California Private Colleges Ranked by Highest Acceptance Rate

List of Private Colleges by Acceptance Rate

Below is a ranking of the 109 private colleges in California with the highest acceptance rate for freshman undergraduate applications. American Conservatory Theater leads the list by accepting 100% of high school students that applied.

List of California Private Colleges Ranked by Highest Acceptance Rate
School Acceptance Rate
Pepperdine University

Malibu, CA

49%
Pacific Union College

Angwin, CA

48%
San Francisco Conservatory of Music

San Francisco, CA

42%
Loyola Marymount University

Los Angeles, CA

41%
Casa Loma College Los Angeles

Sherman Oaks, CA

40%
Pacific Oaks College

Pasadena, CA

40%
Occidental College

Los Angeles, CA

39%
Pacific States University

Los Angeles, CA

33%
Hope International University

Fullerton, CA

32%
Scripps College

Claremont, CA

28%
California Institute of the Arts

Valencia, CA

25%
Pitzer College

Claremont, CA

18%
Harvey Mudd College

Claremont, CA

13%
University of Southern California

Los Angeles, CA

12%
Claremont McKenna College

Claremont, CA

10%
Pomona College

Claremont, CA

7%
Stanford University

Stanford, CA

4%
California Institute of Technology

Pasadena, CA

3%