California Private Colleges with Low Enrollment Rate

The average yield (also know as enrollment rate) of the 10 California Private Colleges with Lowest Yield is 29.89% for the academic year 2023-2024.

San Diego Christian College has the lowest (i.e. fewer accepted students enrolled into eventually) admission yield of 3.96% and Whittier College (6.02%) and University of San Francisco (9.00%) are following it in the list of California Private Colleges with Lowest Yield.

This ranking is only based on yield and more admission stats such as acceptance rate and SAT and ACT scores are helpful to measure the chances to get in more accurately.

San Diego Christian College has the lowest admission yield (enrollment rate) of 3.96% and Whittier College has the second lowest yield of 6.02%.

The average undergraduate tuition & fees of the schools is $48,078 and graduate tuition & fees is $23,895 for the academic year 2023-2024.

The average acceptance rate is 74.91% and the average SAT score is 1,269 at the schools.

Table. California Private Colleges With Lowest Yield Comparison
School NameYieldAcceptance RateSAT ScoreUndergraduate Tuition & FeesTotal PopulationGraduation RateStudents to Faculty Ratio
1
1
San Diego Christian College Santee, CAPrivate, 4-year 3.96%
6.45%
63.13%-$26,30035534.00%11 to 1
2
1
Whittier College Whittier, CAPrivate, 4-year 6.02%
4.93%
84.98%-$49,8641,19265.00%10 to 1
3
2
University of San Francisco San Francisco, CAPrivate, 4-year 9.00%
0.46%
51.00%1,300$58,2229,68874.00%13 to 1
4
1
Woodbury University Burbank, CAPrivate, 4-year 10.96%
1.84%
73.02%-$44,88694354.00%8 to 1
5
3
Concordia University-Irvine Irvine, CAPrivate, 4-year 10.99%
2.95%
59.99%-$41,3903,74463.00%14 to 1
6
8
Pepperdine University Malibu, CAPrivate, 4-year 11.99%
4.88%
50.00%1,360$66,74210,03083.00%13 to 1
7
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California Lutheran University Thousand Oaks, CAPrivate, 4-year 12.00%
1.41%
89.00%1,220$50,6703,61573.00%14 to 1
8
11
La Sierra University Riverside, CAPrivate, 4-year 12.01%
7.06%
92.98%-$35,9101,61453.00%10 to 1
9
1
Saint Mary's College of California Moraga, CAPrivate, 4-year 12.99%
2.11%
89.00%-$56,1342,76572.00%9 to 1
10
4
Dominican University of California San Rafael, CAPrivate, 4-year 13.00%
0.34%
96.02%1,195$50,6661,87778.00%9 to 1
Average10.29%74.91%1,269$48,0783,58264.90%11 to 1