California Public Colleges with the Highest Yield

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

University of California-Los Angeles has the highest (i.e. more admitted students are enrolled into eventually) admission yield of 51.70% and University of California-Berkeley (45.25%) and California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo (27.83%) are following it in the list of Most Favored California Public Colleges.

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.

University of California-Los Angeles has the highest admission yield (enrollment rate) of 51.70% and University of California-Berkeley has the second highest yield of 45.25%.

The average undergraduate tuition & fees of the schools is $30,947 and graduate tuition & fees is $23,293 for the academic year 2023-2024.

Table. Most Favored California Public Colleges Comparison
School NameYieldAcceptance RateSAT ScoreUndergraduate Tuition & FeesTotal PopulationGraduation RateStudents to Faculty Ratio
1
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University of California-Los Angeles Los Angeles, CAPublic, 4-year 51.70%
1.39%
8.73%-$44,524
($13,747)
46,43093.00%18 to 1
2
1
University of California-Berkeley Berkeley, CAPublic, 4-year 45.25%
1.08%
11.66%-$45,627
($14,850)
45,30793.00%19 to 1
3
1
California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo San Luis Obispo, CAPublic, 4-year 27.83%
0.74%
29.75%-$30,995
($11,075)
22,00085.00%20 to 1
4
1
University of California-Irvine Irvine, CAPublic, 4-year 21.95%
0.52%
25.57%-$45,014
($14,237)
35,93786.00%18 to 1
5
2
University of California-San Diego La Jolla, CAPublic, 4-year 21.85%
0.80%
24.52%-$46,042
($15,265)
42,00688.00%19 to 1
6
-
San Diego State University San Diego, CAPublic, 4-year 21.61%
0.06%
34.44%-$20,170
($8,290)
37,40278.00%25 to 1
7
6
California State University-Stanislaus Turlock, CAPublic, 4-year 20.12%
2.54%
97.47%-$19,706
($7,826)
10,15458.00%18 to 1
8
-
California State University-Northridge Northridge, CAPublic, 4-year 19.98%
1.01%
93.15%-$18,975
($7,095)
37,57956.00%24 to 1
9
-
California State University-Fresno Fresno, CAPublic, 4-year 18.80%
0.73%
96.38%-$18,860
($6,980)
23,99955.00%21 to 1
10
6
California State University-San Bernardino San Bernardino, CAPublic, 4-year 17.88%
1.42%
98.25%-$19,555
($7,675)
19,80355.00%23 to 1
Average26.70%51.99%-$30,947
($10,704)
32,06274.70%21 to 1