Applicants, Acceptance Rate, Yield Trends at Fresno State

At California State University-Fresno, the average acceptance rate over the past 11 years is 70.61%, and 2024's acceptance rate is 96.00%.

The average yield (enrollment rate) over the period is 28.96%, and the 2024 yield is 19.00%.

The number of Fresno State applicants increased by 8.89% (1,650 applicants) compared to the previous year.

Acceptance Rate Changes

The average acceptance rate over the last 10 years is 70.61%, and this year's acceptance rate is 96.00% at California State University-Fresno. By gender, men students' acceptance rate is 67.33% and women students' rate is 73.16%.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
	2013-14	58.15%	53.56%	61.71%
2014-15	59.40% 1.26%	55.50% 1.95%	62.42% 0.70%
2015-16	52.19% -7.21%	48.30% -7.20%	55.33% -7.08%
2016-17	53.54% 1.35%	48.20% -0.09%	57.44% 2.11%
2017-18	59.41% 5.87%	54.43% 6.23%	62.94% 5.49%
2018-19	57.53% -1.87%	51.58% -2.85%	61.91% -1.03%
2019-20	57.94% 0.41%	54.67% 3.09%	60.27% -1.63%
2020-21	90.11% 32.17%	87.68% 33.01%	91.81% 31.53%
2021-22	97.00% 6.89%	96.01% 8.32%	98.01% 6.20%
2022-23	95.43% -1.57%	94.73% -1.27%	95.93% -2.08%
2023-24	96.00% 0.57%	96.00% 1.27%	97.00% 1.07%
Average	70.61%	67.33%	73.16%

Admission Yield (Enrollment Rate) Changes

The average admission yield of the last 11 years is 28.96% where the current academic year yield is 19.00%.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	33.24%	34.08%	32.67%
2014-15	31.36% -1.88%	31.10% -2.98%	31.55% -1.13%
2015-16	35.29% 3.92%	34.51% 3.42%	35.83% 4.29%
2016-17	32.92% -2.37%	34.85% 0.34%	31.73% -4.10%
2017-18	32.37% -0.55%	32.25% -2.60%	32.44% 0.71%
2018-19	33.62% 1.25%	34.35% 2.09%	33.18% 0.74%
2019-20	31.75% -1.87%	33.39% -0.96%	30.69% -2.49%
2020-21	26.53% -5.22%	27.20% -6.19%	26.08% -4.61%
2021-22	23.00% -3.53%	23.00% -4.20%	23.00% -3.08%
2022-23	19.53% -3.47%	19.40% -3.60%	19.63% -3.38%
2023-24	19.00% -0.53%	19.00% -0.40%	19.00% -0.63%
Average	28.96%	29.38%	28.71%

Applicants, Admitted, and Enrolled Headcount Changes

Over the past 10 years, The average number of applicants is 17,984, the average number of admitted is 12,610, and the average number of first-year enrolled students is 3,476.

The number of Fresno State applicants increased by 8.89% (1,650 applicants) compared to the previous year.

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

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Year	Applicants	Admitted	Enrolled
2013-14	16,242	9,444	3,139
2014-15	18,964 16.76%	11,265 19.28%	3,533 12.55%
2015-16	19,938 5.14%	10,406 -7.63%	3,672 3.93%
2016-17	18,735 -6.03%	10,031 -3.60%	3,302 -10.08%
2017-18	17,920 -4.35%	10,646 6.13%	3,446 4.36%
2018-19	18,476 3.10%	10,630 -0.15%	3,574 3.71%
2019-20	18,123 -1.91%	10,501 -1.21%	3,334 -6.72%
2020-21	15,448 -14.76%	13,920 32.56%	3,693 10.77%
2021-22	15,231 -1.40%	14,774 6.14%	3,398 -7.99%
2022-23	18,551 21.80%	17,703 19.83%	3,458 1.77%
2023-24	20,201 8.89%	19,393 9.55%	3,685 6.56%
Average	17,984	12,610	3,476

Compare Acceptance Rate Change to Similar Colleges

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