 | 67.7% | — | — |
| Touro University Worldwide | 451 | 1 | 0.2% | 1,906 | 0 | 0.0% | — | — |
| Mount Saint Mary's University | 1,767 | 9 | 0.5% | 541 | 13 | 2.4% | — | — |
| Golden Gate University | 575 | 10 | 1.7% | 1,687 | 227 | 13.5% | — | — |
| Vanguard University of Southern California | 1,987 | 1 | 0.1% | 232 | 0 | 0.0% | — | — |
| DeVry University-California | 2,083 | 7 | 0.3% | 36 | 15 | 41.7% | — | — |
| California Institute of Integral Studies | 57 | 0 | 0.0% | 1,990 | 47 | 2.4% | — | — |
| Dominican University of California | 1,182 | 32 | 2.7% | 844 | 267 | 31.6% | — | — |
| Southern California University of Health Sciences | 720 | 22 | 3.1% | 1,267 | 47 | 3.7% | — | — |
| Fuller Theological Seminary | 0 | 0 | — | 1,935 | 501 | 25.9% | — | — |
| Samuel Merritt University | 741 | 0 | 0.0% | 1,153 | 5 | 0.4% | — | — |
| Occidental College | 1,854 | 83 | 4.5% | — | — | — | — | $5.8m |
| Los Angeles Pacific University | 1,617 | 1 | 0.1% | 212 | 0 | 0.0% | — | — |
| Claremont Graduate University | 0 | 0 | — | 1,763 | 353 | 20.0% | — | $4.8m |
| Pomona College | 1,664 | 213 | 12.8% | — | — | — | — | $5.5m |
| La Sierra University | 1,244 | 95 | 7.6% | 367 | 57 | 15.5% | — | $2.7m |
| William Jessup University | 1,056 | 35 | 3.3% | 428 | 138 | 32.2% | — | — |
| CBD College | 1,408 | 0 | 0.0% | — | — | — | — | — |
| Claremont McKenna College | 1,381 | 201 | 14.6% | 3 | 1 | 33.3% | — | $7.8m |
| FIDM-Fashion Institute of Design & Merchandising | 1,319 | 269 | 20.4% | 47 | 25 | 53.2% | — | — |
| Reach University | 1,226 | 0 | 0.0% | 132 | 5 | 3.8% | — | — |
| California Institute of the Arts | 918 | 258 | 28.1% | 435 | 167 | 38.4% | — | — |
| California College of the Arts | 1,012 | 343 | 33.9% | 321 | 172 | 53.6% | — | — |
| Westmont College | 1,310 | 22 | 1.7% | — | — | — | — | — |
| Otis College of Art and Design | 1,243 | 300 | 24.1% | 41 | 15 | 36.6% | — | — |
| New York Film Academy | 965 | 470 | 48.7% | 280 | 211 | 75.4% | — | — |
| Palo Alto University | 19 | 0 | 0.0% | 1,204 | 112 | 9.3% | — | — |
| University of California College of the Law-San Francisco | 0 | 0 | — | 1,216 | 66 | 5.4% | $27.3m | — |
| Hope International University | 549 | 18 | 3.3% | 591 | 3 | 0.5% | — | — |
| Scripps College | 1,082 | 47 | 4.3% | 21 | 0 | 0.0% | — | — |
| Touro University California | 0 | 0 | — | 1,090 | 0 | 0.0% | — | $2.4m |
| Saybrook University | 0 | 0 | — | 1,055 | 13 | 1.2% | — | — |
| Pacific Oaks College | 346 | 4 | 1.2% | 705 | 1 | 0.1% | — | — |
| Sofia University | 7 | 0 | 0.0% | 1,030 | 0 | 0.0% | — | — |
| Career Networks Institute | 971 | 13 | 1.3% | — | — | — | — | — |
| Southwestern Law School | 0 | 0 | — | 951 | 32 | 3.4% | — | — |
| Harvey Mudd College | 949 | 98 | 10.3% | — | — | — | — | $3.9m |
| Pacific Union College | 910 | 24 | 2.6% | 28 | 0 | 0.0% | — | — |
| Fielding Graduate University | 0 | 0 | — | 937 | 7 | 0.7% | — | — |
| Simpson University | 755 | 35 | 4.6% | 152 | 24 | 15.8% | — | — |
| Woodbury University | 825 | 36 | 4.4% | 73 | 15 | 20.5% | — | — |
| Antioch University-Los Angeles | 61 | 3 | 4.9% | 827 | 19 | 2.3% | — | — |
| Pacific College of Health and Science | 197 | 4 | 2.0% | 688 | 43 | 6.2% | — | — |
| Pacifica Graduate Institute | 0 | 0 | — | 882 | 15 | 1.7% | — | — |
| Whittier College | 813 | 94 | 11.6% | 46 | 0 | 0.0% | — | — |
| Teachers College of San Joaquin | 585 | 0 | 0.0% | 265 | 0 | 0.0% | — | — |
| California Northstate University | 71 | 0 | 0.0% | 776 | 0 | 0.0% | — | — |
| Menlo College | 831 | 203 | 24.4% | 9 | 0 | 0.0% | — | — |
| Musicians Institute | 780 | 326 | 41.8% | 32 | 19 | 59.4% | — | — |
| Laguna College of Art and Design | 776 | 33 | 4.3% | 31 | 2 | 6.5% | — | — |
| Cal Poly Maritime Academy | 761 | 3 | 0.4% | 44 | 1 | 2.3% | $53.1m | — |
| Charles R Drew University of Medicine and Science | 234 | 0 | 0.0% | 529 | 0 | 0.0% | — | $23.7m |
| Marshall B Ketchum University | 0 | 0 | — | 686 | 22 | 3.2% | — | — |
| Northeastern University Oakland | 542 | 32 | 5.9% | 116 | 107 | 92.2% | — | — |
| Minerva University | 603 | 557 | 92.4% | 53 | 43 | 81.1% | — | — |
| California Western School of Law | 0 | 0 | — | 625 | 12 | 1.9% | — | — |
| Life Chiropractic College West | 0 | 0 | — | 613 | 0 | 0.0% | — | — |
| Keck Graduate Institute | 0 | 0 | — | 602 | 50 | 8.3% | — | $4.0m |
| Humphreys University | 183 | 14 | 7.7% | 392 | 158 | 40.3% | — | — |
| California University of Science and Medicine | 0 | 0 | — | 564 | 0 | 0.0% | — | — |
| California Health Sciences University | 0 | 0 | — | 527 | 0 | 0.0% | — | — |
| West Coast University-Center for Graduate Studies | 0 | 0 | — | 527 | 3 | 0.6% | — | — |
| The Chicago School at Anaheim | 0 | 0 | — | 524 | 16 | 3.1% | — | — |
| American University of Health Sciences | 364 | 8 | 2.2% | 159 | 4 | 2.5% | — | — |
| The Wright Institute | 0 | 0 | — | 511 | 24 | 4.7% | — | — |
| SUM Bible College and Theological Seminary | 318 | 1 | 0.3% | 190 | 17 | 8.9% | — | — |
| Life Pacific University | 396 | 2 | 0.5% | 108 | 2 | 1.9% | — | — |
| Middlebury Institute of International Studies at Monterey | 12 | 2 | 16.7% | 491 | 206 | 42.0% | — | — |
| Lionel University | 480 | 0 | 0.0% | 14 | 0 | 0.0% | — | — |
| Angeles College | 484 | 26 | 5.4% | 9 | 9 | 100.0% | — | — |
| Soka University of America | 464 | 251 | 54.1% | 12 | 10 | 83.3% | — | — |
| Lincoln University | 223 | 79 | 35.4% | 251 | 240 | 95.6% | — | — |
| Southern California Institute of Architecture | 239 | 133 | 55.6% | 218 | 130 | 59.6% | — | — |
| Alder Graduate School of Education | 0 | 0 | — | 453 | 0 | 0.0% | — | — |
| World Mission University | 180 | 67 | 37.2% | 260 | 149 | 57.3% | — | — |
| San Francisco Conservatory of Music | 215 | 65 | 30.2% | 188 | 83 | 44.1% | — | — |
| University of Silicon Valley | 378 | 4 | 1.1% | 14 | 1 | 7.1% | — | — |
| American Film Institute Conservatory | 0 | 0 | — | 389 | 188 | 48.3% | — | — |
| California Aeronautical University | 383 | 0 | 0.0% | 5 | 0 | 0.0% | — | — |
| Trinity Law School | 0 | 0 | — | 364 | 0 | 0.0% | — | — |
| San Francisco Bay University | 62 | 8 | 12.9% | 266 | 10 | 3.8% | — | — |
| Pacific College | 285 | 0 | 0.0% | 12 | 0 | 0.0% | — | — |
| Five Branches University | 0 | 0 | — | 289 | 46 | 15.9% | — | — |
| Antioch University-Santa Barbara | 52 | 3 | 5.8% | 232 | 5 | 2.2% | — | — |
| Newschool of Architecture and Design | 213 | 9 | 4.2% | 67 | 1 | 1.5% | — | — |
| Los Angeles College of Music | 267 | 109 | 40.8% | 12 | 5 | 41.7% | — | — |
| The Colleges of Law at Ventura | 0 | 0 | — | 276 | 0 | 0.0% | — | — |
| Bethesda University | 212 | 91 | 42.9% | 59 | 46 | 78.0% | — | — |
| University of Phoenix-California | 155 | 0 | 0.0% | 102 | 0 | 0.0% | — | — |
| University of West Los Angeles | 6 | 0 | 0.0% | 250 | 2 | 0.8% | — | — |
| Aria University | 87 | 33 | 37.9% | 162 | 67 | 41.4% | — | — |
| Thomas Jefferson School of Law | 0 | 0 | — | 244 | 6 | 2.5% | — | — |
| Notre Dame de Namur University | 14 | 0 | 0.0% | 223 | 14 | 6.3% | — | — |
| South Baylo University | 0 | 0 | — | 234 | 40 | 17.1% | — | — |
| Grace Mission University | 72 | 39 | 54.2% | 160 | 120 | 75.0% | — | — |
| Meridian University | 0 | 0 | — | 226 | 0 | 0.0% | — | — |
| California Miramar University | 105 | 30 | 28.6% | 117 | 107 | 91.5% | — | — |
| American Jewish University | 117 | 2 | 1.7% | 92 | 5 | 5.4% | — | — |
| California Prestige University | 38 | 7 | 18.4% | 170 | 26 | 15.3% | — | — |
| America Evangelical University | 71 | 15 | 21.1% | 136 | 101 | 74.3% | — | — |
| Claremont Lincoln University | 17 | 0 | 0.0% | 161 | 4 | 2.5% | — | — |
