BEST BANG FOR THE BUCK WESTERN COLLEGES *Public institution °For-profit institution 1 2 3 CA STATE UNIV.-LONG BEACH (CA)* Touro College Los Angeles (CA) CA State University-Los Angeles (CA)* 4 CA State University-Northridge (CA)* California State Univ.-Fullerton (CA)* 5 6 University of Washington-Tacoma (WA)* CA State University-Stanislaus (CA)* 8 CA State Poly. Univ.-Pomona (CA)* 9 CA State Univ.-San Bernardino (CA)* 10 Stanford University (CA) 7 11 University of California-Davis (CA)* 12 CA State University-Sacramento (CA)* 13 CA Poly. St. U.-San Luis Obispo (CA)* 14 University of Washington-Bothell (WA)* 15 CA State University-Chico (CA)* 16 Harvey Mudd College (CA) 17 CA State Univ.-Channel Islands (CA)* 18 University of California-Irvine (CA)* 19 CA State Univ.-Dominguez Hills (CA)* 20 San Jose State University (CA)* 21 Brigham Young University-Idaho (ID) 22 University of California-San Diego (CA)* 23 Pomona College (CA) 24 San Francisco State University (CA)* 25 CA State University-Bakersfield (CA)* 26 Claremont McKenna College (CA) 27 CA State University-San Marcos (CA)* 28 CA State Univ.-Monterey Bay (CA)* 29 CA State Univ.-Maritime Academy (CA)* 30 University of CA-Santa Barbara (CA)* 31 Arizona State-West (AZ)* 32 University of California-Berkeley (CA)* 33 University of Washington-Seattle (WA)* 34 University of California-Riverside (CA)* 35 Colorado School of Mines (CO)* 36 Western Washington University (WA)* 78% 9 55% 124 66% 64 67% 59 75% 16 77% 12 68% 53 75% 14 68% 50 96% 4 87% 25 67% 57 83% 2 80% 5 73% 28 94% 26 72% 33 88% 20 62% 86 72% 35 68% 13 89% 15 95% 18 67% 60 55% 120 92% 30 64% 76 65% 71 66% 21 85% 37 66% 65 93% 6 83% 45 77% 72 76% 79 74% 23 37 University of California-Los Angeles (CA)* 93% 8 38 University of Hawaii-West Oahu (HI)* 39 Oregon Institute of Technology (OR)* 40 California Institute of Technology (CA) 41 CA State University-Fresno (CA)* 42 Sonoma State University (CA)* 43 Univ. of California-Merced (CA)* 44 CA State University-East Bay (CA)* 45 Central Washington University (WA)* 46 Fresno Pacific University (CA) 47 Arizona State-Polytechnic (AZ)* 48 University of California-Santa Cruz (CA)* 49 Thomas Aquinas College (CA) 50 Washington State University (WA)* 52 September/October 2021 51% 100 51% 104 93% 7 69% 111 68% 52 69% 113 66% 63 61% 94 65% 70 62% 89 81% 56 81% 78 67% 118 70% 36 -5% 78 1403 15% 21 82% 108 7385 39% 12 33% 1 3 16 81% 65 85% 72 53% 18 -3% 52 962 14% 23 82% 114 2894 52% 15 -10% 140 1504 9% 53 80% 145 6155 67% 41 58% 6 -5% 74 1252 12% 32 82% 109 6268 2% 19 90 9% 52 85% 54 6623 53% 14 -1% 28 397 20% 8 83% 100 4734 11% 41 N/A 139 18513 137 70% 20 111% 1 1 94% 138 107% 25 7 90% 118 102% 27 8 84% 82 85% 111 11 65% 12 86% 5 69% 48 -4% 69 953 13% 25 86% 42 10604 42 78% 53 51% 8 95% 96 -4% 62 234 2% 103 87% 32 84% 142 -8% 113 581 70% 33 -1% 31 