Colleges in California: A Parent's Guide

Below are colleges across California with acceptance rates, SAT/ACT ranges, and net price data sourced from the U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard. Schools are listed by admission selectivity, most selective first.

• California State University-San Bernardino
  — · $13,918 in-state tuition
• California State University-Monterey Bay
  3% acceptance · $63,255 in-state tuition
• Stanford University
  4% acceptance · $62,484 in-state tuition
• Pomona College
  7% acceptance · $62,326 in-state tuition
• University of California-Los Angeles
  9% acceptance · $13,747 in-state tuition
• University of Southern California
  10% acceptance · $68,237 in-state tuition
• University of California-Berkeley
  12% acceptance · $14,850 in-state tuition
• Claremont McKenna College
  12% acceptance · $67,024 in-state tuition
• Harvey Mudd College
  13% acceptance · $66,255 in-state tuition
• Occidental College
  17% acceptance · $63,949 in-state tuition
• University of California-San Diego
  25% acceptance · $15,265 in-state tuition
• University of California-Irvine
  26% acceptance · $14,237 in-state tuition
• California Institute of the Arts
  26% acceptance · $56,724 in-state tuition
• University of California-Santa Cruz
  28% acceptance · $14,965 in-state tuition
• San Diego State University
  30% acceptance · $11,075 in-state tuition
• Santa Clara University
  34% acceptance · $63,434 in-state tuition
• San Jose State University
  34% acceptance · $8,290 in-state tuition
• University of California-Merced
  39% acceptance · $14,167 in-state tuition
• Mills College
  40% acceptance · $58,974 in-state tuition
• University of California-Davis
  42% acceptance · $15,247 in-state tuition
• Scripps College
  44% acceptance · $59,241 in-state tuition
• University of San Diego
  47% acceptance · $56,444 in-state tuition
• California State University-Fullerton
  47% acceptance · $7,008 in-state tuition
• Long Beach City College
  48% acceptance · $47,000 in-state tuition
• Pitzer College
  50% acceptance · $66,742 in-state tuition
• University of San Francisco
  51% acceptance · $58,222 in-state tuition
• Chapman University
  60% acceptance · $46,704 in-state tuition
• University of California-Santa Barbara
  63% acceptance · $14,560 in-state tuition
• California State Polytechnic University-Pomona
  74% acceptance · $7,439 in-state tuition
• California State University-Los Angeles
  74% acceptance · $7,439 in-state tuition
• City College of San Francisco
  79% acceptance · $43,600 in-state tuition
• Academy of Art University
  80% acceptance · $7,992 in-state tuition
• Pepperdine University
  81% acceptance · $57,614 in-state tuition
• University of the Pacific
  82% acceptance · $43,550 in-state tuition
• California State University-Fresno
  87% acceptance · $7,073 in-state tuition
• California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo
  88% acceptance · $7,696 in-state tuition
• California State University-Bakersfield
  89% acceptance · $50,670 in-state tuition
• California State University-Sacramento
  91% acceptance · $7,064 in-state tuition
• California State University-Dominguez Hills
  91% acceptance · $7,064 in-state tuition
• California Institute of Technology
  92% acceptance · $6,813 in-state tuition
• California State University-Channel Islands
  93% acceptance · $7,095 in-state tuition
• University of California-Riverside
  94% acceptance · $7,602 in-state tuition
• Humboldt State University
  94% acceptance · $8,064 in-state tuition
• California State University-San Marcos
  96% acceptance · $7,739 in-state tuition
• Saint Mary's College of California
  96% acceptance · $7,424 in-state tuition
• San Francisco State University
  96% acceptance · $6,980 in-state tuition
• Sonoma State University
  97% acceptance · $7,055 in-state tuition
• California State University-East Bay
  97% acceptance · $7,055 in-state tuition
• California State University-Chico
  97% acceptance · $7,826 in-state tuition
• California State University-Stanislaus
  97% acceptance · $7,826 in-state tuition
• California State University-Northridge
  98% acceptance · $7,675 in-state tuition
• California State University-Long Beach
  99% acceptance · $7,913 in-state tuition
• Whittier College
  99% acceptance · $7,913 in-state tuition
• Loyola Marymount University
  — · $13,320 in-state tuition
• De Anza College
  — · $1,562 in-state tuition
• Pasadena City College
  — · $1,180 in-state tuition
• Santa Monica College
  — · $1,150 in-state tuition
• Los Angeles City College
  — · $1,238 in-state tuition
• Art Center College of Design
  — · $28,024 in-state tuition