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List of Public Colleges by Acceptance Rate

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 16% 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

16%
C

17%
C

28%
C

33%
C

34%
C

35%
S

35%
C

37%
C

43%
S

44%
C

46%
C

46%
C

51%
C

53%
C

54%
C

55%
C

57%
C

57%
C

57%
C

58%