For 2023-2024 admission, the average acceptance rate of California colleges is 44.25%, 876,849 accepted out of 1,981,799 applicants.
For California college admission, the total number of applicants increased by 87,232 (4.60%) compared to last year, from 1,894,567 applicants. The number of students enrolled in first year increased by 5,629, which is more than 3.92% last year.
California colleges' acceptance rate increased by 1.77% compared to last year, which means easier to get into California colleges. The yield decreased by 0.83%.
Among California colleges, California Institute of Technology has the lowest acceptance rate of 3.00% with 393 accepted students out of 13,107 applicants. University of California-Los Angeles has the most number of applicants of 145,903 and University of California-San Diego has the most number of first-year enrolled students of 7,192.
The following table compares the acceptance rate and admission statistics between four-years colleges in California. Those colleges have admission requirements and criteria to admit (not open admission). The green or red arrows with numbers indicate change from the previous year for each column.
| School | Applicants | Admitted | Enrolled | Acceptance Rate | Yield |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| California Institute of Technology | 13,107 -3,519 | 393 -55 | 255 31 | 3.00% 0.31% | 64.89% 14.89% |
| Minerva University | 9,856 -10,960 | 394 186 | 221 71 | 4.00% 3.00% | 56.09% -16.03% |
| Stanford University | 53,733 -2,645 | 2,149 74 | 1,741 5 | 4.00% 0.32% | 81.01% -2.65% |
| Pomona College | 12,121 1,455 | 848 99 | 424 11 | 7.00% -0.02% | 50.00% -5.14% |
| University of California-Los Angeles | 145,903 -3,898 | 13,131 286 | 6,828 366 | 9.00% 0.43% | 52.00% 1.69% |
| University of Southern California | 80,808 11,746 | 8,081 -223 | 3,636 216 | 10.00% -2.02% | 44.99% 3.81% |
| Pacific Oaks College | 30 -33 | 3 -22 | 2 -1 | 10.00% -29.68% | 66.67% 54.67% |
| Stanbridge University | 2,700 200 | 297 44 | 285 52 | 11.00% 0.88% | 95.96% 3.87% |
| Claremont McKenna College | 5,799 90 | 638 47 | 319 -3 | 11.00% 0.65% | 50.00% -4.48% |
| University of California-Berkeley | 125,910 -2,299 | 15,109 586 | 6,799 71 | 12.00% 0.67% | 45.00% -1.33% |
| Harvey Mudd College | 4,792 352 | 623 30 | 224 -13 | 13.00% -0.36% | 35.96% -4.01% |
| Pitzer College | 3,464 -36 | 589 -55 | 283 -26 | 17.00% -1.40% | 48.05% 0.07% |
| University of California-San Diego | 130,771 -426 | 32,693 1,590 | 7,192 646 | 25.00% 1.29% | 22.00% 0.95% |
| California Institute of the Arts | 2,023 -97 | 526 1 | 179 -10 | 26.00% 1.24% | 34.03% -1.97% |
| University of California-Irvine | 121,101 1,910 | 31,486 6,274 | 6,927 1,263 | 26.00% 4.85% | 22.00% -0.47% |
| University of California-Santa Barbara | 110,871 -124 | 31,044 2,356 | 4,967 | 28.00% 2.15% | 16.00% -1.31% |
| California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo | 63,736 4,962 | 19,121 1,236 | 5,354 244 | 30.00% -0.43% | 28.00% -0.57% |
| San Diego State University | 82,800 5,550 | 28,152 -2,179 | 6,193 -380 | 34.00% -5.26% | 22.00% 0.33% |
| Scripps College | 3,082 -17 | 1,048 183 | 272 12 | 34.00% 6.09% | 25.95% -4.11% |
| Hope International University | 828 18 | 290 29 | 87 | 35.02% 2.80% | 30.00% -3.33% |
| Casa Loma College-Los Angeles | 184 144 | 66 50 | 66 54 | 35.87% -4.13% | 100.00% 25.00% |
| Charles R Drew University of Medicine and Science | 985 151 | 384 -287 | 8 -6 | 38.98% -41.48% | 2.08% -0.01% |
