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Santa Clara, California

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Compare with California Public Colleges

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University of California Los Angeles

$43,782 lower in-state tuition
43% lower acceptance rate


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San Diego State University

$49,482 lower in-state tuition
16% lower acceptance rate


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University of California Irvine

$43,782 lower in-state tuition
25% lower acceptance rate


C
University of California Berkeley

$43,782 lower in-state tuition
40% lower acceptance rate


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University of California Santa Barbara

$43,782 lower in-state tuition
25% lower acceptance rate


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University of California Davis

$43,782 lower in-state tuition
5% lower acceptance rate


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San Jose State University

$49,482 lower in-state tuition
30% higher acceptance rate


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California State University Long Beach

$49,482 lower in-state tuition
7% lower acceptance rate


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University of California San Diego

$43,782 lower in-state tuition
20% lower acceptance rate


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California Polytechnic State University San Luis Obispo

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


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University of California Riverside

$43,782 lower in-state tuition
11% higher acceptance rate


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University of California Santa Cruz

$43,782 lower in-state tuition
5% higher acceptance rate


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California State Polytechnic University Pomona

$49,482 lower in-state tuition
7% higher acceptance rate


Compare with California Private Colleges

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Stanford University

$249 higher in-state tuition
50% lower acceptance rate


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University of Southern California

$5,222 higher in-state tuition
41% lower acceptance rate


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Pepperdine University

$4,226 higher in-state tuition
1% lower acceptance rate


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University of San Francisco

$2,304 lower in-state tuition
17% higher acceptance rate


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Loyola Marymount University

$2,914 lower in-state tuition
8% lower acceptance rate


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Chapman University

$3,026 higher in-state tuition
6% higher acceptance rate


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California Institute of Technology

$1,140 higher in-state tuition
50% lower acceptance rate


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Pomona College

$1,060 higher in-state tuition
47% lower acceptance rate


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Occidental College

$2,606 higher in-state tuition
16% lower acceptance rate


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University of the Pacific

$3,596 lower in-state tuition
25% higher acceptance rate


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Point Loma Nazarene University

$16,424 lower in-state tuition
30% higher acceptance rate


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Harvey Mudd College

$5,178 higher in-state tuition
44% lower acceptance rate


C
Claremont McKenna College

$2,652 higher in-state tuition
43% lower acceptance rate


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Scripps College

$3,000 higher in-state tuition
24% lower acceptance rate


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Whittier College

$6,300 lower in-state tuition
28% higher acceptance rate


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Westmont College

$7,774 lower in-state tuition
25% higher acceptance rate


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Biola University

$10,842 lower in-state tuition
7% higher acceptance rate


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Soka University of America

$22,974 lower in-state tuition
2% lower acceptance rate


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Otis College of Art and Design

$7,524 lower in-state tuition
26% higher acceptance rate


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Mills College

$25,884 lower in-state tuition
26% higher acceptance rate


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Thomas Aquinas College

$29,224 lower in-state tuition
29% higher acceptance rate


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Thomas Aquinas College

$29,224 lower in-state tuition
29% higher acceptance rate


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Southern California Institute of Architecture

$7,408 lower in-state tuition
11% higher acceptance rate


Compare with National Colleges

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Villanova University

$3,066 higher in-state tuition
29% lower acceptance rate


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University of Notre Dame

$3,112 higher in-state tuition
39% lower acceptance rate


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Emory University

$564 lower in-state tuition
41% lower acceptance rate


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Dartmouth College

$3,729 higher in-state tuition
48% lower acceptance rate


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Bucknell University

$4,250 higher in-state tuition
19% lower acceptance rate


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Southern Methodist University

$1,760 lower in-state tuition
1% lower acceptance rate


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Tulane University

$1,460 higher in-state tuition
44% lower acceptance rate


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Tufts University

$6,422 higher in-state tuition
43% lower acceptance rate


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Colgate University

$6,370 higher in-state tuition
37% lower acceptance rate


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Lehigh University

$1,756 higher in-state tuition
8% lower acceptance rate


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University of Rochester

$3,052 higher in-state tuition
13% lower acceptance rate


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Barnard College

$2,510 higher in-state tuition
43% lower acceptance rate


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American University

$2,682 lower in-state tuition
10% higher acceptance rate


B
Babson College

$280 lower in-state tuition
29% lower acceptance rate


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University of Richmond

$3,346 higher in-state tuition
25% lower acceptance rate


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Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

$1,876 higher in-state tuition
1% lower acceptance rate


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Wheaton College

$14,654 lower in-state tuition
32% higher acceptance rate


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Brandeis University

$4,184 higher in-state tuition
15% lower acceptance rate


C
Case Western Reserve University

$1,204 lower in-state tuition
24% lower acceptance rate


W
Wesleyan University

$6,225 higher in-state tuition
35% lower acceptance rate


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Stevens Institute of Technology

$444 lower in-state tuition
1% lower acceptance rate


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Lewis & Clark College

$1,746 higher in-state tuition
25% higher acceptance rate


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Saint Louis University Main Campus

$7,124 lower in-state tuition
16% higher acceptance rate


H
College of the Holy Cross

$576 higher in-state tuition
11% lower acceptance rate


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Polytechnic Institute of New York University

$15,164 lower in-state tuition
13% higher acceptance rate