SoCal universities make Forbes' national 'top colleges' list for 2023

LOS ANGELES - Forbes released its annual list of top colleges in the U.S., and a number of Southern California universities made the ranks.

Every year, Forbes highlights 500 universities across the nation that "check all the boxes."

There is no singular reason for a particular school to rank the way it does on the list, according to the publication. Instead, each university is analyzed and a variety of factors are considered, such as graduation rates, graduate salaries and outcomes for low-income students.

Here's some of who made the cut from Southern California:

• Loyola Marymount University (#203)
• Pepperdine University (#189)
• Cal State Northridge (#164)
• Cal State Los Angeles (#155)
• Scripps College (#150)
• University of San Diego (#128)
• Cal Poly Pomona (#116)
• Pitzer College (#115)
• Occidental College (#108)
• Cal State Long Beach (#103)
• Cal State Fullerton (#90)
• UC Riverside (#75)
• Harvey Mudd (#71)
• UC Irvine (#61)
• California Institute of Technology (#47)
• San Diego State University (#43)
• Claremont McKenna College (#41)
• Pomona College (#34)
• UC Santa Barbara (#24)
• UC San Deigo (#21)
• USC (#14)
• UCLA (#7)

Find Forbes' full list for 2023 here.