California Public Colleges with Low Enrollment Rate

The average yield (also know as enrollment rate) of the 10 California Public Colleges with Lowest Yield is 16.65% for the academic year 2023-2024.

California State University-Channel Islands has the lowest (i.e. fewer accepted students enrolled into eventually) admission yield of 6.05% and California State Polytechnic University-Humboldt (6.89%) and California State University-East Bay (7.73%) are following it in the list of California Public 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.

California State University-Channel Islands has the lowest admission yield (enrollment rate) of 6.05% and California State Polytechnic University-Humboldt has the second lowest yield of 6.89%.

The average undergraduate tuition & fees of the schools is $24,492 and graduate tuition & fees is $20,635 for the academic year 2023-2024.

Table. California Public Colleges With Lowest Yield Comparison
School NameYieldAcceptance RateSAT ScoreUndergraduate Tuition & FeesTotal PopulationGraduation RateStudents to Faculty Ratio
1
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California State University-Channel Islands Camarillo, CAPublic, 4-year 6.05%
0.75%
93.06%-$18,697
($6,817)
6,12853.00%17 to 1
2
6
California State Polytechnic University-Humboldt Arcata, CAPublic, 4-year 6.89%
4.62%
98.83%-$19,793
($7,913)
6,02547.00%15 to 1
3
1
California State University-East Bay Hayward, CAPublic, 4-year 7.73%
0.26%
96.81%-$18,935
($7,055)
13,67346.00%22 to 1
4
1
California State University-Monterey Bay Seaside, CAPublic, 4-year 8.45%
0.66%
94.83%-$19,317
($7,437)
7,04563.00%20 to 1
5
1
University of California-Merced Merced, CAPublic, 4-year 9.08%
0.14%
39.18%-$44,944
($14,167)
9,10369.00%19 to 1
6
-
Sonoma State University Rohnert Park, CAPublic, 4-year 9.13%
0.39%
94.73%-$20,070
($8,190)
6,63761.00%18 to 1
7
2
California State University-Bakersfield Bakersfield, CAPublic, 4-year 9.79%
0.54%
88.19%-$19,576
($7,696)
9,61349.00%19 to 1
8
2
California State University-Dominguez Hills Carson, CAPublic, 4-year 9.90%
2.17%
91.32%-$18,944
($7,064)
16,42647.00%22 to 1
9
2
University of California-Santa Cruz Santa Cruz, CAPublic, 4-year 10.18%
2.30%
62.54%-$45,337
($14,560)
19,47874.00%23 to 1
10
1
San Francisco State University San Francisco, CAPublic, 4-year 10.39%
1.45%
96.15%-$19,304
($7,424)
25,28250.00%19 to 1
Average8.76%85.56%-$24,492
($8,832)
11,94155.90%19 to 1