California Colleges where Students Complete in Time

Stanford University 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 95% last year.

University of California-Berkeley with 94% and University of California-Los Angeles with 92% of graduation rates followed it in the ranking of California 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 $49,393 and graduate tuition & fees is $35,309 for the academic year 2023-2024.

The average acceptance rate is 23.00% and the average SAT score is 1,493 at the schools.

Table. California Colleges With Highest Graduation Rate Comparison
School NameGraduation RateUndergraduate Tuition & FeesYieldAcceptance RateSAT ScoreTotal PopulationStudents to Faculty Ratio
1
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Stanford University Stanford, CAPrivate, 4-year 95.00%
0.52%
$62,48481.01%4.00%1,55018,2835 to 1
2
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University of California-Berkeley Berkeley, CAPublic, 4-year 94.00%
1.19%
$45,627
($14,850)
45.00%12.00%-45,30719 to 1
3
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University of California-Los Angeles Los Angeles, CAPublic, 4-year 92.00%
0.13%
$44,524
($13,747)
52.00%9.00%-46,43018 to 1
3
1
University of Southern California Los Angeles, CAPrivate, 4-year 92.00%
0.01%
$68,23744.99%10.00%1,51048,9459 to 1
5
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Santa Clara University Santa Clara, CAPrivate, 4-year 88.00%
2.87%
$59,24119.00%44.00%1,4209,17812 to 1
6
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University of California-San Diego La Jolla, CAPublic, 4-year 87.00%
2.35%
$46,042
($15,265)
22.00%25.00%-42,00619 to 1
7
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University of California-Davis Davis, CAPublic, 4-year 86.00%
0.94%
$46,024
($15,247)
17.00%42.00%-39,67921 to 1
7
3
University of California-Irvine Irvine, CAPublic, 4-year 86.00%
2.33%
$45,014
($14,237)
22.00%26.00%-35,93718 to 1
9
1
California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo San Luis Obispo, CAPublic, 4-year 85.00%
0.39%
$30,995
($11,075)
28.00%30.00%-22,00020 to 1
9
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University of California-Santa Barbara Santa Barbara, CAPublic, 4-year 85.00%
0.38%
$45,742
($14,965)
16.00%28.00%-26,42017 to 1
Average89.00%$49,393
($14,198)
34.70%23.00%1,49333,41916 to 1