California Colleges Ranked by Lowest ACT Score

List of Colleges by ACT Score

Below is a list of the 65 colleges in California with the lowest ACT Score for incoming freshmen. California State University San Bernardino tops the list with an average ACT Score of 17. Alternatively, check out the SAT version of these rankings.

List of California Colleges Ranked by Lowest ACT Score
School Average ACT Score
Point Loma Nazarene University

San Diego, CA

26
University of Redlands

Redlands, CA

27
Whittier College

Whittier, CA

27
California Lutheran University

Thousand Oaks, CA

28
Chapman University

Orange, CA

28
California Polytechnic State University San Luis Obispo

San Luis Obispo, CA

29
University of California Davis

Davis, CA

29
University of California Irvine

Irvine, CA

29
University of California Santa Cruz

Santa Cruz, CA

29
University of the Pacific

Stockton, CA

29
University of San Francisco

San Francisco, CA

29
Thomas Aquinas College

Santa Paula, CA

29
Loyola Marymount University

Los Angeles, CA

30
Mills College

Oakland, CA

30
Pepperdine University

Malibu, CA

30
University of California San Diego

La Jolla, CA

31
University of California Santa Barbara

Santa Barbara, CA

31
Santa Clara University

Santa Clara, CA

31