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

Logo	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
Logo	College	Acceptance Rate	UG Students