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 82.35% for academic year 2019-2020 in California. Thomas Aquinas College is positioned second with 72.67% yield and Pomona College follows them with 54%. 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 (2020)
	Name	Yield	# of Applicants	# of Admitted	# of Enrolled	Acceptance Rate
1	Stanford University Private (not-for-profit), 4 or more yearsStanford, CA	82.35%	47,498	2,062	1,698	4.34%
2	Thomas Aquinas College Private (not-for-profit), 4 or more yearsSanta Paula, CA	72.67%	204	161	117	78.92%
3	Pomona College Private (not-for-profit), 4 or more yearsClaremont, CA	54.03%	10,401	770	416	7.40%
4	Claremont McKenna College Private (not-for-profit), 4 or more yearsClaremont, CA	52.48%	6,066	625	328	10.30%
5	Pitzer College Private (not-for-profit), 4 or more yearsClaremont, CA	45.62%	4,415	605	276	13.70%
6	University of California-Berkeley Public, 4 or more yearsBerkeley, CA	45.21%	87,847	14,278	6,455	16.25%
7	The Master's University Private (not-for-profit), 4 or more yearsSanta Clarita, CA	44.92%	660	443	199	67.12%
8	California Institute of Technology Private (not-for-profit), 4 or more yearsPasadena, CA	43.76%	8,367	537	235	6.42%
9	Hope International University Private (not-for-profit), 4 or more yearsFullerton, CA	43.25%	685	252	109	36.79%
10	University of California-Los Angeles Public, 4 or more yearsLos Angeles, CA	43.15%	111,321	13,720	5,920	12.32%

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