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San Luis Obispo, California

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Compare with California Public Colleges

C
University of California Los Angeles

$5,822 higher in-state tuition
21% lower acceptance rate


S
San Diego State University

Equivalent in-state tuition
9% higher acceptance rate


C
University of California Irvine

$5,822 higher in-state tuition
9% lower acceptance rate


C
University of California Berkeley

$5,822 higher in-state tuition
19% lower acceptance rate


C
University of California Santa Barbara

$5,822 higher in-state tuition
4% lower acceptance rate


C
University of California Davis

$5,822 higher in-state tuition
7% higher acceptance rate


S
San Jose State University

Equivalent in-state tuition
47% higher acceptance rate


C
California State University Long Beach

Equivalent in-state tuition
10% higher acceptance rate


C
University of California San Diego

$5,822 higher in-state tuition
6% lower acceptance rate


C
University of California Riverside

$5,822 higher in-state tuition
39% higher acceptance rate


C
University of California Santa Cruz

$5,822 higher in-state tuition
17% higher acceptance rate


C
California State Polytechnic University Pomona

Equivalent in-state tuition
25% higher acceptance rate


Compare with California Private Colleges

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Stanford University

$51,951 higher in-state tuition
26% lower acceptance rate


S
University of Southern California

$57,726 higher in-state tuition
18% lower acceptance rate


P
Pepperdine University

$56,648 higher in-state tuition
19% higher acceptance rate


S
University of San Francisco

$49,238 higher in-state tuition
41% higher acceptance rate


L
Loyola Marymount University

$48,888 higher in-state tuition
11% higher acceptance rate


S
Santa Clara University

$51,138 higher in-state tuition
22% higher acceptance rate


C
Chapman University

$54,546 higher in-state tuition
43% higher acceptance rate


C
California Institute of Technology

$52,737 higher in-state tuition
27% lower acceptance rate


P
Pomona College

$53,076 higher in-state tuition
23% lower acceptance rate


O
Occidental College

$54,228 higher in-state tuition
9% higher acceptance rate


T
University of the Pacific

$47,176 higher in-state tuition
63% higher acceptance rate


P
Point Loma Nazarene University

$34,658 higher in-state tuition
52% higher acceptance rate


H
Harvey Mudd College

$56,774 higher in-state tuition
17% lower acceptance rate


L
University of La Verne

$40,108 higher in-state tuition
44% higher acceptance rate


C
Claremont McKenna College

$54,738 higher in-state tuition
20% lower acceptance rate


S
Scripps College

$54,752 higher in-state tuition
2% lower acceptance rate


W
Whittier College

$43,182 higher in-state tuition
45% higher acceptance rate


W
Westmont College

$43,098 higher in-state tuition
52% higher acceptance rate


B
Biola University

$38,640 higher in-state tuition
27% higher acceptance rate


C
California Lutheran University

$41,758 higher in-state tuition
57% higher acceptance rate


S
Soka University of America

$27,476 higher in-state tuition
27% higher acceptance rate


O
Otis College of Art and Design

$43,358 higher in-state tuition
53% higher acceptance rate


M
Mills College

$23,598 higher in-state tuition
70% higher acceptance rate


T
Thomas Aquinas College

$21,258 higher in-state tuition
55% higher acceptance rate


Compare with National Colleges

F
Florida State University

$1,720 lower in-state tuition
5% lower acceptance rate


C
Clemson University

$8,376 higher in-state tuition
13% higher acceptance rate


G
University of Georgia

$4,048 higher in-state tuition
13% higher acceptance rate


P
Penn State Main Campus

$12,626 higher in-state tuition
25% higher acceptance rate


V
Virginia Tech

$6,362 higher in-state tuition
27% higher acceptance rate


A
The University of Alabama

$5,358 higher in-state tuition
50% higher acceptance rate


A
Auburn University

$4,650 higher in-state tuition
14% higher acceptance rate


W
University of Washington Seattle Campus

$5,447 higher in-state tuition
18% higher acceptance rate


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North Carolina State University at Raleigh

$793 higher in-state tuition
17% higher acceptance rate


P
Purdue University Main Campus

$3,976 higher in-state tuition
23% higher acceptance rate


T
Texas A&M University College Station

$3,597 higher in-state tuition
33% higher acceptance rate


A
University of Arizona

$5,783 higher in-state tuition
57% higher acceptance rate


C
University of Colorado Boulder

$5,778 higher in-state tuition
51% higher acceptance rate


S
University of South Carolina Columbia

$6,546 higher in-state tuition
34% higher acceptance rate


M
Miami University

$8,600 higher in-state tuition
58% higher acceptance rate


O
University of Oregon

$6,770 higher in-state tuition
56% higher acceptance rate


I
Indiana University Bloomington

$4,270 higher in-state tuition
52% higher acceptance rate


O
Oregon State University

$4,683 higher in-state tuition
53% higher acceptance rate


P
University of Pittsburgh Pittsburgh Campus

$14,018 higher in-state tuition
19% higher acceptance rate


T
The University of Texas at Dallas

$8,822 higher in-state tuition
55% higher acceptance rate


U
University of Utah

$2,433 higher in-state tuition
59% higher acceptance rate


U
University at Buffalo

$1,328 higher in-state tuition
38% higher acceptance rate


C
University of Connecticut

$9,930 higher in-state tuition
25% higher acceptance rate


N
University of North Carolina at Wilmington

$1,299 lower in-state tuition
39% higher acceptance rate


A
University of Alabama at Birmingham

$3,090 higher in-state tuition
57% higher acceptance rate