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Stanford, California

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Compare with California Public Colleges

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University of California Los Angeles

$49,897 lower in-state tuition
5% higher acceptance rate


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San Diego State University

$55,989 lower in-state tuition
30% higher acceptance rate


C
University of California Irvine

$49,897 lower in-state tuition
22% higher acceptance rate


C
University of California Berkeley

$49,897 lower in-state tuition
8% higher acceptance rate


C
University of California Santa Barbara

$49,897 lower in-state tuition
24% higher acceptance rate


C
University of California Davis

$49,897 lower in-state tuition
38% higher acceptance rate


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San Jose State University

$55,989 lower in-state tuition
76% higher acceptance rate


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California State University Long Beach

$55,989 lower in-state tuition
43% higher acceptance rate


C
University of California San Diego

$49,897 lower in-state tuition
21% higher acceptance rate


C
California Polytechnic State University San Luis Obispo

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


C
University of California Riverside

$49,897 lower in-state tuition
59% higher acceptance rate


C
University of California Santa Cruz

$49,897 lower in-state tuition
59% higher acceptance rate


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California State Polytechnic University Pomona

$55,989 lower in-state tuition
70% higher acceptance rate


Compare with California Private Colleges

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University of Southern California

$4,909 higher in-state tuition
6% higher acceptance rate


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Pepperdine University

$4,259 higher in-state tuition
46% higher acceptance rate


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University of San Francisco

$4,061 lower in-state tuition
47% higher acceptance rate


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Loyola Marymount University

$4,129 lower in-state tuition
36% higher acceptance rate


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Santa Clara University

$3,144 lower in-state tuition
40% higher acceptance rate


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Chapman University

$669 higher in-state tuition
52% higher acceptance rate


C
California Institute of Technology

$915 lower in-state tuition
1% lower acceptance rate


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Pomona College

$175 higher in-state tuition
3% higher acceptance rate


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Occidental College

$1,119 higher in-state tuition
36% higher acceptance rate


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University of the Pacific

$7,225 lower in-state tuition
91% higher acceptance rate


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Point Loma Nazarene University

$19,131 lower in-state tuition
78% higher acceptance rate


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Harvey Mudd College

$4,223 higher in-state tuition
9% higher acceptance rate


C
Claremont McKenna College

$2,069 higher in-state tuition
7% higher acceptance rate


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Scripps College

$1,485 higher in-state tuition
30% higher acceptance rate


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Westmont College

$11,181 lower in-state tuition
76% higher acceptance rate


B
Biola University

$15,027 lower in-state tuition
56% higher acceptance rate


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Soka University of America

$27,349 lower in-state tuition
66% higher acceptance rate


O
Otis College of Art and Design

$9,743 lower in-state tuition
80% higher acceptance rate


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Mills College

$269 higher in-state tuition
13% higher acceptance rate


Compare with National Colleges

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Harvard University

$7,462 lower in-state tuition
1% lower acceptance rate


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New York University

$1,293 lower in-state tuition
5% higher acceptance rate


D
Duke University

$1,719 higher in-state tuition
3% higher acceptance rate


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Johns Hopkins University

$1,109 higher in-state tuition
4% higher acceptance rate


B
Boston University

$2,067 higher in-state tuition
7% higher acceptance rate


P
University of Pennsylvania

$3,111 lower in-state tuition
2% higher acceptance rate


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Yale University

$2,969 higher in-state tuition
1% higher acceptance rate


C
University of Chicago

$2,070 higher in-state tuition
1% higher acceptance rate


C
Cornell University

$3,473 higher in-state tuition
4% higher acceptance rate


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Georgetown University

$3,165 higher in-state tuition
9% higher acceptance rate


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Northwestern University

$3,156 higher in-state tuition
3% higher acceptance rate


E
Emory University

$1,811 lower in-state tuition
7% higher acceptance rate


C
Carnegie Mellon University

$529 higher in-state tuition
7% higher acceptance rate


B
Boston College

$4,679 higher in-state tuition
12% higher acceptance rate


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Northeastern University

$269 higher in-state tuition
2% higher acceptance rate


C
Columbia University in the City of New York

$3,609 higher in-state tuition
0% higher acceptance rate


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Washington University in St Louis

$19 higher in-state tuition
8% higher acceptance rate