| Graduate Theological Union | 0 | 0 | — | 178 | 41 | 23.0% | — | — |
| Homestead Schools | 176 | 0 | 0.0% | 2 | 0 | 0.0% | — | — |
| Claremont School of Theology | 0 | 0 | — | 175 | 17 | 9.7% | — | — |
| Abraham Lincoln University | 49 | 0 | 0.0% | 117 | 4 | 3.4% | — | — |
| California Institute of Advanced Management | 0 | 0 | — | 163 | 159 | 97.5% | — | — |
| Fremont University | 153 | 0 | 0.0% | 8 | 0 | 0.0% | — | — |
| San Joaquin College of Law | 0 | 0 | — | 156 | 0 | 0.0% | — | — |
| University of the West | 53 | 33 | 62.3% | 101 | 39 | 38.6% | — | — |
| Daybreak University | 0 | 0 | — | 148 | 105 | 70.9% | — | — |
| Alhambra Medical University | 37 | 2 | 5.4% | 107 | 0 | 0.0% | — | — |
| The Chicago School at San Diego | 5 | 0 | 0.0% | 136 | 2 | 1.5% | — | — |
| Southern California Seminary | 31 | 1 | 3.2% | 107 | 1 | 0.9% | — | — |
| Yo San University of Traditional Chinese Medicine | 0 | 0 | — | 132 | 2 | 1.5% | — | — |
| RAND School of Public Policy | 0 | 0 | — | 131 | 34 | 26.0% | — | — |
| Pacific School of Religion | 0 | 0 | — | 128 | 5 | 3.9% | — | — |
| Berkeley School of Theology | 28 | 5 | 17.9% | 98 | 5 | 5.1% | — | — |
| Academy of Chinese Culture and Health Sciences | 0 | 0 | — | 122 | 1 | 0.8% | — | — |
| Acupuncture and Integrative Medicine College-Berkeley | 0 | 0 | — | 119 | 1 | 0.8% | — | — |
| Design Institute of San Diego | 92 | 2 | 2.2% | 19 | 2 | 10.5% | — | — |
| San Diego Global Knowledge University | 98 | 50 | 51.0% | 13 | 12 | 92.3% | — | — |
| University of East-West Medicine | 0 | 0 | — | 110 | 10 | 9.1% | — | — |
| Interior Designers Institute | 107 | 3 | 2.8% | — | — | — | — | — |
| High Tech High Graduate School of Education | 0 | 0 | — | 105 | 1 | 1.0% | — | — |
| San Diego Christian College | 93 | 2 | 2.2% | 9 | 0 | 0.0% | — | — |
| Westminster Theological Seminary in California | 0 | 0 | — | 101 | 16 | 15.8% | — | — |
| Haven University | 31 | 24 | 77.4% | 64 | 61 | 95.3% | — | — |
| Dongguk University Los Angeles | 4 | 0 | 0.0% | 89 | 31 | 34.8% | — | — |
| Epic Bible College & Graduate School | 60 | 1 | 1.7% | 31 | 1 | 3.2% | — | — |
| The Colleges of Law at Santa Barbara | 0 | 0 | — | 76 | 0 | 0.0% | — | — |
| Starr King School for the Ministry | 0 | 0 | — | 73 | 0 | 0.0% | — | — |
| Franciscan School of Theology | 0 | 0 | — | 69 | 2 | 2.9% | — | — |
| Dominican School of Philosophy & Theology | 0 | 0 | — | 66 | 8 | 12.1% | — | — |
| Church Divinity School of the Pacific | 0 | 0 | — | 54 | 2 | 3.7% | — | — |
| Institute of Buddhist Studies | 0 | 0 | — | 50 | 0 | 0.0% | — | — |
| Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute | 0 | 0 | — | 48 | 27 | 56.2% | — | — |
| Cal Northern School of Law | 0 | 0 | — | 45 | 0 | 0.0% | — | — |
| Academy for Jewish Religion California | 0 | 0 | — | 40 | 0 | 0.0% | — | — |
| Pacific States University | 17 | 17 | 100.0% | 23 | 23 | 100.0% | — | — |
| Reiss-Davis Graduate School | 0 | 0 | — | 33 | 0 | 0.0% | — | — |
| Shasta Bible College and Graduate School | 13 | 0 | 0.0% | 7 | 0 | 0.0% | — | — |
| DHARMA REALM BUDDHIST UNIVERSITY | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| North Orange County Community College District | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| University of California-System Administration Central Office | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | $449.6m | $79.3m |
The two levels diverge most at Northeastern University Oakland: 5.9% of its 542 undergraduates and 92.2% of its 116 graduate students. These are different admissions systems with different applicant pools, different money and different reasons to say yes, and a single state figure hides both.
46,193 of 1,029,800 undergraduates and 56,330 of 311,982 graduate students. IPEDS reports no graduate enrolment for 19 of these institutions; their rows show a dash rather than a zero, because the file not carrying a number is not the same as the number being none.
What the state figure is an average of
The largest graduate enrolments in California, each with its own non-resident share. Nothing here is excluded from the figures above. The point is to show what they are made of.
| Institution | Graduate students | Share of the state | Non-resident |
|---|---|---|---|
| University of Southern California | 26,124 | 8.4% | 37.4% |
| University of California-Los Angeles | 13,638 | 4.4% | 27.9% |
| University of California-Berkeley | 12,621 | 4.0% | 31.8% |
| Northcentral University | 10,420 | 3.3% | 0.0% |
| Stanford University | 10,392 | 3.3% | 35.7% |
| National University | 9,773 | 3.1% | 0.0% |
No single institution decides this figure. The largest, University of Southern California, holds 8.4% of the state’s graduate enrolment, and removing it moves the state share from 18.1% to 16.3%.
Practical training, and the other student visas
A student visa does not end at graduation. Optional Practical Training lets a graduate work on the same visa, and a STEM degree adds a further twenty-four months. It applies at both levels — a foreign undergraduate can take OPT as readily as a doctoral graduate — which is why the undergraduate share above is not the end of the story.
| Institution | OPT authorisations | National rank | STEM OPT authorisations | National rank | Students employed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| University of California-Los Angeles | 1,301 | 29 | 598 | 22 | 1,952 |
| University of California-Berkeley | 1,717 | 13 | 954 | 10 | 2,851 |
| University of California-San Diego | 1,442 | 21 | 818 | 17 | 2,366 |
| University of California-Davis | 683 | 68 | 347 | 46 | 1,031 |
| University of California-Irvine | 964 | 47 | 424 | 41 | 1,482 |
| University of California-Riverside | 471 | 96 | 283 | 80 | 768 |
| Stanford University | 878 | 46 | 445 | 40 | 1,490 |
Do not add these two columns together. A graduate who holds post-completion OPT and then a STEM extension in the same year appears in both, and the sum counts that person twice. They are authorisations, not people. Figures are for 2024, from SEVP’s top-100 and top-200 school lists — an institution outside those lists has no published figure, which is a fact about the list and never a zero.
J-1 physicians. California hosted 510 J-1 physicians in graduate medical education in 2025. That list is published for the top twelve states only, so a state missing from it has no published figure.
In-state against out-of-state
Public four-year institutions, FY2024. Every foreign student pays the out-of-state rate, so this is the price attached to the non-resident column everywhere else on this page.
An out-of-state student in California is worth 6.76× an in-state one to the institution. They are 10.9% of the students and 45.0% of the tuition revenue.
| Measure | In-state | Out-of-state |
|---|---|---|
| Share of students (FTE) | 89.0% | 10.9% |
| Net tuition and fees collected per student | $4,456 | $30,112 |
| Share of tuition revenue | 54.2% | 45.0% |
Out-of-state is not the same as foreign. SHEEO counts international students and domestic students from other states in one column. This shows what a non-resident pays, never how many of them are foreign. Figures are net tuition and fee revenue per full-time-equivalent student — what the institution actually collected after its own aid, not the published price. Public four-year institutions only; medical FTE excluded.
Every institution
Largest first by total enrolment. A dash means the institution awards none of that degree, or that no federal research money was matched to it.
