Colleges with the Lowest Acceptance Rate in California for 2019
California Colleges that are Hardest to Get Into
Colleges with the Lowest Acceptance Rate in California for 2019
These are the most selective colleges in California. We've ranked the schools which reject over fifty percent of applicants. Leading the list is Stanford University which sent acceptance letters to only 5% of the 44,073 students who applied and rejected 95%. Interestingly, not all schools on our "most selective" lists are overly academically challenging. Schools with less rigorous standardized test and high school GPA requirements may receive a large numbers of qualified applicants and the school does not have space to admit them all.
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Stanford University
- Stanford, California • Private 4 Year
- Applicants 44,073
- Percent Admitted 5%
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Admissions Standards Exceptionally High Standards
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California Institute of Technology
- Pasadena, California • Private 4 Year
- Applicants 7,339
- Percent Admitted 8%
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Admissions Standards Exceptionally High Standards
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Pomona College
- Claremont, California • Private 4 Year
- Applicants 9,045
- Percent Admitted 8%
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Admissions Standards Exceptionally High Standards
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Claremont McKenna College
- Claremont, California • Private 4 Year
- Applicants 6,349
- Percent Admitted 10%
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Admissions Standards Exceptionally High Standards
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Harvey Mudd College
- Claremont, California • Private 4 Year
- Applicants 4,078
- Percent Admitted 15%
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Admissions Standards Exceptionally High Standards
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University of California Los Angeles
- Los Angeles, California • Public 4 Year
- Applicants 102,225
- Percent Admitted 16%
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Admissions Standards Exceptionally High Standards
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Pitzer College
- Claremont, California • Private 4 Year
- Applicants 3,753
- Percent Admitted 16%
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Admissions Standards Exceptionally High Standards
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University of Southern California
- Los Angeles, California • Private 4 Year
- Applicants 56,676
- Percent Admitted 16%
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Admissions Standards Exceptionally High Standards
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University of California Berkeley
- Berkeley, California • Public 4 Year
- Applicants 85,044
- Percent Admitted 17%
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Admissions Standards Exceptionally High Standards
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California Institute of the Arts
- Valencia, California • Private 4 Year
- Applicants 2,265
- Percent Admitted 24%
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Admissions Standards Exceptionally High Standards
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California State University Long Beach
- Long Beach, California • Public 4 Year
- Applicants 63,048
- Percent Admitted 28%
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Admissions Standards Challenging Requirements
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Hope International University
- Fullerton, California • Private 4 Year
- Applicants 786
- Percent Admitted 28%
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Admissions Standards Easy Requirements
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University of California Santa Barbara
- Santa Barbara, California • Public 4 Year
- Applicants 81,824
- Percent Admitted 33%
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Admissions Standards Extremely High Standards
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Laguna College of Art and Design
- Laguna Beach, California • Private 4 Year
- Applicants 774
- Percent Admitted 33%
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Admissions Standards Extremely High Standards
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Scripps College
- Claremont, California • Private 4 Year
- Applicants 2,841
- Percent Admitted 33%
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Admissions Standards Extremely High Standards
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University of California San Diego
- La Jolla, California • Public 4 Year
- Applicants 88,446
- Percent Admitted 34%
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Admissions Standards Extremely High Standards
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California Polytechnic State University San Luis Obispo
- San Luis Obispo, California • Public 4 Year
- Applicants 48,588
- Percent Admitted 35%
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Admissions Standards Very High Standards
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San Diego State University
- San Diego, California • Public 4 Year
- Applicants 60,910
- Percent Admitted 35%
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Admissions Standards Difficult Requirements
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University of California Irvine
- Irvine, California • Public 4 Year
- Applicants 85,092
- Percent Admitted 37%
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Admissions Standards Very High Standards
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Soka University of America
- Aliso Viejo, California • Private 4 Year
- Applicants 489
- Percent Admitted 37%
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Admissions Standards Very High Standards
