California Colleges with Low Enrollment Rate

The average yield (also know as enrollment rate) of the 10 California Colleges with Lowest Yield is 24.64% for the academic year 2023-2024.

San Diego Christian College has the lowest (i.e. fewer accepted students enrolled into eventually) admission yield of 3.96% and California State University-Channel Islands (6.00%) and Whittier College (6.02%) are following it in the list of California 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.

San Diego Christian College has the lowest admission yield (enrollment rate) of 3.96% and California State University-Channel Islands has the second lowest yield of 6.00%.

The average undergraduate tuition & fees of the schools is $29,572 and graduate tuition & fees is $19,203 for the academic year 2023-2024.

The average acceptance rate is 80.51% and the average SAT score is 1,300 at the schools.

Table. California Colleges With Lowest Yield Comparison
School NameYieldAcceptance RateSAT ScoreUndergraduate Tuition & FeesTotal PopulationGraduation RateStudents to Faculty Ratio
1
8
San Diego Christian College Santee, CAPrivate, 4-year 3.96%
6.45%
63.13%-$26,30035534.00%11 to 1
2
1
California State University-Channel Islands Camarillo, CAPublic, 4-year 6.00%
0.80%
93.00%-$18,697
($6,817)
6,12856.00%17 to 1
3
7
Whittier College Whittier, CAPrivate, 4-year 6.02%
4.93%
84.98%-$49,8641,19265.00%10 to 1
4
7
California State Polytechnic University-Humboldt Arcata, CAPublic, 4-year 7.00%
4.51%
99.00%-$19,793
($7,913)
6,02545.00%15 to 1
5
3
California State University-East Bay Hayward, CAPublic, 4-year 8.00%
0.53%
97.00%-$18,935
($7,055)
13,67345.00%22 to 1
5
2
California State University-Monterey Bay Seaside, CAPublic, 4-year 8.00%
0.21%
95.00%-$19,317
($7,437)
7,04561.00%20 to 1
7
1
University of San Francisco San Francisco, CAPrivate, 4-year 9.00%
0.46%
51.00%1,300$58,2229,68874.00%13 to 1
7
-
Sonoma State University Rohnert Park, CAPublic, 4-year 9.00%
0.52%
95.00%-$20,070
($8,190)
6,63759.00%18 to 1
7
3
University of California-Merced Merced, CAPublic, 4-year 9.00%
0.06%
39.00%-$44,944
($14,167)
9,10367.00%19 to 1
10
5
California State University-Bakersfield Bakersfield, CAPublic, 4-year 10.00%
0.75%
88.00%-$19,576
($7,696)
9,61349.00%19 to 1
Average7.60%80.51%1,300$29,572
($8,468)
6,94655.50%16 to 1