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Big, Inexpensive Colleges With the Highest Graduation Rate

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Oct 9, 2018
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College rankings on TheClassroom.com use recent data about four-year colleges from publicly available sources using transparent methodology. This is a ranking of colleges by graduation rate in descending order. Only colleges that are big and inexpensive are included. See if your school is in the ranking!

Big, Inexpensive Colleges With the Highest Graduation Rate

Top 20 by Graduation Rate

California State University-Long Beach (65.0%) 65.00/65.00
California State University-Fullerton (56.0%) 56.00/65.00
California State University-Northridge (47.0%) 47.00/65.00
California State University-Sacramento (44.0%) 44.00/65.00
California State University-Los Angeles (41.0%) 41.00/65.00

Big, Inexpensive Colleges With the Highest Graduation Rate - Complete List

Rank College Typical Cost Graduation Rate Acceptance Rate # Students
1 California State University-Long Beach $9,867 65.0% 31.9% 27,953
2 California State University-Fullerton $8,170 56.0% 48.2% 27,994
3 California State University-Northridge $6,574 47.0% 48.2% 29,104
4 California State University-Sacramento $9,127 44.0% 71.9% 23,234
5 California State University-Los Angeles $3,933 41.0% 63.7% 20,022
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