| University of California-Merced | 67,891 37,971 | 26,477 -289 | 2,383 -9 | 39.00% -50.46% | 9.00% 0.06% |
| Gnomon | 63 -2 | 25 -7 | 20 -7 | 39.68% -9.55% | 80.00% -4.38% |
| Loyola Marymount University | 23,361 1,666 | 9,344 381 | 1,495 -113 | 40.00% -1.31% | 16.00% -1.94% |
| Occidental College | 6,573 268 | 2,629 145 | 526 -5 | 40.00% 0.60% | 20.01% -1.37% |
| The Chicago School at Los Angeles | 117 43 | 47 7 | 36 9 | 40.17% -13.88% | 76.60% 9.10% |
| FIDM-Fashion Institute of Design & Merchandising | 412 -1,573 | 173 -655 | 48 -301 | 41.99% 0.28% | 27.75% -14.40% |
| University of California-Davis | 94,637 -110 | 39,748 4,371 | 6,757 358 | 42.00% 4.66% | 17.00% -1.09% |
| Pacific Union College | 1,323 -41 | 556 -105 | 139 27 | 42.03% -6.43% | 25.00% 8.06% |
| DeVry University-California | 400 46 | 172 30 | 143 31 | 43.00% 2.89% | 83.14% 4.27% |
| Santa Clara University | 18,843 2,193 | 8,291 -386 | 1,575 -66 | 44.00% -8.11% | 19.00% 0.09% |
| Westcliff University | 1,458 749 | 656 178 | 348 -71 | 44.99% -22.43% | 53.05% -34.61% |
| University of Saint Katherine | 160 70 | 74 15 | 41 8 | 46.25% -19.31% | 55.41% -0.52% |
| University of San Diego | 15,953 1,619 | 7,498 -43 | 1,275 41 | 47.00% -5.61% | 17.00% 0.64% |
| California State University-Long Beach | 79,680 4,962 | 37,450 7,599 | 5,618 253 | 47.00% 7.05% | 15.00% -2.97% |
| California College of Music | 19 6 | 9 | 3 -6 | 47.37% -21.86% | 33.33% -66.67% |
| University of La Verne | 10,813 4,641 | 5,190 653 | 727 65 | 48.00% -25.51% | 14.01% -0.58% |
| Pepperdine University | 12,457 991 | 6,229 644 | 747 -195 | 50.00% 1.29% | 11.99% -4.88% |
| Pacific College | 20 -10 | 10 | 5 -3 | 50.00% 16.67% | 50.00% -30.00% |
| University of Silicon Valley | 306 190 | 156 81 | 55 13 | 50.98% -13.68% | 35.26% -20.74% |
| University of San Francisco | 25,709 2,606 | 13,112 -3,332 | 1,180 -375 | 51.00% -20.18% | 9.00% -0.46% |
| San Francisco Conservatory of Music | 439 47 | 228 65 | 55 10 | 51.94% 10.36% | 24.12% -3.49% |
| Chapman University | 15,914 2,224 | 8,912 -1,016 | 1,782 -294 | 56.00% -16.52% | 20.00% -0.91% |
| Fresno Pacific University | 1,516 684 | 879 255 | 211 56 | 57.98% -17.02% | 24.00% -0.84% |
| Concordia University-Irvine | 4,564 988 | 2,738 271 | 301 -43 | 59.99% -9.00% | 10.99% -2.95% |
| Chamberlain University-California | 5 3 | 3 3 | 2 2 | 60.00% | 66.67% |
| CES College | 85 20 | 51 10 | 30 6 | 60.00% -3.08% | 58.82% 0.28% |
| Biola University | 4,003 -221 | 2,402 10 | 745 39 | 60.00% 3.37% | 31.02% 1.50% |
| Yeshiva Ohr Elchonon Chabad West Coast Talmudical Seminary | 107 -15 | 66 -9 | 61 -8 | 61.68% 0.20% | 92.42% 0.42% |
| Berkeley School of Theology | 27 9 | 17 5 | 10 -2 | 62.96% -3.71% | 58.82% -41.18% |
| University of California-Riverside | 62,807 8,124 | 39,568 2,005 | 5,540 -33 | 63.00% -5.69% | 14.00% -0.84% |
| University of California-Santa Cruz | 68,845 2,933 | 43,372 12,446 | 4,337 478 | 63.00% 16.08% | 10.00% -2.48% |
| San Diego Christian College | 320 | 202 | 8 | 63.13% | 3.96% |
| SUM Bible College and Theological Seminary | 95 -8 | 61 -25 | 54 -21 | 64.21% -19.29% | 88.52% 1.31% |
| Vanguard University of Southern California | 3,422 644 | 2,224 145 | 512 -29 | 64.99% -9.85% | 23.02% -3.00% |
| California Miramar University | 58 -174 | 38 -14 | 22 3 | 65.52% 43.11% | 57.89% 21.35% |
| Menlo College | 3,041 -316 | 2,068 -4 | 186 -17 | 68.00% 6.28% | 8.99% -0.81% |
| Latin American Bible Institute | 44 23 | 30 9 | 27 19 | 68.18% -31.82% | 90.00% 51.90% |
