Lowest Enrollment Rate in California Colleges

California Colleges with Lowest Enrollment Rate

This page lists the schools having low yield) 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.

Menlo College, has the lowest yield rate of 5.26% for academic year 2024-2025 in California. Whittier College is positioned second with 5.41% yield and California State Polytechnic University-Humboldt follows them with 6%. Next table shows the schools that have low yield rates with admission statistics and acceptance rates. Colleges whose programs are focused on certificate, associate, and/or special subjects such as arts and music are excluded from the ranking. You may want to check colleges having the highest yield rates in California.

California Colleges with Lowest Enrollment Rate (2025)
	Name	Yield	# of Applicants	# of Admitted	# of Enrolled	Acceptance Rate
1	Menlo College Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsAtherton, CA	5.26%	4,637	3,175	167	68.47%
2	Whittier College Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsWhittier, CA	5.41%	4,778	3,860	209	80.79%
3	California State Polytechnic University-Humboldt Public, four-yearsArcata, CA	5.89%	15,725	15,442	909	98.20%
4	Woodbury University Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsBurbank, CA	5.90%	2,572	2,100	124	81.65%
5	University of San Francisco Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsSan Francisco, CA	5.99%	24,888	15,358	920	61.71%
6	California State University-East Bay Public, four-yearsHayward, CA	6.85%	11,867	11,557	792	97.39%
7	Sonoma State University Public, four-yearsRohnert Park, CA	8.31%	11,246	10,507	873	93.43%
8	San Francisco State University Public, four-yearsSan Francisco, CA	8.60%	28,221	27,215	2,340	96.44%
9	University of California-Santa Cruz Public, four-yearsSanta Cruz, CA	9.29%	71,722	47,186	4,383	65.79%
10	California State University-Dominguez Hills Public, four-yearsCarson, CA	9.32%	19,921	18,586	1,732	93.30%

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California Colleges with Lowest Enrollment Rate

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