California Colleges Ranked by Lowest SAT Score

List of Colleges by SAT Score

Below is a list of the 70 colleges in California with the lowest SAT Score for incoming freshmen. San Diego State University Imperial Valley Campus tops the list with an average SAT Score of 955. Alternatively, check out the ACT version of these rankings.

List of California Colleges Ranked by Lowest SAT Score
School Average SAT Score
University of California Riverside

Riverside, CA

1180
University of Redlands

Redlands, CA

1195
San Diego State University

San Diego, CA

1195
Biola University

La Mirada, CA

1235
California Lutheran University

Thousand Oaks, CA

1235
Whittier College

Whittier, CA

1240
Otis College of Art and Design

Los Angeles, CA

1245
University of California Santa Cruz

Santa Cruz, CA

1260
Point Loma Nazarene University

San Diego, CA

1260
University of the Pacific

Stockton, CA

1271
University of California Davis

Davis, CA

1280
Chapman University

Orange, CA

1300
University of San Francisco

San Francisco, CA

1310
California Polytechnic State University San Luis Obispo

San Luis Obispo, CA

1315
Thomas Aquinas College

Santa Paula, CA

1315
University of California Irvine

Irvine, CA

1330
Soka University of America

Aliso Viejo, CA

1340
University of California Santa Barbara

Santa Barbara, CA

1345