Top 2020 Rankings For California State University - East Bay
A more complete picture of where California State University - East Bay is the "best of the best" can be found on our 2020 Badges Awarded page.
All 2020 Rankings For California State University - East Bay
Learn more about our methodologies that drive these rankings.
Top Quality Overall
better worse | |
| Nationwide | |
| Far Western US | |
| California |
Best Colleges For The Money (all undergraduates)
better worse | |
| Nationwide | |
| Far Western US | |
| California | 39 of 91 |
Best Colleges For The Money (undergraduates getting aid)
better worse | |
| Nationwide | |
| Far Western US | |
| California | 37 of 91 |
Best Colleges For The Money (undergraduates getting no aid)
better worse | |
| Nationwide | |
| Far Western US | 71 of 143 |
| California | 31 of 91 |
Diversity
better worse | |
| Overall | 952 of 2179 |
| Ethnic | 43 of 2416 |
| Male / Female | |
| Location |
Area, Ethnic, Culture, & Gender Studies
better worse | |
| Top Ranked | |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | 176 of 508 |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 86 of 281 |
Ethnic Studies
better worse | |
| Most Popular | 104 of 384 |
| Most Focused |
Biological & Biomedical Sciences
better worse | |
| Top Ranked | |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | 142 of 1421 |
| Most Focused | 699 of 1422 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 47 of 890 |
Biochemistry, Biophysics & Molecular Biology
better worse | |
| Top Ranked | |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | 89 of 574 |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 55 of 357 |
General Biology
better worse | |
| Top Ranked | |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | 112 of 1379 |
| Most Focused | 628 of 1379 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 53 of 847 |
Business, Management & Marketing
better worse | |
| Top Ranked | 374 of 848 |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | 112 of 1931 |
| Most Focused | 611 of 1931 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 114 of 901 |
Business Administration & Management
better worse | |
| Top Ranked | 174 of 744 |
| Best Value | 200 of 711 |
| Most Popular | 27 of 1667 |
| Most Focused | 295 of 1667 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 60 of 724 |
Construction Management
better worse | |
| Most Popular | 30 of 67 |
| Most Focused |
Hospitality Management
better worse | |
| Top Ranked | |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | 73 of 253 |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 38 of 122 |
Communication & Journalism
better worse | |
| Top Ranked | |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | 228 of 1210 |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 79 of 713 |
Communication & Media Studies
better worse | |
| Top Ranked | |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | 139 of 1022 |
| Most Focused | 489 of 1022 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 93 of 600 |
Computer & Information Sciences
better worse | |
| Top Ranked | |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | 242 of 1512 |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads |
Computer Science
better worse | |
| Top Ranked | |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | 76 of 605 |
| Most Focused | 199 of 605 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 47 of 360 |
Engineering
better worse | |
| Most Popular | |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 85 of 354 |
Computer Engineering
better worse | |
| Most Popular | |
| Most Focused |
General Engineering
better worse | |
| Most Popular | |
| Most Focused |
Industrial Engineering
better worse | |
| Most Popular | |
| Most Focused |
English Language & Literature
better worse | |
| Top Ranked | |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | 210 of 1351 |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 91 of 871 |
General English Literature
better worse | |
| Top Ranked | |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | 173 of 1267 |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 90 of 799 |
Family, Consumer & Human Sciences
better worse | |
| Top Ranked | |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | 46 of 373 |
| Most Focused | 106 of 373 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 30 of 200 |
Human Development & Family Studies
better worse | |
| Top Ranked | 55 of 121 |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | 20 of 263 |
| Most Focused | 59 of 263 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 2 of 127 |
Foreign Languages & Linguistics
better worse | |
| Most Popular | |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 146 of 653 |
Romance Languages
better worse | |
| Most Popular | |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 100 of 571 |
Health Professions
better worse | |
| Top Ranked | |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | 81 of 1667 |
| Most Focused | 766 of 1665 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 55 of 686 |
Communication Sciences
better worse | |
| Most Popular | |
| Most Focused |
Health Sciences & Services
better worse | |
| Most Popular | 8 of 301 |
| Most Focused | 37 of 301 |
Nursing
better worse | |
| Top Ranked | |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | 251 of 1126 |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 7 of 507 |
History
better worse | |
| Top Ranked | |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | 183 of 1247 |
