Top Universities in Southern California
As per U.S. News and World Report

Caltech 10th

UCLA 23rd

USC 25th

UC San Diego 37th

UC Santa Barbara 40th

UC Irvine 42nd

Pepperdine 54th

Colleges

Pomona 5th

Claremont-McKenna 8th

Harvey Mudd 15th

Scripps 24th

Soka 41st

Occidental 44th