| Mount Saint Mary's University | 3,430 1,025 | 2,367 545 | 450 70 | 69.01% -6.75% | 19.01% -1.85% |
| San Francisco Bay University | 98 -59 | 68 -41 | 18 1 | 69.39% -0.04% | 26.47% 10.87% |
| Soka University of America | 397 -101 | 278 -4 | 128 -1 | 70.03% 13.40% | 46.04% 0.30% |
| Musicians Institute | 425 77 | 302 29 | 142 26 | 71.06% -7.39% | 47.02% 4.53% |
| California College of the Arts | 3,661 674 | 2,673 412 | 187 -4 | 73.01% -2.68% | 7.00% -1.45% |
| Woodbury University | 1,312 -148 | 958 44 | 105 -12 | 73.02% 10.42% | 10.96% -1.84% |
| California State Polytechnic University-Pomona | 45,775 -3,304 | 33,874 6,695 | 4,404 749 | 74.00% 18.62% | 13.00% -0.45% |
| California Baptist University | 7,935 281 | 5,872 -245 | 1,292 -11 | 74.00% -5.92% | 22.00% 0.70% |
| Art Center College of Design | 1,339 54 | 1,004 92 | 321 31 | 74.98% 4.01% | 31.97% 0.17% |
| The Master's University and Seminary | 1,157 309 | 879 216 | 413 86 | 75.97% -2.21% | 46.99% -2.33% |
| William Jessup University | 699 -11 | 538 70 | 188 28 | 76.97% 11.05% | 34.94% 0.75% |
| Sacramento Ultrasound Institute | 179 | 138 | 80 | 77.09% | 57.97% |
| Laguna College of Art and Design | 268 -93 | 209 -110 | 136 20 | 77.99% -10.38% | 65.07% 28.71% |
| John Paul the Great Catholic University | 280 -107 | 221 -87 | 75 -39 | 78.93% -0.66% | 33.94% -3.07% |
| Azusa Pacific University | 3,850 412 | 3,042 51 | 426 -92 | 79.01% -7.99% | 14.00% -3.32% |
| Thomas Aquinas College | 263 1 | 208 -14 | 144 5 | 79.09% -5.64% | 69.23% 6.62% |
| Westmont College | 2,244 -82 | 1,795 -112 | 323 8 | 79.99% -2.00% | 17.99% 1.47% |
| Annenberg School of Nursing | 30 30 | 24 24 | 9 9 | 80.00% | 37.50% |
| San Jose State University | 35,780 1,778 | 28,624 2,541 | 4,580 543 | 80.00% 3.29% | 16.00% 0.52% |
| Los Angeles College of Music | 408 41 | 330 26 | 69 7 | 80.88% -1.95% | 20.91% 0.52% |
| University of Redlands | 3,622 -250 | 2,934 -236 | 499 -40 | 81.00% -0.87% | 17.01% 0.01% |
| Point Loma Nazarene University | 3,065 -84 | 2,513 -67 | 653 -37 | 81.99% 0.06% | 25.98% -0.76% |
| MTI College | 1,417 1,164 | 1,162 924 | 221 32 | 82.00% -12.07% | 19.02% -60.39% |
| Southern California Institute of Architecture | 606 93 | 503 196 | 35 7 | 83.00% 23.16% | 6.96% -2.16% |
| Otis College of Art and Design | 2,459 376 | 2,066 331 | 227 -87 | 84.02% 0.73% | 10.99% -7.11% |
| Hacienda La Puente Adult Education | 534 180 | 449 116 | 449 156 | 84.08% -9.99% | 100.00% 12.01% |
| California Northstate University | 99 -90 | 84 -95 | 7 -12 | 84.85% -9.86% | 8.33% -2.28% |
| Whittier College | 2,797 -217 | 2,377 103 | 143 -106 | 84.98% 9.53% | 6.02% -4.93% |
| California State University-Fullerton | 48,591 -157 | 42,274 9,747 | 7,187 1,907 | 87.00% 20.28% | 17.00% 0.77% |
| Design Institute of San Diego | 8 | 7 -1 | 2 -6 | 87.50% -12.50% | 28.57% -71.43% |
| California State University-Bakersfield | 13,950 116 | 12,276 303 | 1,228 121 | 88.00% 1.45% | 10.00% 0.75% |
| Southern California Institute of Technology | 120 | 106 | 94 | 88.33% | 88.68% |
| California Lutheran University | 5,290 140 | 4,708 218 | 565 -37 | 89.00% 1.82% | 12.00% -1.41% |
| Saint Mary's College of California | 4,308 955 | 3,834 887 | 498 53 | 89.00% 1.11% | 12.99% -2.11% |
| American Academy of Dramatic Arts-Los Angeles | 155 -27 | 140 -24 | 56 | 90.32% 0.21% | 40.00% 5.85% |
| California State University-Dominguez Hills | 19,040 -125 | 17,326 244 | 1,733 -329 | 91.00% 1.87% | 10.00% -2.07% |
| California State University-Los Angeles | 32,748 -1,191 | 30,128 621 | 3,615 -277 | 92.00% 5.06% | 12.00% -1.19% |
