California Colleges Ranked by Lowest Acceptance Rate

List of Colleges by Acceptance Rate

Below is a ranking of the 173 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
University of California Davis

Davis, CA

37%
Occidental College

Los Angeles, CA

39%
San Diego State University

San Diego, CA

39%
California State University Long Beach

Long Beach, CA

40%
Casa Loma College Los Angeles

Sherman Oaks, CA

40%
Pacific Oaks College

Pasadena, CA

40%
Loyola Marymount University

Los Angeles, CA

41%
FIDM/Fashion Institute of Design & Merchandising Los Angeles

Los Angeles, CA

42%
San Francisco Conservatory of Music

San Francisco, CA

42%
San Diego State University Imperial Valley Campus

Calexico, California

44%
Newschool of Architecture and Design

San Diego, CA

45%
University of California Santa Cruz

Santa Cruz, CA

47%
Pacific Union College

Angwin, CA

48%
Pepperdine University

Malibu, CA

49%
Santa Clara University

Santa Clara, CA

52%
University of San Diego

San Diego, CA

53%
The Chicago School of Professional Psychology at Los Angeles

Los Angeles, CA

54%
California State Polytechnic University Pomona

Pomona, CA

55%