27 -6% 95 839 10% 42 85% 57 3% 93 90% 13 1021 80% 34 -5% 79 1587 9% 40 82% 148 11215 66 58% 17 58% 35 7983 136 3% 98 85% 54 7425 8% 66 90% 7 5 88% 102 102% 20 82% 74 -5% 80 848 15% 20 81% 137 6848 12 103% 176 108% 61 2 48% 8 57% 34 74% 10 15246 113 50% 1 17 65% 12 16897 120 21% 2 19 87% 99 90% 91 61% 29 71% 58 56% 10 -10% 135 580 6% 70 84% 85 11790 58 76% 44 92% 18 96% 143 4% 25 41% 2 54% 9 -4% 66 178 11% 37 84% 82 13029 83 77% 50 97% 6 85% 82 -3% 59 2000 12% 22 80% 169 10523 49% 20 -6% 88 393 17% 13 81% 135 76% 166 42% 3 86% 85 3382 -4% 73 893 8% 58 87% 30 12522 -7% 110 220 4% 87 59% 212 5316 92% 78 -1% 83 66 3 9 41% 14 65% 103 -2% 42 894 1% 109 83% 92 50% 68 -4% 68 354 17% 15 82% 113 4766 92% 123 -2% 92 56% 43 61% 73 36 -3% 57 403 54% 23 -16% 188 23 1% 115 93% 3 12314 68 84% 81 11072 55 66% 45 67% 102 101% 172 110% 38 72 75% 36 70% 171 4 78% 55 94% 23 -4% 61 1293 13% 17 82% 154 10295 52 59% 23 64% 63 8% 62 73% 150 7382 54% 19 82% 139 6 98% 159 106% 40 39 45% 18 52% 44 3% 99 83% 91 9959 35 84% 83 95% 30 -1% 37 270 9% 48 82% 112 9736 33 82% 70 94% 26 -5% 164 94% 2 14533 99 54% 5 80% 60 -4% 72 1370 11% 26 82% 156 11808 78 70% 59 55% 28 -6% 93 82 17% 14 84% 66 7091 94% 132 -4% 67 979 8% 45 83% 138 9893 49 57% 15 80% 83 -6% 97 1081 77% 125 76% 131 -1% 33 1675 22% 1 -6% 99 105 66% 40 -9% 126 381 -2% 142 94% 1 2% 102 84% 73 74% 13 73% 79 13 91% 122 95% 78 58% 110 1% 110 85% 86 7899 26 65% 41 68% 89 78% 184 9374 41 78% 101 19090 145 43% 4 12262 65 69% 16 14 -12% 193 79% 110 9447 74% 167 61% 4 74% 64 91% 94 -5% 75 1562 10% 30 78% 187 9776 46 64% 37 64% 120 47% 77 23% 2 46% 69 -6% 105 58 -4% 155 93% 4 100% 191 2% 16 23 4% 78 85% 88 5770 14 45% 6 14119 90 76% 43 85% 42 40% 172 61% 26 -11% 152 973 9% 36 82% 160 4760 10 89% 152 99% 28 61% 45 -9% 125 282 64% 54 -6% 90 608 22% 2 -3% 146 86% 48 13802 93 72% 27 79% 181 64% 90 -7% 103 351 9% 51 84% 72 52% 39 -5% 85 280 54% 25 4% 13 59% 93 77% 65 65 -1% 30 65 69% 19 3% 34 27 62% 44 -12% 165 699 9713 85% 24 11362 69 74% 80 89% 15 32 89% 106 87% 144 -5% 86 1176 10% 33 78% 185 12333 85 63% 33 11% 43 71% 165 18019 133 47% 21 -5% 173 87% 31 11601 75 73% 75 -2% 143 85% 52 11607 54 83% 79 90% 57 18% 12 80% 144 15719 116 96% 146 101% 70 14% 24 84% 66 8260 20 91% 122 83% 186 70% 46 62% 14 85% 22 21 94% 128 97% 100 8-year graduation rate Graduation rate rank Predicted graduation rate based on percent of Pell recipients, incoming SATs, etc. Graduation rate performance rank Pell/non-Pell graduate rate gap Pell graduate gap rank Number of Pell graduates Actual vs. predicted Pell enrollment Pell performance rank Percent of graduates above 150% of poverty line Earnings rank Net price of attendance for families below $75,000 income Net price rank Percent of loan principal remaining 5 years later Repayment rank Predicted principal remaining Repayment rate performance rank