California Colleges Acceptance Rate 2024

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 2024 from Lowest to Highest

College	Acceptance Rate	UG Students
Biola University, La Mirada	60.77%	3592
Newschool of Architecture and Design, San Diego	60.85%	301
Woodbury University, Burbank	63.04%	937
Charles R Drew University of Medicine and Science, Los Angeles	63.29%	255
Medical Career College of Northern California, Roseville	63.64%	10
California Baptist University, Riverside	63.73%	8234
Southern California Institute of Architecture, Los Angeles	64.86%	252
Westcliff University, Irvine	65.13%	1299
University of California-Riverside, Riverside	65.38%	22817
La Sierra University, Riverside	66.07%	1270
Simpson University, Redding	66.95%	805
The Master's University and Seminary, Santa Clarita	66.98%	1338
Yeshiva Ohr Elchonon Chabad West Coast Talmudical Seminary, Los Angeles	68.6%	142
Vanguard University of Southern California, Costa Mesa	69.01%	1972
Menlo College, Atherton	69.78%	743
Saint Mary's College of California, Moraga	70.08%	2190
University of San Francisco, San Francisco	70.92%	5937
Pacific College, Costa Mesa	71.43%	356
University of La Verne, La Verne	71.94%	3686
Art Center College of Design, Pasadena	75.56%	2026
California College of the Arts, San Francisco	77.63%	1239
William Jessup University, Rocklin	77.78%	1195
Fresno Pacific University, Fresno	77.86%	2668
University of Saint Katherine, San Marcos	78.48%	242
Musicians Institute, Hollywood	78.57%	744
John Paul the Great Catholic University, Escondido	78.85%	292
Westmont College, Santa Barbara	78.97%	1238
University of the Pacific, Stockton	79.3%	3269
Mills College, Oakland	79.81%	438
Otis College of Art and Design, Los Angeles	79.82%	1191
Concordia University-Irvine, Irvine	81.38%	1580
California Lutheran University, Thousand Oaks	81.94%	2588
California State University Maritime Academy, Vallejo	82.09%	880
California State University-East Bay, Hayward	82.36%	12047
Whittier College, Whittier	82.49%	1321
Providence Christian College, Pasadena	82.5%	123
University of Redlands, Redlands	82.97%	2596
Los Angeles College of Music, Pasadena	82.99%	251
Thomas Aquinas College, Santa Paula	83.14%	497
Laguna College of Art and Design, Laguna Beach	83.3%	735
Point Loma Nazarene University, San Diego	83.66%	3170
San Jose State University, San Jose	84.37%	28190
California State University-Bakersfield, Bakersfield	85.21%	8870
California State University-Chico, Chico	85.47%	14343
University of California-Merced, Merced	86.6%	8321
California State University-Northridge, Northridge	88.1%	34436
California State University-Dominguez Hills, Carson	89.59%	15214
Mount Saint Mary's University, Los Angeles	90.12%	1898
American Academy of Dramatic Arts-Los Angeles, Los Angeles	90.27%	217
California State University-Los Angeles, Los Angeles	90.54%	23506
College	Acceptance Rate	UG Students