California Public Colleges Having Highest Graduation Rate

University of California-Berkeley 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 94% last year.

University of California-Los Angeles with 92% and University of California-San Diego with 87% of graduation rates followed it in the ranking of California Public 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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University of California-Berkeley has the highest graduation rate of 94% and University of California-Los Angeles has the second highest graduation rate of 92%.

The average undergraduate tuition & fees of the schools is $41,442 and graduate tuition & fees is $27,825 for the academic year 2023-2024.

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

Table. California Public 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 -	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
2 -	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 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
4 -	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
4 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
6 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
6 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
8 1	San Diego State University San Diego, CA Public, four-years	78.00% 2.00%	$20,170 ($8,290)	21.67%	39.26%	-	37,402	25 to 1
9 -	University of California-Riverside Riverside, CA Public, four-years	76.00% -	$44,947 ($14,170)	14.84%	68.69%	-	26,809	24 to 1
9 1	University of California-Santa Cruz Santa Cruz, CA Public, four-years	76.00% 2.00%	$45,337 ($14,560)	12.48%	46.92%	-	19,478	23 to 1
	Average	84.50%	$41,442 ($13,641)	25.31%	31.33%	-	34,147	20 to 1

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