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  • 66 colleges nationwide report a bachelor's statistics program in federal outcome data or a statistics admit rate in the UC/CSU data.
  • Hardest reported gate: University of California-Berkeley — Statistics, Fall 2025: 892 applied, 134 admitted (15%).
  • Highest reported admit rate into the program: California State University-Monterey Bay — 97.0% (67 applied, 65 admitted, Fall 2025).
  • Highest median earnings four years after the degree: Harvard University, $230,876.
  • Lowest average net price with aid: University of Florida, $6,541 per year.

A college can appear here on federal earnings data alone, with no statistics admit row, because its system does not publish a rate for that major; that is a gap in the reporting, not an open door. Where a rate is published it is the campus's own count of who applied and who was admitted, and at a CSU the first-year row is the one a freshman applies to directly. Admits are not enrollees. At most UC programs students are admitted to the campus, not the major. This page as JSON → · Back to the 18 California colleges →

Hardest reported gate

15%
University of California-Berkeley
Statistics, Fall 2025: 892 applied, 134 admitted

Highest reported admit rate

97.0%
California State University-Monterey Bay
Statistics, Fall 2025: 67 applied, 65 admitted

Highest earnings, 4 yrs out

$230,876
Harvard University
median, graduates of this program

Lowest net price with aid

$6,541
University of Florida
average for aid recipients, per year

Every college, one row each

Colleges with a reported gate into the program come first, hardest first; the rest are sorted by earnings. Program admit rate is the college system's own number for this major (UC Information Center, CSU Chancellor's Office). Net price is the average paid by aid recipients; full price is the cost of attendance. Earnings are federal College Scorecard medians four years after the degree.

