California Public Colleges with the Lowest Enrollment Rate

The average yield (also know as enrollment rate) of the 10 California Public Colleges with the Lowest Yield is 15.55% for the academic year 2024-2025.

California State Polytechnic University-Humboldt has the lowest (i.e. fewer accepted students enrolled into eventually) admission yield of 5.89% and California State University-Channel Islands (6.23%) and California State University-East Bay (6.85%) are following it in the list of California Public Colleges with the Lowest Yield.

This ranking is only based on yield and more admission stats such as acceptance rate and SAT and ACT scores are helpful to measure the chances to get in more accurately.

California State Polytechnic University-Humboldt has the lowest admission yield (enrollment rate) of 5.89% and California State University-Channel Islands has the second lowest yield of 6.23%.

The average undergraduate tuition & fees of the schools is $25,627 and graduate tuition & fees is $21,521 for the academic year 2024-2025.

Comparison between California Public Colleges With The Lowest Yield

Table. California Public Colleges With The Lowest Yield Comparison
School NameYieldAcceptance RateSAT ScoreUndergraduate Tuition & FeesTotal PopulationGraduation RateStudents to Faculty Ratio
1
1		California State Polytechnic University-Humboldt Arcata, CAPublic, 4-year 5.89%
1.00%		98.20%-$20,997
($8,397)		6,23749.00%16 to 1
2
1		California State University-Channel Islands Camarillo, CAPublic, 4-year 6.23%
0.18%		94.81%-$19,759
($7,159)		5,59251.00%16 to 1
3
-		California State University-East Bay Hayward, CAPublic, 4-year 6.85%
0.88%		97.39%-$20,183
($7,583)		12,32648.00%22 to 1
4
1		University of California-Merced Merced, CAPublic, 4-year 7.24%
1.84%		90.53%-$46,541
($14,653)		9,11069.00%20 to 1
5
1		Sonoma State University Rohnert Park, CAPublic, 4-year 8.31%
0.82%		93.43%-$21,224
($8,624)		5,89158.00%17 to 1
6
4		San Francisco State University San Francisco, CAPublic, 4-year 8.60%
1.79%		96.44%-$20,446
($7,846)		22,56350.00%19 to 1
7
2		University of California-Santa Cruz Santa Cruz, CAPublic, 4-year 9.29%
0.89%		65.79%-$46,923
($15,035)		19,93875.00%22 to 1
8
-		California State University-Dominguez Hills Carson, CAPublic, 4-year 9.32%
0.58%		93.30%-$20,054
($7,454)		15,18243.00%21 to 1
9
3		California State University-Los Angeles Los Angeles, CAPublic, 4-year 9.42%
2.58%		91.25%-$19,764
($7,164)		23,16353.00%21 to 1
10
6		California State University-Monterey Bay Seaside, CAPublic, 4-year 9.76%
1.31%		97.40%-$20,379
($7,779)		7,71359.00%24 to 1
Average8.09%91.85%-$25,627
($9,169)		12,77255.50%20 to 1