California Northstate University
Elk Grove, CA · For-profit · Large suburb · CNU
For-profit institution in Elk Grove, CA · 69 undergraduates · 85% acceptance rate.
- Top 5%Graduation rate (4-year)
- Top 7%Student-faculty ratio
- Top 13%Full-time retention
Stats
College Scorecard figures, each with where this school sits nationally among institutions that report the same measure. A dash means the school does not report it.
Cost
- Average net price
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- In-state tuition & fees
- $56,5011,892nd cheapest of 2,024 reporting
- Out-of-state tuition & fees
- $56,5011,890th cheapest of 2,024 reporting
- Cost of attendance
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- Median graduate debt
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Outcomes
- Median earnings, 10 years after entry
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- Median earnings, 6 years after entry
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- Graduation rate (4-year)
- 87.9%105th highest of 2,014 reporting
- Full-time retention
- 90.0%239th highest of 1,837 reporting
Admissions
- Acceptance rate
- 84.9%1,059th most selective of 1,596 reporting
- Average SAT
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- Median ACT
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Campus
- Undergraduates
- 692,031st largest of 2,144 reporting
- Student-faculty ratio
- 7.0:1144th smallest of 2,141 reporting
- Pell Grant share
- 0.0%2,090th highest of 2,122 reporting
Nearest large-hub airport: 73 mi (SFO)
List appearances
This school doesn’t place in the top slice of any of our 111 lists. Most lists are Top 25–50, so absence here is common and says little on its own.
Similar-size colleges
Nearest undergraduate enrollment to California Northstate University’s 69 (College Scorecard UGDS, compiled 2026-10-24). Size only — not a judgment of similarity or quality.
In CA
- American Jewish UniversityLos Angeles, CA · 69 undergrads
- America Evangelical UniversityGardena, CA · 71 undergrads
- Grace Mission UniversityFullerton, CA · 72 undergrads
- Epic Bible College & Graduate SchoolSacramento, CA · 60 undergrads
- Latin American Bible InstituteLa Puente, CA · 78 undergrads
- California Institute of Integral StudiesSan Francisco, CA · 57 undergrads
Elsewhere
- Yeshiva Gedola Tiferes Yaakov YitzchokLakewood, NJ · 69 undergrads
- VanderCook College of MusicChicago, IL · 70 undergrads
- Yeshiva Gedolah Tiferes BoruchNorth Plainfield, NJ · 70 undergrads
- Yeshiva Gedolah of Greater DetroitOak Park, MI · 71 undergrads
- Kentucky Mountain Bible CollegeJackson, KY · 72 undergrads
- Sterling CollegeCraftsbury Common, VT · 66 undergrads
Key links
- Official websitecnsu.edu
- College ScorecardFederal source for every figure above (UNITID 496627)
- Compare colleges in CARe-score with your weights
- The Most Selective Colleges in CaliforniaEvery eligible four-year in this state, ranked by published admission rate
- Compare with American Jewish UniversitySide by side on every Scorecard measure — closest in-state school by enrollment
- Showdown: California Northstate University vs American Jewish UniversityHigher-or-lower on real Scorecard metrics — round 1 is these two
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