Tightest California Colleges to Get In

Tightest California Colleges to Admit with Lowest Acceptance Rate

The following table lists the tightest (low acceptance rate) California colleges and universities to admit. Those schools have been keeping the acceptance rate in low level in recent years. California Institute of Technology has the lowest acceptance rate as of 2.57% for academic year 2023-2024 in California. For the ranking, we only include 4-years colleges with at least 100 new students (freshmen).

The following table shows the schools that have low acceptance rates with admission statistics and yield, also known as enrollment rate. You may want to check colleges having the highest acceptance rates in California.

Tightest California Colleges to Admit with Lowest Acceptance Rate (2023-2024)
	Name	Acceptance Rate	# of Applicants	# of Admitted	# of Enrolled	Yield
1	California Institute of Technology Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsPasadena, CA	2.57%	13,856	356	218	61.24%
2	Minerva University Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsSan Francisco, CA	3.04%	10,864	330	144	43.64%
3	Stanford University Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsStanford, CA	3.61%	57,326	2,067	1,693	81.91%
4	Pomona College Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsClaremont, CA	7.09%	12,249	868	436	50.23%
5	University of California-Los Angeles Public, four-yearsLos Angeles, CA	8.97%	146,272	13,114	6,610	50.40%
6	Claremont McKenna College Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsClaremont, CA	9.59%	6,529	626	337	53.83%
7	University of Southern California Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsLos Angeles, CA	9.81%	82,027	8,050	3,489	43.34%
8	Stanbridge University Private (for-profit), four-yearsIrvine, CA	10%	3,320	332	312	93.98%
9	University of California-Berkeley Public, four-yearsBerkeley, CA	10.98%	124,242	13,639	6,272	45.99%
10	Harvey Mudd College Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsClaremont, CA	12.66%	5,094	645	231	35.81%

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Tightest California Colleges to Admit with Lowest Acceptance Rate

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