| Institution | City | Control | Enrolled | Graduate | Master’s | Non-res | Doctorates | Non-res | Federal R&D |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| University of Southern California | Los Angeles | private nonprofit | 47,147 | 26,124 | 17,135 | 11,111 | 4,241 | 1,263 | $1.26bn |
| University of California-Los Angeles | Los Angeles | public | 46,678 | 13,638 | 5,453 | 2,123 | 3,932 | 1,320 | $1.90bn |
| University of California-Berkeley | Berkeley | public | 45,699 | 12,621 | 9,458 | 4,212 | 4,116 | 1,198 | $1.13bn |
| University of the People | Pasadena | private nonprofit | 42,867 | 6,481 | 240 | 0 | — | — | — |
| University of California-San Diego | La Jolla | public | 42,376 | 8,584 | 8,328 | 4,558 | 3,067 | 1,203 | $1.88bn |
| California State University-Fullerton | Fullerton | public | 41,962 | 4,837 | 2,466 | 992 | 144 | 2 | $33.7m |
| California State University-Long Beach | Long Beach | public | 40,278 | 6,035 | 2,473 | 905 | 99 | 0 | $33.9m |
| University of California-Davis | Davis | public | 39,707 | 7,910 | 2,067 | 874 | 2,982 | 955 | $1.01bn |
| San Diego State University | San Diego | public | 39,241 | 5,191 | 1,570 | 443 | 574 | 80 | $181.6m |
| California State University-Northridge | Northridge | public | 37,760 | 5,331 | 1,932 | 720 | 47 | 0 | $27.0m |
| University of California-Irvine | Irvine | public | 36,582 | 7,079 | 4,597 | 2,215 | 2,518 | 848 | $644.9m |
| San Jose State University | San Jose | public | 36,062 | 8,951 | 6,083 | 3,191 | 64 | 0 | $88.1m |
| California State University-Sacramento | Sacramento | public | 31,172 | 2,904 | 851 | 336 | 76 | 0 | $34.0m |
| Bakersfield College | Bakersfield | public | 30,410 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Mt San Antonio College | Walnut | public | 28,742 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| California State Polytechnic University-Pomona | Pomona | public | 26,848 | 2,393 | 1,231 | 180 | 69 | 1 | $13.7m |
| University of California-Riverside | Riverside | public | 26,426 | 3,780 | 2,062 | 959 | 1,585 | 639 | $231.6m |
| University of California-Santa Barbara | Santa Barbara | public | 26,068 | 2,836 | 1,233 | 412 | 1,782 | 603 | $303.4m |
| California State University-Los Angeles | Los Angeles | public | 25,080 | 3,553 | 1,131 | 365 | 65 | 0 | $10.9m |
| California State University-Fresno | Fresno | public | 23,986 | 2,556 | 731 | 264 | 112 | 1 | $14.4m |
| San Francisco State University | San Francisco | public | 23,908 | 3,152 | 1,194 | 270 | 90 | 1 | $42.0m |
| Pasadena City College | Pasadena | public | 23,592 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo | San Luis Obispo | public | 22,485 | 926 | 1,410 | 66 | — | — | $38.1m |
| Cerritos College | Norwalk | public | 21,046 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| National University | San Diego | private nonprofit | 19,924 | 9,773 | 6,618 | 27 | 20 | 0 | $5.0m |
| University of California-Santa Cruz | Santa Cruz | public | 19,764 | 1,952 | 1,181 | 458 | 1,012 | 241 | $218.4m |
| California State University-San Bernardino | San Bernardino | public | 18,925 | 2,858 | 709 | 255 | 69 | 0 | $11.3m |
| Stanford University | Stanford | private nonprofit | 18,446 | 10,392 | 7,043 | 2,462 | 3,922 | 1,405 | $1.64bn |
| Saddleback College | Mission Viejo | public | 18,370 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| College of the Canyons | Santa Clarita | public | 17,439 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| California State University-San Marcos | San Marcos | public | 15,431 | 1,185 | 411 | 121 | — | — | $12.8m |
| California State University-Dominguez Hills | Carson | public | 15,181 | 2,451 | 774 | 271 | — | — | $5.8m |
| California State University-Chico | Chico | public | 14,523 | 1,363 | 364 | 94 | — | — | $8.9m |
| California State University-East Bay | Hayward | public | 13,333 | 2,771 | 963 | 631 | 54 | 0 | $14.3m |
| California Baptist University | Riverside | private nonprofit | 11,407 | 3,297 | 1,915 | 138 | 311 | 1 | — |
| Northcentral University | San Diego | private nonprofit | 10,518 | 10,420 | 1,540 | 0 | 3,811 | 0 | — |
| Cuesta College | San Luis Obispo | public | 10,437 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Loyola Marymount University | Los Angeles | private nonprofit | 10,256 | 2,920 | 486 | 105 | 103 | 3 | $15.6m |
| Chapman University | Orange | private nonprofit | 9,961 | 2,087 | 336 | 21 | 175 | 53 | $48.3m |
| California State University-Stanislaus | Turlock | public | 9,841 | 1,172 | 116 | 0 | 40 | 0 | $2.4m |
| California State University-Bakersfield | Bakersfield | public | 9,787 | 1,451 | 123 | 1 | 25 | 0 | $8.5m |
| Pepperdine University | Malibu | private nonprofit | 9,545 | 5,916 | 5,345 | 487 | 400 | 27 | $10.9m |
| Santa Clara University | Santa Clara | private nonprofit | 9,340 | 3,091 | 2,205 | 1,162 | 87 | 38 | $8.0m |
| University of San Francisco | San Francisco | private nonprofit | 9,212 | 3,483 | 2,159 | 638 | 159 | 28 | $11.0m |
| University of California-Merced | Merced | public | 9,147 | 775 | 301 | 113 | 510 | 194 | $77.2m |
| University of San Diego | San Diego | private nonprofit | 9,110 | 3,384 | 1,450 | 133 | 194 | 12 | $12.6m |
| University of Massachusetts Global | Aliso Viejo | public | 9,069 | 3,558 | 619 | 2 | 290 | 0 | — |
| Hartnell College | Salinas | public | 8,478 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Ohlone College | Fremont | public | 8,375 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| University of the Pacific | Stockton | private nonprofit | 6,755 | 3,458 | 862 | 477 | 409 | 30 | — |
| California State University-Monterey Bay | Seaside | public | 6,742 | 833 | 124 | 1 | — | — | $11.7m |
| Westcliff University | Irvine | private for-profit | 6,532 | 4,495 | 1,106 | 1,008 | 165 | 103 | — |
| Azusa Pacific University | Azusa | private nonprofit | 6,487 | 3,510 | 1,051 | 46 | 240 | 2 | $3.4m |
| Academy of Art University | San Francisco | private for-profit | 6,320 | 2,129 | 1,554 | 836 | — | — | — |
| California State Polytechnic University-Humboldt | Arcata | public | 6,156 | 562 | 212 | 2 | — | — | $26.6m |
| Sonoma State University | Rohnert Park | public | 5,990 | 578 | 108 | 6 | — | — | $4.9m |
| California State University-Channel Islands | Camarillo | public | 5,688 | 398 | 247 | 78 | — | — | $3.9m |
| University of La Verne | La Verne | private nonprofit | 5,596 | 2,244 | 299 | 34 | 241 | 8 | — |
| Biola University | La Mirada | private nonprofit | 5,296 | 1,901 | 174 | 5 | 201 | 29 | $1.8m |
| University of St. Augustine for Health Sciences | San Marcos | private for-profit | 4,748 | 4,748 | — | — | 136 | 0 | — |
| Point Loma Nazarene University | San Diego | private nonprofit | 4,494 | 1,336 | 266 | 2 | — | — | — |
| West Coast University-Anaheim-Orange County | Anaheim | private for-profit | 4,481 | 1,313 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Loma Linda University | Loma Linda | private nonprofit | 4,202 | 3,223 | 255 | 31 | 675 | 48 | $23.9m |
| Alliant International University-San Diego | San Diego | private for-profit | 4,147 | 3,792 | 688 | 33 | 546 | 37 | — |
| Western University of Health Sciences | Pomona | private nonprofit | 3,625 | 3,625 | 59 | 1 | — | — | $11.2m |
| Concordia University-Irvine | Irvine | private nonprofit | 3,481 | 2,016 | 481 | 1 | 134 | 1 | — |
| California Lutheran University | Thousand Oaks | private nonprofit | 3,413 | 1,033 | 259 | 119 | — | — | $1.2m |
| The Chicago School at Los Angeles | Los Angeles | private nonprofit | 3,392 | 3,068 | 1,616 | 52 | 619 | 26 | — |
| University of Redlands | Redlands | private nonprofit | 3,192 | 1,092 | 8 | 1 | 56 | 1 | — |
| University of California-San Francisco | San Francisco | public | 3,126 | 3,126 | 153 | 33 | 817 | 62 | $2.13bn |
| Fresno Pacific University | Fresno | private nonprofit | 2,921 | 1,305 | 312 | 3 | — | — | — |
| Gurnick Academy of Medical Arts | San Jose | private for-profit | 2,861 | 17 | — | — | — | — | — |
| The Master's University and Seminary | Santa Clarita | private nonprofit | 2,799 | 885 | — | — | 114 | 5 | — |
| Saint Mary's College of California | Moraga | private nonprofit | 2,775 | 731 | 178 | 12 | 40 | 1 | — |
| Stanbridge University | Irvine | private for-profit | 2,642 | 269 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Naval Postgraduate School | Monterey | public | 2,600 | 2,600 | 2,501 | 167 | 77 | 5 | $73.2m |
| United States University | Sandy Springs | private for-profit | 2,539 | 2,361 | — | — | 3 | 0 | — |
| California Institute of Technology | Pasadena | private nonprofit | 2,463 | 1,440 | 692 | 343 | 1,037 | 455 | $445.2m |
| Art Center College of Design | Pasadena | private nonprofit | 2,382 | 303 | 174 | 117 | — | — | — |
| Touro University Worldwide | Los Alamitos | private nonprofit | 2,357 | 1,906 | 827 | 0 | 249 | 0 | — |
| Mount Saint Mary's University | Los Angeles | private nonprofit | 2,308 | 541 | 457 | 3 | — | — | — |
| Golden Gate University | San Francisco | private nonprofit | 2,262 | 1,687 | 762 | 194 | 61 | 29 | — |
| Vanguard University of Southern California | Costa Mesa | private nonprofit | 2,219 | 232 | 258 | 2 | — | — | — |
| DeVry University-California | Ontario | private for-profit | 2,119 | 36 | — | — | — | — | — |
| California Institute of Integral Studies | San Francisco | private nonprofit | 2,047 | 1,990 | 1,735 | 53 | 222 | 9 | — |
| Dominican University of California | San Rafael | private nonprofit | 2,026 | 844 | 185 | 6 | 14 | 1 | — |
| Southern California University of Health Sciences | Whittier | private nonprofit | 1,987 | 1,267 | 477 | 9 | — | — | — |
| Fuller Theological Seminary | Pasadena | private nonprofit | 1,935 | 1,935 | 25 | 3 | 116 | 22 | — |
| Samuel Merritt University | Oakland | private nonprofit | 1,894 | 1,153 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Occidental College | Los Angeles | private nonprofit | 1,854 | — | — | — | — | — | $5.8m |
| Los Angeles Pacific University | San Dimas | private nonprofit | 1,829 | 212 | 149 | 0 | — | — | — |
| Claremont Graduate University | Claremont | private nonprofit | 1,763 | 1,763 | 592 | 194 | 615 | 165 | $4.8m |
| Pomona College | Claremont | private nonprofit | 1,664 | — | — | — | — | — | $5.5m |
| La Sierra University | Riverside | private nonprofit | 1,611 | 367 | 9 | 7 | 25 | 5 | $2.7m |
| William Jessup University | Rocklin | private nonprofit | 1,484 | 428 | 332 | 138 | — | — | — |
| CBD College | Los Angeles | private nonprofit | 1,408 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Claremont McKenna College | Claremont | private nonprofit | 1,384 | 3 | — | — | — | — | $7.8m |
| FIDM-Fashion Institute of Design & Merchandising | Los Angeles | private for-profit | 1,366 | 47 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Reach University | Oakland | private nonprofit | 1,358 | 132 | — | — | — | — | — |
| California Institute of the Arts | Valencia | private nonprofit | 1,353 | 435 | 88 | 45 | 10 | 4 | — |
| California College of the Arts | San Francisco | private nonprofit | 1,333 | 321 | 217 | 180 | — | — | — |
| Westmont College | Santa Barbara | private nonprofit | 1,310 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Otis College of Art and Design | Los Angeles | private nonprofit | 1,284 | 41 | — | — | — | — | — |
| New York Film Academy | Burbank | private for-profit | 1,245 | 280 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Palo Alto University | Palo Alto | private nonprofit | 1,223 | 1,204 | 509 | 21 | 278 | 10 | — |
| University of California College of the Law-San Francisco | San Francisco | public | 1,216 | 1,216 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Hope International University | Fullerton | private nonprofit | 1,140 | 591 | 369 | 0 | — | — | — |
| Scripps College | Claremont | private nonprofit | 1,103 | 21 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Touro University California | Vallejo | private nonprofit | 1,090 | 1,090 | 15 | 0 | — | — | $2.4m |
| Saybrook University | Pasadena | private nonprofit | 1,055 | 1,055 | 280 | 5 | 213 | 6 | — |
| Pacific Oaks College | Pasadena | private nonprofit | 1,051 | 705 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Sofia University | Palo Alto | private for-profit | 1,037 | 1,030 | 490 | 192 | 41 | 3 | — |
