California Colleges Acceptance Rate 2026

Acceptance Rate of all colleges in California are given here. Colleges are listed from Lowest Acceptance rate in California to the Highest Acceptance rate colleges. Acceptance Rate of Universities and Colleges indicate how tough the admissions selection criteria of an institution is. Acceptance or Admissions Rate of the colleges is obtained by dividing the number of admitted students divided by the total number of applicants who applied for admissions in a single admission calendar. The lower the acceptance rate of a college is, the tougher it is to get admitted to. Hence, the colleges with lower admissions rate are easier to get into.

Some institutions have open admission policy. Open Admission Policy means that all qualifying students who meet the minimum eligibility criteria are offered admission and they start the degree the program without additional qualifications or performance benchmarks. In other words, the institutes having open admission policy have 100% acceptance rate.

Acceptance Rate of all California Colleges 2026 from Lowest to Highest

Logo	College	Acceptance Rate	UG Students
Logo	College	Acceptance Rate	UG Students
	Yeshiva Ohr Elchonon Chabad West Coast Talmudical Seminary, Los Angeles	61.68%	157
	University of California-Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz	62.54%	17812
	San Diego Christian College, Santee	62.81%	91
	Berkeley School of Theology, Berkeley	62.96%	28
	University of California-Riverside, Riverside	63.3%	22644
	SUM Bible College and Theological Seminary, El Dorado Hills	64.21%	312
	Vanguard University of Southern California, Costa Mesa	64.7%	1975
	California Miramar University, San Diego	65.52%	105
	Menlo College, Atherton	67.81%	811
	Latin American Bible Institute, La Puente	68.18%	78
	Mount Saint Mary's University, Los Angeles	68.72%	1746
	San Francisco Bay University, Fremont	69.39%	62
	Soka University of America, Aliso Viejo	69.52%	464
	Musicians Institute, Hollywood	71.29%	735
	Woodbury University, Burbank	72.87%	825
	California College of the Arts, San Francisco	73.4%	1004
	California Baptist University, Riverside	73.57%	7914
	California State Polytechnic University-Pomona, Pomona	73.7%	24271
	Art Center College of Design, Pasadena	74.98%	2054
	The Master's University and Seminary, Santa Clarita	75.89%	1606
	William Jessup University, Rocklin	76.82%	1021
	Sacramento Ultrasound Institute, Sacramento	77.09%	104
	Laguna College of Art and Design, Laguna Beach	77.61%	776
	Thomas Aquinas College, Santa Paula	78.71%	539
	John Paul the Great Catholic University, Escondido	79.29%	297
	Azusa Pacific University, Azusa	79.48%	2977
	Westmont College, Santa Barbara	79.86%	1310
	Annenberg School of Nursing, Reseda	80%	24
	San Jose State University, San Jose	80.23%	26757
	University of Redlands, Redlands	80.92%	2095
	Los Angeles College of Music, Pasadena	81.37%	267
	Point Loma Nazarene University, San Diego	81.76%	3132
	MTI College, Sacramento	81.93%	1025
	Southern California Institute of Architecture, Los Angeles	82.67%	236
	Hacienda La Puente Adult Education, La Puente	83.52%	496
	Otis College of Art and Design, Los Angeles	83.98%	1242
	California Northstate University, Elk Grove	84.85%	69
	Whittier College, Whittier	85.38%	812
	California State University-Fullerton, Fullerton	86.74%	36956
	Design Institute of San Diego, San Diego	87.5%	92
	Southern California Institute of Technology, Anaheim	87.5%	533
	California State University-Bakersfield, Bakersfield	88.19%	8183
	Saint Mary's College of California, Moraga	88.58%	2024
	California Lutheran University, Thousand Oaks	88.88%	2374
	American Academy of Dramatic Arts-Los Angeles, Los Angeles	89.68%	169
	California State University-Dominguez Hills, Carson	91.32%	12642
	California State University-Los Angeles, Los Angeles	91.93%	21478
	Providence Christian College, Pasadena	92.52%	144
	California State University-Channel Islands, Camarillo	93.06%	5230
	California State University-Northridge, Northridge	93.15%	32357

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