Top 2018 Rankings For California State University - Fresno
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All 2018 Rankings For California State University - Fresno
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Top Quality Overall
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| Nationwide | |
| Far Western US | |
| California |
Best Colleges For The Money (all undergraduates)
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| Nationwide | 298 of 1325 |
| Far Western US | 14 of 124 |
| California | 16 of 79 |
Best Colleges For The Money (undergraduates getting aid)
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| Nationwide | 305 of 1325 |
| Far Western US | 15 of 124 |
| California | 19 of 79 |
Best Colleges For The Money (undergraduates getting no aid)
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| Nationwide | 259 of 1325 |
| Far Western US | 16 of 124 |
| California | 16 of 79 |
Diversity
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| Overall | 848 of 2355 |
| Ethnic | 414 of 2594 |
| Male / Female | 998 of 2594 |
| Location |
Agriculture & Agriculture Operations
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| Top Ranked | |
| Best Value | 24 of 101 |
| Most Popular | 18 of 227 |
| Most Focused | 36 of 227 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 36 of 99 |
Agricultural Economics & Business
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| Top Ranked | |
| Best Value | 15 of 72 |
| Most Popular | 9 of 116 |
| Most Focused | 27 of 116 |
Agricultural Production
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Food Science Technology
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| Top Ranked | |
| Best Value | 17 of 34 |
| Most Popular | 7 of 48 |
| Most Focused | 8 of 48 |
General Agriculture
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| Top Ranked | 19 of 47 |
| Best Value | 6 of 47 |
| Most Popular | 3 of 83 |
| Most Focused | 12 of 83 |
Area, Ethnic, Culture, & Gender Studies
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| Most Popular | 131 of 527 |
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Ethnic Studies
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| Most Popular | 59 of 391 |
| Most Focused | 174 of 391 |
Biological & Biomedical Sciences
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| Top Ranked | |
| Best Value | 193 of 805 |
| Most Popular | 271 of 1413 |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 310 of 892 |
Biochemistry, Biophysics & Molecular Biology
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| Most Popular | 210 of 571 |
| Most Focused |
General Biology
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| Top Ranked | |
| Best Value | 189 of 800 |
| Most Popular | 232 of 1372 |
| Most Focused |
Business, Management & Marketing
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| Top Ranked | |
| Best Value | 86 of 798 |
| Most Popular | 200 of 2041 |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 230 of 903 |
Business Administration & Management
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| Top Ranked | |
| Best Value | 64 of 701 |
| Most Popular | 39 of 1718 |
| Most Focused | 607 of 1720 |
Communication & Journalism
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| Top Ranked | |
| Best Value | 121 of 570 |
| Most Popular | 121 of 1219 |
| Most Focused | 501 of 1219 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 83 of 715 |
Communication & Media Studies
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| Top Ranked | |
| Best Value | 74 of 508 |
| Most Popular | 58 of 1036 |
| Most Focused | 283 of 1036 |
Computer & Information Sciences
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| Top Ranked | |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | 636 of 1603 |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 401 of 826 |
Computer Science
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| Top Ranked | |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | 212 of 599 |
| Most Focused |
Education
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| Top Ranked | |
| Best Value | 124 of 409 |
| Most Popular | 178 of 1366 |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 254 of 708 |
Teacher Education Grade Specific
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| Most Popular | 115 of 1169 |
| Most Focused |
Teacher Education Subject Specific
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| Top Ranked | |
| Best Value | 87 of 342 |
| Most Popular | 176 of 864 |
| Most Focused |
Engineering
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| Top Ranked | |
| Best Value | 105 of 302 |
| Most Popular | 188 of 582 |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 116 of 356 |
Civil Engineering
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| Most Popular | 74 of 260 |
| Most Focused | 120 of 260 |
Computer Engineering
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| Top Ranked | |
| Best Value | 51 of 157 |
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| Most Focused |
Electrical Engineering
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| Top Ranked | |
| Best Value | 82 of 255 |
| Most Popular | |
| Most Focused |
Mechanical Engineering
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| Top Ranked | |
| Best Value | 80 of 263 |
| Most Popular | |
| Most Focused |
Engineering Technologies
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| Most Popular | 96 of 459 |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 28 of 178 |
Construction Engineering Technology
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| Most Popular | 26 of 64 |
| Most Focused |
Engineering-Related Technologies
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| Most Popular | 11 of 33 |
| Most Focused |
Industrial Production Technology
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| Most Popular | 33 of 133 |
| Most Focused |
English Language & Literature
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| Top Ranked | |
| Best Value | 139 of 596 |
| Most Popular | 246 of 1360 |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 267 of 874 |
General English Literature
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| Top Ranked | |
| Best Value | 117 of 609 |
| Most Popular | 199 of 1281 |
| Most Focused |
Family, Consumer & Human Sciences
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| Most Popular | |
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| Highest Paid Grads | 43 of 202 |
