Applicants, Acceptance Rate, Yield Trends at CSU Channel Islands

At California State University-Channel Islands, the average acceptance rate over the past 11 years is 79.62%, and 2024's acceptance rate is 93.00%.

The average yield (enrollment rate) over the period is 10.70%, and the 2024 yield is 6.00%.

The number of CSU Channel Islands applicants decreased by -3.24% (338 applicants) compared to the previous year.

Acceptance Rate Changes

The average acceptance rate over the last 10 years is 79.62%, and this year's acceptance rate is 93.00% at California State University-Channel Islands. By gender, men students' acceptance rate is 76.09% and women students' rate is 81.42%.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
	2013-14	64.43%	59.67%	66.59%
2014-15	72.41% 7.98%	68.25% 8.58%	74.45% 7.86%
2015-16	67.64% -4.77%	62.79% -5.46%	69.86% -4.59%
2016-17	73.84% 6.20%	68.89% 6.10%	76.11% 6.25%
2017-18	78.27% 4.43%	73.13% 4.24%	80.69% 4.58%
2018-19	78.34% 0.07%	74.95% 1.82%	80.05% -0.63%
2019-20	85.79% 7.45%	82.73% 7.78%	87.39% 7.34%
2020-21	79.43% -6.36%	73.43% -9.30%	82.56% -4.84%
2021-22	93.00% 13.57%	92.01% 18.58%	94.01% 11.45%
2022-23	89.65% -3.35%	89.19% -2.82%	89.92% -4.08%
2023-24	93.00% 3.34%	92.00% 2.81%	93.99% 4.07%
Average	79.62%	76.09%	81.42%

Admission Yield (Enrollment Rate) Changes

The average admission yield of the last 11 years is 10.70% where the current academic year yield is 6.00%.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	16.86%	17.94%	16.42%
2014-15	14.76% -2.10%	14.38% -3.55%	14.93% -1.49%
2015-16	14.06% -0.70%	14.43% 0.05%	13.91% -1.02%
2016-17	13.27% -0.79%	14.52% 0.09%	12.75% -1.16%
2017-18	11.42% -1.85%	12.74% -1.78%	10.85% -1.90%
2018-19	10.93% -0.49%	11.26% -1.48%	10.77% -0.08%
2019-20	8.69% -2.24%	7.84% -3.42%	9.12% -1.66%
2020-21	7.92% -0.77%	8.68% 0.84%	7.58% -1.54%
2021-22	7.00% -0.92%	5.01% -3.67%	7.00% -0.58%
2022-23	6.80% -0.21%	5.46% 0.45%	7.56% 0.56%
2023-24	6.00% -0.79%	6.00% 0.55%	6.00% -1.56%
Average	10.70%	10.75%	10.62%

Applicants, Admitted, and Enrolled Headcount Changes

Over the past 10 years, The average number of applicants is 9,953, the average number of admitted is 7,981, and the average number of first-year enrolled students is 807.

The number of CSU Channel Islands applicants decreased by -3.24% (338 applicants) compared to the previous year.

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

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Year	Applicants	Admitted	Enrolled
2013-14	6,960	4,484	756
2014-15	9,002 29.34%	6,518 45.36%	962 27.25%
2015-16	9,517 5.72%	6,437 -1.24%	905 -5.93%
2016-17	10,310 8.33%	7,613 18.27%	1,010 11.60%
2017-18	10,689 3.68%	8,366 9.89%	955 -5.45%
2018-19	11,330 6.00%	8,876 6.10%	970 1.57%
2019-20	11,894 4.98%	10,204 14.96%	887 -8.56%
2020-21	10,040 -15.59%	7,975 -21.84%	632 -28.75%
2021-22	9,244 -7.93%	8,597 7.80%	602 -4.75%
2022-23	10,420 12.72%	9,342 8.67%	635 5.48%
2023-24	10,082 -3.24%	9,376 0.36%	563 -11.34%
Average	9,953	7,981	807

Compare Acceptance Rate Change to Similar Colleges

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