| Career Networks Institute | Santa Ana | private for-profit | 971 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Southwestern Law School | Los Angeles | private nonprofit | 951 | 951 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Harvey Mudd College | Claremont | private nonprofit | 949 | — | — | — | — | — | $3.9m |
| Pacific Union College | Angwin | private nonprofit | 938 | 28 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Fielding Graduate University | Santa Barbara | private nonprofit | 937 | 937 | 385 | 3 | 537 | 12 | — |
| Simpson University | Redding | private nonprofit | 907 | 152 | 80 | 0 | — | — | — |
| Woodbury University | Burbank | private nonprofit | 898 | 73 | 10 | 5 | — | — | — |
| Antioch University-Los Angeles | Culver City | private nonprofit | 888 | 827 | 1,304 | 14 | — | — | — |
| Pacific College of Health and Science | San Diego | private for-profit | 885 | 688 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Pacifica Graduate Institute | Santa Barbara CA | private for-profit | 882 | 882 | 659 | 10 | 313 | 6 | — |
| Whittier College | Whittier | private nonprofit | 859 | 46 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Teachers College of San Joaquin | Stockton | public | 850 | 265 | — | — | — | — | — |
| California Northstate University | Elk Grove | private for-profit | 847 | 776 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Menlo College | Atherton | private nonprofit | 840 | 9 | 24 | 6 | — | — | — |
| Musicians Institute | Hollywood | private for-profit | 812 | 32 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Laguna College of Art and Design | Laguna Beach | private nonprofit | 807 | 31 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Cal Poly Maritime Academy | Vallejo | public | 805 | 44 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Charles R Drew University of Medicine and Science | Los Angeles | private nonprofit | 763 | 529 | 142 | 1 | — | — | $23.7m |
| Marshall B Ketchum University | Fullerton | private nonprofit | 686 | 686 | 11 | 0 | — | — | — |
| Northeastern University Oakland | Oakland | private nonprofit | 658 | 116 | 46 | 33 | 8 | 0 | — |
| Minerva University | San Francisco | private nonprofit | 656 | 53 | 16 | 13 | — | — | — |
| California Western School of Law | San Diego | private nonprofit | 625 | 625 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Life Chiropractic College West | Hayward | private nonprofit | 613 | 613 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Keck Graduate Institute | Claremont | private nonprofit | 602 | 602 | 528 | 72 | 20 | 7 | $4.0m |
| Humphreys University | Stockton | private nonprofit | 575 | 392 | 50 | 50 | — | — | — |
| California University of Science and Medicine | Colton | private nonprofit | 564 | 564 | 286 | 0 | — | — | — |
| California Health Sciences University | Clovis | private for-profit | 527 | 527 | 33 | 0 | — | — | — |
| West Coast University-Center for Graduate Studies | Los Angeles | private for-profit | 527 | 527 | — | — | — | — | — |
| The Chicago School at Anaheim | Anaheim | private nonprofit | 524 | 524 | 107 | 4 | 8 | 0 | — |
| American University of Health Sciences | Signal Hill | private for-profit | 523 | 159 | — | — | — | — | — |
| The Wright Institute | Berkeley | private nonprofit | 511 | 511 | 658 | 24 | — | — | — |
| SUM Bible College and Theological Seminary | El Dorado Hills | private nonprofit | 508 | 190 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Life Pacific University | San Dimas | private nonprofit | 504 | 108 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Middlebury Institute of International Studies at Monterey | Monterey | private nonprofit | 503 | 491 | 330 | 196 | — | — | — |
| Lionel University | Carpinteria | private for-profit | 494 | 14 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Angeles College | Los Angeles | private for-profit | 493 | 9 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Soka University of America | Aliso Viejo | private nonprofit | 476 | 12 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Lincoln University | Oakland | private nonprofit | 474 | 251 | — | — | 4 | 3 | — |
| Southern California Institute of Architecture | Los Angeles | private nonprofit | 457 | 218 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Alder Graduate School of Education | Redwood City | private nonprofit | 453 | 453 | — | — | — | — | — |
| World Mission University | Los Angeles | private nonprofit | 440 | 260 | 16 | 10 | — | — | — |
| San Francisco Conservatory of Music | San Francisco | private nonprofit | 403 | 188 | 5 | 3 | — | — | — |
| University of Silicon Valley | San Jose | private for-profit | 392 | 14 | — | — | — | — | — |
| American Film Institute Conservatory | Los Angeles | private nonprofit | 389 | 389 | — | — | — | — | — |
| California Aeronautical University | Bakersfield | private for-profit | 388 | 5 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Trinity Law School | Santa Ana | private nonprofit | 364 | 364 | — | — | — | — | — |
| San Francisco Bay University | Fremont | private nonprofit | 328 | 266 | 276 | 253 | — | — | — |
| Pacific College | Costa Mesa | private for-profit | 297 | 12 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Five Branches University | Santa Cruz | private for-profit | 289 | 289 | — | — | 36 | 9 | — |
| Antioch University-Santa Barbara | Santa Barbara | private nonprofit | 284 | 232 | 348 | 9 | — | — | — |
| Newschool of Architecture and Design | San Diego | private for-profit | 280 | 67 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Los Angeles College of Music | Pasadena | private for-profit | 279 | 12 | — | — | — | — | — |
| The Colleges of Law at Ventura | Ventura | private nonprofit | 276 | 276 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Bethesda University | Anaheim | private nonprofit | 271 | 59 | — | — | — | — | — |
| University of Phoenix-California | Ontario | private for-profit | 257 | 102 | — | — | — | — | — |
| University of West Los Angeles | Inglewood | private for-profit | 256 | 250 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Aria University | Milpitas | private nonprofit | 249 | 162 | 4 | 4 | — | — | — |
| Thomas Jefferson School of Law | San Diego | private nonprofit | 244 | 244 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Notre Dame de Namur University | Belmont | private nonprofit | 237 | 223 | 157 | 23 | 2 | 0 | — |
| South Baylo University | Anaheim | private nonprofit | 234 | 234 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Grace Mission University | Fullerton | private nonprofit | 232 | 160 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 1 | — |
| Meridian University | Petaluma | private for-profit | 226 | 226 | 88 | 2 | 18 | 0 | — |
| California Miramar University | San Diego | private for-profit | 222 | 117 | 52 | 39 | 18 | 10 | — |
| American Jewish University | Los Angeles | private nonprofit | 209 | 92 | — | — | — | — | — |
| California Prestige University | Santa Fe Springs | private nonprofit | 208 | 170 | 66 | 16 | 22 | 0 | — |
| America Evangelical University | Gardena | private nonprofit | 207 | 136 | — | — | 6 | 2 | — |
| Claremont Lincoln University | Claremont | private nonprofit | 178 | 161 | 12 | 0 | — | — | — |
| Graduate Theological Union | Berkeley | private nonprofit | 178 | 178 | — | — | 86 | 30 | — |
| Homestead Schools | Torrance | private nonprofit | 178 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Claremont School of Theology | Los Angeles | private nonprofit | 175 | 175 | — | — | 71 | 25 | — |
| Abraham Lincoln University | Glendale | private for-profit | 166 | 117 | — | — | 1 | 0 | — |
| California Institute of Advanced Management | Alhambra | private nonprofit | 163 | 163 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Fremont University | Cerritos | private for-profit | 161 | 8 | — | — | — | — | — |
| San Joaquin College of Law | Clovis | private nonprofit | 156 | 156 | — | — | — | — | — |
| University of the West | Rosemead | private nonprofit | 154 | 101 | 16 | 12 | 11 | 7 | — |
| Daybreak University | Anaheim | private nonprofit | 148 | 148 | — | — | 30 | 22 | — |
| Alhambra Medical University | Alhambra | private for-profit | 144 | 107 | — | — | — | — | — |
| The Chicago School at San Diego | San Diego | private nonprofit | 141 | 136 | 45 | 1 | — | — | — |
| Southern California Seminary | El Cajon | private nonprofit | 138 | 107 | 22 | 1 | — | — | — |
| Yo San University of Traditional Chinese Medicine | Los Angeles | private nonprofit | 132 | 132 | — | — | 10 | 0 | — |
| RAND School of Public Policy | Santa Monica | private nonprofit | 131 | 131 | — | — | 83 | 18 | — |
| Pacific School of Religion | Berkeley | private nonprofit | 128 | 128 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Berkeley School of Theology | Berkeley | private nonprofit | 126 | 98 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Academy of Chinese Culture and Health Sciences | Oakland | private nonprofit | 122 | 122 | — | — | 37 | 0 | — |
| Acupuncture and Integrative Medicine College-Berkeley | Berkeley | private nonprofit | 119 | 119 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Design Institute of San Diego | San Diego | private for-profit | 111 | 19 | — | — | — | — | — |
| San Diego Global Knowledge University | San Diego | private for-profit | 111 | 13 | 6 | 5 | — | — | — |
| University of East-West Medicine | Sunnyvale | private for-profit | 110 | 110 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Interior Designers Institute | Newport Beach | private for-profit | 107 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| High Tech High Graduate School of Education | San Diego | private nonprofit | 105 | 105 | — | — | — | — | — |
| San Diego Christian College | Santee | private nonprofit | 102 | 9 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Westminster Theological Seminary in California | Escondido | private nonprofit | 101 | 101 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Haven University | Garden Grove | private nonprofit | 95 | 64 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Dongguk University Los Angeles | Los Angeles | private nonprofit | 93 | 89 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Epic Bible College & Graduate School | Sacramento | private nonprofit | 91 | 31 | — | — | 2 | 0 | — |
| The Colleges of Law at Santa Barbara | Santa Barbara | private nonprofit | 76 | 76 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Starr King School for the Ministry | Oakland | private nonprofit | 73 | 73 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Franciscan School of Theology | San Diego | private nonprofit | 69 | 69 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Dominican School of Philosophy & Theology | Berkeley | private nonprofit | 66 | 66 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Church Divinity School of the Pacific | Berkeley | private nonprofit | 54 | 54 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Institute of Buddhist Studies | Berkeley | private nonprofit | 50 | 50 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute | La Jolla | private nonprofit | 48 | 48 | — | — | 24 | 14 | — |
| Cal Northern School of Law | Chico | private for-profit | 45 | 45 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Academy for Jewish Religion California | Los Angeles | private nonprofit | 40 | 40 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Pacific States University | Los Angeles | private nonprofit | 40 | 23 | 14 | 14 | — | — | — |
| Reiss-Davis Graduate School | Los Angeles | private nonprofit | 33 | 33 | — | — | 3 | 0 | — |
| Shasta Bible College and Graduate School | Redding | private nonprofit | 20 | 7 | — | — | — | — | — |
| DHARMA REALM BUDDHIST UNIVERSITY | Ukiah | private nonprofit | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| North Orange County Community College District | Anaheim | public | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| University of California-System Administration Central Office | Oakland | public | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | $79.3m |
Degrees are pooled over 2021–2025. Enrolment and federal money are the most recent year in the file. “Non-res” means a student here on a temporary visa, almost always F-1 or J-1. A green card holder is not counted in it.
