California Public Colleges where More Students leaving before Graduation

California State University-East Bay 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 46% last year.

California State University-Dominguez Hills with 47% and California State Polytechnic University-Humboldt with 47% of graduation rates followed it in the ranking of California Public 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 $18,564 and graduate tuition & fees is $17,792 for the academic year 2023-2024.

Table. California Public Colleges With Lowest Graduation Rate Comparison
School NameGraduation RateUndergraduate Tuition & FeesYieldAcceptance RateSAT ScoreTotal PopulationStudents to Faculty Ratio
1
2		California State University-East Bay Hayward, CAPublic, 4-year 46.00%
2.44%		$18,935
($7,055)		7.73%96.81%-13,67322 to 1
2
3		California State University-Dominguez Hills Carson, CAPublic, 4-year 47.00%
5.53%		$18,944
($7,064)		9.90%91.32%-16,42622 to 1
2
1		California State Polytechnic University-Humboldt Arcata, CAPublic, 4-year 47.00%
0.50%		$19,793
($7,913)		6.89%98.83%-6,02515 to 1
4
2		California State University-Bakersfield Bakersfield, CAPublic, 4-year 49.00%
1.44%		$19,576
($7,696)		9.79%88.19%-9,61319 to 1
5
1		San Francisco State University San Francisco, CAPublic, 4-year 50.00%
3.71%		$19,304
($7,424)		10.39%96.15%-25,28219 to 1
5University of Massachusetts Global Irvine, CAPublic, 4-year 50.00%$12,520
($12,520)		---8,68918 to 1
7
3		California State University-Los Angeles Los Angeles, CAPublic, 4-year 53.00%
1.10%		$18,698
($6,818)		12.00%91.93%-26,46022 to 1
7
5		California State University-Channel Islands Camarillo, CAPublic, 4-year 53.00%
5.09%		$18,697
($6,817)		6.05%93.06%-6,12817 to 1
9
4		California State University-San Marcos San Marcos, CAPublic, 4-year 54.00%
5.16%		$19,614
($7,734)		15.66%95.70%-15,10923 to 1
10
1		California State University-San Bernardino San Bernardino, CAPublic, 4-year 55.00%
1.96%		$19,555
($7,675)		17.88%98.25%-19,80323 to 1
Average50.40%$18,564
($7,872)		10.70%94.47%-14,72120 to 1