California Public Colleges With Lowest Graduation Rate

California State University-East Bay 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 46% last year.

California State University-Dominguez Hills with 47% and California State Polytechnic University-Humboldt with 47% of graduation rates followed it in the ranking of California Public 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 $18,564 and graduate tuition & fees is $17,792 for the academic year 2023-2024.

Table. California Public 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 2	California State University-East Bay Hayward, CAPublic, 4-year	46.00% 2.44%	$18,935 ($7,055)	7.73%	96.81%	-	13,673	22 to 1
2 3	California State University-Dominguez Hills Carson, CAPublic, 4-year	47.00% 5.53%	$18,944 ($7,064)	9.90%	91.32%	-	16,426	22 to 1
2 1	California State Polytechnic University-Humboldt Arcata, CAPublic, 4-year	47.00% 0.50%	$19,793 ($7,913)	6.89%	98.83%	-	6,025	15 to 1
4 2	California State University-Bakersfield Bakersfield, CAPublic, 4-year	49.00% 1.44%	$19,576 ($7,696)	9.79%	88.19%	-	9,613	19 to 1
5 1	San Francisco State University San Francisco, CAPublic, 4-year	50.00% 3.71%	$19,304 ($7,424)	10.39%	96.15%	-	25,282	19 to 1
5	University of Massachusetts Global Irvine, CAPublic, 4-year	50.00%	$12,520 ($12,520)	-	-	-	8,689	18 to 1
7 3	California State University-Los Angeles Los Angeles, CAPublic, 4-year	53.00% 1.10%	$18,698 ($6,818)	12.00%	91.93%	-	26,460	22 to 1
7 5	California State University-Channel Islands Camarillo, CAPublic, 4-year	53.00% 5.09%	$18,697 ($6,817)	6.05%	93.06%	-	6,128	17 to 1
9 4	California State University-San Marcos San Marcos, CAPublic, 4-year	54.00% 5.16%	$19,614 ($7,734)	15.66%	95.70%	-	15,109	23 to 1
10 1	California State University-San Bernardino San Bernardino, CAPublic, 4-year	55.00% 1.96%	$19,555 ($7,675)	17.88%	98.25%	-	19,803	23 to 1
	Average	50.40%	$18,564 ($7,872)	10.70%	94.47%	-	14,721	20 to 1

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