How few institutions this is
Of the 222 institutions in California, 87 award a research doctorate at all, and the largest two award 18.4% of them. A state’s graduate pipeline is a much smaller thing than its list of colleges.
| Institution | Research doctorates | Non-resident | Share | Share of the state’s doctorates |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| University of Southern California | 4,241 | 1,263 | 29.8% | 9.3% |
| University of California-Berkeley | 4,116 | 1,198 | 29.1% | 9.1% |
| University of California-Los Angeles | 3,932 | 1,320 | 33.6% | 8.7% |
| Stanford University | 3,922 | 1,405 | 35.8% | 8.6% |
| Northcentral University | 3,811 | 0 | 0.0% | 8.4% |
| University of California-San Diego | 3,067 | 1,203 | 39.2% | 6.7% |
| University of California-Davis | 2,982 | 955 | 32.0% | 6.6% |
| University of California-Irvine | 2,518 | 848 | 33.7% | 5.5% |
| University of California-Santa Barbara | 1,782 | 603 | 33.8% | 3.9% |
| University of California-Riverside | 1,585 | 639 | 40.3% | 3.5% |
| California Institute of Technology | 1,037 | 455 | 43.9% | 2.3% |
| University of California-Santa Cruz | 1,012 | 241 | 23.8% | 2.2% |
| University of California-San Francisco | 817 | 62 | 7.6% | 1.8% |
| Loma Linda University | 675 | 48 | 7.1% | 1.5% |
| The Chicago School at Los Angeles | 619 | 26 | 4.2% | 1.4% |
| Claremont Graduate University | 615 | 165 | 26.8% | 1.4% |
| San Diego State University | 574 | 80 | 13.9% | 1.3% |
| Alliant International University-San Diego | 546 | 37 | 6.8% | 1.2% |
| Fielding Graduate University | 537 | 12 | 2.2% | 1.2% |
| University of California-Merced | 510 | 194 | 38.0% | 1.1% |
| University of the Pacific | 409 | 30 | 7.3% | 0.9% |
| Pepperdine University | 400 | 27 | 6.8% | 0.9% |
| Pacifica Graduate Institute | 313 | 6 | 1.9% | 0.7% |
| California Baptist University | 311 | 1 | 0.3% | 0.7% |
| University of Massachusetts Global | 290 | 0 | 0.0% | 0.6% |
| Palo Alto University | 278 | 10 | 3.6% | 0.6% |
| Touro University Worldwide | 249 | 0 | 0.0% | 0.5% |
| University of La Verne | 241 | 8 | 3.3% | 0.5% |
| Azusa Pacific University | 240 | 2 | 0.8% | 0.5% |
| California Institute of Integral Studies | 222 | 9 | 4.1% | 0.5% |
| Saybrook University | 213 | 6 | 2.8% | 0.5% |
| Biola University | 201 | 29 | 14.4% | 0.4% |
| University of San Diego | 194 | 12 | 6.2% | 0.4% |
| Chapman University | 175 | 53 | 30.3% | 0.4% |
| Westcliff University | 165 | 103 | 62.4% | 0.4% |
| University of San Francisco | 159 | 28 | 17.6% | 0.3% |
| California State University-Fullerton | 144 | 2 | 1.4% | 0.3% |
| University of St. Augustine for Health Sciences | 136 | 0 | 0.0% | 0.3% |
| Concordia University-Irvine | 134 | 1 | 0.7% | 0.3% |
| Fuller Theological Seminary | 116 | 22 | 19.0% | 0.3% |
| The Master's University and Seminary | 114 | 5 | 4.4% | 0.3% |
| California State University-Fresno | 112 | 1 | 0.9% | 0.2% |
| Loyola Marymount University | 103 | 3 | 2.9% | 0.2% |
| California State University-Long Beach | 99 | 0 | 0.0% | 0.2% |
| San Francisco State University | 90 | 1 | 1.1% | 0.2% |
| Santa Clara University | 87 | 38 | 43.7% | 0.2% |
| Graduate Theological Union | 86 | 30 | 34.9% | 0.2% |
| RAND School of Public Policy | 83 | 18 | 21.7% | 0.2% |
| Naval Postgraduate School | 77 | 5 | 6.5% | 0.2% |
| California State University-Sacramento | 76 | 0 | 0.0% | 0.2% |
| Claremont School of Theology | 71 | 25 | 35.2% | 0.2% |
| California State Polytechnic University-Pomona | 69 | 1 | 1.4% | 0.2% |
| California State University-San Bernardino | 69 | 0 | 0.0% | 0.2% |
| California State University-Los Angeles | 65 | 0 | 0.0% | 0.1% |
| San Jose State University | 64 | 0 | 0.0% | 0.1% |
| Golden Gate University | 61 | 29 | 47.5% | 0.1% |
| University of Redlands | 56 | 1 | 1.8% | 0.1% |
| California State University-East Bay | 54 | 0 | 0.0% | 0.1% |
| California State University-Northridge | 47 | 0 | 0.0% | 0.1% |
| Sofia University | 41 | 3 | 7.3% | 0.1% |
| California State University-Stanislaus | 40 | 0 | 0.0% | 0.1% |
| Saint Mary's College of California | 40 | 1 | 2.5% | 0.1% |
| Academy of Chinese Culture and Health Sciences | 37 | 0 | 0.0% | 0.1% |
| Five Branches University | 36 | 9 | 25.0% | 0.1% |
| Daybreak University | 30 | 22 | 73.3% | 0.1% |
| California State University-Bakersfield | 25 | 0 | 0.0% | 0.1% |
| La Sierra University | 25 | 5 | 20.0% | 0.1% |
| Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute | 24 | 14 | 58.3% | 0.1% |
| California Prestige University | 22 | 0 | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| National University | 20 | 0 | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Keck Graduate Institute | 20 | 7 | 35.0% | 0.0% |
| Meridian University | 18 | 0 | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| California Miramar University | 18 | 10 | 55.6% | 0.0% |
| Dominican University of California | 14 | 1 | 7.1% | 0.0% |
| University of the West | 11 | 7 | 63.6% | 0.0% |
| California Institute of the Arts | 10 | 4 | 40.0% | 0.0% |
| Yo San University of Traditional Chinese Medicine | 10 | 0 | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Northeastern University Oakland | 8 | 0 | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| The Chicago School at Anaheim | 8 | 0 | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Grace Mission University | 7 | 1 | 14.3% | 0.0% |
| America Evangelical University | 6 | 2 | 33.3% | 0.0% |
| Lincoln University | 4 | 3 | 75.0% | 0.0% |
| United States University | 3 | 0 | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Reiss-Davis Graduate School | 3 | 0 | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Notre Dame de Namur University | 2 | 0 | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Epic Bible College & Graduate School | 2 | 0 | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Abraham Lincoln University | 1 | 0 | 0.0% | 0.0% |
The foreign share of graduate students, where the survey reaches
The NSF Survey of Graduate Students and Postdoctorates asks institutions directly, and it covers 59 of the 222 institutions in California. It is a different measure from the degree counts above: enrolled students rather than degrees awarded.
