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Los Angeles, California

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Compare with California Public Colleges

C
University of California Los Angeles

$51,904 lower in-state tuition
3% lower acceptance rate


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San Diego State University

$57,726 lower in-state tuition
27% higher acceptance rate


C
University of California Irvine

$51,904 lower in-state tuition
9% higher acceptance rate


C
University of California Berkeley

$51,904 lower in-state tuition
1% lower acceptance rate


C
University of California Santa Barbara

$51,904 lower in-state tuition
14% higher acceptance rate


C
University of California Davis

$51,904 lower in-state tuition
25% higher acceptance rate


S
San Jose State University

$57,726 lower in-state tuition
65% higher acceptance rate


C
California State University Long Beach

$57,726 lower in-state tuition
28% higher acceptance rate


C
University of California San Diego

$51,904 lower in-state tuition
12% higher acceptance rate


C
California Polytechnic State University San Luis Obispo

$57,726 lower in-state tuition
18% higher acceptance rate


C
University of California Riverside

$51,904 lower in-state tuition
57% higher acceptance rate


C
University of California Santa Cruz

$51,904 lower in-state tuition
35% higher acceptance rate


C
California State Polytechnic University Pomona

$57,726 lower in-state tuition
43% higher acceptance rate


Compare with California Private Colleges

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Stanford University

$5,775 lower in-state tuition
8% lower acceptance rate


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Pepperdine University

$1,078 lower in-state tuition
37% higher acceptance rate


S
University of San Francisco

$8,488 lower in-state tuition
59% higher acceptance rate


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Loyola Marymount University

$8,838 lower in-state tuition
29% higher acceptance rate


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Santa Clara University

$6,588 lower in-state tuition
40% higher acceptance rate


C
Chapman University

$3,180 lower in-state tuition
61% higher acceptance rate


C
California Institute of Technology

$4,989 lower in-state tuition
9% lower acceptance rate


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Pomona College

$4,650 lower in-state tuition
5% lower acceptance rate


O
Occidental College

$3,498 lower in-state tuition
27% higher acceptance rate


T
University of the Pacific

$10,550 lower in-state tuition
81% higher acceptance rate


P
Point Loma Nazarene University

$23,068 lower in-state tuition
70% higher acceptance rate


H
Harvey Mudd College

$952 lower in-state tuition
1% higher acceptance rate


C
Claremont McKenna College

$2,988 lower in-state tuition
2% lower acceptance rate


S
Scripps College

$2,974 lower in-state tuition
16% higher acceptance rate


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Westmont College

$14,628 lower in-state tuition
70% higher acceptance rate


B
Biola University

$19,086 lower in-state tuition
45% higher acceptance rate


S
Soka University of America

$30,250 lower in-state tuition
45% higher acceptance rate


O
Otis College of Art and Design

$14,368 lower in-state tuition
71% higher acceptance rate


M
Mills College

$34,128 lower in-state tuition
88% higher acceptance rate


T
Thomas Aquinas College

$36,468 lower in-state tuition
73% higher acceptance rate


Compare with Regional Private Colleges

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Embry Riddle Aeronautical University Prescott

$24,492 lower in-state tuition
56% higher acceptance rate


Compare with National Colleges

H
Harvard University

$10,809 lower in-state tuition
9% lower acceptance rate


M
University of Miami

$8,028 lower in-state tuition
7% higher acceptance rate


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New York University

$8,084 lower in-state tuition
0% higher acceptance rate


D
Duke University

$3,033 lower in-state tuition
6% lower acceptance rate


J
Johns Hopkins University

$2,988 lower in-state tuition
5% lower acceptance rate


B
Boston University

$2,418 lower in-state tuition
2% higher acceptance rate


P
University of Pennsylvania

$7,256 lower in-state tuition
5% lower acceptance rate


C
University of Chicago

$2,289 lower in-state tuition
7% lower acceptance rate


C
Cornell University

$1,012 lower in-state tuition
5% lower acceptance rate


G
Georgetown University

$1,596 lower in-state tuition
0% higher acceptance rate


N
Northwestern University

$1,077 lower in-state tuition
5% lower acceptance rate


C
Carnegie Mellon University

$3,604 lower in-state tuition
1% lower acceptance rate


B
Boston College

$518 lower in-state tuition
5% higher acceptance rate


N
Northeastern University

$4,368 lower in-state tuition
5% lower acceptance rate


C
Columbia University in the City of New York

$898 lower in-state tuition
8% lower acceptance rate


F
Fordham University

$6,548 lower in-state tuition
42% higher acceptance rate


G
George Washington University

$1,358 lower in-state tuition
37% higher acceptance rate


W
Washington University in St Louis

$4,048 lower in-state tuition
0% higher acceptance rate