California 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.

National University with 22% and University of the People with 27% of graduation rates followed it in the ranking of California 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 $16,417 and graduate tuition & fees is $18,405 for the academic year 2023-2024.

Table. California 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 2	National University San Diego, CAPrivate, 4-year	22.00% 24.67%	$13,320	-	-	-	18,631	16 to 1
3 1	University of the People Pasadena, CAPrivate, 4-year	27.00% 3.61%	$1,200	-	-	-	34,192	23 to 1
4 1	Academy of Art University San Francisco, CAPrivate, 4-year	43.00% 4.98%	$28,024	-	-	-	6,786	15 to 1
5 2	California State University-East Bay Hayward, CAPublic, 4-year	45.00% 3.44%	$18,935 ($7,055)	7.73%	96.81%	-	13,673	22 to 1
5 -	California State Polytechnic University-Humboldt Arcata, CAPublic, 4-year	45.00% 2.50%	$19,793 ($7,913)	6.89%	98.83%	-	6,025	15 to 1
7 2	California State University-Dominguez Hills Carson, CAPublic, 4-year	46.00% 6.53%	$18,944 ($7,064)	9.90%	91.32%	-	16,426	22 to 1
8 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
9	University of Massachusetts Global Irvine, CAPublic, 4-year	50.00%	$12,520 ($12,520)	-	-	-	8,689	18 to 1
10 2	California State University-Los Angeles Los Angeles, CAPublic, 4-year	51.00% 0.90%	$18,698 ($6,818)	12.00%	91.93%	-	26,460	22 to 1
	Average	38.70%	$16,417 ($8,178)	9.26%	93.42%	-	17,469	19 to 1

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