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 80.23% for academic year 2021-2022 in California. Thomas Aquinas College is positioned second with 60.37% yield and Pomona College follows them with 58%. 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 (2022)
	Name	Yield	# of Applicants	# of Admitted	# of Enrolled	Acceptance Rate
1	Stanford University Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsStanford, CA	80.23%	55,471	2,190	1,757	3.95%
2	Thomas Aquinas College Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsSanta Paula, CA	60.37%	261	217	131	83.14%
3	Pomona College Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsClaremont, CA	58.50%	11,620	771	451	6.64%
4	Claremont McKenna College Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsClaremont, CA	56.56%	5,632	633	358	11.24%
5	Pitzer College Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsClaremont, CA	53.05%	3,676	673	357	18.31%
6	California Institute of Technology Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsPasadena, CA	52.94%	13,026	510	270	3.92%
7	The Master's University and Seminary Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsSanta Clarita, CA	48.46%	1,063	712	345	66.98%
8	Harvey Mudd College Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsClaremont, CA	47.57%	4,737	473	225	9.99%
9	National University Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsLa Jolla, CA	45.24%	154	84	38	54.55%
10	University of California-Los Angeles Public, four-yearsLos Angeles, CA	43.81%	139,489	15,028	6,584	10.77%

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