Applicants, Acceptance Rate, Yield Trends at Chico State

At California State University-Chico, the average acceptance rate over the past 11 years is 76.44%, and 2024's acceptance rate is 94.00%.

The average yield (enrollment rate) over the period is 15.51%, and the 2024 yield is 10.00%.

The number of Chico State applicants increased by 3.95% (846 applicants) compared to the previous year.

Acceptance Rate Changes

The average acceptance rate over the last 10 years is 76.44%, and this year's acceptance rate is 94.00% at California State University-Chico. By gender, men students' acceptance rate is 73.52% and women students' rate is 78.52%.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
	2013-14	71.61%	69.58%	73.21%
2014-15	70.96% -0.65%	68.76% -0.83%	72.55% -0.66%
2015-16	63.45% -7.51%	59.85% -8.90%	66.12% -6.43%
2016-17	65.25% 1.80%	62.08% 2.23%	67.54% 1.42%
2017-18	67.78% 2.53%	63.82% 1.74%	70.62% 3.08%
2018-19	65.26% -2.52%	61.58% -2.23%	67.88% -2.74%
2019-20	72.33% 7.07%	66.82% 5.23%	76.58% 8.70%
2020-21	90.17% 17.84%	88.42% 21.61%	91.32% 14.74%
2021-22	85.00% -5.17%	81.00% -7.42%	88.00% -3.31%
2022-23	95.00% 10.00%	93.83% 12.83%	95.87% 7.87%
2023-24	94.00% -1.01%	93.00% -0.82%	94.00% -1.87%
Average	76.44%	73.52%	78.52%

Admission Yield (Enrollment Rate) Changes

The average admission yield of the last 11 years is 15.51% where the current academic year yield is 10.00%.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	22.02%	23.43%	20.96%
2014-15	19.31% -2.71%	20.68% -2.74%	18.37% -2.59%
2015-16	18.69% -0.62%	20.07% -0.62%	17.77% -0.60%
2016-17	17.94% -0.75%	20.19% 0.13%	16.45% -1.32%
2017-18	17.76% -0.19%	19.86% -0.33%	16.39% -0.06%
2018-19	17.42% -0.33%	19.08% -0.79%	16.36% -0.04%
2019-20	13.67% -3.76%	14.83% -4.25%	12.89% -3.47%
2020-21	12.84% -0.82%	14.28% -0.55%	11.93% -0.95%
2021-22	11.00% -1.84%	13.00% -1.28%	10.00% -1.94%
2022-23	9.93% -1.07%	11.02% -1.98%	9.14% -0.86%
2023-24	10.00% 0.07%	11.00% -0.02%	10.00% 0.86%
Average	15.51%	17.04%	14.57%

Applicants, Admitted, and Enrolled Headcount Changes

Over the past 10 years, The average number of applicants is 21,992, the average number of admitted is 16,717, and the average number of first-year enrolled students is 2,501.

The number of Chico State applicants increased by 3.95% (846 applicants) compared to the previous year.

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

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Year	Applicants	Admitted	Enrolled
2013-14	17,215	12,327	2,714
2014-15	21,495 24.86%	15,252 23.73%	2,945 8.51%
2015-16	22,760 5.89%	14,441 -5.32%	2,699 -8.35%
2016-17	23,591 3.65%	15,393 6.59%	2,762 2.33%
2017-18	23,305 -1.21%	15,796 2.62%	2,805 1.56%
2018-19	23,964 2.83%	15,639 -0.99%	2,725 -2.85%
2019-20	25,908 8.11%	18,740 19.83%	2,561 -6.02%
2020-21	19,999 -22.81%	18,034 -3.77%	2,316 -9.57%
2021-22	19,990 -0.05%	16,992 -5.78%	1,869 -19.30%
2022-23	21,417 7.14%	20,347 19.74%	2,020 8.08%
2023-24	22,263 3.95%	20,927 2.85%	2,093 3.61%
Average	21,992	16,717	2,501

Compare Acceptance Rate Change to Similar Colleges

The following table compares acceptance rate changes from last year between California State University-Chico and similar schools.