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. California Institute of Technology leads the list by accepting 3% of high school students that applied.

List of California Colleges Ranked by Lowest Acceptance Rate
School Acceptance Rate
Scripps College

Claremont, CA

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34%
Hope International University

Fullerton, CA

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35%
Casa Loma College Los Angeles

Sherman Oaks, CA

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36%
Charles R Drew University of Medicine and Science

Los Angeles, CA

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39%
University of California Merced

Merced, CA

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39%
Loyola Marymount University

Los Angeles, CA

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40%
Occidental College

Los Angeles, CA

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40%
The Chicago School of Professional Psychology at Los Angeles

Los Angeles, CA

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40%
University of California Davis

Davis, CA

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42%
FIDM/Fashion Institute of Design & Merchandising Los Angeles

Los Angeles, CA

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42%
Pacific Union College

Angwin, CA

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42%
Santa Clara University

Santa Clara, CA

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44%
San Diego State University Imperial Valley Campus

Calexico, California

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44%
University of Saint Katherine

San Marcos, California

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46%
California State University Long Beach

Long Beach, CA

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47%
University of San Diego

San Diego, CA

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47%
University of La Verne

La Verne, CA

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48%
Pepperdine University

Malibu, CA

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50%