California 4-Years Colleges With Lowest Graduation Rate

Ashford University has the lowest graduation rate, which is the percentage of graduate candidates who complete their degree or certificate within 150 percent of normal time (for example, within 6 years for 4-years BS degree). Its graduatation rate was 9% last year.

Bakersfield College with 22% and National University with 22% of graduation rates followed it in the ranking of California 4-Years Colleges with Lowest Graduation Rate.

For the ranking, we exclude schools with fewer than 5,000 students.

The average undergraduate tuition & fees of the schools is $9,284 and graduate tuition & fees is $14,714 for the academic year 2023-2024.

Table. California 4-Years Colleges With Lowest Graduation Rate Comparison
	School Name	Graduation Rate	Undergraduate Tuition & Fees	Yield	Acceptance Rate	SAT Score	Total Population	Students to Faculty Ratio
1 -	Ashford University San Diego, CAPrivate, 4-year	9.00% 0.46%	$13,160	-	-	-	34,190	19 to 1
2 -	Bakersfield College Bakersfield, CAPublic, 4-year	22.00% 1.39%	$10,310 ($1,430)	-	-	-	26,873	28 to 1
2 15	National University San Diego, CAPrivate, 4-year	22.00% 24.67%	$13,320	-	-	-	18,631	16 to 1
4 -	Modesto Junior College Modesto, CAPublic, 4-year	24.00% 1.44%	$8,870 ($1,270)	-	-	-	16,224	18 to 1
4 2	Rio Hondo College Whittier, CAPublic, 4-year	24.00% 0.07%	$9,884 ($1,388)	-	-	-	16,139	29 to 1
6 2	Santa Ana College Santa Ana, CAPublic, 4-year	26.00% 1.85%	$9,460 ($1,180)	-	-	-	23,852	31 to 1
7 -	West Los Angeles College Culver City, CAPublic, 4-year	27.00% 1.36%	$10,130 ($1,238)	-	-	-	8,656	24 to 1
7 2	University of the People Pasadena, CAPrivate, 4-year	27.00% 3.61%	$1,200	-	-	-	34,192	23 to 1
9 -	Antelope Valley Community College District Lancaster, CAPublic, 4-year	30.00% 1.12%	$8,228 ($1,124)	-	-	-	11,840	22 to 1
10 7	Shasta College Redding, CAPublic, 4-year	31.00% 8.78%	$8,277 ($1,197)	-	-	-	7,363	24 to 1
	Average	24.20%	$9,284 ($1,261)	-	-	-	19,796	23 to 1

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