BEST BANG FOR THE BUCK WESTERN COLLEGES *Public institution °For-profit institution 1 2 3 5 CA STATE UNIV.-LOS ANGELES (CA)* CA State University-Stanislaus (CA)* Brigham Young University (UT) 4 CA State University-Northridge (CA)* CA State Univ.-Dominguez Hills (CA)* 6 CA State U.-Maritime Academy (CA)* Brigham Young University-ID (ID) 7 8 CA State University-Sacramento (CA)* 9 University of WA-Tacoma (WA)* 10 CA State University-Bakersfield (CA)* Stanford University (CA) 68% 58 69% 48 85% 37 69% 52 65% 70% 77 9 66% 23 69% 50 75% 22 11 12 CA State Univ.-San Bernardino (CA)* 13 CA State University-Fresno (CA)* 14 CA State Poly. Univ.-Pomona (CA)* 15 CA State University-Long Beach (CA)* 16 Harvey Mudd College (CA) 17 CA State University-Chico (CA)* 18 Fresno Pacific University (CA) 19 California State Univ.-Fullerton (CA)* 20 Evergreen State College (WA)* 21 CA Poly. St. U.-San Luis Obispo (CA)* 22 University of California-Davis (CA)* 23 Claremont McKenna College (CA) 24 CA State Univ.-Monterey Bay (CA)* 25 Univ. of California-Merced (CA)* 26 CA State Univ.-Channel Islands (CA)* 27 University of CA-San Diego (CA)* 28 Pacific Rim Christian Univ. (HI) 29 San Francisco State University (CA)* 30 CA State University-San Marcos (CA)* 31 Sonoma State University (CA)* 32 Faith International Univ. (MA) 33 University of California-Irvine (CA)* 34 Arizona State. Univ.-Digital (AZ)* 35 University of California-LA (CA)* 36 Mount St. Mary's Univ.-LA (CA) 37 Utah State University (UT)* 38 San Jose State University (CA)* 39 University of CA-Berkeley (CA)* 40 University of CA-Riverside (CA)* 41 CA State University-East Bay (CA)* 42 Cal Poly Humboldt (CA)* 43 University of WA-Seattle (WA)* 44 Washington State University (WA)* 45 Western Washington Univ. (WA)* 46 Arizona State University (AZ)* 47 California Institute of Tech. (CA) 48 University of Southern CA (CA) 49 Soka University of America (CA) 50 University of WA-Bothell (WA)* 60 September/October 2023 57% 114 96% 2 70% 105 69% 111 77% 12 80% 57 94% 74% 31 26 66% 69 78% 66% 84% 73 71 1 89% 19 92% 36 70% 44 70% 103 70% 41 89% 16 74% 3 68% 118 65% 75 70% 46 62% 87% 91 27 50% 179 93% 8 68% 59 54% 163 73% 93% 30 5 79% 66 67% 122 63% 85 84% 40 65% 132 73% 29 65% 129 93% 93% 6 7 92% 38 78% 10 53% 55% 69% 52% 50% 58% 44% 57% 60% 53% 95% 58% 59% 68% 71% 98% 57% 54% 67% 52% 79% 83% 90% 61% 64% 57% 88% 71% 62% 58% 62% 44% 88% 44% 93% 69% 54% 74% 95% 78% 60% 53% 80% 63% 65% 67% 100% 93% 76% 73% 12 15 2 7 13 27 3 21 10 71 87 11 19 32 22 159 8 20 17 14 61 43 82 33 47 16 90 79 42 45 41 6 125 44 124 133 98 113 136 93 28 30 67 89 40 139 183 107 4 63 -2% 35 -3% 41 -10% 141 -8% 112 -4% 66 -6% 124 -8% 144 -7% 103 -5% 85 -4% 58 -3% 47 -5% 90 -10% 139 -5% 76 -2% 30 -1% 89 -12% 163 -2% 33 -4% 65 -5% 87 -6% 92 -5% 81 -5% 125 -2% 32 -5% 74 -5% 70 -4% 53 48% 1 -2% 26 -3% 46 -5% 72 15% 2 -3% 36 -4% 73 -5% 77 10% 4 -5% 88 -5% 75 -5% 91 -2% 25 -9% 134 -7% 108 -6% 95 -13% 185 -11% 155 -11% 161 1% 17 -2% 31 -8% 164 -10% 131 2629 1005 1159 3779 1577 64 1206 2894 540 908 257 1989 2185 2089 3279 27 1437 376 3227 533 899 2877 38 617 714 567 2296 12 2498 929 608 32 2854 791 2864 296 961 2300 2358 2403 1407 813 1839 1747 845 3543 24 1183 30 416 17% 13 16% 19 21% 2 10% 35 18% 12 0% 108 7% 60 10% 37 8% 50 16% 17 4% 70 14% 14 13% 20 15% 21 10% 32 7% 55 6% 61 21% 7 5% 64 14% 24 0% 110 7% 47 1% 100 9% 45 22% 1 10% 40 14% 16 -8% 177 0% 107 4% 78 -5% 163 -3% 143 12% 25 1% 97 8% 42 14% 23 11% 27 4% 69 8% 39 19% 3 6% 52 16% 18 1% 106 -5% 174 1% 103 9% 33 2% 96 3% 84 -0% 116 3% 88 53108 49439 56042 46542 72708 54075 54868 50492 48637 91637 50916 59041 47151 62151 51829 55887 71494 60002 54068 43422 102393 89352 53109 53868 45749 46102 65569 69539 59048 60610 118602 89698 58640 52329 52058 44349 56586 58094 33585 74788 71314 75870 53927 57258 51311 80011 42095 57900 55489 54552 41762 83222 72036 91873 53830 62257 53910 78513 N/A 62462 57153 60757 44878 42699 79673 43020 80801 58548 42064 74277 57358 76785 70652 51598 70000 77185 84205 86473 61263 62554 72919 51434 56938 57247 54 17 4 47 86 1 116 63 10 12 8 31 28 157 124 2 34 25 123 24 22 98 6 107 43 70 122 101 48 80 36 74 170 7 153 9 19 186 70042 57176 44496 45808 71494 63206 57059 57358 108188 108161 86655 83242 46774 73237 50737 71494 2093 4997 10651 7052 3296 15016 3940 7627 6535 5400 355 4841 4631 10775 7429 17716 12091 14531 4809 14361 14611 11273 9686 7959 10971 12267 10698 17298 12018 11186 10681 19154 8894 12659 9286 30185 11219 12775 134 10260 192 39 9335 120 121 11 103 105 59 56 127 10380 12139 6802 8977 10166 104 10184 6101 16527 10241 7137 2 6 57 12 4 105 3 17 11 7 1 10 8 46 25 131 63 104 9 103 106 70 22 18 62 69 58 120 86 50 45 140 35 92 42 195 66 79 52 43 53 64 19 37 38 51 15 122 28 14 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 graduation rate gap Pell graduation gap rank Number of Pell graduates Actual vs. predicted Pell enrollment Pell performance rank Median earnings 10 yrs. after entering college Predicted median earnings 10 yrs. after entering college Earnings performance rank Net price of attendance for families <$75,000 income Net price rank