2025 Best Native American Studies Bachelor's Degree Schools in California

a bachelor's degree in native american studies is more popular than many other degrees. In fact, it ranks #489 out of 1232 on popularity of all such degrees in the nation. As a result, there are many college that offer the degree, making your choice of school a hard one.

In 2025, College Factual analyzed 6 schools in order to identify the top ones for its Best Native American Studies Bachelor's Degree Schools in California ranking. Combined, these schools handed out 31 bachelor's degrees in native american studies to qualified students.

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Choosing a Great Native American Studies School for Your Bachelor's Degree

The american indian studies bachelor's degree program you select can have a big impact on your future. Important measures of a quality american indian studies program can vary widely even among the top schools. To make it into this list, a school must excel in the following areas.

A Great Overall School

A school that excels in educating for a particular major and degree level must be a great school overall as well. To make it into this list a school must rank well in our overall Best Colleges ranking. This ranking considered factors such as graduation rates, overall graduate earnings and other educational resources to identify great colleges and universities.

Other Factors We Consider

In addition to the above, you should consider some of the following factors:

• Major Focus - How many resources a school devotes to native american studies students as compared to other majors.
• Major Demand - How many other native american studies students want to attend this school to pursue a bachelor's degree.
• Educational Resources - The amount of money and other resources allocated to students while they are pursuing their degree. These resources include such things as number of students per instructor and education expenditures per student.
• Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized native american studies related body.

Our full ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best colleges for native american studies students working on their bachelor's degree.

More Ways to Rank Native American Studies Schools

The american indian studies school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we've developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of the Best Native American Studies Bachelor's Degree Schools in California.

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Best Schools for Bachelor’s Students to Study Native American Studies in California

Below you'll see a list of the best colleges and universities for pursuing a bachelor's degree in native american studies.

Top California Schools for a Bachelor's in American Indian Studies

1

University of California - Los Angeles
Los Angeles, CA

Master's Degree Highest Degree Type

8 Annual Graduates

University of California - Los Angeles is one of the best schools in the United States for getting a bachelor's degree in native american studies. Located in the city of Los Angeles, UCLA is a public university with a fairly large student population.More information about a bachelor’s in native american studies from University of California - Los Angeles

2

University of California - Berkeley
Berkeley, CA

2 Annual Graduates

Every student who is interested in a bachelor's degree in native american studies has to take a look at University of California - Berkeley. UC Berkeley is a fairly large public university located in the medium-sized city of Berkeley.More information about a bachelor’s in native american studies from University of California - Berkeley

3

University of California - Davis
Davis, CA

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

6 Annual Graduates

University of California - Davis is one of the best schools in the United States for getting a bachelor's degree in native american studies. Located in the suburb of Davis, UC Davis is a public university with a very large student population.More information about a bachelor’s in native american studies from University of California - Davis

4

San Francisco State University
San Francisco, CA

3 Annual Graduates

San Francisco State University is a wonderful choice for students pursuing a bachelor's degree in native american studies. SFSU is a very large public university located in the large city of San Francisco.More information about a bachelor’s in native american studies from San Francisco State University

5

San Diego State University
San Diego, CA

2 Annual Graduates

SDSU is a very large public university located in the city of San Diego.More information about a bachelor’s in native american studies from San Diego State University

6

Humboldt State University
Arcata, CA

10 Annual Graduates

Humboldt State University is a medium-sized public university located in the town of Arcata.More information about a bachelor’s in native american studies from Humboldt State University

Best Native American Studies Colleges in the Far Western US Region

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

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Washington	521	15
Oregon	343	3
Hawaii	172	35
Alaska	87	8

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Rankings in Majors Related to American Indian Studies

One of 11 majors within the Ethnic Studies area of study, Native American Studies has other similar majors worth exploring.

Most Popular Related Majors

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Latino Studies	504
Ethnic, Cultural Minority, Gender, & Group Studies, Other	394
Women’s Studies	209
Deaf Studies	166
African American Studies	162
Ethnic Studies	133
Asian-American Studies	77
Comparative Group Studies	17

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).
• Credit for the banner image above goes to G. MГјtzel. More about our data sources and methodologies.