California 4-Years Colleges Having Highest Graduation Rate

Stanford University has the highest graduation rate, which is the percentage of graduate candidates who complete their degree or certificate within 150 percent of normal time (for example, within 6 years for 4-years BS degree). Its graduatation rate was 95% last year.

University of California-Berkeley with 94% and University of California-Los Angeles with 92% of graduation rates followed it in the ranking of California 4-Years Colleges having Highest Graduation Rate. Colleges having highest graduation rate.

For the ranking, we exclude schools with fewer than 5,000 students.

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Key Admission and Academic Facts of California 4-Years Colleges Having Highest Graduation Rate

Stanford University has the highest graduation rate of 95% and University of California-Berkeley has the second highest graduation rate of 94%.

The average undergraduate tuition & fees of the schools is $49,393 and graduate tuition & fees is $35,309 for the academic year 2023-2024.

The average acceptance rate is 22.62% and the average SAT score is 1,478 at the schools.

The following table compares the tuition and other academic characteristics between 10 California 4-Years Colleges Having Highest Graduation Rate.

Table. California 4-Years Colleges Having Highest Graduation Rate Comparison
	School Name	Graduation Rate	Undergraduate Tuition & Fees	Yield	Acceptance Rate	SAT Score	Total Population	Students to Faculty Ratio
1 -	Stanford University Stanford, CA Private, four-years	95.00% 1.00%	$62,484	83.66%	3.68%	1,550	18,283	5 to 1
2 -	University of California-Berkeley Berkeley, CA Public, four-years	94.00% 1.00%	$45,627 ($14,850)	46.33%	11.33%	-	45,307	19 to 1
3 -	University of California-Los Angeles Los Angeles, CA Public, four-years	92.00% -	$44,524 ($13,747)	50.31%	8.57%	-	46,430	18 to 1
3 -	University of Southern California Los Angeles, CA Private, four-years	92.00% -	$68,237	41.18%	12.02%	1,520	48,945	9 to 1
5 -	Santa Clara University Santa Clara, CA Private, four-years	88.00% 3.00%	$59,241	18.91%	52.11%	1,364	9,178	12 to 1
6 -	University of California-San Diego La Jolla, CA Public, four-years	87.00% 2.00%	$46,042 ($15,265)	21.05%	23.71%	-	42,006	19 to 1
7 -	University of California-Davis Davis, CA Public, four-years	86.00% 1.00%	$46,024 ($15,247)	18.09%	37.34%	-	39,679	21 to 1
7 3	University of California-Irvine Irvine, CA Public, four-years	86.00% 2.00%	$45,014 ($14,237)	22.47%	21.15%	-	35,937	18 to 1
9 1	California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo San Luis Obispo, CA Public, four-years	85.00% -	$30,995 ($11,075)	28.57%	30.43%	-	22,000	20 to 1
9 1	University of California-Santa Barbara Santa Barbara, CA Public, four-years	85.00% -	$45,742 ($14,965)	17.31%	25.85%	-	26,420	17 to 1
	Average	89.00%	$49,393 ($14,198)	34.79%	22.62%	1,478	33,419	16 to 1

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