Best Colleges in California
| School Name | City (distance from city center) | Undergraduate Tuition & Fees | Graduate Tuition & Fees | Acceptance Rate | Graduation Rate | Student To faculty Ratio | Student Population |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| University of California-Santa Cruz public |
Santa Cruz (1.8 miles) |
$45,337 ($14,560) |
$29,957 ($14,855) | 46.92% | 76% | 23 to 1 | 19,478 |
| Five Branches University private (for-profit) |
Santa Cruz (2.2 miles) |
$19,360 | $19,363 | - | - | - | 335 |
| Cabrillo College public |
Aptos (6.1 miles) |
$9,910 ($1,270) |
- | - | 33% | 16 to 1 | 9,149 |
| CET-Watsonville private (not-for-profit) |
Watsonville (15.1 miles) |
$15,249 | - | - | - | 15 to 1 | 103 |
| West Valley Mission Community College District Office public |
Saratoga (19.8 miles) |
- | - | - | - | - | - |
| West Valley College public |
Saratoga (19.8 miles) |
$8,702 ($1,490) |
- | - | 45% | 17 to 1 | 6,513 |
| The Salon Professional Academy-San Jose private (for-profit) |
San Jose (21.8 miles) |
$13,950 | - | - | - | 22 to 1 | 233 |
| Carrington College-San Jose private (for-profit) |
San Jose (23.4 miles) |
$21,799 | - | - | 54% | 21 to 1 | 669 |
| De Anza College public |
Cupertino (23.6 miles) |
$12,317 ($1,562) |
- | - | 66% | 27 to 1 | 16,335 |
| San Jose City College public |
San Jose (24.1 miles) |
$9,486 ($1,366) |
- | - | 33% | 23 to 1 | 7,561 |
| CET-San Jose private (not-for-profit) |
San Jose (25.1 miles) |
$16,375 | - | - | - | 15 to 1 | 183 |
| Gavilan College public |
Gilroy (25.7 miles) |
$12,246 ($1,506) |
- | - | 32% | 21 to 1 | 4,561 |
| San Jose-Evergreen Community College District public |
San Jose (25.9 miles) |
- | - | - | - | - | - |
| Santa Clara University private (not-for-profit) |
Santa Clara (26.1 miles) |
$59,241 | $25,873 | 52.11% | 88% | 12 to 1 | 9,178 |
| San Jose State University public |
San Jose (26.2 miles) |
$19,872 ($7,992) |
$18,930 ($9,426) | 76.71% | 68% | 22 to 1 | 35,751 |
| California State University-Monterey Bay public |
Seaside (26.2 miles) |
$19,317 ($7,437) |
$18,375 ($8,871) | 92.39% | 61% | 20 to 1 | 7,045 |
| Evergreen Valley College public |
San Jose (26.8 miles) |
$8,718 ($1,366) |
- | - | 35% | 25 to 1 | 7,952 |
| Paul Mitchell the School-San Jose private (for-profit) |
San Jose (26.9 miles) |
$13,250 | - | - | - | 13 to 1 | 77 |
| Foothill College public |
Los Altos Hills (27.0 miles) |
$12,320 ($1,565) |
- | - | 56% | 25 to 1 | 12,434 |
| Foothill-De Anza Community College District public |
Los Altos Hills (27.0 miles) |
- | - | - | - | - | - |
| Institute for Business and Technology private (for-profit) |
Santa Clara (27.2 miles) |
$18,530 | - | - | 77% | 34 to 1 | 614 |
| Middlebury Institute of International Studies at Monterey private (not-for-profit) |
Monterey (27.3 miles) |
$47,026 | $47,026 | - | - | 1 to 1 | 657 |
| International Technological University private (not-for-profit) |
Santa Clara (27.8 miles) |
- | $18,471 | - | - | - | 137 |
| Naval Postgraduate School public |
Monterey (27.9 miles) |
- | - | - | - | - | 2,670 |
| California University-Silicon Valley private (not-for-profit) |
Sunnyvale (28.0 miles) |
- | $6,980 | - | - | - | 22 |
| Monterey Peninsula College public |
Monterey (28.1 miles) |
$9,924 ($1,188) |
- | - | 26% | 18 to 1 | 6,514 |
| University of East-West Medicine private (for-profit) |
Sunnyvale (28.3 miles) |
$17,098 | $17,688 | - | - | - | 93 |
| CET-Salinas private (not-for-profit) |
Salinas (28.3 miles) |
$15,249 | - | - | - | 26 to 1 | 157 |
| Central Coast College private (for-profit) |
Salinas (28.3 miles) |
$18,560 | - | - | 84% | 25 to 1 | 446 |
| Waynes College of Beauty private (for-profit) |
Salinas (28.6 miles) |
$18,075 | - | - | - | 15 to 1 | 42 |
| Mission College public |
Santa Clara (28.7 miles) |
$12,220 ($1,438) |
- | - | 34% | 15 to 1 | 5,747 |
| Palo Alto University private (not-for-profit) |
Palo Alto (29.1 miles) |
$23,096 | $49,200 | - | - | 12 to 1 | 1,129 |
| Hartnell College public |
Salinas (29.3 miles) |
$8,994 ($1,404) |
- | - | 31% | 22 to 1 | 8,892 |
