2024 Tightest California Colleges To Admit Rankings
Among California colleges, Minerva University has the tightest acceptance rate (1.00%) and California Institute of Technology has the second lowest rate (2.69%) based on academic year 2022-2023 admission data.
Below table ranks and compares the Tightest California Colleges To Admit having lowest acceptance rate. For the acceptance rate rankings, we only include 4-year California colleges that have competitive admission.
Tightest California Colleges To Admit
| Rank | College Name | Applicants | Admitted | Enrolled | Acceptance Rate | Yield | Tuition & Fees | Student Population | SAT Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Minerva University San Francisco, CA | 20,816 | 208 | 150 | 1.0% | 72.1% | $18,700 | 660 | - |
| 2 | California Institute of Technology Pasadena, CA | 16,626 | 448 | 224 | 2.7% | 50.0% | $63,255 | 2,401 | - |
| 3 | Stanford University Stanford, CA | 56,378 | 2,075 | 1,736 | 3.7% | 83.7% | $62,484 | 18,283 | 1,550 |
| 4 | Pomona College Claremont, CA | 10,666 | 749 | 413 | 7.0% | 55.1% | $62,326 | 1,716 | 1,520 |
| 5 | University of California-Los Angeles Los Angeles, CA | 149,801 | 12,845 | 6,462 | 8.6% | 50.3% | $44,524 | 46,430 | - |
| 6 | Claremont McKenna College Claremont, CA | 5,709 | 591 | 322 | 10.4% | 54.5% | $64,150 | 1,389 | 1,510 |
| 7 | University of California-Berkeley Berkeley, CA | 128,209 | 14,523 | 6,728 | 11.3% | 46.3% | $45,627 | 45,307 | - |
| 8 | University of Southern California Los Angeles, CA | 69,062 | 8,304 | 3,420 | 12.0% | 41.2% | $68,237 | 48,945 | 1,510 |
| 9 | University of California-Irvine Irvine, CA | 119,191 | 25,212 | 5,664 | 21.2% | 22.5% | $45,014 | 35,937 | - |
| 10 | University of California-San Diego La Jolla, CA | 131,197 | 31,103 | 6,546 | 23.7% | 21.0% | $46,042 | 42,006 | - |
Qualified California Colleges in Core Admission Stats