| Most Focused |
History
better worse | |
| Top Ranked | |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | 183 of 1247 |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 138 of 822 |
Homeland Security, Law Enforcement & Firefighting
better worse | |
| Top Ranked | 160 of 410 |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | 69 of 1087 |
| Most Focused | 516 of 1087 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 15 of 360 |
Criminal Justice & Corrections
better worse | |
| Top Ranked | 145 of 413 |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | 66 of 1059 |
| Most Focused | 504 of 1060 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 15 of 418 |
Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities
better worse | |
| Top Ranked | |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | 210 of 1158 |
| Most Focused | 569 of 1158 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 225 of 455 |
Liberal Arts General Studies
better worse | |
| Top Ranked | |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | 210 of 1158 |
| Most Focused | 569 of 1158 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 238 of 503 |
Mathematics & Statistics
better worse | |
| Top Ranked | |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | 254 of 1223 |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 115 of 805 |
Mathematics
better worse | |
| Top Ranked | |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | 314 of 1171 |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 120 of 771 |
Statistics
better worse | |
| Most Popular | |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 28 of 83 |
Multi / Interdisciplinary Studies
better worse | |
| Most Popular | 410 of 1030 |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 89 of 397 |
International Studies
better worse | |
| Most Popular | 75 of 266 |
| Most Focused |
Natural Resources & Conservation
better worse | |
| Most Popular | 191 of 750 |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 41 of 267 |
Natural Resources Conservation
better worse | |
| Most Popular | 146 of 695 |
| Most Focused |
Parks, Recreation, Leisure, & Fitness Studies
better worse | |
| Top Ranked | 97 of 466 |
| Best Value | 174 of 458 |
| Most Popular | 87 of 891 |
| Most Focused | 435 of 891 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 56 of 418 |
Health & Physical Education
better worse | |
| Top Ranked | 140 of 457 |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | 92 of 829 |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 12 of 458 |
Parks, Recreation & Leisure Studies
better worse | |
| Top Ranked | |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | 40 of 105 |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 7 of 70 |
Philosophy & Religious Studies
better worse | |
| Top Ranked | |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | 214 of 939 |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 108 of 605 |
Philosophy
better worse | |
| Top Ranked | |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | 133 of 731 |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 97 of 525 |
Physical Sciences
better worse | |
| Top Ranked | |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | 348 of 1156 |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 168 of 786 |
Chemistry
better worse | |
| Top Ranked | |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | 387 of 1099 |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 198 of 753 |
Geological & Earth Sciences
better worse | |
| Top Ranked | |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 74 of 341 |
Physics
better worse | |
| Most Popular | 332 of 717 |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 104 of 537 |
Psychology
better worse | |
| Top Ranked | |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | 106 of 1476 |
| Most Focused | 503 of 1476 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 152 of 897 |
General Psychology
better worse | |
| Top Ranked | |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | 95 of 1381 |
| Most Focused | 432 of 1381 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 111 of 833 |
Public Administration & Social Service
better worse | |
| Most Popular | |
| Most Focused |
Social Work
better worse | |
| Most Popular | |
| Most Focused |
Social Sciences
better worse | |
| Top Ranked | |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | 122 of 1316 |
| Most Focused | 384 of 1316 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 270 of 873 |
Anthropology
better worse | |
| Top Ranked | |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | 190 of 427 |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 80 of 339 |
Economics
better worse | |
| Top Ranked | |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | 238 of 715 |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 118 of 536 |
Geography & Cartography
better worse | |
| Most Popular | |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 32 of 223 |
Political Science & Government
better worse | |
| Top Ranked | |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | 243 of 1081 |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 122 of 757 |
Sociology
better worse | |
| Top Ranked | 263 of 533 |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | 18 of 963 |
| Most Focused | 55 of 962 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 159 of 687 |
Visual & Performing Arts
better worse | |
