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Tightest California Colleges to Admit with Lowest Acceptance Rate

The next 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. Minerva University has the lowest acceptance rate as of 1% for academic year 2022-2023 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 (2022-2023)
NameAcceptance Rate# of Applicants# of Admitted# of EnrolledYield
1Minerva University
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsSan Francisco, CA
1%20,81620815072.12%
2California Institute of Technology
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsPasadena, CA
2.69%16,62644822450.00%
3Stanford University
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsStanford, CA
3.68%56,3782,0751,73683.66%
4Pomona College
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsClaremont, CA
7.02%10,66674941355.14%
5University of California-Los Angeles
Public, four-yearsLos Angeles, CA
8.57%149,80112,8456,46250.31%
6Stanbridge University
Private (for-profit), four-yearsIrvine, CA
10.12%2,50025323392.09%
7Claremont McKenna College
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsClaremont, CA
10.35%5,70959132254.48%
8University of California-Berkeley
Public, four-yearsBerkeley, CA
11.33%128,20914,5236,72846.33%
9University of Southern California
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsLos Angeles, CA
12.02%69,0628,3043,42041.18%
10Harvey Mudd College
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsClaremont, CA
13.36%4,44059323739.97%