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
SUM Bible College and Theological Seminary

Oakland, CA

83%
Thomas Aquinas College

Santa Paula, CA

85%
Azusa Pacific University

Azusa, CA

87%
California Lutheran University

Thousand Oaks, CA

87%
California State University Bakersfield

Bakersfield, CA

87%
California State University Los Angeles

Los Angeles, CA

87%
Providence Christian College

Pasadena, CA

87%
Laguna College of Art and Design

Laguna Beach, CA

88%
Saint Marys College of California

Moraga, CA

88%
California State University Dominguez Hills

Carson, CA

89%
University of California Merced

Merced, CA

89%
California State University Channel Islands

Camarillo, CA

90%
California State University San Bernardino

San Bernardino, CA

91%
California State University Northridge

Northridge, CA

91%
La Sierra University

Riverside, CA

92%
California State University Monterey Bay

Seaside, CA

92%
California State University Sacramento

Sacramento, CA

93%
Dominican University of California

San Rafael, CA

93%