2025 Best Forensic Science and Technology Schools in California
3Colleges in California
349Forensic Science and Technology Degrees Awarded
Forensic Science and Technology is above average in terms of popularity with it being the #208 most popular degree program in the country. This means you won't have too much trouble finding schools that offer the degree.
For its 2025 ranking, College Factual looked at 3 schools in California to determine which ones were the best for forensic science and technology students pursuing a degree. Combined, these schools handed out 349 degrees in forensic science and technology to qualified students.
Choosing a Great Forensic Science and Technology School
Your choice of forensic science and technology school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. In order to come up with a best overall ranking for forensic science and technology schools, we combine our degree-level rankings, weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each level.
You may want to choose one of the degree levels below to find the schools of most interest to you.
Pick Your Forensic Science and Technology Degree Level
Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we've developed the Best Forensic Science and Technology Schools in California ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.
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Best Schools for Forensic Science and Technology in California
The schools below may not offer all types of forensic science and technology 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 Forensic Science and Technology
East Los Angeles College is one of the best schools in the country for getting a degree in forensic science and technology. Located in the suburb of Monterey Park, East Los Angeles College is a public college with a fairly large student population. This college ranks 121st out of 161 colleges for overall quality in the state of California.
There were about 63 forensic science and technology students who graduated with this degree at East Los Angeles College in the most recent year we have data available.
Every student pursuing a degree in forensic science and technology needs to take a look at National University. Located in the city of San Diego, National University is a private not-for-profit university with a large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #249 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means National University is a great university overall.
There were approximately 61 forensic science and technology students who graduated with this degree at National University in the most recent year we have data available.
California State University - Los Angeles is a great option for students interested in a degree in forensic science and technology. Cal State LA is a fairly large public university located in the city of Los Angeles. This university ranks 87th out of 161 schools for overall quality in the state of California.
There were approximately 16 forensic science and technology students who graduated with this degree at Cal State LA in the most recent year we have data available.
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).
Your choice of forensic science and technology school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. In order to come up with a best overall ranking for forensic science and technology schools, we combine our degree-level rankings, weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each level.