| Institution | Doctoral students foreign | Master’s students foreign |
|---|---|---|
| California State University-Long Beach | 100.0% | 36.9% |
| Santa Clara University | 75.8% | 45.4% |
| University of Southern California | 56.8% | 66.0% |
| Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute | 50.9% | —% |
| Chapman University | 47.8% | 9.4% |
| University of California-Riverside | 47.1% | 53.1% |
| California Institute of Technology | 45.9% | 79.2% |
| University of California-San Diego | 45.5% | 59.7% |
| University of California-Merced | 42.3% | 34.3% |
| University of California-Santa Barbara | 36.3% | 27.4% |
| Stanford University | 36.3% | 35.3% |
| University of California-Davis | 35.1% | 39.5% |
| University of California-Santa Cruz | 34.8% | 36.7% |
| Keck Graduate Institute | 34.5% | 15.7% |
| University of California-Berkeley | 34.3% | 47.4% |
| University of California-Irvine | 34.3% | 49.4% |
| University of California-Los Angeles | 32.8% | 38.2% |
| Claremont Graduate University | 27.4% | 22.7% |
| RAND School of Public Policy | 25.8% | 20.7% |
| University of San Diego | 25.0% | 13.5% |
| San Diego State University | 19.7% | 20.4% |
| Loma Linda University | 17.8% | 10.2% |
| University of California-San Francisco | 13.8% | 16.9% |
| Biola University | 10.8% | —% |
| Palo Alto University | 7.1% | 6.2% |
| University of the Pacific | 4.2% | 50.6% |
| Naval Postgraduate School | 3.3% | 12.0% |
| California Institute of Integral Studies | 1.6% | 4.0% |
| Fielding Graduate University | 1.0% | 0.0% |
| California State University-Fullerton | —% | 38.1% |
| California State University-Northridge | —% | 35.3% |
| San Jose State University | —% | 55.0% |
| California State University-Sacramento | —% | 32.9% |
| California State Polytechnic University-Pomona | —% | 16.0% |
| California State University-Los Angeles | —% | 33.5% |
| California State University-Fresno | —% | 27.1% |
| San Francisco State University | —% | 33.8% |
| California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo | —% | 2.5% |
| National University | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| California State University-San Bernardino | —% | 38.8% |
| California State University-San Marcos | —% | 7.0% |
| California State University-Dominguez Hills | —% | 58.5% |
| California State University-Chico | —% | 29.5% |
| California State University-East Bay | —% | 54.3% |
| California Baptist University | 0.0% | 6.7% |
| Loyola Marymount University | —% | 22.3% |
| California State University-Stanislaus | —% | 0.0% |
| California State University-Bakersfield | —% | 0.0% |
| Pepperdine University | —% | 7.3% |
| University of San Francisco | —% | 15.3% |
| California State University-Monterey Bay | —% | 0.8% |
| Azusa Pacific University | 0.0% | 3.9% |
| California State Polytechnic University-Humboldt | —% | 3.4% |
| Sonoma State University | —% | 9.4% |
| Western University of Health Sciences | 0.0% | 71.4% |
| California Lutheran University | —% | 52.7% |
| Dominican University of California | —% | 2.8% |
| Charles R Drew University of Medicine and Science | —% | 0.0% |
| Marshall B Ketchum University | —% | 0.0% |
California State University-Long Beach
The highest foreign share of doctoral students in the state, at 100.0%. It is not the largest institution here and it is not the one with the most federal money. Size and share are different questions, and a state page that ranked only by size would not show this.
What the state itself puts in
State appropriations per full-time-equivalent student, from the SHEEO finance survey, against the change in the foreign share of graduate enrolment over the same window.
| Measure | First year | Last year | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| State appropriations per FTE student | $10,436 | $15,601 | +49.5% |
| Foreign share of graduate enrolment | 12.7% | 20.7% | +8.1 pts |
These two rows move for their own reasons. Nothing here shows that one caused the other, and the page does not say it did.
Department by department
The dissertation corpus reaches 12 institutions in this state, covering 303 departments. 58 of them are majority non-resident.
| Institution | Department | Doctorates | Non-resident | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Caltech | Electrical and Electronics Engineering | 92 | 69 | 75.0% |
| Caltech | Mathematics, General | 52 | 39 | 75.0% |
| Caltech | Computational Mathematics | 19 | 12 | 63.2% |
| Caltech | Geophysics and Seismology | 27 | 16 | 59.3% |
| Caltech | Environmental/Environmental Health Engineering | 33 | 18 | 54.5% |
| Caltech | Civil Engineering, General | 15 | 8 | 53.3% |
| Caltech | Aerospace, Aeronautical, and Astronautical/Space Engineering, General | 86 | 45 | 52.3% |
| Caltech | Engineering Physics/Applied Physics | 71 | 35 | 49.3% |
| Caltech | Physics, General | 155 | 76 | 49.0% |
| Caltech | Systems Engineering | 19 | 9 | 47.4% |
| Caltech | Mechanical Engineering | 81 | 38 | 46.9% |
| Caltech | Neuroscience | 52 | 24 | 46.2% |
| Caltech | Planetary Astronomy and Science | 29 | 12 | 41.4% |
| Caltech | Materials Engineering | 80 | 31 | 38.8% |
| Caltech | Astrophysics | 40 | 15 | 37.5% |
| Caltech | Bioengineering and Biomedical Engineering | 65 | 20 | 30.8% |
| Caltech | Biochemistry and Molecular Biology | 63 | 17 | 27.0% |
| Caltech | Biology/Biological Sciences, General | 54 | 13 | 24.1% |
| Caltech | Geology/Earth Science, General | 33 | 7 | 21.2% |
| Caltech | Chemical Engineering | 67 | 14 | 20.9% |
| Caltech | Chemistry, General | 242 | 46 | 19.0% |
| Caltech | Geochemistry | 17 | 2 | 11.8% |
| UC Berkeley | Operations Research | 56 | 44 | 78.6% |
| UC Berkeley | Mechanical Engineering | 329 | 176 | 53.5% |
| UC Berkeley | Applied Mathematics, General | 32 | 17 | 53.1% |
| UC Berkeley | Civil Engineering, General | 240 | 109 | 45.4% |
| UC Berkeley | Engineering, General | 53 | 23 | 43.4% |
| UC Berkeley | Materials Science | 120 | 52 | 43.3% |
| UC Berkeley | Computer Science | 277 | 119 | 43.0% |
| UC Berkeley | Electrical and Electronics Engineering | 360 | 153 | 42.5% |
| UC Berkeley | Statistics, General | 65 | 26 | 40.0% |
| UC Berkeley | Biochemistry | 25 | 9 | 36.0% |
| UC Berkeley | Endocrinology | 15 | 5 | 33.3% |
| UC Berkeley | Mathematics, General | 176 | 56 | 31.8% |
| UC Berkeley | Topology and Foundations | 16 | 5 | 31.2% |
| UC Berkeley | Biostatistics | 38 | 11 | 28.9% |
| UC Berkeley | Geology/Earth Science, General | 66 | 19 | 28.8% |
| UC Berkeley | Physics, General | 276 | 74 | 26.8% |
| UC Berkeley | Nutrition Sciences | 15 | 4 | 26.7% |
| UC Berkeley | Chemistry, General | 509 | 108 | 21.2% |
| UC Berkeley | Bioengineering and Biomedical Engineering | 123 | 26 | 21.1% |
| UC Berkeley | Biophysics | 58 | 12 | 20.7% |
| UC Berkeley | Nuclear Engineering | 92 | 18 | 19.6% |
| UC Berkeley | Botany/Plant Biology | 45 | 8 | 17.8% |
| UC Berkeley | Astrophysics | 35 | 6 | 17.1% |
| UC Berkeley | Information Science/Studies | 25 | 4 | 16.0% |
| UC Berkeley | Neuroscience | 66 | 10 | 15.2% |
| UC Berkeley | Chemical Engineering | 136 | 17 | 12.5% |
| UC Berkeley | Biology/Biological Sciences, General | 114 | 14 | 12.3% |
| UC Berkeley | Environmental Toxicology | 17 | 2 | 11.8% |
| UC Berkeley | Vision Science/Physiological Optics | 54 | 6 | 11.1% |
| UC Berkeley | Research and Experimental Psychology, Other | 84 | 8 | 9.5% |
| UC Berkeley | Cell/Cellular and Molecular Biology | 282 | 24 | 8.5% |
| UC Berkeley | Microbiology, General | 89 | 6 | 6.7% |
| UC Berkeley | Epidemiology | 61 | 4 | 6.6% |
| UC Berkeley | Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies, Other | 16 | 1 | 6.2% |
| UC Berkeley | Psychology, General | 44 | 2 | 4.5% |
| UC Davis | Electrical and Electronics Engineering | 161 | 108 | 67.1% |
| UC Davis | Statistics, General | 67 | 42 | 62.7% |
| UC Davis | Agricultural Engineering | 37 | 22 | 59.5% |
| UC Davis | Computer Science | 155 | 92 | 59.4% |
| UC Davis | Biostatistics | 19 | 11 | 57.9% |
| UC Davis | Civil Engineering, General | 138 | 69 | 50.0% |
| UC Davis | Materials Engineering | 57 | 28 | 49.1% |
| UC Davis | Atmospheric Sciences and Meteorology, General | 20 | 9 | 45.0% |
| UC Davis | Transportation and Highway Engineering | 30 | 13 | 43.3% |
| UC Davis | Chemical Engineering | 62 | 26 | 41.9% |
| UC Davis | Mathematics, General | 71 | 27 | 38.0% |
| UC Davis | Applied Mathematics, General | 56 | 19 | 33.9% |