General Family & Consumer Sciences
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| Most Popular | 42 of 84 |
| Most Focused |
Foreign Languages & Linguistics
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| Top Ranked | |
| Best Value | 115 of 352 |
| Most Popular | 136 of 939 |
| Most Focused | |
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Linguistics & Comparative Literature
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| Most Popular | |
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Romance Languages
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| Top Ranked | |
| Best Value | 99 of 366 |
| Most Popular | 71 of 817 |
| Most Focused | 358 of 817 |
Health Professions
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| Top Ranked | 286 of 582 |
| Best Value | 53 of 562 |
| Most Popular | 99 of 1704 |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 209 of 692 |
Allied Health Professions
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| Most Popular | 314 of 671 |
| Most Focused |
Communication Sciences
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| Most Popular | 14 of 262 |
| Most Focused | 73 of 262 |
Health Professions (Other)
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Health Sciences & Services
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| Most Popular | 11 of 278 |
| Most Focused | 73 of 278 |
Nursing
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| Top Ranked | |
| Best Value | 39 of 497 |
| Most Popular | 333 of 1124 |
| Most Focused |
Public Health
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| Most Popular | |
| Most Focused |
Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions
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| Most Popular | |
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History
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| Top Ranked | |
| Best Value | 74 of 553 |
| Most Popular | 66 of 1262 |
| Most Focused | 428 of 1261 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 50 of 138 |
History
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| Top Ranked | |
| Best Value | 80 of 577 |
| Most Popular | 66 of 1262 |
| Most Focused | 428 of 1261 |
Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities
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| Top Ranked | |
| Best Value | 36 of 328 |
| Most Popular | 101 of 1152 |
| Most Focused | 406 of 1152 |
| Highest Paid Grads |
Liberal Arts General Studies
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| Top Ranked | |
| Best Value | 34 of 339 |
| Most Popular | 101 of 1152 |
| Most Focused | 406 of 1152 |
Mathematics & Statistics
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| Top Ranked | |
| Best Value | 142 of 456 |
| Most Popular | 298 of 1231 |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 288 of 810 |
Mathematics
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| Top Ranked | |
| Best Value | 135 of 459 |
| Most Popular | 255 of 1178 |
| Most Focused |
Multi / Interdisciplinary Studies
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| Most Popular | 371 of 1017 |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 168 of 394 |
Cognitive Science
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Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies (Other)
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| Most Popular | 174 of 529 |
| Most Focused |
Natural Resources & Conservation
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| Most Popular | |
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Natural Resources Conservation
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| Most Popular | |
| Most Focused |
Parks, Recreation, Leisure, & Fitness Studies
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| Top Ranked | 130 of 452 |
| Best Value | 17 of 445 |
| Most Popular | 40 of 891 |
| Most Focused | 289 of 890 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 136 of 415 |
Health & Physical Education
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| Top Ranked | 200 of 443 |
| Best Value | 38 of 436 |
| Most Popular | 39 of 819 |
| Most Focused | 343 of 820 |
Parks, Recreation & Leisure Studies
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| Top Ranked | |
| Best Value | 21 of 58 |
| Most Popular | 26 of 109 |
| Most Focused |
Philosophy & Religious Studies
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| Top Ranked | |
| Best Value | 83 of 241 |
| Most Popular | 182 of 956 |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 233 of 616 |
Philosophy
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| Top Ranked | |
| Best Value | 94 of 240 |
| Most Popular | 94 of 756 |
| Most Focused |
Physical Sciences
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| Top Ranked | |
| Best Value | 96 of 463 |
| Most Popular | 125 of 1143 |
| Most Focused | 569 of 1143 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 317 of 787 |
Chemistry
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| Top Ranked | |
| Best Value | 78 of 403 |
| Most Popular | 104 of 1087 |
| Most Focused |
General Physical Sciences
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| Most Popular | 26 of 63 |
| Most Focused |
Geological & Earth Sciences
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| Top Ranked | |
| Best Value | 61 of 248 |
| Most Popular | 215 of 430 |
| Most Focused |
Physics
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| Top Ranked | |
| Best Value | 105 of 248 |
| Most Popular | 259 of 705 |
| Most Focused |
Psychology
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| Top Ranked | |
| Best Value | 81 of 807 |
| Most Popular | 81 of 1492 |
| Most Focused | 529 of 1492 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 322 of 899 |
General Psychology
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| Top Ranked | |
| Best Value | 80 of 813 |
| Most Popular | 71 of 1406 |
| Most Focused | 456 of 1407 |
Public Administration & Social Service
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| Top Ranked | |
| Best Value | 77 of 400 |
| Most Popular | 116 of 862 |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 149 of 457 |
Social Work
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| Top Ranked | |
| Best Value | 55 of 361 |
| Most Popular | 62 of 576 |
| Most Focused |
Social Sciences
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| Top Ranked | |
| Best Value | 36 of 661 |
| Most Popular | 60 of 1316 |
| Most Focused | 211 of 1317 |
