Top 2020 Rankings For California State University - Fresno
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All 2020 Rankings For California State University - Fresno
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Top Quality Overall
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| Nationwide | 823 of 1727 |
| Far Western US | |
| California |
Best Colleges For The Money (all undergraduates)
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| Nationwide | 251 of 1483 |
| Far Western US | 6 of 143 |
| California | 11 of 91 |
Best Colleges For The Money (undergraduates getting aid)
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| Nationwide | 233 of 1483 |
| Far Western US | 8 of 143 |
| California | 16 of 91 |
Best Colleges For The Money (undergraduates getting no aid)
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| Nationwide | 239 of 1483 |
| Far Western US | 13 of 143 |
| California | 16 of 91 |
Diversity
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| Overall | 1031 of 2179 |
| Ethnic | 540 of 2417 |
| Male / Female | 942 of 2417 |
| Location |
Agriculture & Agriculture Operations
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| Top Ranked | |
| Best Value | 29 of 104 |
| Most Popular | 14 of 226 |
| Most Focused | 41 of 226 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 36 of 99 |
Agricultural Economics & Business
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| Top Ranked | |
| Best Value | 24 of 70 |
| Most Popular | 10 of 117 |
| Most Focused | 27 of 117 |
Agricultural Production
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| Most Popular | 14 of 47 |
| Most Focused |
Animal Science
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| Most Popular | 37 of 91 |
| Most Focused |
Food Science Technology
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| Top Ranked | |
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| Most Popular | 4 of 51 |
| Most Focused | 5 of 51 |
General Agriculture
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Plant Sciences
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| Most Popular | 9 of 79 |
| Most Focused | 26 of 79 |
Area, Ethnic, Culture, & Gender Studies
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| Most Popular | 116 of 508 |
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Area Studies
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Ethnic Studies
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| Most Popular | 57 of 384 |
| Most Focused | 165 of 384 |
Biological & Biomedical Sciences
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| Top Ranked | |
| Best Value | 199 of 808 |
| Most Popular | 233 of 1422 |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 310 of 890 |
Biochemistry, Biophysics & Molecular Biology
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| Most Popular | 222 of 574 |
| Most Focused |
General Biology
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| Top Ranked | |
| Best Value | 176 of 803 |
| Most Popular | 193 of 1379 |
| Most Focused |
Business, Management & Marketing
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| Top Ranked | 378 of 848 |
| Best Value | 56 of 810 |
| Most Popular | 167 of 1931 |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 231 of 901 |
Business Administration & Management
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| Top Ranked | 299 of 744 |
| Best Value | 46 of 711 |
| Most Popular | 36 of 1667 |
| Most Focused | 532 of 1667 |
Communication & Journalism
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| Top Ranked | |
| Best Value | 80 of 587 |
| Most Popular | 137 of 1210 |
| Most Focused | 569 of 1210 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 83 of 713 |
Communication & Media Studies
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| Top Ranked | |
| Best Value | 82 of 508 |
| Most Popular | 136 of 1022 |
| Most Focused |
Journalism
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| Most Popular | 47 of 342 |
| Most Focused | 104 of 342 |
Computer & Information Sciences
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| Top Ranked | |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | 457 of 1512 |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 403 of 824 |
Computer Science
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| Top Ranked | |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | 148 of 605 |
| Most Focused |
Education
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| Top Ranked | |
| Best Value | 99 of 404 |
| Most Popular | 143 of 1363 |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 255 of 706 |
Teacher Education Grade Specific
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| Most Popular | 92 of 1162 |
| Most Focused |
Teacher Education Subject Specific
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| Top Ranked | |
| Best Value | 75 of 340 |
| Most Popular | 137 of 861 |
| Most Focused |
Engineering
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| Top Ranked | |
| Best Value | 120 of 302 |
| Most Popular | 205 of 595 |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 116 of 354 |
Civil Engineering
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| Most Popular | 78 of 263 |
| Most Focused |
Computer Engineering
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| Top Ranked | |
| Best Value | 53 of 161 |
| Most Popular | 137 of 282 |
| Most Focused |
Electrical Engineering
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| Top Ranked | |
| Best Value | 87 of 264 |
| Most Popular | |
| Most Focused |
Mechanical Engineering
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| Top Ranked | |
| Best Value | 93 of 268 |
| Most Popular | |
| Most Focused |
Engineering Technologies
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| Most Popular | 137 of 442 |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 25 of 175 |
Construction Engineering Technology
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| Most Popular | |
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Engineering-Related Technologies
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| Most Popular | |
| Most Focused |
Industrial Production Technology
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| Most Popular | 35 of 125 |
| Most Focused |
English Language & Literature
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| Top Ranked | |
| Best Value | 160 of 585 |
| Most Popular | 231 of 1351 |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 268 of 871 |
General English Literature
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| Top Ranked | |
| Best Value | 120 of 603 |
| Most Popular | 189 of 1267 |
| Most Focused |
Family, Consumer & Human Sciences
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| Most Popular | 183 of 373 |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 41 of 200 |