| UC Davis | Zoology/Animal Biology | 60 | 20 | 33.3% |
| UC Davis | Pathology/Experimental Pathology | 77 | 25 | 32.5% |
| UC Davis | Chemistry, General | 257 | 77 | 30.0% |
| UC Davis | Physics, General | 161 | 48 | 29.8% |
| UC Davis | Nutrition Sciences | 79 | 22 | 27.8% |
| UC Davis | Plant Pathology/Phytopathology | 42 | 11 | 26.2% |
| UC Davis | Epidemiology | 74 | 19 | 25.7% |
| UC Davis | Mechanical Engineering | 100 | 24 | 24.0% |
| UC Davis | Biophysics | 17 | 4 | 23.5% |
| UC Davis | Cell Physiology | 53 | 12 | 22.6% |
| UC Davis | Bioengineering and Biomedical Engineering | 111 | 25 | 22.5% |
| UC Davis | Botany/Plant Biology | 63 | 13 | 20.6% |
| UC Davis | Hydrology and Water Resources Science | 27 | 5 | 18.5% |
| UC Davis | Pharmacology and Toxicology | 76 | 13 | 17.1% |
| UC Davis | Entomology | 37 | 6 | 16.2% |
| UC Davis | Microbiology, General | 66 | 10 | 15.2% |
| UC Davis | Genetics, General | 85 | 12 | 14.1% |
| UC Davis | Biochemistry, Biophysics and Molecular Biology, Other | 97 | 11 | 11.3% |
| UC Davis | Immunology | 42 | 4 | 9.5% |
| UC Davis | Animal Behavior and Ethology | 32 | 3 | 9.4% |
| UC Davis | Psychology, General | 123 | 10 | 8.1% |
| UC Davis | Geology/Earth Science, General | 33 | 2 | 6.1% |
| UC Davis | Neuroscience | 51 | 3 | 5.9% |
| UC Davis | Ecology | 210 | 11 | 5.2% |
| UC Davis | Population Biology | 42 | 1 | 2.4% |
| UC Davis | Biochemistry and Molecular Biology | 23 | 0 | 0.0% |
| UC Irvine | Computer Systems Networking and Telecommunications | 18 | 14 | 77.8% |
| UC Irvine | Computer Engineering, General | 58 | 45 | 77.6% |
| UC Irvine | Manufacturing Engineering | 20 | 15 | 75.0% |
| UC Irvine | Electrical and Electronics Engineering | 121 | 89 | 73.6% |
| UC Irvine | Computer Science | 173 | 121 | 69.9% |
| UC Irvine | Civil Engineering, General | 104 | 69 | 66.3% |
| UC Irvine | Mechanical Engineering | 120 | 72 | 60.0% |
| UC Irvine | Statistics, General | 35 | 19 | 54.3% |
| UC Irvine | Informatics | 24 | 13 | 54.2% |
| UC Irvine | Computer and Information Sciences, General | 38 | 17 | 44.7% |
| UC Irvine | Mathematics, General | 119 | 51 | 42.9% |
| UC Irvine | Geology/Earth Science, General | 74 | 30 | 40.5% |
| UC Irvine | Materials Engineering | 59 | 20 | 33.9% |
| UC Irvine | Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies, Other | 17 | 5 | 29.4% |
| UC Irvine | Chemical Engineering | 67 | 19 | 28.4% |
| UC Irvine | Bioengineering and Biomedical Engineering | 133 | 31 | 23.3% |
| UC Irvine | Physics, Other | 47 | 10 | 21.3% |
| UC Irvine | Physiology, General | 17 | 3 | 17.6% |
| UC Irvine | Chemistry, Other | 19 | 3 | 15.8% |
| UC Irvine | Physics, General | 108 | 16 | 14.8% |
| UC Irvine | Environmental/Environmental Health Engineering | 15 | 2 | 13.3% |
| UC Irvine | Chemistry, General | 288 | 36 | 12.5% |
| UC Irvine | Research and Experimental Psychology, Other | 32 | 4 | 12.5% |
| UC Irvine | Biochemistry | 34 | 4 | 11.8% |
| UC Irvine | Biochemistry and Molecular Biology | 84 | 8 | 9.5% |
| UC Irvine | Anatomy | 33 | 3 | 9.1% |
| UC Irvine | Neuroscience | 46 | 4 | 8.7% |
| UC Irvine | Cell/Cellular and Molecular Biology | 58 | 4 | 6.9% |
| UC Irvine | Psychology, General | 16 | 1 | 6.2% |
| UC Irvine | Ecology and Evolutionary Biology | 74 | 3 | 4.1% |
| UC Irvine | Medical Microbiology and Bacteriology | 26 | 1 | 3.8% |
| UC Irvine | Neurobiology and Behavior | 56 | 0 | 0.0% |
| UC Irvine | Social Psychology | 44 | 0 | 0.0% |
| UC Irvine | Cultural Studies/Critical Theory and Analysis | 15 | 0 | 0.0% |
| UCLA | Electrical and Electronics Engineering | 301 | 233 | 77.4% |
| UCLA | Computer Science | 216 | 154 | 71.3% |
| UCLA | Materials Engineering | 154 | 99 | 64.3% |
| UCLA | Civil Engineering, General | 111 | 66 | 59.5% |
| UCLA | Mechanical Engineering | 195 | 113 | 57.9% |
| UCLA | Statistics, General | 89 | 49 | 55.1% |
| UCLA | Chemical Engineering | 126 | 64 | 50.8% |
| UCLA | Geophysics and Seismology | 32 | 15 | 46.9% |
| UCLA | Atmospheric Sciences and Meteorology, General | 44 | 20 | 45.5% |
| UCLA | Epidemiology | 101 | 45 | 44.6% |
| UCLA | Bioengineering and Biomedical Engineering | 178 | 73 | 41.0% |
| UCLA | Bioinformatics | 45 | 14 | 31.1% |
| UCLA | Mathematics, General | 191 | 59 | 30.9% |
| UCLA | Molecular Pharmacology | 64 | 19 | 29.7% |
| UCLA | Biostatistics | 45 | 12 | 26.7% |
| UCLA | Molecular Physiology | 103 | 27 | 26.2% |
| UCLA | Cell/Cellular and Molecular Biology | 25 | 6 | 24.0% |
| UCLA | Chemistry, General | 304 | 72 | 23.7% |
| UCLA | Physics, General | 161 | 37 | 23.0% |
| UCLA | Biochemistry | 18 | 4 | 22.2% |
| UCLA | Molecular Biology | 136 | 29 | 21.3% |
| UCLA | Biophysics | 50 | 10 | 20.0% |
| UCLA | Human/Medical Genetics | 26 | 5 | 19.2% |
| UCLA | Biology/Biological Sciences, General | 84 | 16 | 19.0% |
| UCLA | Pathology/Experimental Pathology | 16 | 3 | 18.8% |
| UCLA | Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies, Other | 44 | 8 | 18.2% |
| UCLA | Molecular Biochemistry | 81 | 11 | 13.6% |
| UCLA | Information Science/Studies | 33 | 4 | 12.1% |
| UCLA | Astronomy and Astrophysics, Other | 17 | 2 | 11.8% |
| UCLA | Aerospace, Aeronautical, and Astronautical/Space Engineering, General | 38 | 4 | 10.5% |
| UCLA | Molecular Toxicology | 19 | 2 | 10.5% |
| UCLA | Microbiological Sciences and Immunology, Other | 41 | 4 | 9.8% |
| UCLA | Geology/Earth Science, General | 15 | 1 | 6.7% |
| UCLA | Neuroscience | 92 | 6 | 6.5% |
| UCLA | Astronomy | 16 | 1 | 6.2% |
| UCLA | Geochemistry | 16 | 1 | 6.2% |
| UCLA | Psychology, General | 231 | 3 | 1.3% |
| UC Riverside | Electrical and Electronics Engineering | 148 | 123 | 83.1% |
| UC Riverside | Computer Science | 163 | 116 | 71.2% |
| UC Riverside | Statistics, General | 41 | 28 | 68.3% |
| UC Riverside | Chemical Engineering | 106 | 60 | 56.6% |
| UC Riverside | Physics, General | 126 | 66 | 52.4% |
| UC Riverside | Materials Science | 91 | 43 | 47.3% |
| UC Riverside | Mechanical Engineering | 67 | 27 | 40.3% |
| UC Riverside | Plant Pathology/Phytopathology | 25 | 10 | 40.0% |
| UC Riverside | Environmental Toxicology | 59 | 22 | 37.3% |
| UC Riverside | Bioinformatics | 38 | 14 | 36.8% |
| UC Riverside | Chemistry, General | 146 | 50 | 34.2% |
| UC Riverside | Geology/Earth Science, General | 38 | 10 | 26.3% |
| UC Riverside | Botany/Plant Biology | 64 | 15 | 23.4% |
| UC Riverside | Biochemistry and Molecular Biology | 39 | 9 | 23.1% |
| UC Riverside | Bioengineering and Biomedical Engineering | 73 | 11 | 15.1% |
| UC Riverside | Cell/Cellular and Molecular Biology | 43 | 6 | 14.0% |
| UC Riverside | Microbiology, General | 23 | 3 | 13.0% |
| UC Riverside | Ecology | 49 | 5 | 10.2% |
| UC Riverside | Entomology | 48 | 4 | 8.3% |
| UC Riverside | Research and Experimental Psychology, Other | 62 | 5 | 8.1% |
| UC Riverside | Neuroscience | 35 | 2 | 5.7% |
| UC Riverside | Biomedical Sciences, General | 25 | 1 | 4.0% |
| UC Riverside | Mathematics, General | 75 | 2 | 2.7% |
| UC Riverside | Psychology, General | 42 | 0 | 0.0% |
| UC San Diego | Systems Engineering | 45 | 37 | 82.2% |
| UC San Diego | Electrical and Electronics Engineering | 192 | 138 | 71.9% |
| UC San Diego | Computer Engineering, General | 46 | 33 | 71.7% |
| UC San Diego | Structural Engineering | 109 | 76 | 69.7% |
| UC San Diego | Mechanical Engineering | 148 | 99 | 66.9% |
| UC San Diego | Materials Engineering | 181 | 114 | 63.0% |
| UC San Diego | Computer Science | 205 | 126 | 61.5% |
| UC San Diego | Engineering, Other | 114 | 66 | 57.9% |
| UC San Diego | Engineering Science | 37 | 19 | 51.4% |
| UC San Diego | Engineering Physics/Applied Physics | 47 | 24 | 51.1% |
| UC San Diego | Mathematics, General | 104 | 50 | 48.1% |
| UC San Diego | Chemical Engineering | 31 | 14 | 45.2% |
| UC San Diego | Mathematics, Other | 39 | 17 | 43.6% |
| UC San Diego | Biology/Biological Sciences, General | 272 | 90 | 33.1% |
| UC San Diego | Physics, General | 155 | 50 | 32.3% |
| UC San Diego | Bioengineering and Biomedical Engineering | 214 | 62 | 29.0% |
| UC San Diego | Geology/Earth Science, General | 56 | 16 | 28.6% |
| UC San Diego | Experimental Psychology | 22 | 6 | 27.3% |
| UC San Diego | Cognitive Science, General | 61 | 12 | 19.7% |
| UC San Diego | Oceanography, Chemical and Physical | 153 | 30 | 19.6% |
| UC San Diego | Bioinformatics | 86 | 15 | 17.4% |
| UC San Diego | Chemistry, General | 320 | 55 | 17.2% |
