2025 Best Individualized Studies Schools in California

Individualized Studies is of the hottest degree programs in the United States, coming in as the #38 most popular major in the country. So, there are lots of possibilities to explore when you're trying to determine where you want to get your degree.

For its 2025 ranking, College Factual looked at 2 schools in California to determine which ones were the best for individualized studies students pursuing a degree. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 173 degrees in individualized studies annually.

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• Best Overall Individualized Studies Schools List

Individualized Studies Rankings by 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 Individualized Studies Schools in California list to help you make the college decision. More interested in schools in a specific area of the country? Filter this list by region or state.

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Best Schools for Individualized Studies in California

If you aren't interested in a particular degree level and want to know which schools are the overall best at delivering an education for the individualized studies degrees they offer, see the list below.

Top California Schools in Individualized Studies

1

California Polytechnic State University - San Luis Obispo
San Luis Obispo, CA

Bachelor's Degree Highest Degree Type

California Polytechnic State University - San Luis Obispo is a wonderful option for students pursuing a degree in individualized studies. Located in the suburb of San Luis Obispo, Cal Poly San Luis Obispo is a public university with a very large student population.More information about a degree in individualized studies from California Polytechnic State University - San Luis Obispo

2

California State University - Dominguez Hills
Carson, CA

Bachelor's Degree Highest Degree Type

32 Individualized Studies Degrees Awarded

43.8% Growth in Graduates

California State University - Dominguez Hills is a wonderful choice for students interested in a degree in individualized studies. CSUDH is a large public university located in the city of Carson.More information about a degree in individualized studies from California State University - Dominguez Hills

Best Individualized Studies Colleges in the Far Western US Region

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

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Washington	831	50
Oregon	587	74
Nevada	354	2
Alaska	167	2

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Rankings in Majors Related to Individualized Studies

One of 3 majors within the Liberal Arts General Studies area of study, Individualized Studies has other similar majors worth exploring.

Majors Similar to Individualized Studies

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Liberal Arts	100,875
Humanities	15,314
General Studies	1,960

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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).

More about our data sources and methodologies.