Top Colleges in California Acceptance Rates and Admission Statistics

The average acceptance rate of Top Colleges in California is 12.07%, a total of 49,803 applicants applied to the schools and 4,404 accepted.

University of California-Los Angeles had the most number of applicants of 146,272 and Soka University of America had the least number of applicants of 634 among Top Colleges in California.

California Institute of Technology had the lowest acceptance rate of 2.57% and Soka University of America had the highest rate of 43.38%.

Table. Top Colleges in California Acceptance Rates and Admission Comparison
RankSchool ApplicantsAdmittedEnrolledAcceptance RateYield
1Stanford UniversityStanford, CA57,3262,0671,6933.61%81.91%
2California Institute of TechnologyPasadena, CA13,8563562182.57%61.24%
3Pomona CollegeClaremont, CA12,2498684367.09%50.23%
4University of Southern CaliforniaLos Angeles, CA82,0278,0503,4899.81%43.34%
5Claremont McKenna CollegeClaremont, CA6,5296263379.59%53.83%
6Harvey Mudd CollegeClaremont, CA5,09464523112.66%35.81%
7Soka University of AmericaAliso Viejo, CA63427512643.38%45.82%
8Middlebury Institute of International Studies at MontereyMonterey, CA-----
9University of California-Los AngelesLos Angeles, CA146,27213,1146,6108.97%50.40%
10University of California-BerkeleyBerkeley, CA124,24213,6396,27210.98%45.99%
-Average49,8034,4042,15712%52%