California Public Colleges Having Lowest Graduation Rate

California State University-East Bay has the lowest 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 45% last year.

California State Polytechnic University-Humboldt with 45% and California State University-Dominguez Hills with 46% of graduation rates followed it in the ranking of California Public Colleges having Lowest Graduation Rate. Colleges having lowest graduation rate.

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

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Key Admission and Academic Facts of California Public Colleges Having Lowest Graduation Rate

California State University-East Bay has the lowest graduation rate of 45% and California State Polytechnic University-Humboldt has the second lowest graduation rate of 45%.

The average undergraduate tuition & fees of the schools is $18,651 and graduate tuition & fees is $17,880 for the academic year 2023-2024.

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

Table. California Public Colleges Having Lowest Graduation Rate Comparison
	School Name	Graduation Rate	Undergraduate Tuition & Fees	Yield	Acceptance Rate	SAT Score	Total Population	Students to Faculty Ratio
1 2	California State University-East Bay Hayward, CA Public, four-years	45.00% 3.44%	$18,935 ($7,055)	7.47%	96.20%	-	13,673	22 to 1
1 -	California State Polytechnic University-Humboldt Arcata, CA Public, four-years	45.00% 2.50%	$19,793 ($7,913)	11.51%	98.18%	-	6,025	15 to 1
3 2	California State University-Dominguez Hills Carson, CA Public, four-years	46.00% 6.53%	$18,944 ($7,064)	12.07%	89.13%	-	16,426	22 to 1
4 2	California State University-Bakersfield Bakersfield, CA Public, four-years	49.00% 1.44%	$19,576 ($7,696)	9.25%	86.55%	-	9,613	19 to 1
5	University of Massachusetts Global Irvine, CA Public, four-years	50.00%	$12,520 ($12,520)	-	-	-	8,689	18 to 1
6 2	California State University-Los Angeles Los Angeles, CA Public, four-years	51.00% 0.90%	$18,698 ($6,818)	13.19%	86.94%	-	26,460	22 to 1
7 2	California State University-San Bernardino San Bernardino, CA Public, four-years	54.00% 2.96%	$19,555 ($7,675)	16.46%	91.08%	-	19,803	23 to 1
7 3	California State University-Sacramento Sacramento, CA Public, four-years	54.00% 3.46%	$19,482 ($7,602)	16.62%	93.21%	-	31,818	24 to 1
7 1	San Francisco State University San Francisco, CA Public, four-years	54.00% 0.29%	$19,304 ($7,424)	11.84%	94.20%	-	25,282	19 to 1
10 1	California State University-Stanislaus Turlock, CA Public, four-years	55.00% 2.62%	$19,706 ($7,826)	17.58%	96.61%	-	10,154	18 to 1
	Average	50.30%	$18,651 ($7,959)	12.89%	92.46%	-	16,794	20 to 1

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