California Public Colleges where Students Complete in Time

University of California-Berkeley 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 93% last year.

University of California-Los Angeles with 93% and University of California-San Diego with 88% of graduation rates followed it in the ranking of California Public Colleges with Highest Graduation Rate.

For the ranking, we exclude schools with fewer than 5,000 students.

The average undergraduate tuition & fees of the schools is $41,442 and graduate tuition & fees is $27,825 for the academic year 2023-2024.

Table. California Public Colleges With Highest Graduation Rate Comparison
School NameGraduation RateUndergraduate Tuition & FeesYieldAcceptance RateSAT ScoreTotal PopulationStudents to Faculty Ratio
1
-		University of California-Berkeley Berkeley, CAPublic, 4-year 93.00%
0.19%		$45,627
($14,850)		45.25%11.66%-45,30719 to 1
1
1		University of California-Los Angeles Los Angeles, CAPublic, 4-year 93.00%
0.87%		$44,524
($13,747)		51.70%8.73%-46,43018 to 1
3
-		University of California-San Diego La Jolla, CAPublic, 4-year 88.00%
1.35%		$46,042
($15,265)		21.85%24.52%-42,00619 to 1
4
3		University of California-Irvine Irvine, CAPublic, 4-year 86.00%
2.33%		$45,014
($14,237)		21.95%25.57%-35,93718 to 1
5
-		California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo San Luis Obispo, CAPublic, 4-year 85.00%
0.39%		$30,995
($11,075)		27.83%29.75%-22,00020 to 1
5
1		University of California-Davis Davis, CAPublic, 4-year 85.00%
1.94%		$46,024
($15,247)		16.70%41.63%-39,67921 to 1
5
1		University of California-Santa Barbara Santa Barbara, CAPublic, 4-year 85.00%
0.38%		$45,742
($14,965)		16.37%27.78%-26,42017 to 1
8
2		San Diego State University San Diego, CAPublic, 4-year 78.00%
1.85%		$20,170
($8,290)		21.61%34.44%-37,40225 to 1
9
-		University of California-Riverside Riverside, CAPublic, 4-year 77.00%
0.55%		$44,947
($14,170)		13.89%63.30%-26,80924 to 1
10
2		University of California-Santa Cruz Santa Cruz, CAPublic, 4-year 74.00%
4.09%		$45,337
($14,560)		10.18%62.54%-19,47823 to 1
Average84.40%$41,442
($13,641)		24.73%32.99%-34,14720 to 1