Best Colleges for Masters Degree
in Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities

University of Southern California

Los Angeles, California

🏢 Private Highly Selective

Acceptance rate 10%

Annual cost

$84,678/yr

Grad earnings

$92,498

SAT avg

1,501

ACT mid

34

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Dominican University of California

San Rafael, California

🏢 Private Safety

Acceptance rate 95.6%

Annual cost

$68,620/yr

Grad earnings

$84,713

SAT avg

1,194

ACT mid

23

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Saint Mary's College of California

Moraga, California

🏢 Private Safety

Acceptance rate 88.6%

Annual cost

$73,655/yr

Grad earnings

$78,812

SAT avg

N/A

ACT mid

N/A

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Mount Saint Mary's University

Los Angeles, California

🏢 Private Match

Acceptance rate 68.7%

Annual cost

$64,637/yr

Grad earnings

$72,379

SAT avg

N/A

ACT mid

N/A

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Chapman University

Orange, California

🏢 Private Match

Acceptance rate 55.6%

Annual cost

$81,327/yr

Grad earnings

$70,070

SAT avg

1,353

ACT mid

29

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San Francisco State University

San Francisco, California

🏛 Public Safety

Acceptance rate 96.2%

Annual cost

$25,258/yr

Grad earnings

$68,077

SAT avg

N/A

ACT mid

N/A

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San Diego State University

San Diego, California

🏛 Public Competitive

Acceptance rate 34.4%

Annual cost

$27,357/yr

Grad earnings

$64,909

SAT avg

N/A

ACT mid

N/A

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California State University-Sacramento

Sacramento, California

🏛 Public Safety

Acceptance rate 93.6%

Annual cost

$22,714/yr

Grad earnings

$64,876

SAT avg

N/A

ACT mid

N/A

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University of California-Merced

Merced, California

🏛 Public Competitive

Acceptance rate 39.2%

Annual cost

$37,098/yr

Grad earnings

$64,368

SAT avg

N/A

ACT mid

N/A

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La Sierra University

Riverside, California

🏢 Private Safety

Acceptance rate 93.3%

Annual cost

$49,365/yr

Grad earnings

$61,824

SAT avg

N/A

ACT mid

23

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California State University-San Bernardino

San Bernardino, California

🏛 Public Safety

Acceptance rate 98.3%

Annual cost

$16,910/yr

Grad earnings

$59,977

SAT avg

N/A

ACT mid

N/A

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California State University-Northridge

Northridge, California

🏛 Public Safety

Acceptance rate 93.2%

Annual cost

$20,317/yr

Grad earnings

$59,115

SAT avg

N/A

ACT mid

N/A

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Fresno Pacific University

Fresno, California

🏢 Private Match

Acceptance rate 57.5%

Annual cost

$42,673/yr

Grad earnings

$58,896

SAT avg

N/A

ACT mid

21

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California State University-Dominguez Hills

Carson, California

🏛 Public Safety

Acceptance rate 91.3%

Annual cost

$15,449/yr

Grad earnings

$57,162

SAT avg

N/A

ACT mid

N/A

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Stanford University

Stanford, California

🏢 Private Highly Selective

Acceptance rate 3.9%

Annual cost

$82,162/yr

Grad earnings

$124,080

SAT avg

1,553

ACT mid

35

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Pacifica Graduate Institute

Carpinteria, California

🏢 Private N/A

Acceptance rate N/A

Annual cost

N/A

Grad earnings

N/A

SAT avg

N/A

ACT mid

N/A

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Keck Graduate Institute

Claremont, California

🏢 Private N/A

Acceptance rate N/A

Annual cost

N/A

Grad earnings

N/A

SAT avg

N/A

ACT mid

N/A

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