Applicants, Acceptance Rate, Yield Trends at Cal State Fullerton

At California State University-Fullerton, the average acceptance rate over the past 11 years is 54.77%, and 2024's acceptance rate is 87.00%. For 2024 admission, it was easier to get into California State University-Fullerton than the previous year.

The average yield (enrollment rate) over the period is 20.09%, and the 2024 yield is 17.00%.

The number of Cal State Fullerton applicants decreased by -0.32% (157 applicants) compared to the previous year.

Acceptance Rate Changes

The average acceptance rate over the last 10 years is 54.77%, and this year's acceptance rate is 87.00% at California State University-Fullerton. By gender, men students' acceptance rate is 51.96% and women students' rate is 56.92%. For 2024 admission, it was easier to get into California State University-Fullerton than the previous year.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
	2013-14	45.79%	45.59%	45.93%
2014-15	44.47% -1.32%	43.78% -1.81%	44.96% -0.97%
2015-16	41.86% -2.61%	41.02% -2.76%	42.47% -2.49%
2016-17	48.23% 6.37%	44.41% 3.39%	50.97% 8.50%
2017-18	45.72% -2.51%	40.80% -3.60%	49.28% -1.69%
2018-19	43.41% -2.31%	39.48% -1.32%	46.35% -2.93%
2019-20	52.69% 9.28%	49.15% 9.67%	55.17% 8.82%
2020-21	67.62% 14.94%	62.66% 13.51%	71.13% 15.96%
2021-22	59.00% -8.62%	55.00% -7.66%	63.00% -8.13%
2022-23	66.72% 7.72%	63.63% 8.63%	68.92% 5.92%
2023-24	87.00% 20.27%	86.00% 22.37%	88.00% 19.08%
Average	54.77%	51.96%	56.92%

Admission Yield (Enrollment Rate) Changes

The average admission yield of the last 11 years is 20.09% where the current academic year yield is 17.00%.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	25.40%	26.04%	24.95%
2014-15	23.92% -1.48%	26.08% 0.03%	22.42% -2.53%
2015-16	25.13% 1.20%	26.80% 0.73%	23.95% 1.53%
2016-17	20.63% -4.50%	22.21% -4.60%	19.64% -4.31%
2017-18	21.19% 0.56%	21.60% -0.61%	20.94% 1.30%
2018-19	19.75% -1.43%	21.73% 0.14%	18.49% -2.45%
2019-20	18.10% -1.65%	19.09% -2.64%	17.48% -1.00%
2020-21	17.65% -0.45%	17.16% -1.93%	17.96% 0.48%
2021-22	16.00% -1.65%	16.00% -1.16%	15.00% -2.96%
2022-23	16.23% 0.23%	17.10% 1.10%	15.66% 0.67%
2023-24	17.00% 0.77%	18.00% 0.90%	16.00% 0.34%
Average	20.09%	21.07%	19.32%

Applicants, Admitted, and Enrolled Headcount Changes

Over the past 10 years, The average number of applicants is 45,587, the average number of admitted is 25,166, and the average number of first-year enrolled students is 4,862.

The number of Cal State Fullerton applicants decreased by -0.32% (157 applicants) compared to the previous year.

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

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Year	Applicants	Admitted	Enrolled
2013-14	38,909	17,817	4,526
2014-15	40,955 5.26%	18,212 2.22%	4,357 -3.73%
2015-16	41,841 2.16%	17,515 -3.83%	4,401 1.01%
2016-17	44,493 6.34%	21,459 22.52%	4,426 0.57%
2017-18	45,808 2.96%	20,943 -2.40%	4,437 0.25%
2018-19	51,415 12.24%	22,317 6.56%	4,408 -0.65%
2019-20	50,105 -2.55%	26,398 18.29%	4,778 8.39%
2020-21	45,449 -9.29%	30,733 16.42%	5,425 13.54%
2021-22	45,140 -0.68%	26,633 -13.34%	4,261 -21.46%
2022-23	48,748 7.99%	32,527 22.13%	5,280 23.91%
2023-24	48,591 -0.32%	42,274 29.97%	7,187 36.12%
Average	45,587	25,166	4,862

Compare Acceptance Rate Change to Similar Colleges

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