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Saint Mary’s College of California 2025 Best Colleges Ranking Media Kit

College Factual has released it’s Best Colleges Rankings for 2025 and Saint Mary’s College of California has received a top ranking. You can read more about this year’s release or continue on for details on how your school fared in this year’s analysis.

This page was created to give you an overview of how SMC fared in College Factual’s Best Colleges Rankings.

How Saint Mary’s College of California Fared in College Factual’s 2025 Best Colleges Rankings

Nationwide Ranking

SMC is #148 out of 2,152 schools analyzed in the 2025 Best Colleges Ranking. This ranks it in the best 10% of higher education institutions in the nation for students!

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California Ranking

SMC has been ranked #20 out of 161 in College Factual’s Best Colleges Ranking. This places it in the top 10% of higher education institutions in the nation for California students! See the Best Colleges in California ranking

This report features highlighted rankings from the following degree levels:

• Bachelor’s Degree Rankings

Bachelor’s Degree Rankings

Rankings by Major

In addition to the top overall ranking, SMC has been ranked for quality bachelor’s degree programs:

Ranking Name	Rank	Out Of	Percentile
Best Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Bachelor’s Degree Schools	11	332	96.7%
Best Business, Management & Marketing Bachelor’s Degree Schools	59	1,187	95.0%
Best Liberal Arts General Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools	11	366	97.0%
Best General Business/Commerce Bachelor’s Degree Schools	7	212	96.7%
Best Parks, Recreation, Leisure, & Fitness Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools	49	502	90.2%
Best Communication & Journalism (Other) Bachelor’s Degree Schools	2	12	83.3%
Best Health & Physical Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools	47	533	91.2%
Best Accounting Bachelor’s Degree Schools	78	694	88.8%
Best Clinical, Counseling & Applied Psychology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	9	70	87.1%
Best Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region	1	49	98.0%
Best Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Bachelor’s Degree Schools in California	1	34	97.1%
Best Business, Management & Marketing Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region	6	132	95.5%
Best Liberal Arts General Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region	1	49	98.0%
Best Liberal Arts General Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in California	1	37	97.3%
Best General Business/Commerce Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region	1	12	91.7%
Best General Business/Commerce Bachelor’s Degree Schools in California	1	5	80.0%
Best Communication & Journalism Bachelor’s Degree Schools	140	571	75.5%
Best Communication & Media Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools	113	540	79.1%
Best Business, Management & Marketing Bachelor’s Degree Schools in California	5	68	92.7%
Best Parks, Recreation, Leisure, & Fitness Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region	5	53	90.6%
Best Parks, Recreation, Leisure, & Fitness Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in California	4	32	87.5%
Best Health & Physical Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools in California	3	36	91.7%
Best Health & Physical Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region	4	53	92.5%
Best Psychology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	269	933	71.2%
Best Clinical, Counseling & Applied Psychology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region	2	11	81.8%
Best General Psychology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	269	925	70.9%
Best Accounting Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region	6	43	86.1%
Best Accounting Bachelor’s Degree Schools in California	4	19	79.0%
Best Clinical, Counseling & Applied Psychology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in California	2	6	66.7%
Best Communication & Journalism Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region	21	76	72.4%
Best Communication & Media Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region	18	66	72.7%

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