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Colleges in California

613 Colleges - 166 public and 447 private

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There are 613 colleges in California - 166 public and 447 private schools. All schools are located in the city limits (boundaries). 564 schools provide undergraduate programs and 202 schools offer graduate programs.
A total of 2,761,388 students is attending one of those schools and its average 2025 tuition is $30,353 (based on out-of-state rate at 4-years colleges). The acceptance rate of the schools is 68.21% and the average SAT score submitted by enrolled students is 1,329.
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