California Public Colleges with the Highest Yield

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

University of California-Los Angeles has the highest (i.e. more admitted students are enrolled into eventually) admission yield of 50.40% and University of California-Berkeley (45.99%) and California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo (24.61%) are following it in the list of Most Favored California Public Colleges.

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.

University of California-Los Angeles has the highest admission yield (enrollment rate) of 50.40% and University of California-Berkeley has the second highest yield of 45.99%.

The average undergraduate tuition & fees of the schools is $32,308 and graduate tuition & fees is $24,160 for the academic year 2024-2025.

Comparison between Most Favored California Public Colleges

Table. Most Favored California Public Colleges Comparison
School NameYieldAcceptance RateSAT ScoreUndergraduate Tuition & FeesTotal PopulationGraduation RateStudents to Faculty Ratio
1
-		University of California-Los Angeles Los Angeles, CAPublic, 4-year 50.40%
1.30%		8.97%-$46,121
($14,233)		47,33593.00%20 to 1
2
-		University of California-Berkeley Berkeley, CAPublic, 4-year 45.99%
0.74%		10.98%-$47,265
($15,377)		45,88293.00%18 to 1
3
-		California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo San Luis Obispo, CAPublic, 4-year 24.61%
3.22%		31.32%-$33,230
($12,161)		23,06986.00%19 to 1
4
1		University of California-San Diego La Jolla, CAPublic, 4-year 20.41%
1.44%		26.71%-$47,676
($15,788)		44,25686.00%19 to 1
5
1		San Diego State University San Diego, CAPublic, 4-year 20.36%
1.25%		36.19%-$21,328
($8,728)		41,13776.00%27 to 1
6
2		University of California-Irvine Irvine, CAPublic, 4-year 19.22%
2.73%		28.57%-$46,640
($14,752)		37,29787.00%19 to 1
7
-		California State University-Stanislaus Turlock, CAPublic, 4-year 19.14%
0.98%		98.14%-$20,842
($8,242)		9,72453.00%18 to 1
8
-		California State University-Northridge Northridge, CAPublic, 4-year 17.97%
2.01%		93.45%-$20,058
($7,458)		38,31357.00%25 to 1
9
-		California State University-Fresno Fresno, CAPublic, 4-year 17.52%
1.28%		95.26%-$19,941
($7,341)		24,42757.00%22 to 1
10
7		California State University-Long Beach Long Beach, CAPublic, 4-year 16.68%
1.35%		46.27%-$19,974
($7,374)		42,00369.00%23 to 1
Average25.23%47.59%-$32,308
($11,145)		35,34475.70%21 to 1