California Public Colleges Ranked by Lowest Acceptance Rate

List of Public Colleges by Acceptance Rate

Below is a ranking of the 146 public colleges in California with the lowest acceptance rate for freshman undergraduate applications. University of California Los Angeles leads the list by accepting 14% of high school students that applied.

Data is reported for the 2018/19 academic year by the U.S. Department of Education National Center for Education Statistics.

List of California Public Colleges Ranked by Lowest Acceptance Rate
	College	Acceptance Rate
C	University of California Los Angeles Los Angeles, CA	14%
C	University of California Berkeley Berkeley, CA	15%
C	California State University Bakersfield Bakersfield, CA	23%
C	University of California Irvine Irvine, CA	29%
C	California Polytechnic State University San Luis Obispo San Luis Obispo, CA	30%
C	University of California San Diego La Jolla, CA	30%
C	California State University Long Beach Long Beach, CA	31%
C	University of California Santa Barbara Santa Barbara, CA	32%
S	San Diego State University San Diego, CA	35%
C	University of California Davis Davis, CA	41%
C	California State University Los Angeles Los Angeles, CA	42%
C	California State University Fullerton Fullerton, CA	43%
S	San Diego State University Imperial Valley Campus Calexico, California	44%
C	University of California Santa Cruz Santa Cruz, CA	47%
C	California State University Northridge Northridge, CA	51%
C	University of California Riverside Riverside, CA	51%
C	California State University San Bernardino San Bernardino, CA	55%
C	California State Polytechnic University Pomona Pomona, CA	55%
S	San Jose State University San Jose, CA	55%
C	California State University Fresno Fresno, CA	58%