44.25% of Applicants Accepted to California Colleges in 2023-2024 Admission

For 2023-2024 admission, the average acceptance rate of California colleges is 44.25%, 876,849 accepted out of 1,981,799 applicants.

For California college admission, the total number of applicants increased by 87,232 (4.60%) compared to last year, from 1,894,567 applicants. The number of students enrolled in first year increased by 5,629, which is more than 3.92% last year.

California colleges' acceptance rate increased by 1.77% compared to last year, which means easier to get into California colleges. The yield decreased by 0.83%.

Among California colleges, California Institute of Technology has the lowest acceptance rate of 3.00% with 393 accepted students out of 13,107 applicants. University of California-Los Angeles has the most number of applicants of 145,903 and University of California-San Diego has the most number of first-year enrolled students of 7,192.

Acceptance Rate and Admission Stats for California Colleges

The following table compares the acceptance rate and admission statistics between four-years colleges in California. Those colleges have admission requirements and criteria to admit (not open admission). The green or red arrows with numbers indicate change from the previous year for each column.