Some colleges do not have an open admissions policy, but they accept all or most applicants who meet the admission requirements. The average acceptance rate of the 10 Easiest California Public Colleges to Get In is 73.07% for the academic year 2024-2025.
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.
The average undergraduate tuition & fees of the schools is $20,453 and graduate tuition & fees is $19,457 for the academic year 2024-2025.
We note that the actual tightness of admission lies in considering other admission requirements such as SAT score.| School Name | Acceptance Rate | Yield | SAT Score | Undergraduate Tuition & Fees | Total Population | Graduation Rate | Students to Faculty Ratio | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 - | California State Polytechnic University-Humboldt Arcata, CAPublic, 4-year | 98.20% 0.63% | 5.89% | - | $20,997 ($8,397) | 6,237 | 49.00% | 16 to 1 |
| 2 1 | California State University-Stanislaus Turlock, CAPublic, 4-year | 98.14% 0.67% | 19.14% | - | $20,842 ($8,242) | 9,724 | 53.00% | 18 to 1 |
| 3 5 | California State University-Monterey Bay Seaside, CAPublic, 4-year | 97.40% 2.57% | 9.76% | - | $20,379 ($7,779) | 7,713 | 59.00% | 24 to 1 |
| 4 - | California State University-East Bay Hayward, CAPublic, 4-year | 97.39% 0.58% | 6.85% | - | $20,183 ($7,583) | 12,326 | 48.00% | 22 to 1 |
| 5 1 | San Francisco State University San Francisco, CAPublic, 4-year | 96.44% 0.29% | 8.60% | - | $20,446 ($7,846) | 22,563 | 50.00% | 19 to 1 |
| 6 1 | California State University-Fresno Fresno, CAPublic, 4-year | 95.26% 1.12% | 17.52% | - | $19,941 ($7,341) | 24,427 | 57.00% | 22 to 1 |
| 7 - | California State University-San Marcos San Marcos, CAPublic, 4-year | 95.10% 0.60% | 13.99% | - | $20,682 ($8,082) | 16,237 | 55.00% | 24 to 1 |
| 8 5 | California State University-Channel Islands Camarillo, CAPublic, 4-year | 94.81% 1.75% | 6.23% | - | $19,759 ($7,159) | 5,592 | 51.00% | 16 to 1 |
| 9 2 | California State University-Sacramento Sacramento, CAPublic, 4-year | 93.99% 0.37% | 15.32% | - | $20,618 ($8,018) | 31,943 | 56.00% | 24 to 1 |
| 10 6 | California State University-Bakersfield Bakersfield, CAPublic, 4-year | 93.85% 5.66% | 10.42% | - | $20,687 ($8,087) | 10,419 | 50.00% | 20 to 1 |
| Average | 96.06% | 11.37% | - | $20,453 ($7,853) | 14,718 | 52.80% | 21 to 1 |