General Family & Consumer Sciences
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| Most Popular | 40 of 84 |
| Most Focused |
Foreign Languages & Linguistics
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| Top Ranked | |
| Best Value | 92 of 334 |
| Most Popular | 131 of 941 |
| Most Focused | |
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Linguistics & Comparative Literature
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| Most Popular | 138 of 299 |
| Most Focused |
Romance Languages
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| Top Ranked | |
| Best Value | 120 of 345 |
| Most Popular | 94 of 809 |
| Most Focused |
Health Professions
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| Top Ranked | 284 of 591 |
| Best Value | 71 of 564 |
| Most Popular | 99 of 1664 |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 207 of 686 |
Allied Health Professions
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| Most Popular | 270 of 658 |
| Most Focused |
Communication Sciences
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| Most Popular | 7 of 267 |
| Most Focused | 53 of 267 |
Health Sciences & Services
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| Most Popular | 13 of 301 |
| Most Focused | 94 of 301 |
Nursing
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| Top Ranked | 258 of 518 |
| Best Value | 53 of 500 |
| Most Popular | 379 of 1126 |
| Most Focused |
Public Health
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| Most Popular | |
| Most Focused |
History
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| Top Ranked | |
| Best Value | 72 of 533 |
| Most Popular | 94 of 1247 |
| Most Focused | 613 of 1247 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 50 of 138 |
History
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| Top Ranked | |
| Best Value | 76 of 565 |
| Most Popular | 94 of 1247 |
| Most Focused | 613 of 1247 |
Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities
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| Top Ranked | |
| Best Value | 43 of 329 |
| Most Popular | 91 of 1158 |
| Most Focused | 379 of 1158 |
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Liberal Arts General Studies
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| Top Ranked | |
| Best Value | 38 of 338 |
| Most Popular | 91 of 1158 |
| Most Focused | 379 of 1158 |
Mathematics & Statistics
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| Top Ranked | |
| Best Value | 161 of 460 |
| Most Popular | 274 of 1223 |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 286 of 805 |
Mathematics
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| Top Ranked | |
| Best Value | 149 of 465 |
| Most Popular | 230 of 1171 |
| Most Focused |
Multi / Interdisciplinary Studies
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| Most Popular | 403 of 1030 |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 169 of 397 |
Cognitive Science
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| Most Popular | |
| Most Focused |
Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies (Other)
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| Most Popular | 185 of 528 |
| Most Focused |
Natural Resources & Conservation
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| Most Popular | |
| Most Focused |
Natural Resources Conservation
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| Most Popular | |
| Most Focused |
Parks, Recreation, Leisure, & Fitness Studies
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| Top Ranked | 126 of 466 |
| Best Value | 20 of 458 |
| Most Popular | 29 of 892 |
| Most Focused | 267 of 891 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 139 of 418 |
Health & Physical Education
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| Top Ranked | 176 of 457 |
| Best Value | 37 of 448 |
| Most Popular | 37 of 830 |
| Most Focused | 309 of 829 |
Parks, Recreation & Leisure Studies
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| Top Ranked | |
| Best Value | 20 of 57 |
| Most Popular | 23 of 105 |
| Most Focused |
Philosophy & Religious Studies
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| Top Ranked | |
| Best Value | 88 of 235 |
| Most Popular | 127 of 939 |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 231 of 605 |
Philosophy
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| Top Ranked | |
| Best Value | 82 of 222 |
| Most Popular | 77 of 731 |
| Most Focused | 355 of 731 |
Physical Sciences
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| Top Ranked | |
| Best Value | 67 of 470 |
| Most Popular | 181 of 1156 |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 317 of 786 |
Chemistry
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| Top Ranked | |
| Best Value | 98 of 426 |
| Most Popular | 200 of 1099 |
| Most Focused |
General Physical Sciences
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| Most Popular | 29 of 60 |
| Most Focused |
Geological & Earth Sciences
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| Top Ranked | |
| Best Value | 53 of 241 |
| Most Popular | |
| Most Focused |
Physics
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| Top Ranked | |
| Best Value | 99 of 261 |
| Most Popular | 218 of 717 |
| Most Focused |
Psychology
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| Top Ranked | 399 of 835 |
| Best Value | 57 of 809 |
| Most Popular | 92 of 1477 |
| Most Focused | 661 of 1476 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 322 of 897 |
General Psychology
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| Top Ranked | 391 of 840 |
| Best Value | 52 of 814 |
| Most Popular | 81 of 1380 |
| Most Focused | 583 of 1381 |
Public Administration & Social Service
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| Top Ranked | |
| Best Value | 55 of 393 |
| Most Popular | 52 of 865 |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 146 of 453 |
Public Administration
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| Most Popular | |
| Most Focused |
Social Work
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| Top Ranked | 169 of 361 |
| Best Value | 35 of 354 |
| Most Popular | 20 of 578 |
| Most Focused |
Social Sciences
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| Top Ranked | 332 of 670 |
| Best Value | 37 of 654 |
| Most Popular | 52 of 1316 |
| Most Focused | 190 of 1316 |
| Highest Paid Grads |
Anthropology
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| Top Ranked | |
| Best Value | 94 of 254 |
| Most Popular | 157 of 427 |
| Most Focused |
Criminology
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| Top Ranked | |
| Best Value | 9 of 71 |
| Most Popular | 1 of 167 |
| Most Focused | 5 of 166 |
Economics
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| Top Ranked | |
| Best Value | 144 of 410 |
