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. Stanford University has the lowest acceptance rate as of 5.19% for academic year 2019-2020 in California. For the ranking, we only include 4-years colleges with at least 1,000 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.
Name | Acceptance Rate | # of Applicants | # of Admitted | # of Enrolled | Yield | |
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1 | Stanford UniversityPrivate (not-for-profit), 4 or more yearsStanford, CA | 5.19% | 45,227 | 2,349 | 1,606 | 68.37% |
2 | University of California-Los AngelesPublic, 4 or more yearsLos Angeles, CA | 14.33% | 108,870 | 15,602 | 6,386 | 40.93% |
3 | University of Southern CaliforniaPrivate (not-for-profit), 4 or more yearsLos Angeles, CA | 16.11% | 59,712 | 9,618 | 3,460 | 35.97% |
4 | University of California-BerkeleyPublic, 4 or more yearsBerkeley, CA | 17.48% | 88,062 | 15,390 | 6,117 | 39.75% |
5 | University of California-IrvinePublic, 4 or more yearsIrvine, CA | 29.92% | 97,938 | 29,301 | 5,765 | 19.68% |
6 | University of California-Santa BarbaraPublic, 4 or more yearsSanta Barbara, CA | 36.70% | 90,961 | 33,384 | 4,847 | 14.52% |
7 | University of California-San DiegoPublic, 4 or more yearsLa Jolla, CA | 36.61% | 100,062 | 36,634 | 6,447 | 17.60% |
8 | San Diego State UniversityPublic, 4 or more yearsSan Diego, CA | 36.70% | 64,784 | 23,778 | 4,852 | 20.41% |
9 | California Polytechnic State University-San Luis ObispoPublic, 4 or more yearsSan Luis Obispo, CA | 38.43% | 52,371 | 20,127 | 4,789 | 23.79% |
10 | California State University-Long BeachPublic, 4 or more yearsLong Beach, CA | 42.12% | 67,426 | 28,400 | 4,908 | 17.28% |
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