College Rankings - Most Applicants Per Year in California

Applying to college means competing with other students for a spot in a class. Competition at these schools is high because these colleges and universities receive the most applications per year.

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1
UCLA
Los Angeles, CA
61,545
2
University of California - Berkeley
Berkeley, CA
50,374
3
UC Santa Barbara
Santa Barbara, CA
49,008
4
UC San Diego
La Jolla, CA
48,098
5
Cal State Long Beach
Long Beach, CA
47,707
6
University of California - Davis
Davis, CA
45,806
7
University of California - Irvine
Irvine, CA
45,736
8
San Diego State University
San Diego, CA
44,845
9
University of Southern California
Los Angeles, CA
37,210
10
Stanford University
Stanford, CA
34,348
11
Cal State Fullerton
Fullerton, CA
33,565
12
Cal Poly
San Luis Obispo, CA
33,001
13
San Francisco State University
San Francisco, CA
29,935
14
UC Santa Cruz
Santa Cruz, CA
28,236
15
UC Riverside
Riverside, CA
26,480
16
Cal Poly Pomona
Pomona, CA
23,388
17
Cal State Northridge
Northridge, CA
23,015
18
San Jose State University
San Jose, CA
22,999
19
University of California - Merced
Merced, CA
22,902
20
Cal State Los Angeles
Los Angeles, CA
22,731
21
University of the Pacific
Stockton, CA
21,230
22
Sacramento State
Sacramento, CA
19,702
23
Cal State Fresno
Fresno, CA
14,559
24
California State University - Chico
Chico, CA
14,361
25
University of San Francisco
San Francisco, CA
14,025