California State University, Northridge is the No. 2 public university in California and the No. 12 public university in the nation, according to the Wall Street Journal/College Pulse 2024 Best Colleges in the U.S. ranking.
CSUN was the top-rated CSU and trailed only UC Berkeley in California.
The rankings identified CSUN as the nation's fifth-best university for social mobility and No. 20 for student experience.
CSUN benefited from a change in methodology that put greater emphasis on student outcomes, including a college's contribution to student success.
The WSJ/College Pulse 2024 Best Colleges in the U.S. ranking was developed in collaboration with research partners College Pulse and Statista.
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