| 1 | California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo | Philosophy | CA | $98,592 | 28 |
| 2 | University of California-Santa Barbara | Philosophy | CA | $71,796 | 108 |
| 3 | California State University-Sacramento | Philosophy | CA | $65,115 | 21 |
| 4 | University of California-Berkeley | Philosophy | CA | $63,326 | 98 |
| 5 | University of California-Los Angeles | Philosophy | CA | $61,754 | 116 |
| 6 | University of California-Davis | Religion | CA | $59,448 | 10 |
| 7 | University of California-Davis | Philosophy | CA | $58,633 | 69 |
| 8 | San Diego State University | Philosophy | CA | $53,390 | 32 |
| 9 | California State University-Los Angeles | Philosophy | CA | $53,127 | 15 |
| 10 | University of Southern California | Philosophy | CA | $51,831 | 77 |
| 11 | University of California-Riverside | Philosophy | CA | $51,402 | 44 |
| 12 | University of California-Santa Cruz | Philosophy | CA | $51,398 | 51 |
| 13 | California State University-Northridge | Religion | CA | $51,235 | 8 |
| 14 | California State University-Long Beach | Philosophy | CA | $49,062 | 29 |
| 15 | California State University-Northridge | Philosophy | CA | $48,566 | 22 |
| 16 | California Baptist University | Religion | CA | $47,121 | 23 |
| 17 | California State University-Fullerton | Philosophy | CA | $44,533 | 20 |
| 18 | University of California-Santa Barbara | Religion | CA | $43,377 | 20 |
| 19 | San Francisco State University | Philosophy | CA | $42,993 | 34 |
| 20 | California State University-Fresno | Philosophy | CA | $42,337 | 24 |
| 21 | Yeshiva Ohr Elchonon Chabad West Coast Talmudical Seminary | Religion | CA | $38,872 | 11 |