| La Sierra University | 2,238 360 | 2,081 356 | 250 -79 | 92.98% 1.13% | 12.01% -7.06% |
| California State University-Channel Islands | 10,082 -338 | 9,376 34 | 563 -72 | 93.00% 3.35% | 6.00% -0.80% |
| California State University-Northridge | 29,789 3,824 | 27,704 4,017 | 5,541 569 | 93.00% 1.77% | 20.00% -0.99% |
| Providence Christian College | 107 -25 | 100 -15 | 28 -10 | 93.46% 6.34% | 28.00% -5.04% |
| Life Pacific University | 281 136 | 264 127 | 74 -1 | 93.95% -0.53% | 28.03% -26.71% |
| Concorde Career College-San Diego | 248 -15 | 233 -19 | 151 -29 | 93.95% -1.87% | 64.81% -6.62% |
| California State University-Chico | 22,263 846 | 20,927 580 | 2,093 73 | 94.00% -1.00% | 10.00% 0.07% |
| California State University-Sacramento | 25,994 718 | 24,434 875 | 3,909 -7 | 94.00% 0.79% | 16.00% -0.62% |
| University of the Pacific | 5,763 -128 | 5,475 -17 | 767 -80 | 95.00% 1.77% | 14.01% -1.41% |
| California State University-Monterey Bay | 11,769 -799 | 11,181 -430 | 894 -10 | 95.00% 2.61% | 8.00% 0.21% |
| Sonoma State University | 10,529 -277 | 10,003 -155 | 900 -67 | 95.00% 1.00% | 9.00% -0.52% |
| University of Silicon Andhra | 44 | 42 | 36 | 95.45% | 85.71% |
| Concorde Career College-Garden Grove | 418 -67 | 401 -66 | 164 -5 | 95.93% -0.36% | 40.90% 4.71% |
| California State University-Fresno | 20,201 1,650 | 19,393 1,690 | 3,685 227 | 96.00% 0.57% | 19.00% -0.53% |
| San Francisco State University | 29,878 -54 | 28,683 488 | 2,868 -471 | 96.00% 1.80% | 10.00% -1.84% |
| California State University-San Marcos | 17,519 2,745 | 16,818 2,754 | 2,691 140 | 96.00% 0.81% | 16.00% -2.14% |
| Dominican University of California | 2,011 265 | 1,931 304 | 251 34 | 96.02% 2.84% | 13.00% -0.34% |
| California State University-Stanislaus | 5,334 -743 | 5,174 -697 | 1,035 3 | 97.00% 0.39% | 20.00% 2.42% |
| California State University-East Bay | 13,274 813 | 12,876 888 | 1,030 134 | 97.00% 0.80% | 8.00% 0.53% |
| California State University-San Bernardino | 12,772 -2,729 | 12,517 -1,602 | 2,253 -71 | 98.00% 6.92% | 18.00% 1.54% |
| Concorde Career College-San Bernardino | 421 38 | 413 30 | 223 14 | 98.10% -1.90% | 54.00% -0.57% |
| California State Polytechnic University-Humboldt | 14,019 5,514 | 13,879 5,529 | 972 11 | 99.00% 0.82% | 7.00% -4.51% |
| Concorde Career College-North Hollywood | 205 -21 | 203 -16 | 134 -17 | 99.02% 2.12% | 66.01% -2.94% |
| Simpson University | 823 | 815 | 155 | 99.03% | 19.02% |
| California State University Maritime Academy | 943 187 | 934 212 | 140 -5 | 99.05% 3.55% | 14.99% -5.09% |
| Reach University | 117 51 | 116 51 | 82 44 | 99.15% 0.67% | 70.69% 12.23% |
| University of the West | 7 -16 | 7 -11 | 4 -1 | 100.00% 21.74% | 57.14% 29.36% |
| Arizona College of Nursing-Ontario | 1 -42 | 1 -42 | 1 -17 | 100.00% | 100.00% 58.14% |
| Shasta Bible College and Graduate School | 2 -2 | 2 -2 | 1 -3 | 100.00% | 50.00% -50.00% |
| The Chicago School at San Diego | 1 | 1 | - | 100.00% | - |
| California Jazz Conservatory | 2 2 | 2 2 | 2 2 | 100.00% | 100.00% |
| Newschool of Architecture and Design | 20 -89 | 20 -29 | 8 -4 | 100.00% 55.05% | 40.00% 15.51% |
| Young Americans College of the Performing Arts | 5 -30 | 5 -9 | 5 -9 | 100.00% 60.00% | 100.00% |
| Pacific States University | 4 -5 | 4 1 | 4 1 | 100.00% 66.67% | 100.00% |
| American University of Health Sciences | 1 1 | 1 1 | 1 1 | 100.00% | 100.00% |
| Brand College | 2 | 2 1 | 1 | 100.00% 50.00% | 50.00% -50.00% |