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 Colleges to get in is 63.03% 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 $21,930 and graduate tuition & fees is $19,520 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 56 | Newschool of Architecture and Design San Diego, CAPrivate, 4-year | 100.00% 55.05% | 40.00% | - | $30,291 | 294 | 41.00% | 6 to 1 |
1 30 | University of the West Rosemead, CAPrivate, 4-year | 100.00% 21.74% | 57.14% | - | $14,718 | 164 | 20.00% | 5 to 1 |
3 41 | Simpson University Redding, CAPrivate, 4-year | 99.03% 32.08% | 18.53% | - | $38,522 | 874 | 46.00% | 13 to 1 |
4 3 | California State Polytechnic University-Humboldt Arcata, CAPublic, 4-year | 98.83% 0.65% | 6.89% | - | $19,793 ($7,913) | 6,025 | 45.00% | 15 to 1 |
5 11 | California State University-San Bernardino San Bernardino, CAPublic, 4-year | 98.25% 7.17% | 17.88% | - | $19,555 ($7,675) | 19,803 | 54.00% | 23 to 1 |
6 4 | California State University-Stanislaus Turlock, CAPublic, 4-year | 97.47% 0.86% | 20.12% | - | $19,706 ($7,826) | 10,154 | 55.00% | 18 to 1 |
7 4 | California State University-East Bay Hayward, CAPublic, 4-year | 96.81% 0.61% | 7.73% | - | $18,935 ($7,055) | 13,673 | 45.00% | 22 to 1 |
8 4 | California State University-Fresno Fresno, CAPublic, 4-year | 96.38% 0.95% | 18.80% | - | $18,860 ($6,980) | 23,999 | 56.00% | 21 to 1 |
9 2 | San Francisco State University San Francisco, CAPublic, 4-year | 96.15% 1.95% | 10.39% | - | $19,304 ($7,424) | 25,282 | 54.00% | 19 to 1 |
10 5 | California State University-San Marcos San Marcos, CAPublic, 4-year | 95.70% 0.51% | 15.66% | - | $19,614 ($7,734) | 15,109 | 56.00% | 23 to 1 |
Average | 97.86% | 21.31% | - | $21,930 ($7,515) | 11,538 | 47.20% | 17 to 1 |