California Public Colleges With The Lowest Acceptance Rate

The average acceptance rate of the 31 public California colleges that have competitive admission is 68.60% for the academic year 2023-2024. Compared to last year, the acceptance rate is lower by 1.62%. The acceptance rate at 14 public California colleges increased and the rate of 17 colleges decreased.

University of California-Los Angeles has the lowest (i.e. hard to admit) acceptance rate of 8.57%. University of California-Berkeley (11.33%) and University of California-Irvine (21.15%) are following it in the list of Tightest California Public Colleges to get in.

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

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University of California-Los Angeles has the lowest acceptance rate (tightest rate) of 8.57% and University of California-Berkeley has the second lowest rate of 11.33% among 31 California colleges with competitive admission. University of California-Los Angeles stay at first place of the lowest acceptance rate ranking since last year. University of California-Berkeley also maintained its second place in the ranking.

The average undergraduate tuition & fees of the schools is $38,836 and graduate tuition & fees is $26,672 for the academic year 2023-2024.

The following table compares the tuition and other academic characteristics between 10 Tightest California Public Colleges To Get In.

Table. Tightest California Public Colleges To Get In Comparison
	School Name	Acceptance Rate	Yield	SAT Score	Undergraduate Tuition & Fees	Total Population	Graduation Rate	Students to Faculty Ratio
1 -	University of California-Los Angeles Los Angeles, CA Public, four-years	8.57% 2.20%	50.31%	-	$44,524 ($13,747)	46,430	92.00%	18 to 1
2 -	University of California-Berkeley Berkeley, CA Public, four-years	11.33% 3.11%	46.33%	-	$45,627 ($14,850)	45,307	94.00%	19 to 1
3 -	University of California-Irvine Irvine, CA Public, four-years	21.15% 7.67%	22.47%	-	$45,014 ($14,237)	35,937	86.00%	18 to 1
4 2	University of California-San Diego La Jolla, CA Public, four-years	23.71% 10.49%	21.05%	-	$46,042 ($15,265)	42,006	87.00%	19 to 1
5 1	University of California-Santa Barbara Santa Barbara, CA Public, four-years	25.85% 3.33%	17.31%	-	$45,742 ($14,965)	26,420	85.00%	17 to 1
6 1	California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo San Luis Obispo, CA Public, four-years	30.43% 2.57%	28.57%	-	$30,995 ($11,075)	22,000	85.00%	20 to 1
7 2	University of California-Davis Davis, CA Public, four-years	37.34% 11.41%	18.09%	-	$46,024 ($15,247)	39,679	86.00%	21 to 1
8 1	San Diego State University San Diego, CA Public, four-years	39.26% 1.36%	21.67%	-	$20,170 ($8,290)	37,402	78.00%	25 to 1
9 1	California State University-Long Beach Long Beach, CA Public, four-years	39.95% 6.90%	17.97%	-	$18,888 ($7,008)	38,973	72.00%	22 to 1
10 -	University of California-Santa Cruz Santa Cruz, CA Public, four-years	46.92% 11.72%	12.48%	-	$45,337 ($14,560)	19,478	76.00%	23 to 1
	Average	28.45%	25.63%	-	$38,836 ($12,924)	35,363	84.10%	20 to 1

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