Best West

For our "2024 Best Colleges: Region by Region" web feature, we salute 630 colleges in seven zones—Northeast, South, Southwest, Midwest, Mid-Atlantic, West, and International (outside of the United States)—that we consider academically outstanding and well worth consideration in your college search.

Please note that these lists are not ranked. These lists appear in alphabetical order. Schools marked "featured" have paid a fee for this designation.


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Whittier College

  • Whittier, CA
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  • 1,131 Full-Time Enrollment

Biola University

  • La Mirada, CA
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  • 3,499 Full-Time Enrollment

California State University, Long Beach

  • Long Beach, CA
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  • 31,447 Full-Time Enrollment

California Institute of Technology

  • Pasadena, CA
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  • 982 Full-Time Enrollment

California Institute of the Arts

  • Valencia, CA
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  • 888 Full-Time Enrollment

Azusa Pacific University

  • Azusa, CA
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  • 4,485 Full-Time Enrollment

Pitzer College

  • Claremont, CA
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  • 1,212 Full-Time Enrollment

Pomona College

  • Claremont, CA
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  • 1,761 Full-Time Enrollment

Scripps College

  • Claremont, CA
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  • 1,081 Full-Time Enrollment

Claremont McKenna College

  • Claremont, CA
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  • 1,386 Full-Time Enrollment

Harvey Mudd College

  • Claremont, CA
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  • 905 Full-Time Enrollment

University of La Verne

  • La Verne, CA
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  • 2,414 Full-Time Enrollment

California State Polytechnic University, Pomona

  • Pomona, CA
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  • 25,181 Full-Time Enrollment

University of California—San Diego

  • La Jolla, CA
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  • 33,096 Full-Time Enrollment

University of San Diego

  • San Diego, CA
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  • 5,919 Full-Time Enrollment

California State University, San Bernardino

  • San Bernardino, CA
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  • 16,813 Full-Time Enrollment

University of California—Riverside

  • Riverside, CA
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  • 20,581 Full-Time Enrollment

University of California—Irvine

  • Irvine, CA
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  • 28,661 Full-Time Enrollment

Chapman University

  • Orange, CA
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  • 7,869 Full-Time Enrollment

Thomas Aquinas College (CA)

  • Santa Paula, CA
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  • 355 Full-Time Enrollment

University of California—Santa Barbara

  • Santa Barbara, CA
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  • 23,460 Full-Time Enrollment

Menlo College

  • Atherton, CA
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  • 777 Full-Time Enrollment

University of San Francisco

  • San Francisco, CA
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  • 6,018 Full-Time Enrollment

Stanford University

  • Stanford, CA
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  • 8,049 Full-Time Enrollment

California State University, East Bay

  • Hayward, CA
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  • 10,582 Full-Time Enrollment

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