Most Favored California Colleges

Most Favored California Colleges with Highest Enrollment Rate

This page lists the most favored (higher yield) schools in California. The yield, also known as enrollment rate, is the percent of students who choose to enroll after having been offered admission. Higher yield means that more admitted students are finally enrolled into the school.

Stanford University, has the highest yield rate of 83.66% for academic year 2022-2023 in California. Thomas Aquinas College is positioned second with 62.61% yield and University of Silicon Valley follows them with 56%. Next table shows the schools that have high yield rates with admission statistics and acceptance rates. We exclude colleges whose programs are focused on certificate, associate, and/or special subjects such as arts and music from the ranking. You may want to check colleges having the lowest yield rates in California.

Most Favored California Colleges with Highest Enrollment Rate (2023)
	Name	Yield	# of Applicants	# of Admitted	# of Enrolled	Acceptance Rate
1	Stanford University Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsStanford, CA	83.66%	56,378	2,075	1,736	3.68%
2	Thomas Aquinas College Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsSanta Paula, CA	62.61%	262	222	139	84.73%
3	University of Silicon Valley Private (for-profit), four-yearsSan Jose, CA	56.00%	116	75	42	64.66%
4	Pomona College Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsClaremont, CA	55.14%	10,666	749	413	7.02%
5	Claremont McKenna College Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsClaremont, CA	54.48%	5,709	591	322	10.35%
6	University of California-Los Angeles Public, four-yearsLos Angeles, CA	50.31%	149,801	12,845	6,462	8.57%
7	California Institute of Technology Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsPasadena, CA	50.00%	16,626	448	224	2.69%
8	The Master's University and Seminary Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsSanta Clarita, CA	49.32%	848	663	327	78.18%
9	Pitzer College Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsClaremont, CA	47.98%	3,500	644	309	18.40%
10	University of California-Berkeley Public, four-yearsBerkeley, CA	46.33%	128,209	14,523	6,728	11.33%

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