California Private Colleges With The Highest Graduation Rate

University of Southern California 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 92% last year.

Stanford University with 92% and Santa Clara University with 88% of graduation rates followed it in the ranking of California Private Colleges with the Highest Graduation Rate.

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

The average undergraduate tuition & fees of the schools is $62,169 and graduate tuition & fees is $40,151 for the academic year 2024-2025.

For these well-regarded California Private Colleges with the Highest Graduation Rate, the average acceptance rate is 49.46% and the average SAT score is 1,382, indicating a moderately selective admissions process.

Table. California Private Colleges With The Highest Graduation Rate Comparison
	School Name	Graduation Rate	Undergraduate Tuition & Fees	Yield	Acceptance Rate	SAT Score	Total Population	Students to Faculty Ratio
1 1	University of Southern California Los Angeles, CAPrivate, 4-year	92.00% 1.00%	$71,647	43.34%	9.81%	1,500	46,566	9 to 1
1 -	Stanford University Stanford, CAPrivate, 4-year	92.00% -	$65,910	81.91%	3.61%	1,550	18,625	6 to 1
3 -	Santa Clara University Santa Clara, CAPrivate, 4-year	88.00% -	$61,293	17.69%	48.00%	1,420	9,728	11 to 1
4 1	University of San Diego San Diego, CAPrivate, 4-year	84.00% 3.00%	$59,486	12.39%	52.38%	-	9,714	13 to 1
5 1	Pepperdine University Malibu, CAPrivate, 4-year	83.00% 1.00%	$69,918	11.64%	62.86%	1,370	8,976	12 to 1
6 -	Chapman University Orange, CAPrivate, 4-year	82.00% 2.00%	$64,984	15.94%	65.43%	1,350	9,760	12 to 1
7 -	Loyola Marymount University Los Angeles, CAPrivate, 4-year	79.00% -	$61,867	14.80%	45.08%	1,350	10,179	10 to 1
8 -	University of San Francisco San Francisco, CAPrivate, 4-year	70.00% 1.00%	$60,522	5.99%	61.71%	1,290	8,913	11 to 1
9 1	University of the Pacific Stockton, CAPrivate, 4-year	69.00% 2.00%	$57,080	13.80%	71.32%	1,345	6,944	13 to 1
10 1	Biola University La Mirada, CAPrivate, 4-year	68.00% -	$48,984	29.74%	74.35%	1,265	5,434	15 to 1
	Average	80.70%	$62,169	24.72%	49.46%	1,382	13,484	11 to 1

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