California Colleges Ranked by Lowest Acceptance Rate

List of Colleges by Acceptance Rate

Below is a ranking of the 172 colleges in California with the lowest acceptance rate for freshman undergraduate applications. Minerva University leads the list by accepting 1% of high school students that applied.

List of California Colleges Ranked by Lowest Acceptance Rate
School Acceptance Rate
Minerva University

San Francisco, California

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1%
California Institute of Technology

Pasadena, CA

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3%
Stanford University

Stanford, CA

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4%
Pomona College

Claremont, CA

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7%
University of California Los Angeles

Los Angeles, CA

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9%
Claremont McKenna College

Claremont, CA

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10%
University of California Berkeley

Berkeley, CA

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11%
University of Southern California

Los Angeles, CA

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12%
Harvey Mudd College

Claremont, CA

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13%
Pitzer College

Claremont, CA

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18%
University of California Irvine

Irvine, CA

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21%
University of California San Diego

La Jolla, CA

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24%
California Institute of the Arts

Valencia, CA

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25%
University of California Santa Barbara

Santa Barbara, CA

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26%
Scripps College

Claremont, CA

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28%
California Polytechnic State University San Luis Obispo

San Luis Obispo, CA

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30%
Hope International University

Fullerton, CA

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32%
Pacific States University

Los Angeles, CA

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33%