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1
Harvey Mudd College  
9.38.68.68.768
A 8.9
2
Claremont McKenna College  
9.57.68.88.929
A- 8.8
3
California Coast University  
9.48.38.37.831
A- 8.8
4
University of California - Irvine  
8.98.48.39.2164
A- 8.7
5
Biola University  
9.18.78.48.434
A- 8.7
6
Pomona College  
8.88.48.78.551
A- 8.5
7
Occidental College  
8.68.28.57.948
A- 8.3
8
Scripps College  
8.78.78.98.319
A- 8.2
9
Stanford University  
8.28.08.18.296
A- 8.1
10
University of California - Santa Barbara  
8.37.47.37.9126
B+ 8.0
11
Thomas Aquinas College  
8.87.28.37.320
B+ 7.9
12
California Institute of Technology  
8.57.18.08.231
B+ 7.9
13
University of California - Berkeley  
8.27.07.67.0209
B+ 7.8
14
Columbia Pacific University  
9.08.87.97.88
B+ 7.8
15
University of San Diego  
8.07.66.78.067
B+ 7.7
16
Pitzer College  
8.08.37.97.226
B+ 7.7
17
Saint Marys College of California  
8.17.87.47.133
B+ 7.7
18
Golden Gate University - San Francisco  
8.58.28.58.910
B+ 7.6
19
Woodbury University  
7.88.07.57.242
B+ 7.6
20
University of Southern California  
7.77.27.47.7249
B+ 7.6
21
Pepperdine University  
7.97.47.26.649
B+ 7.5
22
California State University Dominguez Hills  
8.17.77.48.019
B+ 7.5
23
University of Redlands  
7.77.57.06.261
B+ 7.4
24
Diablo Valley College  
8.26.67.07.619
B+ 7.4
25
Antioch University Los Angeles  
8.17.96.37.417
B+ 7.4
26
Azusa Pacific University  
7.77.37.07.152
B+ 7.4
27
University of La Verne  
7.57.37.97.545
B 7.3
28
University of California - Riverside  
7.56.76.87.796
B 7.3
29
University of California - Santa Cruz  
7.47.17.27.1119
B 7.2
30
California State University - San Bernardino  
7.77.06.77.430
B 7.2
31
Sonoma State University  
7.56.76.67.265
B 7.2
32
Santa Clara University  
7.46.87.16.861
B 7.1
33
Loyola Marymount University  
7.37.16.87.181
B 7.1
34
University of Phoenix  
7.37.37.37.536
B 7.0
35
Chapman University  
7.07.57.06.892
B 7.0
36
California Polytechnic State University - San Luis Obispo  
7.26.57.06.591
B 6.9
37
Humboldt State University  
7.17.26.67.255
B 6.9
38
California State Polytechnic University - Pomona  
7.16.76.66.5121
B 6.9
39
California State University - Long Beach  
7.36.65.66.990
B 6.9
40
University of California - Los Angeles  
7.06.47.07.3172
B 6.9
41
Claremont Graduate University  
10.010.09.610.02
B 6.9
42
California State University - Sacramento  
7.46.66.55.945
B 6.9
43
University of San Francisco  
7.16.96.66.854
B 6.9
44
California State University - Fresno  
7.36.66.87.237
B 6.9
45
Pacific Union College  
7.88.17.96.39
B 6.9
46
California State University - Fullerton  
7.36.37.17.340
B 6.9
47
California State University - San Marcos  
7.26.96.27.333
B 6.8
48
California Lutheran University  
7.26.47.06.144
B 6.8
49
Mills College  
7.27.17.05.725
B 6.8
50
California State University - Los Angeles  
7.16.67.06.448
B 6.8

 

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