California Colleges Ranked by Lowest Acceptance Rate

List of Colleges by Acceptance Rate

Below is a ranking of the 283 colleges in California with the lowest acceptance rate for freshman undergraduate applications. California Institute of Technology leads the list by accepting 4% of high school students that applied.

List of California Colleges Ranked by Lowest Acceptance Rate
School Acceptance Rate
California Institute of Technology

Pasadena, CA

4%
Stanford University

Stanford, CA

4%
Pomona College

Claremont, CA

7%
Harvey Mudd College

Claremont, CA

10%
University of California Los Angeles

Los Angeles, CA

11%
Claremont McKenna College

Claremont, CA

11%
University of Southern California

Los Angeles, CA

13%
University of California Berkeley

Berkeley, CA

14%
Pitzer College

Claremont, CA

18%
University of California Irvine

Irvine, CA

29%
University of California Santa Barbara

Santa Barbara, CA

29%
California Institute of the Arts

Valencia, CA

29%
Scripps College

Claremont, CA

30%
California Polytechnic State University San Luis Obispo

San Luis Obispo, CA

33%
University of California San Diego

La Jolla, CA

34%
FIDM/Fashion Institute of Design & Merchandising Los Angeles

Los Angeles, CA

36%
Occidental College

Los Angeles, CA

38%
San Diego State University

San Diego, CA

38%