Acceptance Rate Comparison between California Public Colleges

For the academic year 2022-2023, the average acceptance rate of California Public Colleges is 44.13%. The yield, also known as enrollment rate, is 17.11%.
A total of 1,507,173 have applied, 665,137 admitted, and 113,791 students have enrolled one of California Public Colleges.
Of the California colleges, University of California-Los Angeles is the tightest school to admit with 8.57% acceptance rate, and University of California-Berkeley has the second lowest acceptance rate of 11.33%.

Acceptance Rates & Admission Statistics Comparison Table

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2023 Acceptance Rates Comparison Table Between California Public Colleges
School NameApplicantsAdmitted EnrolledAcceptance RateAdmission Yield
California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo San Luis Obispo, CA58,77417,8855,110 30.43%28.57%
California State Polytechnic University-Humboldt Arcata, CA8,5058,350961 98.18%11.51%
California State Polytechnic University-Pomona Pomona, CA49,07927,1793,655 55.38%13.45%
California State University Maritime Academy Vallejo, CA756722145 95.50%20.08%
California State University-Bakersfield Bakersfield, CA13,83411,9731,107 86.55%9.25%
California State University-Channel Islands Camarillo, CA10,4209,342635 89.65%6.80%
California State University-Chico Chico, CA21,41720,3472,020 95.00%9.93%
California State University-Dominguez Hills Carson, CA19,16517,0822,062 89.13%12.07%
California State University-East Bay Hayward, CA12,46111,988896 96.20%7.47%
California State University-Fresno Fresno, CA18,55117,7033,458 95.43%19.53%
California State University-Fullerton Fullerton, CA48,74832,5275,280 66.72%16.23%
California State University-Long Beach Long Beach, CA74,71829,8515,365 39.95%17.97%
California State University-Los Angeles Los Angeles, CA33,93929,5073,892 86.94%13.19%
California State University-Monterey Bay Seaside, CA12,56811,611904 92.39%7.79%
California State University-Northridge Northridge, CA25,96523,6874,972 91.23%20.99%
California State University-Sacramento Sacramento, CA25,27623,5593,916 93.21%16.62%
California State University-San Bernardino San Bernardino, CA15,50114,1192,324 91.08%16.46%
California State University-San Marcos San Marcos, CA14,77414,0642,551 95.19%18.14%
California State University-Stanislaus Turlock, CA6,0775,8711,032 96.61%17.58%
San Diego State University San Diego, CA77,25030,3316,573 39.26%21.67%
San Francisco State University San Francisco, CA29,93228,1953,339 94.20%11.84%
San Jose State University San Jose, CA34,00226,0834,037 76.71%15.48%
Sonoma State University Rohnert Park, CA10,80610,158967 94.00%9.52%
University of California-Berkeley Berkeley, CA128,20914,5236,728 11.33%46.33%
University of California-Davis Davis, CA94,74735,3776,399 37.34%18.09%
University of California-Irvine Irvine, CA119,19125,2125,664 21.15%22.47%
University of California-Los Angeles Los Angeles, CA149,80112,8456,462 8.57%50.31%
University of California-Merced Merced, CA29,92026,7662,392 89.46%8.94%
University of California-Riverside Riverside, CA54,68337,5635,573 68.69%14.84%
University of California-San Diego La Jolla, CA131,19731,1036,546 23.71%21.05%
University of California-Santa Barbara Santa Barbara, CA110,99528,6884,967 25.85%17.31%
University of California-Santa Cruz Santa Cruz, CA65,91230,9263,859 46.92%12.48%
Average47,09920,7863,55644.13%17.11%
*Schools missing information are not included in this table. The schools have not report their information to the IPEDS/NCES or not applicable.)
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