Tightest California 4-Years Colleges To Get In

The average acceptance rate of the 77 California colleges that have competitive admission is 62.75% for the academic year 2023-2024. Compared to last year, the acceptance rate is lower by 0.26%. The acceptance rate at 35 California colleges increased and the rate of 41 colleges decreased.

Minerva University has the lowest (i.e. hard to admit) acceptance rate of 1.00%. California Institute of Technology (2.69%) and Stanford University (3.68%) are following it in the list of Tightest California 4-Years Colleges to get in.

This ranking is only based on acceptance rates and more admission stats such as SAT and ACT scores are helpful to measure the chances to get in more accurately.

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Key Admission and Academic Facts of Tightest California 4-Years Colleges To Get In

Minerva University has the lowest acceptance rate (tightest rate) of 1.00% and California Institute of Technology has the second lowest rate of 2.69% among 77 California colleges with competitive admission. Minerva University stay at first place of the lowest acceptance rate ranking since last year. California Institute of Technology also maintained its second place in the ranking.

The average undergraduate tuition & fees of the schools is $53,227 and graduate tuition & fees is $48,295 for the academic year 2023-2024.

The following table compares the tuition and other academic characteristics between 10 Tightest California 4-Years Colleges To Get In.

Table. Tightest California 4-Years Colleges To Get In Comparison
	School Name	Acceptance Rate	Yield	SAT Score	Undergraduate Tuition & Fees	Total Population	Graduation Rate	Students to Faculty Ratio
1 -	Minerva University San Francisco, CA Private, four-years	1.00% 0.02%	72.12%	-	$18,700	660	83.00%	13 to 1
2 -	California Institute of Technology Pasadena, CA Private, four-years	2.69% 1.23%	50.00%	-	$63,255	2,401	94.00%	3 to 1
3 -	Stanford University Stanford, CA Private, four-years	3.68% 0.27%	83.66%	1,550	$62,484	18,283	95.00%	5 to 1
4 -	Pomona College Claremont, CA Private, four-years	7.02% 0.38%	55.14%	1,520	$62,326	1,716	94.00%	7 to 1
5 2	University of California-Los Angeles Los Angeles, CA Public, four-years	8.57% 2.20%	50.31%	-	$44,524 ($13,747)	46,430	92.00%	18 to 1
6 -	Stanbridge University Irvine, CA Private, four-years	10.12% 0.38%	92.09%	-	$36,710	2,259	62.00%	15 to 1
7 1	Claremont McKenna College Claremont, CA Private, four-years	10.35% 0.89%	54.48%	1,510	$64,150	1,389	91.00%	8 to 1
8 3	University of California-Berkeley Berkeley, CA Public, four-years	11.33% 3.11%	46.33%	-	$45,627 ($14,850)	45,307	94.00%	19 to 1
9 -	University of Southern California Los Angeles, CA Private, four-years	12.02% 0.49%	41.18%	1,520	$68,237	48,945	92.00%	9 to 1
10 5	Harvey Mudd College Claremont, CA Private, four-years	13.36% 3.37%	39.97%	1,530	$66,255	922	92.00%	8 to 1
	Average	8.01%	58.53%	1,526	$53,227 ($14,299)	16,831	88.90%	11 to 1

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