Accreditations

Accolades

	Public college with the best return on investment - Stacker
	public university in California for Alumni Earnings 10 Years after Enrollment – U.S. Department of Education
	California college for raising students from the bottom 20% in family income to the top 20% – The Equality of Opportunity Project
	of only 15 four-year colleges in the U.S. to receive a perfect score for "value added" to student outcomes – The Brookings Institute
	Small Colleges in America –Money magazine
	of the 50 Best Value Engineering Schools – bestvalueschools.com
	of the top 100 public universities in the United States – 2018 Times Higher Education World University Rankings
	Baccalaureate University in the West, #11 Baccalaureate University in the U.S. and #15 Bang for the Buck – Washington Monthly
	Top 50 U.S. Colleges That Pay Off the Most – CNBC
	Public Regional College in the West, #2 Overall – U.S. News and World Report
	25 Top Public Colleges With The Highest-Earning Graduates – Forbes
	of the 66 gold level winners of the NAIA Champions of Character Five-Star Institution Award – National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics
	50 Most Affordable College with the Best Return – AffordableSchools.net
	25 Best Colleges for Mechanical Engineering – GradReports.com