California Colleges with the Lowest Enrollment Rate

The average yield (also know as enrollment rate) of the 10 California Colleges with the Lowest Yield is 22.64% for the academic year 2024-2025.

Whittier College has the lowest (i.e. fewer accepted students enrolled into eventually) admission yield of 5.41% and California State Polytechnic University-Humboldt (5.89%) and Woodbury University (5.90%) are following it in the list of California 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.

Whittier College has the lowest admission yield (enrollment rate) of 5.41% and California State Polytechnic University-Humboldt has the second lowest yield of 5.89%.

The average undergraduate tuition & fees of the schools is $35,500 and graduate tuition & fees is $24,885 for the academic year 2024-2025.

At these Lowest Yield California Colleges, the average acceptance rate is 86.07%, and the average SAT score is 1,290, making them not only cost-effective but also accessible options for a wide range of students.

Comparison between California Colleges With The Lowest Yield

Table. California Colleges With The Lowest Yield Comparison
School NameYieldAcceptance RateSAT ScoreUndergraduate Tuition & FeesTotal PopulationGraduation RateStudents to Faculty Ratio
1
2		Whittier College Whittier, CAPrivate, 4-year 5.41%
0.66%		80.79%-$51,35079560.00%8 to 1
2
2		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
3
13		Woodbury University Burbank, CAPrivate, 4-year 5.90%
5.29%		81.65%-$47,05684960.00%13 to 1
4
3		University of San Francisco San Francisco, CAPrivate, 4-year 5.99%
2.62%		61.71%1,290$60,5228,91370.00%11 to 1
5
3		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
6
1		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
7
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
8
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
9
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
10
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
Average6.97%86.07%1,290$35,500
($9,900)		9,22159.00%16 to 1