| Most Popular | 236 of 715 |
| Most Focused |
Geography & Cartography
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| Most Popular | |
| Most Focused |
Political Science & Government
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| Top Ranked | |
| Best Value | 135 of 577 |
| Most Popular | 240 of 1081 |
| Most Focused |
Sociology
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| Top Ranked | |
| Best Value | 132 of 523 |
| Most Popular | 58 of 962 |
| Most Focused | 283 of 962 |
Visual & Performing Arts
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| Top Ranked | |
| Best Value | 64 of 626 |
| Most Popular | 182 of 1482 |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 319 of 848 |
Design & Applied Arts
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| Top Ranked | |
| Best Value | 102 of 209 |
| Most Popular | 122 of 617 |
| Most Focused |
Drama & Theater Arts
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| Top Ranked | |
| Best Value | 45 of 308 |
| Most Popular | 261 of 808 |
| Most Focused |
Fine & Studio Arts
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| Top Ranked | |
| Best Value | 86 of 501 |
| Most Popular | 128 of 1075 |
| Most Focused |
Music
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| Top Ranked | |
| Best Value | 59 of 365 |
| Most Popular | 146 of 1036 |
| Most Focused |
Men's Sports
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| Men's Baseball (D1) | |
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| Men's Football (FBS) |
Veterans
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| Overall | 610 of 1751 |
Agriculture & Agriculture Operations
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| Top Ranked Veterans |
Agricultural Economics & Business
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| Top Ranked Veterans |
Food Science Technology
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| Top Ranked Veterans |
Biological & Biomedical Sciences
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| Top Ranked Veterans |
General Biology
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| Top Ranked Veterans |
Business, Management & Marketing
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| Top Ranked Veterans | 283 of 852 |
Business Administration & Management
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| Top Ranked Veterans | 265 of 748 |
Communication & Journalism
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| Top Ranked Veterans | 272 of 599 |
Communication & Media Studies
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| Top Ranked Veterans | 254 of 521 |
Computer & Information Sciences
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Computer Science
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| Top Ranked Veterans |
Education
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Teacher Education Subject Specific
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| Top Ranked Veterans |
Engineering
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| Top Ranked Veterans |
Computer Engineering
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| Top Ranked Veterans |
Electrical Engineering
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Mechanical Engineering
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| Top Ranked Veterans |
English Language & Literature
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| Top Ranked Veterans |
General English Literature
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| Top Ranked Veterans |
Foreign Languages & Linguistics
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| Top Ranked Veterans | 164 of 341 |
Romance Languages
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| Top Ranked Veterans |
Health Professions
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| Top Ranked Veterans | 235 of 595 |
Nursing
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| Top Ranked Veterans | 204 of 523 |
Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities
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Liberal Arts General Studies
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| Top Ranked Veterans |
Mathematics & Statistics
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Mathematics
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| Top Ranked Veterans |
Parks, Recreation, Leisure, & Fitness Studies
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| Top Ranked Veterans | 63 of 464 |
Health & Physical Education
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| Top Ranked Veterans | 95 of 455 |
Parks, Recreation & Leisure Studies
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| Top Ranked Veterans |
Philosophy & Religious Studies
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Philosophy
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| Top Ranked Veterans |
Physical Sciences
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| Top Ranked Veterans | 220 of 479 |
Chemistry
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| Top Ranked Veterans |
Geological & Earth Sciences
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| Top Ranked Veterans |
Physics
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| Top Ranked Veterans |
Psychology
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| Top Ranked Veterans | 203 of 834 |
General Psychology
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| Top Ranked Veterans | 175 of 839 |
Public Administration & Social Service
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| Top Ranked Veterans |
Social Work
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| Top Ranked Veterans | 148 of 360 |
Social Sciences
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| Top Ranked Veterans | 226 of 669 |
Anthropology
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| Top Ranked Veterans |
Criminology
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| Top Ranked Veterans | 27 of 72 |
Economics
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Political Science & Government
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Sociology
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Visual & Performing Arts
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| Top Ranked Veterans | 236 of 640 |
Design & Applied Arts
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Drama & Theater Arts
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| Top Ranked Veterans | 117 of 314 |
Fine & Studio Arts
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| Top Ranked Veterans | 242 of 513 |
Music
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| Top Ranked Veterans | 181 of 370 |
Non-Traditional Students
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| Overall | 400 of 1291 |
California State University - Fresno has no rankings in this category.