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Anthropology
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| Top Ranked | |
| Best Value | 95 of 268 |
| Most Popular | 184 of 422 |
| Most Focused |
Criminology
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| Top Ranked | |
| Best Value | 18 of 71 |
| Most Popular | 2 of 146 |
| Most Focused | 14 of 146 |
Economics
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| Top Ranked | |
| Best Value | 170 of 433 |
| Most Popular | 309 of 729 |
| Most Focused |
Geography & Cartography
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| Top Ranked | |
| Best Value | 81 of 169 |
| Most Popular | 99 of 267 |
| Most Focused |
Political Science & Government
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| Top Ranked | |
| Best Value | 139 of 582 |
| Most Popular | 178 of 1081 |
| Most Focused |
Sociology
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| Top Ranked | |
| Best Value | 141 of 517 |
| Most Popular | 68 of 969 |
| Most Focused | 334 of 969 |
Visual & Performing Arts
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| Top Ranked | |
| Best Value | 71 of 615 |
| Most Popular | 154 of 1529 |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 320 of 852 |
Design & Applied Arts
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| Top Ranked | |
| Best Value | 90 of 214 |
| Most Popular | 212 of 653 |
| Most Focused |
Drama & Theater Arts
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| Top Ranked | |
| Best Value | 40 of 299 |
| Most Popular | 154 of 809 |
| Most Focused |
Fine & Studio Arts
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| Top Ranked | |
| Best Value | 68 of 498 |
| Most Popular | 110 of 1114 |
| Most Focused |
Music
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| Top Ranked | |
| Best Value | 64 of 368 |
| Most Popular | 80 of 1030 |
| Most Focused | 481 of 1030 |
Men's Sports
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Women's Sports
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| Women's Basketball (D1) | |
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| Women's Softball (D1) | |
| Women's Volleyball (D1) |
Veterans
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| Overall | 615 of 1423 |
Agriculture & Agriculture Operations
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Agricultural Economics & Business
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Food Science Technology
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| Top Ranked Veterans |
General Agriculture
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| Top Ranked Veterans | 8 of 48 |
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 | 297 of 861 |
Business Administration & Management
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| Top Ranked Veterans | 293 of 759 |
Communication & Journalism
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| Top Ranked Veterans |
Communication & Media Studies
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| Top Ranked Veterans | 201 of 527 |
Computer & Information Sciences
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| Top Ranked Veterans |
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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Computer Engineering
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Electrical Engineering
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Mechanical Engineering
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| Top Ranked Veterans |
English Language & Literature
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General English Literature
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| Top Ranked Veterans |
Foreign Languages & Linguistics
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Romance Languages
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| Top Ranked Veterans |
Health Professions
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| Top Ranked Veterans | 188 of 606 |
Nursing
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| Top Ranked Veterans | 150 of 531 |
History
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| Top Ranked Veterans | 235 of 577 |
History
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| Top Ranked Veterans | 234 of 601 |
Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities
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Liberal Arts General Studies
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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 | 50 of 459 |
Health & Physical Education
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| Top Ranked Veterans | 93 of 451 |
Parks, Recreation & Leisure Studies
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Philosophy & Religious Studies
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Philosophy
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Physical Sciences
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Chemistry
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Geological & Earth Sciences
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Physics
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| Top Ranked Veterans |
Psychology
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| Top Ranked Veterans | 215 of 841 |
General Psychology
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| Top Ranked Veterans | 194 of 848 |
Public Administration & Social Service
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Social Work
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Social Sciences
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| Top Ranked Veterans | 198 of 681 |
Anthropology
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Criminology
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Economics
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Geography & Cartography
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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 | 230 of 648 |
Design & Applied Arts
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Drama & Theater Arts
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| Top Ranked Veterans | 107 of 309 |
Fine & Studio Arts
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Music
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| Top Ranked Veterans | 160 of 380 |
Non-Traditional Students
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| Overall | 432 of 1164 |
California State University - Fresno has no rankings in this category.