| Top Ranked | |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | 158 of 1482 |
| Most Focused | 647 of 1482 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 158 of 848 |
Drama & Theater Arts
better worse | |
| Top Ranked | |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | 314 of 808 |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 85 of 535 |
Fine & Studio Arts
better worse | |
| Top Ranked | |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | 37 of 1076 |
| Most Focused | 190 of 1075 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 112 of 693 |
Music
better worse | |
| Top Ranked | |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | 134 of 1036 |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 95 of 658 |
Veterans
better worse | |
| Overall | 192 of 1750 |
Area, Ethnic, Culture, & Gender Studies
better worse | |
| Top Ranked Veterans |
Biological & Biomedical Sciences
better worse | |
| Top Ranked Veterans | 145 of 825 |
Biochemistry, Biophysics & Molecular Biology
better worse | |
| Top Ranked Veterans | 68 of 237 |
General Biology
better worse | |
| Top Ranked Veterans | 131 of 820 |
Business, Management & Marketing
better worse | |
| Top Ranked Veterans | 193 of 852 |
Business Administration & Management
better worse | |
| Top Ranked Veterans | 24 of 748 |
Hospitality Management
better worse | |
| Top Ranked Veterans |
Communication & Journalism
better worse | |
| Top Ranked Veterans | 273 of 599 |
Communication & Media Studies
better worse | |
| Top Ranked Veterans | 115 of 521 |
Computer & Information Sciences
better worse | |
| Top Ranked Veterans |
Computer Science
better worse | |
| Top Ranked Veterans | 133 of 286 |
English Language & Literature
better worse | |
| Top Ranked Veterans | 123 of 601 |
General English Literature
better worse | |
| Top Ranked Veterans | 72 of 621 |
Family, Consumer & Human Sciences
better worse | |
| Top Ranked Veterans | 38 of 137 |
Human Development & Family Studies
better worse | |
| Top Ranked Veterans | 15 of 121 |
Health Professions
better worse | |
| Top Ranked Veterans | 275 of 595 |
Nursing
better worse | |
| Top Ranked Veterans | 229 of 523 |
Homeland Security, Law Enforcement & Firefighting
better worse | |
| Top Ranked Veterans | 80 of 413 |
Criminal Justice & Corrections
better worse | |
| Top Ranked Veterans | 55 of 416 |
Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities
better worse | |
| Top Ranked Veterans | 99 of 344 |
Liberal Arts General Studies
better worse | |
| Top Ranked Veterans | 88 of 354 |
Mathematics & Statistics
better worse | |
| Top Ranked Veterans | 229 of 472 |
Mathematics
better worse | |
| Top Ranked Veterans | 187 of 476 |
Parks, Recreation, Leisure, & Fitness Studies
better worse | |
| Top Ranked Veterans | 21 of 464 |
Health & Physical Education
better worse | |
| Top Ranked Veterans | 18 of 455 |
Parks, Recreation & Leisure Studies
better worse | |
| Top Ranked Veterans | 25 of 58 |
Philosophy & Religious Studies
better worse | |
| Top Ranked Veterans | 113 of 241 |
Philosophy
better worse | |
| Top Ranked Veterans | 99 of 229 |
Physical Sciences
better worse | |
| Top Ranked Veterans |
Chemistry
better worse | |
| Top Ranked Veterans | 178 of 435 |
Geological & Earth Sciences
better worse | |
| Top Ranked Veterans |
Psychology
better worse | |
| Top Ranked Veterans | 172 of 834 |
General Psychology
better worse | |
| Top Ranked Veterans | 162 of 839 |
Social Sciences
better worse | |
| Top Ranked Veterans | 181 of 669 |
Anthropology
better worse | |
| Top Ranked Veterans | 105 of 260 |
Economics
better worse | |
| Top Ranked Veterans | 152 of 418 |
Political Science & Government
better worse | |
| Top Ranked Veterans | 189 of 589 |
Sociology
better worse | |
| Top Ranked Veterans | 62 of 533 |
Visual & Performing Arts
better worse | |
| Top Ranked Veterans | 207 of 640 |
Drama & Theater Arts
better worse | |
| Top Ranked Veterans |
Fine & Studio Arts
better worse | |
| Top Ranked Veterans | 116 of 513 |
Music
better worse | |
| Top Ranked Veterans | 76 of 370 |
Non-Traditional Students
better worse | |
| Overall | 53 of 1290 |
Area, Ethnic, Culture, & Gender Studies
better worse | |
| Best for Non-Traditional Students | 44 of 123 |
| Top Ranked Online | |
| Most Popular Online | 6 of 20 |
Ethnic Studies
better worse | |
| Most Popular Online | 5 of 15 |
Business, Management & Marketing
better worse | |
| Best for Non-Traditional Students | 74 of 731 |
| Top Ranked Online | 105 of 294 |
| Most Popular Online | 28 of 678 |
Business Administration & Management
better worse | |
| Best for Non-Traditional Students | 6 of 659 |
| Top Ranked Online | 36 of 241 |
| Most Popular Online | 14 of 560 |
Hospitality Management
better worse | |
| Best for Non-Traditional Students | 31 of 113 |
| Top Ranked Online | 9 of 19 |
| Most Popular Online | 11 of 43 |
Family, Consumer & Human Sciences
better worse | |
| Best for Non-Traditional Students | 14 of 130 |
| Top Ranked Online | 11 of 23 |
| Most Popular Online | 12 of 53 |
Human Development & Family Studies
better worse | |
| Best for Non-Traditional Students | 3 of 116 |
| Top Ranked Online | 9 of 22 |
| Most Popular Online | 9 of 43 |
Parks, Recreation, Leisure, & Fitness Studies
better worse | |
| Best for Non-Traditional Students | 7 of 414 |
| Top Ranked Online | 2 of 24 |
| Most Popular Online |
Parks, Recreation & Leisure Studies
better worse | |
| Best for Non-Traditional Students | 9 of 56 |
| Top Ranked Online | |
| Most Popular Online |
International Quality
International Value
