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Stanford Comparisons

Stanford, California

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Compare with California Public Colleges

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University of California Los Angeles

$46,129 lower in-state tuition
5% higher acceptance rate


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San Diego State University

$51,951 lower in-state tuition
35% higher acceptance rate


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University of California Irvine

$46,129 lower in-state tuition
17% higher acceptance rate


C
University of California Berkeley

$46,129 lower in-state tuition
7% higher acceptance rate


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University of California Santa Barbara

$46,129 lower in-state tuition
22% higher acceptance rate


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University of California Davis

$46,129 lower in-state tuition
33% higher acceptance rate


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San Jose State University

$51,951 lower in-state tuition
73% higher acceptance rate


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California State University Long Beach

$51,951 lower in-state tuition
36% higher acceptance rate


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University of California San Diego

$46,129 lower in-state tuition
20% higher acceptance rate


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California Polytechnic State University San Luis Obispo

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


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University of California Riverside

$46,129 lower in-state tuition
65% higher acceptance rate


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University of California Santa Cruz

$46,129 lower in-state tuition
43% higher acceptance rate


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California State Polytechnic University Pomona

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


Compare with California Private Colleges

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University of Southern California

$5,775 higher in-state tuition
8% higher acceptance rate


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Pepperdine University

$4,697 higher in-state tuition
45% higher acceptance rate


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University of San Francisco

$2,713 lower in-state tuition
67% higher acceptance rate


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Loyola Marymount University

$3,063 lower in-state tuition
37% higher acceptance rate


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Santa Clara University

$813 lower in-state tuition
48% higher acceptance rate


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Chapman University

$2,595 higher in-state tuition
69% higher acceptance rate


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California Institute of Technology

$786 higher in-state tuition
1% lower acceptance rate


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Pomona College

$1,125 higher in-state tuition
3% higher acceptance rate


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Occidental College

$2,277 higher in-state tuition
35% higher acceptance rate


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University of the Pacific

$4,775 lower in-state tuition
89% higher acceptance rate


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Harvey Mudd College

$4,823 higher in-state tuition
9% higher acceptance rate


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Claremont McKenna College

$2,787 higher in-state tuition
6% higher acceptance rate


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Scripps College

$2,801 higher in-state tuition
24% higher acceptance rate


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Westmont College

$8,853 lower in-state tuition
78% higher acceptance rate


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Biola University

$13,311 lower in-state tuition
53% higher acceptance rate


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Soka University of America

$24,475 lower in-state tuition
53% higher acceptance rate


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Otis College of Art and Design

$8,593 lower in-state tuition
79% higher acceptance rate


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Mills College

$28,353 lower in-state tuition
96% higher acceptance rate


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Thomas Aquinas College

$30,693 lower in-state tuition
81% higher acceptance rate


Compare with National Colleges

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Harvard University

$5,034 lower in-state tuition
1% lower acceptance rate


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New York University

$2,309 lower in-state tuition
8% higher acceptance rate


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Duke University

$2,742 higher in-state tuition
2% higher acceptance rate


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Johns Hopkins University

$2,787 higher in-state tuition
3% higher acceptance rate


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University of Pennsylvania

$1,481 lower in-state tuition
3% higher acceptance rate


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University of Chicago

$3,486 higher in-state tuition
1% higher acceptance rate


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Cornell University

$4,763 higher in-state tuition
3% higher acceptance rate


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Georgetown University

$4,179 higher in-state tuition
8% higher acceptance rate


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Northwestern University

$4,698 higher in-state tuition
3% higher acceptance rate


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Carnegie Mellon University

$2,171 higher in-state tuition
7% higher acceptance rate


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Boston College

$5,257 higher in-state tuition
13% higher acceptance rate


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Northeastern University

$1,407 higher in-state tuition
3% higher acceptance rate


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Columbia University in the City of New York

$4,877 higher in-state tuition
0% higher acceptance rate


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Washington University in St Louis

$1,727 higher in-state tuition
8% higher acceptance rate