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#7 Best Undergraduate Teaching
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#26 Best Value Schools
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#38 Best Undergraduate Engineering Programs
At schools where doctorate not offered
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#9 Civil
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#15 Electrical / Electronic / Communications
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#12 Most Innovative Schools
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#15 Top Performers on Social Mobility
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#3 Top Public Schools
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#167 Business Programs
California State University--Fullerton is ranked #17 in Regional Universities West. Schools are ranked according to their performance across a set of widely accepted indicators of excellence. Read more about how we rank schools.
U.S. News Overall Score
Score
63
Outcomes (35%)
Outcomes rank
8
Graduation and retention rank
16
Average 6-year graduation rate (17.6%)
65%
Average first-year student retention rate (4.4%)
88%
Social Mobility Rank
15
6-year graduation rate of students who received a Pell Grant (2.5%)
64%
6-year graduation rate of students who did not receive a Pell Grant (2.5%)
71%
Predicted graduation rate (8%)
52%
Overperformance(+)/Underperformance(-)
16
Expert Opinion (20%)
Peer assessment score (out of 5)
3.7
Faculty Resources (20%)
Faculty resources rank
70
Faculty compensation rank (7%)
13
Percent of faculty who are full-time (1%)
72.1%
Full-time faculty with Ph.D or terminal degree (3%)
78%
Class Size Index (8%)
Classes with fewer than 20 students
22%
Classes with 50 or more students
9%
Student-faculty ratio (1%)
24:1
Student Excellence (10%)
Student excellence rank
19
SAT/ACT 25th-75th percentile (7.75%)
1040-1220
First-year students in top 25 percent of high school class (2.25%)
68%
Financial Resources (10%)
Financial resources rank
98
Alumni Giving (5%)
Alumni giving rank
42
Average alumni giving rate
3.1%
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Ranking Factors
- U.S. News Overall Score
- Outcomes (35%)
- Expert Opinion (20%)
- Faculty Resources (20%)
- Student Excellence (10%)
- Financial Resources (10%)
- Alumni Giving (5%)
