Some colleges do not have an open admissions policy, but they accept all or most applicants who meet the admission requirements. The average acceptance rate of the 10 Easiest California Public Colleges to get in is 70.03% for the academic year 2023-2024.
This ranking is only based on acceptance rates and more admission stats such as SAT and ACT scores are helpful to measure the chances to get in more accurately.
The average undergraduate tuition & fees of the schools is $19,510 and graduate tuition & fees is $18,568 for the academic year 2023-2024.
We note that the actual tightness of admission lies in considering other admission requirements such as SAT score.School Name | Acceptance Rate | Yield | SAT Score | Undergraduate Tuition & Fees | Total Population | Graduation Rate | Students to Faculty Ratio | |
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1 - | California State Polytechnic University-Humboldt Arcata, CAPublic, 4-year | 98.83% 0.65% | 6.89% | - | $19,793 ($7,913) | 6,025 | 47.00% | 15 to 1 |
2 11 | California State University-San Bernardino San Bernardino, CAPublic, 4-year | 98.25% 7.17% | 17.88% | - | $19,555 ($7,675) | 19,803 | 55.00% | 23 to 1 |
3 1 | California State University-Stanislaus Turlock, CAPublic, 4-year | 97.47% 0.86% | 20.12% | - | $19,706 ($7,826) | 10,154 | 58.00% | 18 to 1 |
4 1 | California State University-East Bay Hayward, CAPublic, 4-year | 96.81% 0.61% | 7.73% | - | $18,935 ($7,055) | 13,673 | 46.00% | 22 to 1 |
5 1 | California State University-Fresno Fresno, CAPublic, 4-year | 96.38% 0.95% | 18.80% | - | $18,860 ($6,980) | 23,999 | 55.00% | 21 to 1 |
6 1 | San Francisco State University San Francisco, CAPublic, 4-year | 96.15% 1.95% | 10.39% | - | $19,304 ($7,424) | 25,282 | 50.00% | 19 to 1 |
7 2 | California State University-San Marcos San Marcos, CAPublic, 4-year | 95.70% 0.51% | 15.66% | - | $19,614 ($7,734) | 15,109 | 54.00% | 23 to 1 |
8 3 | California State University-Monterey Bay Seaside, CAPublic, 4-year | 94.83% 2.44% | 8.45% | - | $19,317 ($7,437) | 7,045 | 63.00% | 20 to 1 |
9 1 | Sonoma State University Rohnert Park, CAPublic, 4-year | 94.73% 0.73% | 9.13% | - | $20,070 ($8,190) | 6,637 | 61.00% | 18 to 1 |
10 4 | California State University-Chico Chico, CAPublic, 4-year | 93.72% 1.28% | 10.41% | - | $19,944 ($8,064) | 14,183 | 64.00% | 20 to 1 |
Average | 96.29% | 12.55% | - | $19,510 ($7,630) | 14,191 | 55.30% | 20 to 1 |