Ranking

Largest business schools in California by degrees awarded

The University of Southern California ranks first with 1,617 master’s degrees in business in 2024–25, according to IPEDS.

95 business schools in California awarded 14,533 master’s degrees in business to first majors from July 2024 to June 2025, by NCES’s count: 1st of the 51 states and DC with a business school. University of Southern California awarded the most, 1,617. A business school here is a college that awarded at least one master’s degree in any program of NCES’s CIP family 52, Business, Management, Marketing, and Related Support Services: the MBA and every other business master’s alike. The rule is broad by construction.

Master’s degrees in business awarded · July 2024 to June 2025, NCES’s 2025–26 collection

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Master’s degrees in business awarded, July 2024 to June 2025, NCES’s 2025–26 collection
Rank	Name	Figure	Nationally
1	University of Southern California	1,617	15th of 1,232
2	Golden Gate University	1,080	30th of 1,232
3	University of California-Los Angeles	890	37th of 1,232
4	Pepperdine University	611	61st of 1,232
5	University of California-Berkeley	555	74th of 1,232
6	Stanford University	512	86th of 1,232
7	University of California-Irvine	467	100th of 1,232
8	National University	431	112th of 1,232
9	California State University-Long Beach	425	115th of 1,232
10	Westcliff University	394	125th of 1,232
11	Dominican University of California	385	130th of 1,232
12	San Diego State University	369	134th of 1,232
13	University of California-San Diego	363	141st of 1,232
14	California State University-East Bay	323	172nd of 1,232
15	University of California-Davis	310	180th of 1,232
16	Santa Clara University	300	190th of 1,232
17	California State Polytechnic University-Pomona	289	199th of 1,232
18	University of California-Riverside	284	201st of 1,232
19	University of San Diego	268	212th of 1,232
20	University of Massachusetts Global	251	220th of 1,232
21	San Jose State University	242	227th of 1,232
22	California State University-Sacramento	217	241st of 1,232
23	University of La Verne	205	259th of 1,232
24	California State University-Fullerton	196	268th of 1,232
25	California Baptist University	183	276th of 1,232
26	University of Redlands	177	283rd of 1,232
27	Alliant International University-San Diego	166	296th of 1,232
28	University of San Francisco	148	326th of 1,232
29	California State University-San Bernardino	146	332nd of 1,232
30	California State University-Los Angeles	141	337th of 1,232
31	California Lutheran University	136	348th of 1,232
32	Loyola Marymount University	132	355th of 1,232
33	California State University-Northridge	124	368th of 1,232
34	California State University-Chico	116	383rd of 1,232
35	California State University-Monterey Bay	102	422nd of 1,232
36	Azusa Pacific University	98	427th of 1,232
36	Sofia University	98	427th of 1,232
38	Chapman University	94	438th of 1,232
39	Touro University Worldwide	92	443rd of 1,232
40	California State University-Stanislaus	90	450th of 1,232
41	Concordia University-Irvine	85	466th of 1,232
42	Northcentral University	83	474th of 1,232
42	Saint Mary's College of California	83	474th of 1,232
44	San Francisco State University	74	508th of 1,232
45	Claremont Graduate University	61	573rd of 1,232
46	Point Loma Nazarene University	60	585th of 1,232
47	Biola University	59	589th of 1,232
47	California State University-San Marcos	59	589th of 1,232
49	William Jessup University	55	615th of 1,232
50	California State University-Bakersfield	54	620th of 1,232
51	California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo	53	628th of 1,232
52	California State University-Fresno	51	642nd of 1,232
52	Fresno Pacific University	51	642nd of 1,232
54	Claremont Lincoln University	48	661st of 1,232
55	University of California-Santa Barbara	40	711th of 1,232
56	Sonoma State University	38	723rd of 1,232
57	Newschool of Architecture and Design	36	742nd of 1,232
58	California Institute of Advanced Management	34	761st of 1,232
59	Fielding Graduate University	32	787th of 1,232
60	California State University-Channel Islands	30	807th of 1,232
61	Los Angeles Pacific University	25	862nd of 1,232
62	University of the Pacific	23	889th of 1,232
63	California Miramar University	22	903rd of 1,232
63	La Sierra University	22	903rd of 1,232
65	Mount Saint Mary's University	21	917th of 1,232
66	The Master's University and Seminary	20	933rd of 1,232
67	Haven University	19	945th of 1,232
68	Woodbury University	18	963rd of 1,232
69	United States University	17	977th of 1,232
70	West Coast University-Anaheim-Orange County	15	1,006th of 1,232
71	California State Polytechnic University-Humboldt	14	1,028th of 1,232
71	Claremont McKenna College	14	1,028th of 1,232
71	Simpson University	14	1,028th of 1,232
74	Art Center College of Design	13	1,039th of 1,232
74	Cal Poly Maritime Academy	13	1,039th of 1,232
74	DeVry University-California	13	1,039th of 1,232
77	California College of the Arts	12	1,051st of 1,232
78	Fremont University	11	1,063rd of 1,232
78	Hope International University	11	1,063rd of 1,232
80	Academy of Art University	9	1,091st of 1,232
80	California Prestige University	9	1,091st of 1,232
80	California State University-Dominguez Hills	9	1,091st of 1,232
80	Life Pacific University	9	1,091st of 1,232
84	Bethesda University	8	1,109th of 1,232
85	Humphreys University	7	1,122nd of 1,232
85	Pacific Oaks College	7	1,122nd of 1,232
85	San Diego Global Knowledge University	7	1,122nd of 1,232
85	University of Silicon Valley	7	1,122nd of 1,232
85	University of the West	7	1,122nd of 1,232
90	Notre Dame de Namur University	6	1,144th of 1,232
91	The Chicago School at Los Angeles	5	1,155th of 1,232
91	University of California-Merced	5	1,155th of 1,232
93	Pacific States University	3	1,194th of 1,232
93	San Diego Christian College	3	1,194th of 1,232
95	Pacific Union College	2	1,205th of 1,232

What this data cannot show

How a college is organized or accredited is not in NCES’s completions file: a college is of this type because of the degrees it reported, and a university’s whole count is here whichever of its schools awarded them.
First majors only. NCES counts a graduate with two majors under each; this counts each degree once, under the first.
Colleges that awarded the same number share a rank.
The 2025–26 collection is NCES’s newest. Its first release is provisional: institutions’ corrections arrive with the revised file about a year later. NCES imputes the awards of an institution that did not respond, and this table does not mark which.
5 institutions in California in NCES’s file awarded 1,368 master’s degrees in business and are not ranked here, because they have no college page: they are outside NCES’s First Look universe of colleges that take federal student aid.
The state is the one NCES files the college under; a campus in another state is ranked there.

Sources

Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS), 2025–26 collection — National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education · U.S. Government work · retrieved September 30, 2026
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS), 2025–26.

Compiled automatically from Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS), 2025–26 collection by a checked SQL query · Editor: Kian O'Connor · How this site is built

Data retrieved September 30, 2026