For the second straight year, CSUN landed on Billboard's list of the nation's best music business schools. Lauded for its experiential learning and entrepreneurship, CSUN is named alongside other giants in the world of music education, like Berklee, Drexel and NYU.

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.

Reignite your academic passions and possibilities at CSUN. Whether you are a CSUN graduate ready for more, someone who stopped just short of the degree or faced challenges along the way, CSUN offers you a distinctive way to take those next steps forward.