Colleges in California whose graduates clear the bar most often

Ranked by the share of each school's programs whose graduates out-earn a typical high-school graduate (the federal earnings-premium test).

#	College	Programs clearing the bar	Median earnings	Programs measured
1	Western University of Health Sciences	100%	$149,147	10
2	Touro University California	100%	$137,825	11
3	Golden Gate University	100%	$121,455	10
4	Stanford University	100%	$116,599	32
5	Loma Linda University	100%	$95,789	29
6	University of the Pacific	100%	$86,150	35
7	Dominican University of California	100%	$84,142	12
8	Notre Dame de Namur University	100%	$83,441	11
9	University of San Diego	100%	$80,644	43
10	Alliant International University-San Diego	100%	$80,431	17
11	National University	100%	$78,382	58
12	The Chicago School at Los Angeles	100%	$76,832	11
13	University of Redlands	100%	$76,130	28
14	Fresno Pacific University	100%	$74,265	23
15	California State University-East Bay	100%	$74,010	41
16	Saint Mary's College of California	100%	$73,293	17
17	University of Massachusetts Global	100%	$73,213	21
18	Concordia University-Irvine	100%	$71,776	17
19	California State Polytechnic University-Pomona	100%	$69,842	59
20	DeVry University-California	100%	$68,583	30
21	Northcentral University	100%	$67,279	10
22	Sonoma State University	100%	$64,515	30
23	California State University-Bakersfield	100%	$64,470	29
24	California State University-Chico	100%	$63,816	66
25	University of California-Merced	100%	$61,032	16

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Ranked on one stated metric, the share of a school's programs that clear the benchmark. Schools need at least 10 programs with reported earnings to appear. Note that specialised graduate institutions (medical and health-science centres, for example) often rank at the top because their programs are almost all high-earning; the 'programs measured' column and each school's page give the context.

Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard (release 2026-06-10). Earnings are median earnings of graduates measured up to four years after completing, and describe past graduates rather than a promise. Method: methodology. Report an error.