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Stanford, California

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Compare with California Public Colleges

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University of California Los Angeles

$44,031 lower in-state tuition
7% higher acceptance rate


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San Diego State University

$49,731 lower in-state tuition
34% higher acceptance rate


C
University of California Irvine

$44,031 lower in-state tuition
25% higher acceptance rate


C
University of California Berkeley

$44,031 lower in-state tuition
10% higher acceptance rate


C
University of California Santa Barbara

$44,031 lower in-state tuition
25% higher acceptance rate


C
University of California Davis

$44,031 lower in-state tuition
45% higher acceptance rate


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San Jose State University

$49,731 lower in-state tuition
80% higher acceptance rate


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California State University Long Beach

$49,731 lower in-state tuition
43% higher acceptance rate


C
University of California San Diego

$44,031 lower in-state tuition
30% higher acceptance rate


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California Polytechnic State University San Luis Obispo

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


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University of California Riverside

$44,031 lower in-state tuition
61% higher acceptance rate


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University of California Santa Cruz

$44,031 lower in-state tuition
55% higher acceptance rate


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California State Polytechnic University Pomona

$49,731 lower in-state tuition
57% higher acceptance rate


Compare with California Private Colleges

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University of Southern California

$4,973 higher in-state tuition
9% higher acceptance rate


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Pepperdine University

$3,977 higher in-state tuition
49% higher acceptance rate


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University of San Francisco

$2,553 lower in-state tuition
67% higher acceptance rate


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Loyola Marymount University

$3,163 lower in-state tuition
42% higher acceptance rate


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Santa Clara University

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


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Chapman University

$2,777 higher in-state tuition
56% higher acceptance rate


C
California Institute of Technology

$891 higher in-state tuition
0% higher acceptance rate


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Pomona College

$811 higher in-state tuition
3% higher acceptance rate


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Occidental College

$2,357 higher in-state tuition
34% higher acceptance rate


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University of the Pacific

$3,845 lower in-state tuition
75% higher acceptance rate


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Point Loma Nazarene University

$16,673 lower in-state tuition
80% higher acceptance rate


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Harvey Mudd College

$4,929 higher in-state tuition
6% higher acceptance rate


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Claremont McKenna College

$2,403 higher in-state tuition
7% higher acceptance rate


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Scripps College

$2,751 higher in-state tuition
26% higher acceptance rate


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Westmont College

$8,023 lower in-state tuition
75% higher acceptance rate


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Soka University of America

$23,223 lower in-state tuition
48% higher acceptance rate


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Otis College of Art and Design

$7,773 lower in-state tuition
76% higher acceptance rate


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Mills College

$26,133 lower in-state tuition
76% higher acceptance rate


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Thomas Aquinas College

$29,473 lower in-state tuition
79% higher acceptance rate


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Southern California Institute of Architecture

$7,657 lower in-state tuition
61% higher acceptance rate


Compare with National Colleges

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Harvard University

$4,330 lower in-state tuition
0% higher acceptance rate


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New York University

$1,703 lower in-state tuition
9% higher acceptance rate


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Duke University

$2,612 higher in-state tuition
2% higher acceptance rate


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Johns Hopkins University

$3,247 higher in-state tuition
4% higher acceptance rate


B
Boston University

$3,087 higher in-state tuition
15% higher acceptance rate


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University of Pennsylvania

$821 lower in-state tuition
2% higher acceptance rate


C
University of Chicago

$3,783 higher in-state tuition
2% higher acceptance rate


C
Cornell University

$4,813 higher in-state tuition
5% higher acceptance rate


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Georgetown University

$4,311 higher in-state tuition
8% higher acceptance rate


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Northwestern University

$4,803 higher in-state tuition
3% higher acceptance rate


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Carnegie Mellon University

$2,087 higher in-state tuition
10% higher acceptance rate


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Boston College

$5,057 higher in-state tuition
15% higher acceptance rate


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Northeastern University

$1,027 higher in-state tuition
14% higher acceptance rate


C
Columbia University in the City of New York

$5,041 higher in-state tuition
0% higher acceptance rate


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Washington University in St Louis

$2,277 higher in-state tuition
9% higher acceptance rate