Top Ranked Universities in California - Highest Overall School Score

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Top Ranked Universities in California - Highest Overall School Score

Rank in California			Highest Overall School Score
2020	2015	School Name	2020	2015
1	1	California Institute of Technology	100.00	No Change
2 ↑	3	Pomona College	98.98	No Change
3 ↑	5	Claremont McKenna College	98.67	No Change
4	4	Harvey Mudd College	98.59	98.69 (↓0.1%)
5 ↑	6	Occidental College	96.26	No Change
6 ↑	7	Scripps College	96.14	No Change
7 ↑	8	Santa Clara University	95.93	95.64 (↑0.3%)
8 ↓	2	Stanford University	95.07	99.92 (↓4.9%)
9 ↑	12	Thomas Aquinas College	95.04	93.67 (↑1.5%)
10 ↓	9	Soka University of America	94.70	95.40 (↓0.7%)
11 ↓	10	Pepperdine University	93.96	94.56 (↓0.6%)
12 ↑	13	University of Southern California	93.59	93.18 (↑0.4%)
13 ↓	11	University of California-Berkeley	93.46	94.54 (↓1.1%)
14 ↑	16	Loyola Marymount University	93.26	92.95 (↑0.3%)
15 ↓	14	University of California-Santa Barbara	93.11	93.01 (↑0.1%)
16 ↑	17	California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo	92.47	91.87 (↑0.7%)
17 ↑	20	University of San Diego	92.29	91.68 (↑0.7%)
18	18	University of California-Davis	92.26	91.86 (↑0.4%)
19 ↑	24	Pitzer College	91.91	90.07 (↑2.0%)
20 ↑	27	University of California-San Diego	91.73	89.63 (↑2.3%)

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