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California Public Colleges Ranked by Lowest Acceptance Rate

List of Public Colleges by 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 2017/18 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

14%
C

15%
C

23%
C

29%
C

30%
C

30%
C

31%
C

32%
S

35%
C

41%
C

42%
C

43%
S

44%
C

47%
C

51%
C

51%
C

55%
C

55%
S

55%
C

58%