{"id":452965,"date":"2026-09-04T05:04:27","date_gmt":"2026-09-04T05:04:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/452965\/"},"modified":"2026-09-04T05:04:27","modified_gmt":"2026-09-04T05:04:27","slug":"sacramento-state-ranks-among-top-us-colleges-for-tuition-value-see-why","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/452965\/","title":{"rendered":"Sacramento State ranks among top US colleges for tuition, value. See why"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Sacramento State has been ranked as one of the top schools in California and the United States for tuition and tax dollar value in 2026, Washington Monthly said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The university places No. 7 among public institutions nationally, No. 5 among California colleges and No. 16 among all institutions evaluated in the U.S., the school said in a news release.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The Washington Monthly list &#8220;measures how well colleges and universities serve students and contribute to the public good.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">&#8220;Its evaluation considers how effectively institutions enroll and graduate students from lower- and middle-income backgrounds, keep college affordable, improve graduates&#8217; economic prospects and encourage public service,&#8221; the university said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The ranking said Sacramento State graduates had average earnings of $64,511 four years after graduation. The school ranked 77th for affordability.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Washington Monthly has <a data-ylk=\"slk:released the rankings;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;link&quot;,&quot;yLinkElementType&quot;:&quot;article_link&quot;}\" href=\"https:\/\/washingtonmonthly.com\/2026-college-guide\/2026-best-colleges-for-your-tuition-and-tax-dollars\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">released the rankings<\/a> annually since 2005, the publication said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The list ranked schools for affordability, access, outcomes and service.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Six other California State University campuses placed among the top 30 among all institutions evaluated in the U.S.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">California State University, Northridge, ranked 3rd.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">California State University, Los Angeles, ranked 9th.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">California State University, Long Beach, ranked 10th.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">California State University, Fresno, ranked 11th.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">California State University, San Bernardino, ranked 23rd.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">California State University, Fullerton, ranked 24th.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Stanford University ranked 39th.. California State University, Stanislaus, ranked 45th.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Sacramento State has been ranked as one of the top schools in California and the United States for&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":452966,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[7,5529,178971,178972,121,123,122,5481,178970],"class_list":["post-452965","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sacramento","tag-california","tag-california-state-university","tag-ranked-23rd","tag-ranked-24th","tag-sacramento","tag-sacramento-headlines","tag-sacramento-news","tag-sacramento-state","tag-washington-monthly"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/452965","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=452965"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/452965\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/452966"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=452965"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=452965"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=452965"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}