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
Hope International University

Fullerton, CA

40%
San Diego State University Imperial Valley Campus

Calexico, California

44%
Loyola Marymount University

Los Angeles, CA

46%
San Francisco Conservatory of Music

San Francisco, CA

46%
California State University Long Beach

Long Beach, CA

47%
University of California Davis

Davis, CA

49%
Cogswell College

Sunnyvale, CA

51%
Soka University of America

Aliso Viejo, CA

52%
San Diego Christian College

El Cajon, CA

53%
Pepperdine University

Malibu, CA

53%
University of San Diego

San Diego, CA

53%
Santa Clara University

Santa Clara, CA

54%
National University

La Jolla, CA

55%
Pacific Union College

Angwin, CA

58%
California State University Fullerton

Fullerton, CA

59%
University of California Santa Cruz

Santa Cruz, CA

59%
Chapman University

Orange, CA

60%
Biola University

La Mirada, CA

61%