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
Cogswell College

Sunnyvale, CA

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51%
University of San Francisco

San Francisco, CA

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51%
San Francisco Conservatory of Music

San Francisco, CA

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52%
Chapman University

Orange, CA

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56%
Fresno Pacific University

Fresno, CA

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58%
Biola University

La Mirada, CA

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60%
Concordia University Irvine

Irvine, CA

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60%
Yeshiva Ohr Elchonon Chabad West Coast Talmudical Seminary

Los Angeles, CA

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62%
Berkeley School of Theology

Berkeley, CA

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63%
University of California Riverside

Riverside, CA

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63%
University of California Santa Cruz

Santa Cruz, CA

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63%
San Diego Christian College

El Cajon, CA

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63%
SUM Bible College and Theological Seminary

Oakland, CA

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64%
Vanguard University of Southern California

Costa Mesa, CA

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65%
Latin American Bible Institute

La Puente, California

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68%
Menlo College

Atherton, CA

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68%
Mount St. Mary's College

Los Angeles, CA

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69%
San Francisco Bay University

Fremont, California

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69%