California Private Colleges Ranked by Lowest Acceptance Rate

List of Private Colleges by Acceptance Rate

Below is a ranking of the 109 private colleges in California with the lowest acceptance rate for freshman undergraduate applications. Minerva University leads the list by accepting 1% of high school students that applied.

List of California Private Colleges Ranked by Lowest Acceptance Rate
School Acceptance Rate
Minerva University

San Francisco, California

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1%
California Institute of Technology

Pasadena, CA

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3%
Stanford University

Stanford, CA

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4%
Pomona College

Claremont, CA

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7%
Claremont McKenna College

Claremont, CA

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10%
University of Southern California

Los Angeles, CA

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12%
Harvey Mudd College

Claremont, CA

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13%
Pitzer College

Claremont, CA

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18%
California Institute of the Arts

Valencia, CA

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25%
Scripps College

Claremont, CA

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28%
Hope International University

Fullerton, CA

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32%
Pacific States University

Los Angeles, CA

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33%
Occidental College

Los Angeles, CA

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39%
Casa Loma College Los Angeles

Sherman Oaks, CA

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40%
Pacific Oaks College

Pasadena, CA

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40%
Loyola Marymount University

Los Angeles, CA

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41%
San Francisco Conservatory of Music

San Francisco, CA

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42%
Pacific Union College

Angwin, CA

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48%