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2021 Best Colleges in California for Students from Venezuela

12 Colleges
$40,086 Avg Tuition & Fees*
53% Avg 4-Year Grad Rate*

International students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. College Factual has developed its Best Colleges for Venezuelan Students in California ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

Our analysis looked at 12 schools in California to determine which ones were the best for Venezuelan students in California. To come up with this ranking, we look at a number of factors that are all objective measurements. These factors include the school's overall quality as determined by our Best Colleges ranking and the percentage of international students on campus.

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Top Colleges in California for Students from Venezuela

See which schools came out on top of our ranking:

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Our 2021 rankings named Stanford University the best school for Venezuelan students in California working on their bachelor’s degree. Stanford is a private not-for-profit institution located in Stanford, California. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 1,511 bachelor’s degrees in 2020-2021.

Around 23.9% of the total student population at the school is international. Students from as far away as China, India, and Canada come to Stanford to study.

With a freshman retention rate of 86%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Southern California. The school came in at #2 in this year’s ranking. USC is a private not-for-profit institution located in Los Angeles, California. The school has a large population, and it awarded 5,745 bachelor’s degrees in 2020-2021.

Of the total number of students at the school, 22.5% are international. Students studying at USC come from such countries as China, India, and South Korea.

With a freshman retention rate of 91%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students.

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Out of the 12 schools in California that were part of this year’s ranking, University of California - Los Angeles landed the #3 spot on the list. UCLA is a public institution located in Los Angeles, California. The school has a large population, and it awarded 10,102 bachelor’s degrees in 2020-2021.

Of the total number of students at the school, 13.8% are international. Students from as far away as China, South Korea, and India come to UCLA to study.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 96%.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of California - San Diego. The school came in at #4 in this year’s ranking. UCSD is a large public school situated in La Jolla, California. It awarded 9,086 bachelor’s degrees in 2020-2021.

International students make up 21.4% of the total student body at the school. Students from as far away as China, India, and South Korea come to UCSD to study.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 94%.

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Out of the 12 schools in California that were part of this year’s ranking, University of California - Berkeley landed the #5 spot on the list. UC Berkeley is a large public school situated in Berkeley, California. It awarded 10,523 bachelor’s degrees in 2020-2021.

Of the total number of students at the school, 16.2% are international. The top three countries sending students to study at UC Berkeley are China, South Korea, and India.

With a freshman retention rate of 96%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students.

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University of California - Irvine did quite well in the 2021 Best Colleges for Venezuelan Students in California ranking, coming in at #6. Located in Irvine, California, the large public school handed out 9,882 bachelor’s degrees in 2020-2021.

International students make up 18.4% of the total student body at the school. Students studying at UC Irvine come from such countries as China, India, and South Korea.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 94%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

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San Diego State University did quite well in the 2021 Best Colleges for Venezuelan Students in California ranking, coming in at #7. SDSU is a large public school situated in San Diego, California. It awarded 8,719 bachelor’s degrees in 2020-2021.

Around 5.4% of the total student population at the school is international. Students studying at SDSU come from such countries as China, India, and Kuwait.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 89%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

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Chapman University did quite well in the 2021 Best Colleges for Venezuelan Students in California ranking, coming in at #8. Located in Orange, California, the medium-sized private not-for-profit school awarded 1,944 diplomas to qualified bachelor’s degree students in 2020-2021.

Of the total number of students at the school, 4.6% are international. The top three countries sending students to study at Chapman are China, Saudi Arabia, and India.

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With a ranking of #9, California College of the Arts did quite well on the 2021 Best Colleges for Venezuelan Students in California. California College of the Arts is a private not-for-profit institution located in San Francisco, California. The school has a small population, and it awarded 283 bachelor’s degrees in 2020-2021.

Around 41.7% of the total student population at the school is international. The top three countries sending students to study at California College of the Arts are China, India, and South Korea.

The impressive student-to-faculty ratio of 8 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools.

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With a ranking of #10, California State Polytechnic University - Pomona did quite well on the 2021 Best Colleges for Venezuelan Students in California. Located in Pomona, California, the large public school handed out 6,526 bachelor’s degrees in 2020-2021.

Of the total number of students at the school, 5.3% are international. Students from as far away as China, Kuwait, and South Korea come to Cal Poly Pomona to study.

With a freshman retention rate of 87%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students.

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San Francisco State University did quite well in the 2021 Best Colleges for Venezuelan Students in California ranking, coming in at #11. San Francisco, California is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelor’s degrees to 6,627 students in 2020-2021.

International students make up 6.8% of the total student body at the school. The top three countries sending students to study at SFSU are China, India, and Japan.

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California State University - Northridge came in at #12 in this year’s edition of the Best Colleges for Venezuelan Students in California ranking. Located in Northridge, California, the large public school handed out 9,572 bachelor’s degrees in 2020-2021.

Around 6.2% of the total student population at the school is international. Students studying at CSUN come from such countries as Kuwait, China, and India.

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Notes and References

Footnotes

*Avg Tuition and Fees and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate are for the top 12 schools only.

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