California Private Colleges Ranked by Lowest Acceptance Rate

List of Private Colleges by Acceptance Rate

Below is a ranking of the 110 private 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 Private Colleges Ranked by Lowest Acceptance Rate
School Acceptance Rate
Minerva University

San Francisco, California

1%
California Institute of Technology

Pasadena, CA

3%
Stanford University

Stanford, CA

4%
Pomona College

Claremont, CA

7%
Claremont McKenna College

Claremont, CA

10%
University of Southern California

Los Angeles, CA

12%
Harvey Mudd College

Claremont, CA

13%
Pitzer College

Claremont, CA

18%
California Institute of the Arts

Valencia, CA

25%
Scripps College

Claremont, CA

28%
Hope International University

Fullerton, CA

32%
Pacific States University

Los Angeles, CA

33%
Occidental College

Los Angeles, CA

39%
Casa Loma College Los Angeles

Sherman Oaks, CA

40%
Pacific Oaks College

Pasadena, CA

40%
Loyola Marymount University

Los Angeles, CA

41%
San Francisco Conservatory of Music

San Francisco, CA

42%
Pacific Union College

Angwin, CA

48%