| 1 | Saint Mary's College of California | CA | $68,501 | 47 |
| 2 | California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo | CA | $68,171 | 116 |
| 3 | Antioch University-Los Angeles | CA | $66,596 | 36 |
| 4 | University of California-Riverside | CA | $62,211 | 80 |
| 5 | California State University-Dominguez Hills | CA | $62,164 | 161 |
| 6 | Loyola Marymount University | CA | $62,148 | 12 |
| 7 | Westmont College | CA | $61,939 | 11 |
| 8 | California Lutheran University | CA | $60,806 | 24 |
| 9 | California State University-Long Beach | CA | $60,019 | 300 |
| 10 | California State University-Los Angeles | CA | $59,904 | 139 |
| 11 | Sonoma State University | CA | $59,444 | 115 |
| 12 | California State University-Stanislaus | CA | $59,251 | 236 |
| 13 | University of Redlands | CA | $59,234 | 12 |
| 14 | California State University-Monterey Bay | CA | $59,017 | 250 |
| 15 | University of Massachusetts Global | CA | $58,739 | 76 |
| 16 | San Francisco State University | CA | $58,617 | 51 |
| 17 | California State University-Fresno | CA | $58,436 | 529 |
| 18 | San Diego State University | CA | $58,419 | 227 |
| 19 | California State University-San Marcos | CA | $58,289 | 155 |
| 20 | California State University-East Bay | CA | $57,755 | 89 |
| 21 | California State University-Bakersfield | CA | $57,529 | 317 |
| 22 | California State University-Fullerton | CA | $57,408 | 141 |
| 23 | Los Angeles Pacific University | CA | $57,173 | 53 |
| 24 | Azusa Pacific University | CA | $56,994 | 59 |
| 25 | California State University-Sacramento | CA | $56,637 | 150 |
| 26 | Mount Saint Mary's University | CA | $56,616 | 8 |
| 27 | California Baptist University | CA | $55,968 | 66 |
| 28 | California State University-Chico | CA | $55,008 | 184 |
| 29 | University of San Diego | CA | $54,474 | 17 |
| 30 | California State University-Channel Islands | CA | $54,015 | 124 |
| 31 | Soka University of America | CA | $52,896 | 98 |
| 32 | California State University-San Bernardino | CA | $52,799 | 194 |
| 33 | California State University-Northridge | CA | $52,772 | 253 |
| 34 | Simpson University | CA | $52,311 | 19 |
| 35 | California State Polytechnic University-Pomona | CA | $51,492 | 170 |
| 36 | Ashford University | CA | $51,307 | 48 |
| 37 | Concordia University-Irvine | CA | $51,206 | 24 |
| 38 | La Sierra University | CA | $51,085 | 12 |
| 39 | Thomas Aquinas College | CA | $49,898 | 102 |
| 40 | The Master's University and Seminary | CA | $47,263 | 24 |
| 41 | Providence Christian College | CA | $45,640 | 25 |
| 42 | California State Polytechnic University-Humboldt | CA | $42,049 | 29 |