Applicants, Acceptance Rate, Yield Trends at CSU Bakersfield

At California State University-Bakersfield, the average acceptance rate over the past 11 years is 70.56%, and 2024's acceptance rate is 88.00%. CSU Bakersfield's acceptance rate has been higher every year for the past 3 years.

The average yield (enrollment rate) over the period is 22.60%, and the 2024 yield is 10.00%.

The number of CSU Bakersfield applicants decreased by 0.84% (116 applicants) compared to the previous year.

Acceptance Rate Changes

The average acceptance rate over the last 10 years is 70.56%, and this year's acceptance rate is 88.00% at California State University-Bakersfield. By gender, men students' acceptance rate is 67.13% and women students' rate is 73.00%.

The following table and chart illustrate the acceptance rates changes at California State University-Bakersfield over the past 11 years (2013-2024).

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Year	Total	Men	Women
	2013-14	66.26%	63.52%	68.02%
2014-15	70.60% 4.34%	67.72% 4.19%	72.53% 4.51%
2015-16	68.75% -1.85%	65.58% -2.13%	71.04% -1.49%
2016-17	67.82% -0.93%	63.57% -2.01%	70.76% -0.28%
2017-18	61.12% -6.70%	56.22% -7.36%	64.51% -6.25%
2018-19	23.02% -38.10%	19.08% -37.14%	26.08% -38.43%
2019-20	80.71% 57.69%	77.25% 58.17%	83.25% 57.17%
2020-21	78.38% -2.33%	72.85% -4.40%	81.99% -1.26%
2021-22	85.00% 6.62%	81.01% 8.16%	88.01% 6.01%
2022-23	86.55% 1.55%	84.66% 3.66%	87.84% -0.17%
2023-24	88.00% 1.45%	86.99% 2.33%	89.00% 1.16%
Average	70.56%	67.13%	73.00%

Admission Yield (Enrollment Rate) Changes

The average admission yield of the last 11 years is 22.60% where the current academic year yield is 10.00%.

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in yield at California State University-Bakersfield from 2013 to 2024.

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Year	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	30.23%	31.68%	29.36%
2014-15	26.35% -3.88%	26.76% -4.92%	26.08% -3.28%
2015-16	25.25% -1.09%	25.01% -1.75%	25.42% -0.67%
2016-17	23.66% -1.59%	23.16% -1.85%	23.97% -1.45%
2017-18	26.45% 2.79%	27.61% 4.45%	25.75% 1.78%
2018-19	56.66% 30.20%	59.79% 32.18%	54.88% 29.12%
2019-20	14.95% -41.70%	13.70% -46.09%	15.81% -39.07%
2020-21	14.77% -0.19%	12.36% -1.34%	16.16% 0.36%
2021-22	11.00% -3.77%	10.01% -2.35%	12.00% -4.16%
2022-23	9.25% -1.75%	8.22% -1.79%	9.93% -2.08%
2023-24	10.00% 0.76%	8.99% 0.78%	10.01% 0.08%
Average	22.60%	22.48%	22.67%

Applicants, Admitted, and Enrolled Headcount Changes

Over the past 10 years, The average number of applicants is 10,621, the average number of admitted is 7,653, and the average number of first-year enrolled students is 1,361.

The number of CSU Bakersfield applicants decreased by 0.84% (116 applicants) compared to the previous year.

The following table and chart show the changes of applicants, admitted, and enrolled headcount at California State University-Bakersfield from 2013 to 2024.

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Year	Applicants	Admitted	Enrolled
2013-14	6,630	4,393	1,328
2014-15	7,662 15.57%	5,409 23.13%	1,425 7.30%
2015-16	8,432 10.05%	5,797 7.17%	1,464 2.74%
2016-17	8,487 0.65%	5,756 -0.71%	1,362 -6.97%
2017-18	8,882 4.65%	5,429 -5.68%	1,436 5.43%
2018-19	11,455 28.97%	2,637 -51.43%	1,494 4.04%
2019-20	12,935 12.92%	10,440 295.90%	1,561 4.48%
2020-21	12,235 -5.41%	9,590 -8.14%	1,416 -9.29%
2021-22	12,334 0.81%	10,484 9.32%	1,153 -18.57%
2022-23	13,834 12.16%	11,973 14.20%	1,107 -3.99%
2023-24	13,950 0.84%	12,276 2.53%	1,228 10.93%
Average	10,621	7,653	1,361

Compare Acceptance Rate Change to Similar Colleges

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