| UC San Diego | Marine Biology and Biological Oceanography | 72 | 10 | 13.9% |
| UC San Diego | Epidemiology | 36 | 3 | 8.3% |
| UC San Diego | Neuroscience | 99 | 7 | 7.1% |
| UC San Diego | Physical Sciences, Other | 17 | 1 | 5.9% |
| UC San Diego | Clinical Psychology | 86 | 3 | 3.5% |
| UC San Diego | Biomedical Sciences, General | 228 | 6 | 2.6% |
| UC San Diego | Psychology, General | 28 | 0 | 0.0% |
| UC San Diego | Psychology, Other | 22 | 0 | 0.0% |
| UCSF | Bioengineering and Biomedical Engineering | 115 | 23 | 20.0% |
| UCSF | Biophysics | 60 | 10 | 16.7% |
| UCSF | Neuroscience | 103 | 12 | 11.7% |
| UCSF | Epidemiology | 27 | 3 | 11.1% |
| UCSF | Biomedical Sciences, General | 199 | 13 | 6.5% |
| UCSF | Molecular Biochemistry | 113 | 6 | 5.3% |
| UCSF | Molecular Pharmacology | 40 | 2 | 5.0% |
| UCSF | Computer and Information Sciences and Support Services, Other | 43 | 2 | 4.7% |
| UCSF | Cell/Cellular Biology and Histology | 53 | 0 | 0.0% |
| UC Santa Barbara | Statistics, General | 54 | 41 | 75.9% |
| UC Santa Barbara | Computer Science | 129 | 92 | 71.3% |
| UC Santa Barbara | Electrical and Electronics Engineering | 230 | 142 | 61.7% |
| UC Santa Barbara | Mechanical Engineering | 81 | 33 | 40.7% |
| UC Santa Barbara | Chemical Engineering | 102 | 25 | 24.5% |
| UC Santa Barbara | Chemistry, General | 202 | 46 | 22.8% |
| UC Santa Barbara | Geology/Earth Science, General | 41 | 8 | 19.5% |
| UC Santa Barbara | Mathematics, General | 61 | 11 | 18.0% |
| UC Santa Barbara | Experimental Psychology | 64 | 10 | 15.6% |
| UC Santa Barbara | Physics, General | 158 | 22 | 13.9% |
| UC Santa Barbara | Materials Science | 181 | 23 | 12.7% |
| UC Santa Barbara | Cell/Cellular Biology and Anatomical Sciences, Other | 44 | 4 | 9.1% |
| UC Santa Barbara | Psychology, Other | 99 | 5 | 5.1% |
| UC Santa Barbara | Marine Biology and Biological Oceanography | 24 | 1 | 4.2% |
| UC Santa Barbara | Biochemistry, Biophysics and Molecular Biology, Other | 28 | 1 | 3.6% |
| UC Santa Barbara | Ecology, Evolution, Systematics and Population Biology, Other | 63 | 1 | 1.6% |
| UC Santa Cruz | Computer Engineering, General | 56 | 25 | 44.6% |
| UC Santa Cruz | Electrical and Electronics Engineering | 56 | 25 | 44.6% |
| UC Santa Cruz | Mathematics, General | 37 | 15 | 40.5% |
| UC Santa Cruz | Applied Mathematics, General | 34 | 13 | 38.2% |
| UC Santa Cruz | Computer Science | 90 | 28 | 31.1% |
| UC Santa Cruz | Geology/Earth Science, General | 56 | 10 | 17.9% |
| UC Santa Cruz | Astronomy | 41 | 6 | 14.6% |
| UC Santa Cruz | Chemistry, General | 106 | 13 | 12.3% |
| UC Santa Cruz | Bioinformatics | 55 | 6 | 10.9% |
| UC Santa Cruz | Ecology, Evolution, Systematics and Population Biology, Other | 84 | 9 | 10.7% |
| UC Santa Cruz | Environmental Toxicology | 20 | 2 | 10.0% |
| UC Santa Cruz | Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies, Other | 22 | 2 | 9.1% |
| UC Santa Cruz | Oceanography, Chemical and Physical | 33 | 3 | 9.1% |
| UC Santa Cruz | Physics, General | 65 | 5 | 7.7% |
| UC Santa Cruz | Cell/Cellular and Molecular Biology | 63 | 4 | 6.3% |
| UC Santa Cruz | Psychology, General | 60 | 0 | 0.0% |
| Stanford | Petroleum Engineering | 27 | 23 | 85.2% |
| Stanford | Engineering, Other | 77 | 60 | 77.9% |
| Stanford | Statistics, General | 86 | 56 | 65.1% |
| Stanford | Computational and Applied Mathematics | 99 | 62 | 62.6% |
| Stanford | Mathematics, General | 118 | 61 | 51.7% |
| Stanford | Electrical and Electronics Engineering | 610 | 309 | 50.7% |
| Stanford | Geophysics and Seismology | 97 | 48 | 49.5% |
| Stanford | Computer Science | 260 | 113 | 43.5% |
| Stanford | Engineering/Industrial Management | 142 | 61 | 43.0% |
| Stanford | Civil Engineering, General | 212 | 91 | 42.9% |
| Stanford | Materials Engineering | 189 | 79 | 41.8% |
| Stanford | Physics, Other | 148 | 59 | 39.9% |
| Stanford | Mechanical Engineering | 379 | 145 | 38.3% |
| Stanford | Physics, General | 220 | 83 | 37.7% |
| Stanford | Aerospace, Aeronautical, and Astronautical/Space Engineering, General | 150 | 46 | 30.7% |
| Stanford | Chemistry, General | 295 | 88 | 29.8% |
| Stanford | Bioengineering and Biomedical Engineering | 172 | 44 | 25.6% |
| Stanford | Research and Experimental Psychology, Other | 47 | 12 | 25.5% |
| Stanford | Developmental Biology and Embryology | 41 | 9 | 22.0% |
| Stanford | Biology/Biological Sciences, General | 194 | 42 | 21.6% |
| Stanford | Biochemistry, Biophysics and Molecular Biology, Other | 53 | 11 | 20.8% |
| Stanford | Psychology, General | 47 | 9 | 19.1% |
| Stanford | Chemical Engineering | 171 | 32 | 18.7% |
| Stanford | Geological and Earth Sciences/Geosciences, Other | 137 | 24 | 17.5% |
| Stanford | Biochemistry | 47 | 8 | 17.0% |
| Stanford | Immunology | 63 | 7 | 11.1% |
| Stanford | Cell Physiology | 18 | 2 | 11.1% |
| Stanford | Biological and Biomedical Sciences, Other | 47 | 5 | 10.6% |
| Stanford | Oncology and Cancer Biology | 87 | 8 | 9.2% |
| Stanford | Biophysics | 57 | 5 | 8.8% |
| Stanford | Microbiological Sciences and Immunology, Other | 49 | 3 | 6.1% |
| Stanford | Neuroscience | 107 | 5 | 4.7% |
| Stanford | Human/Medical Genetics | 90 | 4 | 4.4% |
| UC Merced | Computer Engineering, Other | 19 | 15 | 78.9% |
| UC Merced | Computer Software Engineering | 28 | 22 | 78.6% |
| UC Merced | Mechanical Engineering | 39 | 27 | 69.2% |
| UC Merced | Chemistry, Other | 26 | 13 | 50.0% |
| UC Merced | Physics, General | 47 | 15 | 31.9% |
| UC Merced | Applied Mathematics, General | 20 | 6 | 30.0% |
| UC Merced | Cognitive Science, General | 33 | 6 | 18.2% |
| UC Merced | Cell/Cellular and Molecular Biology | 73 | 11 | 15.1% |
| UC Merced | Psychology, General | 36 | 4 | 11.1% |
From the dissertation corpus, which is built from what universities publish about their own graduates. It covers the institutions on this site, not every institution in the state, so it is a floor.
What is not published for a state this size
Two of the measures this site uses elsewhere do not exist at this scale, and the reason is the same in both cases: the agency publishes a ranked extract rather than the whole file.
- Practical training is not published here. SEVP releases the top 100 and top 200 schools for OPT and STEM OPT, not every school. An institution outside those lists has no published figure at all. Its absence is a fact about the list, not about the institution, and it must never be read as a zero.
- Student visa counts are not published by state. DHS reports SEVIS records nationally and names a few states per region in its commentary. For most states it publishes a percentage change and no count, so the number of foreign students physically in a state cannot be read off the federal release.
- Enrolment is the measure that does exist. IPEDS asks every institution directly, which is why this page is built from it. It counts students enrolled, not visas issued, and the two are different questions.
Method and limits
- Non-resident means here on a temporary visa. IPEDS defines it as a person “who is not a citizen or national of the United States and who is in this country on a visa or temporary basis and does not have the right to remain indefinitely.” A green card holder is therefore never counted here. Neither is a refugee or an asylee. Those students are reported in the race and ethnicity categories alongside citizens. For students the category is overwhelmingly F-1 and J-1.
- It is not ethnicity and not country of origin. A US-born citizen of any background is never non-resident. The status is recorded when the student enrols, for the enrolment figures, and when the degree is awarded, for the degree counts. These files cannot be split any other way.
- Degrees are pooled over 2021–2025, because a single year at a small institution moves on one student.
- Enrolment and awards are different measures and will not agree. One counts people on a given day; the other counts degrees conferred over five years.
- Federal money is matched to a campus, and a system that reports centrally can carry money its branches spend.
- This page shows composition, not displacement. It records who received the degrees. It does not show that anyone was kept out, and nothing here should be read that way.
Built by scripts/build_state_pages.py from
institution_profiles.json,
state_funding_and_enrolment.json
and university_distribution.json.
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