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San Luis Obispo, California

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Compare with California Public Colleges

C
University of California Los Angeles

$5,700 higher in-state tuition
22% lower acceptance rate


S
San Diego State University

Equivalent in-state tuition
5% higher acceptance rate


C
University of California Irvine

$5,700 higher in-state tuition
4% lower acceptance rate


C
University of California Berkeley

$5,700 higher in-state tuition
19% lower acceptance rate


C
University of California Santa Barbara

$5,700 higher in-state tuition
4% lower acceptance rate


C
University of California Davis

$5,700 higher in-state tuition
16% higher acceptance rate


S
San Jose State University

Equivalent in-state tuition
51% higher acceptance rate


C
California State University Long Beach

Equivalent in-state tuition
14% higher acceptance rate


C
University of California San Diego

$5,700 higher in-state tuition
1% higher acceptance rate


C
University of California Riverside

$5,700 higher in-state tuition
32% higher acceptance rate


C
University of California Santa Cruz

$5,700 higher in-state tuition
26% higher acceptance rate


H
Humboldt State University

Equivalent in-state tuition
58% higher acceptance rate


C
California State Polytechnic University Pomona

Equivalent in-state tuition
28% higher acceptance rate


Compare with California Private Colleges

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Stanford University

$49,731 higher in-state tuition
29% lower acceptance rate


S
University of Southern California

$54,704 higher in-state tuition
20% lower acceptance rate


P
Pepperdine University

$53,708 higher in-state tuition
20% higher acceptance rate


S
University of San Francisco

$47,178 higher in-state tuition
38% higher acceptance rate


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Loyola Marymount University

$46,568 higher in-state tuition
13% higher acceptance rate


S
Santa Clara University

$49,482 higher in-state tuition
21% higher acceptance rate


C
Chapman University

$52,508 higher in-state tuition
27% higher acceptance rate


C
California Institute of Technology

$50,622 higher in-state tuition
29% lower acceptance rate


P
Pomona College

$50,542 higher in-state tuition
26% lower acceptance rate


O
Occidental College

$52,088 higher in-state tuition
5% higher acceptance rate


T
University of the Pacific

$45,886 higher in-state tuition
46% higher acceptance rate


P
Point Loma Nazarene University

$33,058 higher in-state tuition
51% higher acceptance rate


H
Harvey Mudd College

$54,660 higher in-state tuition
23% lower acceptance rate


C
Claremont McKenna College

$52,134 higher in-state tuition
22% lower acceptance rate


S
Scripps College

$52,482 higher in-state tuition
3% lower acceptance rate


W
Whittier College

$43,182 higher in-state tuition
49% higher acceptance rate


W
Westmont College

$41,708 higher in-state tuition
46% higher acceptance rate


B
Biola University

$38,640 higher in-state tuition
28% higher acceptance rate


C
California Lutheran University

$39,758 higher in-state tuition
49% higher acceptance rate


S
Soka University of America

$26,508 higher in-state tuition
19% higher acceptance rate


O
Otis College of Art and Design

$41,958 higher in-state tuition
47% higher acceptance rate


M
Mills College

$23,598 higher in-state tuition
47% higher acceptance rate


T
Thomas Aquinas College

$20,258 higher in-state tuition
50% higher acceptance rate


S
Southern California Institute of Architecture

$42,074 higher in-state tuition
32% higher acceptance rate


Compare with National Colleges

F
University of Florida

$1,265 lower in-state tuition
3% lower acceptance rate


C
Clemson University

$8,376 higher in-state tuition
16% higher acceptance rate


G
University of Georgia

$4,048 higher in-state tuition
7% higher acceptance rate


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University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

$1,277 higher in-state tuition
13% lower acceptance rate


V
Virginia Tech

$6,008 higher in-state tuition
23% higher acceptance rate


A
The University of Alabama

$5,038 higher in-state tuition
46% higher acceptance rate


O
Ohio State University

$5,276 higher in-state tuition
24% higher acceptance rate


W
University of Washington Seattle Campus

$5,185 higher in-state tuition
20% higher acceptance rate


N
North Carolina State University at Raleigh

$793 higher in-state tuition
14% higher acceptance rate


P
Purdue University Main Campus

$3,976 higher in-state tuition
36% higher acceptance rate


T
Texas A & M University College Station

$3,597 higher in-state tuition
31% higher acceptance rate


A
University of Arizona

$5,557 higher in-state tuition
54% higher acceptance rate


C
University of Colorado Boulder

$4,986 higher in-state tuition
47% higher acceptance rate


M
Miami University

$8,048 higher in-state tuition
56% higher acceptance rate


I
Indiana University Bloomington

$4,171 higher in-state tuition
52% higher acceptance rate


O
Oregon State University

$4,323 higher in-state tuition
56% higher acceptance rate


S
Stony Brook University

$1,328 higher in-state tuition
15% higher acceptance rate


B
SUNY at Binghamton

$1,328 higher in-state tuition
11% higher acceptance rate


M
University of Massachusetts Amherst

$10,049 higher in-state tuition
33% higher acceptance rate


P
University of Pittsburgh Pittsburgh Campus

$13,350 higher in-state tuition
34% higher acceptance rate


T
The University of Texas at Dallas

$8,822 higher in-state tuition
54% higher acceptance rate


R
Rutgers University New Brunswick

$6,794 higher in-state tuition
35% higher acceptance rate


U
University of Utah

$2,007 higher in-state tuition
62% higher acceptance rate


C
University of Connecticut

$9,288 higher in-state tuition
23% higher acceptance rate


A
University of Alabama at Birmingham

$2,826 higher in-state tuition
56% higher acceptance rate