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#5 Best Private Colleges in California

USC Comparisons

Los Angeles, California

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Frequently Compared

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Compare with California Public Colleges

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University of California Los Angeles

$54,806 lower in-state tuition
1% lower acceptance rate


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San Diego State University

$60,898 lower in-state tuition
24% higher acceptance rate


C
University of California Irvine

$54,806 lower in-state tuition
16% higher acceptance rate


C
University of California Berkeley

$54,806 lower in-state tuition
2% higher acceptance rate


C
University of California Santa Barbara

$54,806 lower in-state tuition
18% higher acceptance rate


C
University of California Davis

$54,806 lower in-state tuition
32% higher acceptance rate


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San Jose State University

$60,898 lower in-state tuition
70% higher acceptance rate


C
California State University Long Beach

$60,898 lower in-state tuition
37% higher acceptance rate


C
University of California San Diego

$54,806 lower in-state tuition
15% higher acceptance rate


C
California Polytechnic State University San Luis Obispo

$60,898 lower in-state tuition
20% higher acceptance rate


C
University of California Riverside

$54,806 lower in-state tuition
53% higher acceptance rate


C
University of California Santa Cruz

$54,806 lower in-state tuition
53% higher acceptance rate


C
California State Polytechnic University Pomona

$60,898 lower in-state tuition
64% higher acceptance rate


Compare with California Private Colleges

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Stanford University

$4,909 lower in-state tuition
6% lower acceptance rate


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Pepperdine University

$650 lower in-state tuition
40% higher acceptance rate


S
University of San Francisco

$8,970 lower in-state tuition
41% higher acceptance rate


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Loyola Marymount University

$9,038 lower in-state tuition
30% higher acceptance rate


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Santa Clara University

$8,053 lower in-state tuition
34% higher acceptance rate


C
Chapman University

$4,240 lower in-state tuition
46% higher acceptance rate


C
California Institute of Technology

$5,824 lower in-state tuition
7% lower acceptance rate


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Pomona College

$4,734 lower in-state tuition
3% lower acceptance rate


O
Occidental College

$3,790 lower in-state tuition
30% higher acceptance rate


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University of the Pacific

$12,134 lower in-state tuition
85% higher acceptance rate


P
Point Loma Nazarene University

$24,040 lower in-state tuition
72% higher acceptance rate


H
Harvey Mudd College

$686 lower in-state tuition
3% higher acceptance rate


C
Claremont McKenna College

$2,840 lower in-state tuition
1% higher acceptance rate


S
Scripps College

$3,424 lower in-state tuition
24% higher acceptance rate


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Westmont College

$16,090 lower in-state tuition
70% higher acceptance rate


B
Biola University

$19,936 lower in-state tuition
50% higher acceptance rate


S
Soka University of America

$32,258 lower in-state tuition
60% higher acceptance rate


O
Otis College of Art and Design

$14,652 lower in-state tuition
74% higher acceptance rate


M
Mills College

$4,640 lower in-state tuition
7% higher acceptance rate


Compare with Regional Private Colleges

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Embry Riddle Aeronautical University Prescott

$25,960 lower in-state tuition
65% higher acceptance rate


Compare with National Colleges

H
Harvard University

$12,371 lower in-state tuition
7% lower acceptance rate


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New York University

$6,202 lower in-state tuition
1% lower acceptance rate


D
Duke University

$3,190 lower in-state tuition
3% lower acceptance rate


J
Johns Hopkins University

$3,800 lower in-state tuition
2% lower acceptance rate


B
Boston University

$2,842 lower in-state tuition
1% higher acceptance rate


P
University of Pennsylvania

$8,020 lower in-state tuition
4% lower acceptance rate


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Yale University

$1,940 lower in-state tuition
5% lower acceptance rate


C
University of Chicago

$2,839 lower in-state tuition
5% lower acceptance rate


C
Cornell University

$1,436 lower in-state tuition
2% lower acceptance rate


G
Georgetown University

$1,744 lower in-state tuition
3% higher acceptance rate


N
Northwestern University

$1,753 lower in-state tuition
3% lower acceptance rate


E
Emory University

$6,720 lower in-state tuition
1% higher acceptance rate


C
Carnegie Mellon University

$4,380 lower in-state tuition
1% higher acceptance rate


B
Boston College

$230 lower in-state tuition
6% higher acceptance rate


N
Northeastern University

$4,640 lower in-state tuition
4% lower acceptance rate


C
Columbia University in the City of New York

$1,300 lower in-state tuition
6% lower acceptance rate


F
Fordham University

$6,305 lower in-state tuition
46% higher acceptance rate


G
George Washington University

$1,940 lower in-state tuition
34% higher acceptance rate


W
Washington University in St Louis

$4,890 lower in-state tuition
2% higher acceptance rate