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San Luis Obispo, California

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Compare with California Public Colleges

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University of California Los Angeles

$6,092 higher in-state tuition
21% lower acceptance rate


S
San Diego State University

Equivalent in-state tuition
4% higher acceptance rate


C
University of California Irvine

$6,092 higher in-state tuition
4% lower acceptance rate


C
University of California Berkeley

$6,092 higher in-state tuition
18% lower acceptance rate


C
University of California Santa Barbara

$6,092 higher in-state tuition
2% lower acceptance rate


C
University of California Davis

$6,092 higher in-state tuition
12% higher acceptance rate


S
San Jose State University

Equivalent in-state tuition
50% higher acceptance rate


C
California State University Long Beach

Equivalent in-state tuition
17% higher acceptance rate


C
University of California San Diego

$6,092 higher in-state tuition
5% lower acceptance rate


C
University of California Riverside

$6,092 higher in-state tuition
33% higher acceptance rate


C
University of California Santa Cruz

$6,092 higher in-state tuition
33% higher acceptance rate


C
California State Polytechnic University Pomona

Equivalent in-state tuition
44% higher acceptance rate


Compare with California Private Colleges

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Stanford University

$55,989 higher in-state tuition
26% lower acceptance rate


S
University of Southern California

$60,898 higher in-state tuition
20% lower acceptance rate


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Pepperdine University

$60,248 higher in-state tuition
20% higher acceptance rate


S
University of San Francisco

$51,928 higher in-state tuition
21% higher acceptance rate


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Loyola Marymount University

$51,860 higher in-state tuition
10% higher acceptance rate


S
Santa Clara University

$52,845 higher in-state tuition
14% higher acceptance rate


C
Chapman University

$56,658 higher in-state tuition
26% higher acceptance rate


C
California Institute of Technology

$55,074 higher in-state tuition
27% lower acceptance rate


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Pomona College

$56,164 higher in-state tuition
23% lower acceptance rate


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Azusa Pacific University

$37,158 higher in-state tuition
49% higher acceptance rate


O
Occidental College

$57,108 higher in-state tuition
10% higher acceptance rate


T
University of the Pacific

$48,764 higher in-state tuition
65% higher acceptance rate


P
Point Loma Nazarene University

$36,858 higher in-state tuition
52% higher acceptance rate


R
University of Redlands

$51,522 higher in-state tuition
51% higher acceptance rate


H
Harvey Mudd College

$60,212 higher in-state tuition
17% lower acceptance rate


L
University of La Verne

$40,108 higher in-state tuition
18% higher acceptance rate


C
Claremont McKenna College

$58,058 higher in-state tuition
19% lower acceptance rate


S
Scripps College

$57,474 higher in-state tuition
4% higher acceptance rate


W
Whittier College

$43,182 higher in-state tuition
55% higher acceptance rate


W
Westmont College

$44,808 higher in-state tuition
50% higher acceptance rate


B
Biola University

$40,962 higher in-state tuition
30% higher acceptance rate


C
California Lutheran University

$44,138 higher in-state tuition
59% higher acceptance rate


S
Soka University of America

$28,640 higher in-state tuition
40% higher acceptance rate


O
Otis College of Art and Design

$46,246 higher in-state tuition
54% higher acceptance rate


M
Mills College

$56,258 higher in-state tuition
13% lower acceptance rate


T
Thomas Aquinas College

$22,958 higher in-state tuition
49% higher acceptance rate


Compare with National Colleges

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Florida State University

$1,720 lower in-state tuition
5% lower acceptance rate


C
Clemson University

$8,296 higher in-state tuition
8% higher acceptance rate


G
University of Georgia

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


P
Penn State Main Campus

$13,930 higher in-state tuition
24% higher acceptance rate


V
Virginia Tech

$6,956 higher in-state tuition
27% higher acceptance rate


A
The University of Alabama

$5,358 higher in-state tuition
46% higher acceptance rate


A
Auburn University

$4,962 higher in-state tuition
20% higher acceptance rate


W
University of Washington Seattle Campus

$5,782 higher in-state tuition
13% higher acceptance rate


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North Carolina State University at Raleigh

$793 higher in-state tuition
10% higher acceptance rate


P
Purdue University Main Campus

$3,976 higher in-state tuition
20% higher acceptance rate


T
Texas A&M University College Station

$3,457 higher in-state tuition
33% higher acceptance rate


A
University of Arizona

$6,129 higher in-state tuition
56% higher acceptance rate


C
University of Colorado Boulder

$9,042 higher in-state tuition
53% higher acceptance rate


S
University of South Carolina Columbia

$6,546 higher in-state tuition
31% higher acceptance rate


M
Miami University

$8,893 higher in-state tuition
52% higher acceptance rate


I
Indiana University Bloomington

$4,570 higher in-state tuition
50% higher acceptance rate


O
Oregon State University

$5,403 higher in-state tuition
49% higher acceptance rate


P
University of Pittsburgh Pittsburgh Campus

$14,412 higher in-state tuition
20% higher acceptance rate


T
The University of Texas at Dallas

$8,822 higher in-state tuition
35% higher acceptance rate


U
University of Utah

$2,433 higher in-state tuition
57% higher acceptance rate


U
University at Buffalo

$1,328 higher in-state tuition
39% higher acceptance rate


H
CUNY Hunter College

$1,188 higher in-state tuition
24% higher acceptance rate


C
University of Connecticut

$10,590 higher in-state tuition
24% higher acceptance rate


M
Mississippi State University

$3,923 higher in-state tuition
46% higher acceptance rate


C
CUNY City College

$1,188 higher in-state tuition
28% higher acceptance rate


B
CUNY Bernard M Baruch College

$1,188 higher in-state tuition
20% higher acceptance rate


A
University of Alabama at Birmingham

$3,090 higher in-state tuition
58% higher acceptance rate