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#5 Best Private Colleges in California

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Los Angeles, California

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Compare with California Public Colleges

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University of California Los Angeles

$49,004 lower in-state tuition
2% lower acceptance rate


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San Diego State University

$54,704 lower in-state tuition
25% higher acceptance rate


C
University of California Irvine

$49,004 lower in-state tuition
16% higher acceptance rate


C
University of California Berkeley

$49,004 lower in-state tuition
1% higher acceptance rate


C
University of California Santa Barbara

$49,004 lower in-state tuition
16% higher acceptance rate


C
University of California Davis

$49,004 lower in-state tuition
36% higher acceptance rate


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San Jose State University

$54,704 lower in-state tuition
71% higher acceptance rate


C
California State University Long Beach

$54,704 lower in-state tuition
34% higher acceptance rate


C
University of California San Diego

$49,004 lower in-state tuition
21% higher acceptance rate


C
California Polytechnic State University San Luis Obispo

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


C
University of California Riverside

$49,004 lower in-state tuition
52% higher acceptance rate


C
University of California Santa Cruz

$49,004 lower in-state tuition
46% higher acceptance rate


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California State Polytechnic University Pomona

$54,704 lower in-state tuition
48% higher acceptance rate


Compare with California Private Colleges

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Stanford University

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


P
Pepperdine University

$996 lower in-state tuition
40% higher acceptance rate


S
University of San Francisco

$7,526 lower in-state tuition
58% higher acceptance rate


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Loyola Marymount University

$8,136 lower in-state tuition
33% higher acceptance rate


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Santa Clara University

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


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Chapman University

$2,196 lower in-state tuition
47% higher acceptance rate


C
California Institute of Technology

$4,082 lower in-state tuition
9% lower acceptance rate


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Pomona College

$4,162 lower in-state tuition
6% lower acceptance rate


O
Occidental College

$2,616 lower in-state tuition
25% higher acceptance rate


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University of the Pacific

$8,818 lower in-state tuition
66% higher acceptance rate


P
Point Loma Nazarene University

$21,646 lower in-state tuition
71% higher acceptance rate


H
Harvey Mudd College

$44 lower in-state tuition
3% lower acceptance rate


C
Claremont McKenna College

$2,570 lower in-state tuition
2% lower acceptance rate


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Scripps College

$2,222 lower in-state tuition
17% higher acceptance rate


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Whittier College

$11,522 lower in-state tuition
69% higher acceptance rate


W
Westmont College

$12,996 lower in-state tuition
66% higher acceptance rate


B
Biola University

$16,064 lower in-state tuition
48% higher acceptance rate


S
Soka University of America

$28,196 lower in-state tuition
39% higher acceptance rate


O
Otis College of Art and Design

$12,746 lower in-state tuition
67% higher acceptance rate


M
Mills College

$31,106 lower in-state tuition
67% higher acceptance rate


T
Thomas Aquinas College

$34,446 lower in-state tuition
70% higher acceptance rate


S
Southern California Institute of Architecture

$12,630 lower in-state tuition
52% higher acceptance rate


Compare with Regional Private Colleges

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Embry Riddle Aeronautical University Prescott

$22,934 lower in-state tuition
61% higher acceptance rate


Compare with National Colleges

H
Harvard University

$9,303 lower in-state tuition
9% lower acceptance rate


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New York University

$6,676 lower in-state tuition
0% higher acceptance rate


D
Duke University

$2,361 lower in-state tuition
7% lower acceptance rate


J
Johns Hopkins University

$1,726 lower in-state tuition
5% lower acceptance rate


B
Boston University

$1,886 lower in-state tuition
6% higher acceptance rate


P
University of Pennsylvania

$5,794 lower in-state tuition
7% lower acceptance rate


C
University of Chicago

$1,190 lower in-state tuition
7% lower acceptance rate


C
Cornell University

$160 lower in-state tuition
4% lower acceptance rate


G
Georgetown University

$662 lower in-state tuition
1% lower acceptance rate


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Northwestern University

$170 lower in-state tuition
6% lower acceptance rate


C
Carnegie Mellon University

$2,886 lower in-state tuition
1% higher acceptance rate


B
Boston College

$84 higher in-state tuition
6% higher acceptance rate


N
Northeastern University

$3,946 lower in-state tuition
5% higher acceptance rate


C
Columbia University in the City of New York

$68 higher in-state tuition
9% lower acceptance rate


F
Fordham University

$5,716 lower in-state tuition
45% higher acceptance rate


G
George Washington University

$666 lower in-state tuition
37% higher acceptance rate


W
Washington University in St Louis

$2,696 lower in-state tuition
0% higher acceptance rate