58 CA Colleges Among 500 'That Shine' With Top Salaries For Grads: Forbes

Dozens of California colleges are among 500 "that shine," according to Forbes' annual ranking of America's Top Colleges released Wednesday. In fact, two colleges in the Golden State rank among the top 10 in the country.

Forbes said its ranking "showcases 500 colleges that produce successful, high-earning and influential graduates from all economic backgrounds, with less student debt."

Despite the "financial and cultural war on higher education" waged by the Trump administration and Congressional Republicans, "American colleges are still delivering gold-standard undergraduate education," Forbes said.

Forbes considered 14 metrics to determine the top 500 that offer the best educational, financial and career outcomes.

In California, colleges that shine are:

1. Stanford University (No. 4)
2. University of California, Berkeley (No. 5)
3. University of California, Los Angeles (No. 15)
4. University of California, San Diego (No. 20)
5. California Institute of Technology (No. 24)
6. Claremont McKenna College (No. 26)
7. University of Southern California (No. 28)
8. University of California, Irvine (No. 31)
9. Pomona College (No. 36)
10. University of California, Santa Barbara (No. 42)
11. University of California, Davis (No. 44)
12. California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo (No. 55)
13. University of California, Santa Cruz (No. 63)
14. Santa Clara University (No. 65)
15. University of California, Riverside (No. 77)
16. Harvey Mudd College (No. 84)
17. San Diego State University (No. 87)
18. California State University, Long Beach (No. 97)
19. University of San Diego (No. 105)
20. Occidental College (No. 110)
21. California State University, Fullerton (No. 118)
22. Pepperdine University (No. 123)
23. San Jose State University (No. 125)
24. Pitzer College (No. 129)
25. Loyola Marymount University (No. 137)
26. California State Polytechnic University, Pomona (No. 144)
27. Scripps College (No. 155)
28. University of San Francisco (No. 172)
29. San Francisco State University (No. 186)
30. University of California-Merced (No. 190)
31. California State University, Fresno (No. 192)
32. University of the Pacific (CA) (No. 198)
33. University of Redlands (No. 216)
34. Sonoma State University (No. 221)
35. California State University, Chico (No. 222)
36. Azusa Pacific University (No. 262)
37. California State University-Monterey Bay (No. 266)
38. California State University, Los Angeles (No. 267)
39. California State University, Northridge (No. 271)
40. California State University, Sacramento (No. 280)
41. California State University-San Marcos (No. 285)
42. California State University, Stanislaus (No. 301)
43. California State University, East Bay (No. 308)
44. Saint Mary's College of California (No. 324)
45. Westmont College (No. 325)
46. California State University, Channel Islands (No. 337)
47. California Lutheran University (No. 362)
48. Soka University of America (No. 367)
49. Art Center College of Design (No. 370)
50. California State University, San Bernardino (No. 381)
51. California State University-Bakersfield (No. 388)
52. Biola University (No. 391)
53. Chapman University (No. 393)
54. Menlo College (No. 405)
55. Dominican University of California (No. 411)
56. Mount Saint Mary's University (CA) (No. 434)
57. California State University-Dominguez Hills (No. 452)
58. California Institute of the Arts (No. 482)

For more information on where other colleges in California and elsewhere were ranked, visit Forbes.

Forbes' Top 10 schools are:

1. Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Massachusetts)
2. Columbia University (New York)
3. Princeton University (New Jersey)
4. Stanford University (California)
5. University of California-Berkeley (California)
6. Harvard University (Massachusetts)
7. Williams College (Massachusetts)
8. Johns Hopkins University (Maryland)
9. Yale University (Connecticut)
10. University of Pennsylvania (Pennsylvania)

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