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Most selective (lowest admit rate) in California
83 colleges in California with this figure reported (500+ students).
41Menlo College · CA · Private (nonprofit)68% admit42Mount Saint Mary's University · CA · Private (nonprofit)69% admit43Woodbury University · CA · Private (nonprofit)73% admit44California College of the Arts · CA · Private (nonprofit)73% admit45California Baptist University · CA · Private (nonprofit)74% admit46California State Polytechnic University-Pomona · CA · Public74% admit47Art Center College of Design · CA · Private (nonprofit)75% admit48The Master's University and Seminary · CA · Private (nonprofit)76% admit49William Jessup University · CA · Private (nonprofit)77% admit50Azusa Pacific University · CA · Private (nonprofit)79% admit51Westmont College · CA · Private (nonprofit)80% admit52San Jose State University · CA · Public80% admit53University of Redlands · CA · Private (nonprofit)81% admit54Point Loma Nazarene University · CA · Private (nonprofit)82% admit55MTI College · CA · Private (for-profit)82% admit56Southern California Institute of Architecture · CA · Private (nonprofit)83% admit57Hacienda La Puente Adult Education · CA · Public84% admit58Otis College of Art and Design · CA · Private (nonprofit)84% admit59Whittier College · CA · Private (nonprofit)85% admit60California State University-Fullerton · CA · Public87% admit61California State University-Bakersfield · CA · Public88% admit62Saint Mary's College of California · CA · Private (nonprofit)89% admit63California Lutheran University · CA · Private (nonprofit)89% admit64California State University-Dominguez Hills · CA · Public91% admit65California State University-Los Angeles · CA · Public92% admit66California State University-Channel Islands · CA · Public93% admit67California State University-Northridge · CA · Public93% admit68La Sierra University · CA · Private (nonprofit)93% admit69California State University-Sacramento · CA · Public94% admit70California State University-Chico · CA · Public94% admit71Sonoma State University · CA · Public95% admit72California State University-Monterey Bay · CA · Public95% admit73University of the Pacific · CA · Private (nonprofit)95% admit74Dominican University of California · CA · Private (nonprofit)96% admit75California State University-San Marcos · CA · Public96% admit76San Francisco State University · CA · Public96% admit77California State University-Fresno · CA · Public96% admit78California State University-East Bay · CA · Public97% admit79California State University-Stanislaus · CA · Public97% admit80California State University-San Bernardino · CA · Public98% admit
Source: U.S. Department of Education, IPEDS (latest survey year). Sorted only by most selective (lowest admit rate) — this is not an overall quality ranking. Open-admission colleges do not report an admit rate and are not listed here.