2024 Best Jewish Studies Schools in California

If you plan on majoring in jewish studies, you won't be alone since the degree program is ranked #445 in the country in terms of popularity. As a result, there are many college that offer the degree, making your choice of school a hard one.

There was only one school in California to review for the 2024 Best Jewish Studies Schools in California ranking.

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Pick Your Jewish Studies Degree Level

When choosing the right school for you, it's important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we've created a number of major-specific rankings, including this Best Jewish Studies Schools in California list to help you make the college decision. If you'd like to restrict your choices to just one part of the country, you can filter this list by location.

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Best Schools for Jewish Studies in California

The schools below may not offer all types of judaic studies degrees so you may want to filter by degree level first. However, they are great for the degree levels they do offer.

Top California Schools in Judaic Studies

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San Francisco State University
San Francisco, CA

Bachelor's Degree Highest Degree Type

Every student pursuing a degree in jewish studies needs to check out San Francisco State University. SFSU is a fairly large public university located in the large city of San Francisco.More information about a degree in jewish studies from San Francisco State University

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University of Southern California
Los Angeles, CA

Any student who is interested in jewish studies has to check out University of Southern California. USC is a fairly large private not-for-profit university located in the large city of Los Angeles.More information about a degree in jewish studies from University of Southern California

Best Jewish Studies Colleges in the Far Western US Region

Explore all the Best Jewish Studies Schools in the Far Western US Area or other specific states within that region.

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Washington	831	0
Oregon	587	2

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Rankings in Majors Related to Judaic Studies

Jewish Studies is one of 9 different types of Religious Studies programs to choose from.

Most Popular Related Majors

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Religion/Religious Studies	297
Christian Studies	69
Islamic Studies	11
Other Religion/Religious Studies	8
Buddhist Studies	2

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Notes and References

• The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
• The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of the rest of our data about colleges.
• Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).
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More about our data sources and methodologies.