Most Favored California Private Colleges

The average yield (also know as enrollment rate) of the 10 Most Favored California Private Colleges is 27.31% for the academic year 2024-2025.

Stanford University has the highest (i.e. more admitted students are enrolled into eventually) admission yield of 81.91% and DeVry University-California (73.10%) and Thomas Aquinas College (67.70%) are following it in the list of Most Favored California Private Colleges.

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

Stanford University has the highest admission yield (enrollment rate) of 81.91% and DeVry University-California has the second highest yield of 73.10%.

The average undergraduate tuition & fees of the schools is $49,877 and graduate tuition & fees is $47,195 for the academic year 2024-2025.

For these well-regarded Most Favored California Private Colleges, the average acceptance rate is 44.17% and the average SAT score is 1,478, indicating a moderately selective admissions process.

Table. Most Favored California Private Colleges Comparison
	School Name	Yield	Acceptance Rate	SAT Score	Undergraduate Tuition & Fees	Total Population	Graduation Rate	Students to Faculty Ratio
1 1	Stanford University Stanford, CAPrivate, 4-year	81.91% 0.97%	3.61%	1,550	$65,910	18,625	92.00%	6 to 1
2 1	DeVry University-California Ontario, CAPrivate, 4-year	73.10% 9.56%	98.50%	-	$17,008	2,403	22.00%	26 to 1
3 -	Thomas Aquinas College Santa Paula, CAPrivate, 4-year	67.70% 1.38%	83.09%	1,310	$30,200	566	84.00%	11 to 1
4 1	California Institute of Technology Pasadena, CAPrivate, 4-year	61.24% 3.32%	2.57%	-	$65,898	2,430	94.00%	3 to 1
5 15	Providence Christian College Pasadena, CAPrivate, 4-year	60.00% 31.72%	100.00%	-	$36,963	168	20.00%	17 to 1
6 2	Claremont McKenna College Claremont, CAPrivate, 4-year	53.83% 4.06%	9.59%	1,530	$67,980	1,393	91.00%	8 to 1
7 -	Pomona College Claremont, CAPrivate, 4-year	50.23% 0.41%	7.09%	1,540	$65,420	1,700	93.00%	7 to 1
8 3	Soka University of America Aliso Viejo, CAPrivate, 4-year	45.82% 0.17%	43.38%	1,440	$38,728	495	92.00%	7 to 1
9 1	The Master's University and Seminary Santa Clarita, CAPrivate, 4-year	45.75% 1.29%	84.02%	-	$39,020	2,860	68.00%	13 to 1
10 2	University of Southern California Los Angeles, CAPrivate, 4-year	43.34% 1.55%	9.81%	1,500	$71,647	46,566	92.00%	9 to 1
	Average	58.29%	44.17%	1,478	$49,877	7,721	74.80%	11 to 1

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