California Community Colleges where Students Complete in Time

Downey Adult School has the highest 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 89% last year.

Contra Costa Medical Career College with 87% and Institute for Business and Technology with 77% of graduation rates followed it in the ranking of California Community Colleges with Highest Graduation Rate.

For the ranking, we exclude schools with fewer than 500 students.

The average undergraduate tuition & fees of the schools is $25,589 and graduate tuition & fees is - for the academic year 2023-2024.

Table. California Community Colleges With Highest Graduation Rate Comparison
School NameGraduation RateUndergraduate Tuition & FeesYieldAcceptance RateSAT ScoreTotal PopulationStudents to Faculty Ratio
1
1
Downey Adult School Downey, CAPublic, 2-4 year 89.00%
1.27%
$4,499
($4,499)
---81330 to 1
2
1
Contra Costa Medical Career College Antioch, CAPrivate, 2-4 year 87.00%
13.00%
$9,935---92425 to 1
3
-
Institute for Business and Technology Santa Clara, CAPrivate, 2-4 year 77.00%
3.07%
$18,530---61434 to 1
4
-
Concorde Career College-Garden Grove Garden Grove, CAPrivate, 2-4 year 75.00%
1.90%
$34,00540.90%95.93%-80318 to 1
5
-
Institute of Technology Clovis, CAPrivate, 2-4 year 70.00%
2.86%
$33,474---1,29916 to 1
6
5
De Anza College Cupertino, CAPublic, 2-4 year 66.00%
3.20%
$12,317
($1,562)
---16,33527 to 1
6
1
Asher College Sacramento, CAPrivate, 2-4 year 66.00%
5.88%
$31,690---80226 to 1
8
1
Concorde Career College-North Hollywood North Hollywood, CAPrivate, 2-4 year 65.00%
6.57%
$33,34066.01%99.02%-67622 to 1
9
3
American Career College-Anaheim Anaheim, CAPrivate, 2-4 year 64.00%
8.53%
$39,050---1,46534 to 1
10
2
American Career College-Los Angeles Los Angeles, CAPrivate, 2-4 year 63.00%
5.90%
$39,050---1,96931 to 1
Average72.20%$25,589
($3,031)
53.46%97.48%-2,57026 to 1