California Colleges Having Lowest Graduation Rate

Ashford University 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 9% last year.

National University with 22% and University of the People with 27% of graduation rates followed it in the ranking of California 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 Colleges Having Lowest Graduation Rate

Ashford University has the lowest graduation rate of 9% and National University has the second lowest graduation rate of 22%.

The average undergraduate tuition & fees of the schools is $16,417 and graduate tuition & fees is $18,405 for the academic year 2023-2024.

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

Table. California 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 -	Ashford University San Diego, CA Private, four-years	9.00% 0.46%	$13,160	-	-	-	34,190	19 to 1
2 2	National University San Diego, CA Private, four-years	22.00% 24.67%	$13,320	-	-	-	18,631	16 to 1
3 1	University of the People Pasadena, CA Private, four-years	27.00% 3.61%	$1,200	-	-	-	34,192	23 to 1
4 1	Academy of Art University San Francisco, CA Private, four-years	43.00% 4.98%	$28,024	-	-	-	6,786	15 to 1
5 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
5 -	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
7 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
8 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
9	University of Massachusetts Global Irvine, CA Public, four-years	50.00%	$12,520 ($12,520)	-	-	-	8,689	18 to 1
10 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
	Average	38.70%	$16,417 ($8,178)	10.70%	91.40%	-	17,469	19 to 1

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