Best Colleges In California: LIST

California schools are often included on best colleges lists, so it's no surprise to see schools from the Golden State landing on a new list of America's top colleges and universities.

A total of 11 California schools landed in the top 50 of WalletHub's 2018 College & University Rankings report, with two universities ranking among the top five higher-education institutions in the country.

Stanford University came in fourth place and California Institute of Technology rounded out the top five colleges and universities across the country, according to the report. Massachusetts Institute of Technology claimed the top spot, followed by Princeton University in second and Harvard University in third place.

The study compared nearly 1,000 colleges and universities and measured them across seven key categories: student selectivity, cost and financing, faculty resources, campus safety, campus experience, educational outcomes and career outcomes.

Out of 973 colleges and universities, Stanford University came in first for admission rate and post-attendance median salary; fifth for gender and racial diversity; 10th for student-faculty ratio; 12th for graduation rate; 20th for on-campus crime; and 48th for net cost.

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California Institute of Technology came in first for student-faculty ratio; second for admission rate; third for post-attendance median salary; fifth for graduation rate; 43rd for gender and racial diversity; 54th for net cost and 60th for on-campus crime.

Here are the top 10 California colleges and universities, according to the study. National rankings are in parenthesis.

1. Stanford University (4)
2. California Institute of Technology (5)
3. University of California-Berkeley (11)
4. Harvey Mudd College (12)
5. Pomona College (15)
6. University of California-Los Angeles (21)
7. Claremont McKenna College (35)
8. University of Southern California (39)
9. University of California-San Diego (40)
10. University of California-Irvine (47)

The report's overall top 20 colleges and universities are below.

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1. Massachusetts Institute of Technology
2. Princeton University
3. Harvard University
4. Stanford University
5. California Institute of Technology
6. Yale University
7. Duke University
8. University of Pennsylvania
9. Columbia University
10. Rice University
11. University of California-Berkeley
12. Harvey Mudd College
13. Johns Hopkins University
14. Brown University
15. Pomona College
16. University of Notre Dame
17. Dartmouth College
18. Vanderbilt University
19. Williams College
20. University of Chicago

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