California Colleges Acceptance Rate 2025

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 2025 from Lowest to Highest

College	Acceptance Rate	UG Students
Minerva University, San Francisco	1%	613
California Institute of Technology, Pasadena	2.69%	982
Stanford University, Stanford	3.68%	7761
Pomona College, Claremont	7.02%	1699
University of California-Los Angeles, Los Angeles	8.57%	32423
Stanbridge University, Irvine	10.12%	2035
Claremont McKenna College, Claremont	10.35%	1383
University of California-Berkeley, Berkeley	11.33%	32475
University of Southern California, Los Angeles	12.02%	20505
Harvey Mudd College, Claremont	13.36%	906
Pitzer College, Claremont	18.4%	1212
University of California-Irvine, Irvine	21.15%	28651
California Miramar University, San Diego	22.41%	99
University of California-San Diego, La Jolla	23.71%	33092
California Institute of the Arts, Valencia	24.76%	931
University of California-Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara	25.85%	23419
Scripps College, Claremont	27.91%	1073
California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo, San Luis Obispo	30.43%	20976
Hope International University, Fullerton	32.22%	590
Pacific States University, Los Angeles	33.33%	8
Pacific College, Costa Mesa	33.33%	257
University of California-Davis, Davis	37.34%	31512
San Diego State University, San Diego	39.26%	31810
Occidental College, Los Angeles	39.4%	1935
Pacific Oaks College, Pasadena	39.68%	398
California State University-Long Beach, Long Beach	39.95%	32780
Casa Loma College-Los Angeles, Sherman Oaks	40%	415
Young Americans College of the Performing Arts, Corona	40%	24
DeVry University-California, Ontario	40.11%	1582
Loyola Marymount University, Los Angeles	41.31%	7138
San Francisco Conservatory of Music, San Francisco	41.58%	221
FIDM-Fashion Institute of Design & Merchandising, Los Angeles	41.71%	1780
Newschool of Architecture and Design, San Diego	44.95%	229
University of California-Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz	46.92%	17502
Hussian College-Los Angeles, Los Angeles	47.67%	262
Pacific Union College, Angwin	48.46%	772
Pepperdine University, Malibu	48.71%	3656
Gnomon, Hollywood	49.23%	290
Brand College, Glendale	50%	21
Santa Clara University, Santa Clara	52.11%	6103
University of San Diego, San Diego	52.61%	5569
The Chicago School of Professional Psychology at Los Angeles, Los Angeles	54.05%	284
Dharma Realm Buddhist University, Ukiah	54.55%	0
California State Polytechnic University-Pomona, Pomona	55.38%	25080
Soka University of America, Aliso Viejo	56.63%	445
Biola University, La Mirada	56.63%	3474
Southern California Institute of Architecture, Los Angeles	59.84%	245
Yeshiva Ohr Elchonon Chabad West Coast Talmudical Seminary, Los Angeles	61.48%	142
Menlo College, Atherton	61.72%	786
Woodbury University, Burbank	62.6%	868
College	Acceptance Rate	UG Students