College Gate into the program Program
admit rate
Campus
admit rate
Net price
with aid
Full
price
Earnings
4 yrs out
University of California-Berkeley
CA · Public · Test-optional
Statistics
Fall 2025: 892 applied, 134 admitted · admit GPA 4.16–4.28
15% 10% $13,481 $45,619 $133,986
San Diego State University
CA · Public · Test-optional
Statistics
Fall 2025: 819 applied, 315 admitted
impacted
38.5% 34% $15,364 $27,780 $83,076
University of California-Santa Barbara
CA · Public · Test-optional
Statistics And Data Science
Fall 2025: 2,296 applied, 1,240 admitted · admit GPA 4.12–4.28
54% 44% $16,109 $41,573 $90,778
California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo
CA · Public · Test-optional
Statistics
Fall 2025: 531 applied, 298 admitted
impacted
56.1% 30% $16,665 $32,265 $101,353
University of California-Davis
CA · Public · Test-optional
Statistics
Fall 2025: 631 applied, 449 admitted · admit GPA 3.96–4.23
71% 46% $14,741 $41,238 $88,033
California State University-East Bay
CA · Public · Test-optional
Statistics
Fall 2025: 17 applied, 14 admitted
82.4% 97% $9,320 $22,850
San Jose State University
CA · Public · Test-optional
Statistics
Fall 2025: 183 applied, 157 admitted
impacted
85.8% 80% $13,760 $26,593
California State University-Long Beach
CA · Public · Test-optional
Statistics
Fall 2025: 115 applied, 100 admitted
impacted
87.0% 47% $10,440 $22,679
University of California-Riverside
CA · Public · Test-optional
Statistics
Fall 2025: 226 applied, 206 admitted · admit GPA 3.64–4.13
91% 88% $14,304 $38,942 $78,492
California State University-Chico
CA · Public · Test-optional
Statistics
Fall 2025: 24 applied, 22 admitted
91.7% 94% $14,480 $26,283
California State University-Northridge
CA · Public · Test-optional
Statistics
Fall 2025: 53 applied, 49 admitted
92.5% 93% $7,021 $20,485
San Francisco State University
CA · Public · Test-optional
Statistics
Fall 2025: 69 applied, 65 admitted
94.2% 96% $12,278 $26,488
California State University-Fullerton
CA · Public · Test-optional
Statistics
Fall 2025: 111 applied, 105 admitted
impacted
94.6% 87% $6,555 $18,269 $51,298
Sonoma State University
CA · Public · Test-optional
Statistics
Fall 2025: 21 applied, 20 admitted
95.2% 95% $12,885 $24,648
California State University-Sacramento
CA · Public · Test-optional
Statistics
Fall 2025: 54 applied, 52 admitted
96.3% 94% $9,338 $22,945
California State University-Monterey Bay
CA · Public · Test-optional
Statistics
Fall 2025: 67 applied, 65 admitted
97.0% 95% $13,663 $26,987
Harvard University
MA · Private nonprofit · Required
Not reported by the college system 4% $19,066 $85,540 $230,876
Carnegie Mellon University
PA · Private nonprofit · Test-optional
Not reported by the college system 11% $31,944 $83,654 $156,743
Duke University
NC · Private nonprofit · Test-optional
Not reported by the college system 7% $29,612 $87,072 $152,782
University of Chicago
IL · Private nonprofit · Test-optional
Not reported by the college system 5% $14,860 $90,360 $130,189
University of Iowa
IA · Public · Test-optional
Not reported by the college system 85% $22,531 $28,596 $123,676
Northwestern University
IL · Private nonprofit · Test-optional
Not reported by the college system 7% $29,167 $91,250 $122,682
Cornell University
NY · Private nonprofit · Required
Not reported by the college system 8% $28,690 $88,140 $111,090
University of Michigan-Ann Arbor
MI · Public · Test-optional
Not reported by the college system 18% $13,138 $34,654 $109,466
University of California-Los Angeles
CA · Public · Test-optional
Not reported by the college system 11% $12,548 $38,614 $109,017
University of Virginia-Main Campus
VA · Public · Test-optional
Not reported by the college system 17% $21,565 $39,926 $108,532
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
IL · Public · Test-optional
Not reported by the college system 44% $14,355 $33,642 $105,978
Purdue University-Main Campus
IN · Public · Required
Not reported by the college system 50% $14,600 $24,591 $104,047
George Washington University
DC · Private nonprofit · Test-optional
Not reported by the college system 44% $36,586 $83,856 $100,578
University of Wisconsin-Madison
WI · Public · Test-optional
Not reported by the college system 43% $17,354 $28,679 $99,210
University of Florida
FL · Public · Required
Not reported by the college system 24% $6,541 $22,523 $98,409
University of California-San Diego
CA · Public · Test-optional
Not reported by the college system 27% $12,470 $38,701 $96,746
Brigham Young University
UT · Private nonprofit · Test-optional
Not reported by the college system 69% $15,564 $22,690 $96,164
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
VA · Public · Test-optional
Not reported by the college system 57% $24,953 $36,951 $94,300
Michigan State University
MI · Public · Test-optional
Not reported by the college system 84% $19,680 $32,198 $93,930
Emory University
GA · Private nonprofit · Test-optional
Not reported by the college system 11% $22,585 $83,622 $93,446
Miami University-Oxford
OH · Public · Test-optional
Not reported by the college system 82% $28,384 $38,757 $90,388
Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus
PA · Public · Test-optional
Not reported by the college system 54% $32,875 $39,694 $86,636
Utah State University
UT · Public · Test-optional
Not reported by the college system 94% $21,654 $86,262
North Carolina State University at Raleigh
NC · Public · Test-optional
Not reported by the college system 40% $17,303 $26,425 $85,090
The University of Tennessee-Knoxville
TN · Public · Required
Not reported by the college system 46% $18,976 $33,678 $83,697
University of Georgia
GA · Public · Required
Not reported by the college system 37% $13,936 $27,993 $83,092
Central Michigan University
MI · Public · Test-optional
Not reported by the college system 91% $17,597 $30,681 $81,853
University of Minnesota-Twin Cities
MN · Public · Test-optional
Not reported by the college system 77% $16,778 $30,061 $80,993
Rutgers University-New Brunswick
NJ · Public · Test-optional
Not reported by the college system 65% $24,406 $36,993 $80,721
Florida State University
FL · Public · Required
Not reported by the college system 25% $11,297 $25,720 $77,605
University of Connecticut
CT · Public · Required
Not reported by the college system 54% $25,097 $39,426 $76,556
University of Connecticut-Avery Point
CT · Public · Required
Not reported by the college system 86% $13,807 $23,337 $76,556
University of Connecticut-Hartford Campus
CT · Public · Required
Not reported by the college system 86% $16,403 $26,946 $76,556
University of Connecticut-Stamford
CT · Public · Required
Not reported by the college system 80% $16,798 $30,122 $76,556
University of Connecticut-Waterbury Campus
CT · Public · Required
Not reported by the college system 87% $10,875 $22,933 $76,556
University of Central Florida
FL · Public · Required
Not reported by the college system 40% $10,411 $23,133 $76,372
University of Missouri-Columbia
MO · Public · Test-optional
Not reported by the college system 77% $20,268 $31,713 $76,037
Grand Valley State University
MI · Public · Test-optional
Not reported by the college system 95% $16,317 $28,367 $74,229
University of South Florida
FL · Public · Required
Not reported by the college system 41% $9,812 $22,859 $74,071
Iowa State University
IA · Public · Test-optional
Not reported by the college system 89% $18,589 $24,018 $72,581
University of Minnesota-Duluth
MN · Public · Test-optional
Not reported by the college system 82% $18,743 $27,680 $71,279
University of Illinois Chicago
IL · Public · Test-optional
Not reported by the college system 78% $10,974 $27,521 $68,585
University of South Alabama
AL · Public · Test-optional
Not reported by the college system 66% $17,648 $25,476 $62,719
Arizona State University Campus Immersion
AZ · Public · Test-optional
Not reported by the college system 90% $14,967 $30,111
Smith College
MA · Private nonprofit · Test-optional
Not reported by the college system 20% $27,579 $86,030
Southern Methodist University
TX · Private nonprofit · Test-optional
Not reported by the college system 61% $40,892 $85,606
Temple University
PA · Public · Test-optional
Not reported by the college system 83% $28,198 $40,903
University of Akron Main Campus
OH · Public · Test-optional
Not reported by the college system 71% $13,946 $26,284
University of Pennsylvania
PA · Private nonprofit · Required
Not reported by the college system 6% $28,699 $89,028
University of South Carolina-Columbia
SC · Public · Test-optional
Not reported by the college system 62% $22,811 $31,638

Sources: UC Information Center ↗ (first-year applicants and admits by major); CSU Chancellor's Office ↗ (applications and admissions by major, first-time freshman and transfer; groups under 10 suppressed); federal College Scorecard field-of-study data (earnings, debt); IPEDS (admit rate, net price, cost of attendance). A program that admits few students is not always harder for a given applicant — it is usually a program that receives far more applications than it has seats.

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