Applicants, Acceptance Rate, Yield Trends at Cal State Long Beach

At California State University-Long Beach, the average acceptance rate over the past 11 years is 36.96%, and 2024's acceptance rate is 47.00%. For 2024 admission, it was easier to get into California State University-Long Beach than the previous year.

The average yield (enrollment rate) over the period is 20.07%, and the 2024 yield is 15.00%.

The number of Cal State Long Beach applicants increased by 6.64% (4,962 applicants) compared to the previous year.

Acceptance Rate Changes

The average acceptance rate over the last 10 years is 36.96%, and this year's acceptance rate is 47.00% at California State University-Long Beach. By gender, men students' acceptance rate is 34.73% and women students' rate is 38.44%. For 2024 admission, it was easier to get into California State University-Long Beach than the previous year.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
	2013-14	30.82%	29.65%	31.61%
2014-15	35.46% 4.64%	34.24% 4.58%	36.29% 4.68%
2015-16	33.82% -1.64%	32.48% -1.76%	34.72% -1.57%
2016-17	31.89% -1.93%	30.05% -2.43%	33.17% -1.56%
2017-18	27.99% -3.90%	26.96% -3.09%	28.72% -4.45%
2018-19	31.21% 3.22%	30.51% 3.55%	31.71% 2.99%
2019-20	39.27% 8.06%	36.81% 6.31%	40.96% 9.25%
2020-21	42.12% 2.85%	39.59% 2.78%	43.82% 2.86%
2021-22	47.00% 4.88%	44.00% 4.41%	49.00% 5.18%
2022-23	39.95% -7.05%	35.70% -8.30%	42.82% -6.18%
2023-24	47.00% 7.05%	42.00% 6.30%	50.00% 7.18%
Average	36.96%	34.73%	38.44%

Admission Yield (Enrollment Rate) Changes

The average admission yield of the last 11 years is 20.07% where the current academic year yield is 15.00%.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	25.22%	26.89%	24.15%
2014-15	21.33% -3.89%	22.59% -4.30%	20.51% -3.64%
2015-16	22.93% 1.60%	24.40% 1.81%	22.00% 1.48%
2016-17	21.58% -1.35%	22.74% -1.67%	20.85% -1.15%
2017-18	23.44% 1.87%	23.51% 0.77%	23.40% 2.55%
2018-19	22.61% -0.83%	23.21% -0.30%	22.20% -1.20%
2019-20	18.42% -4.19%	19.95% -3.26%	17.47% -4.72%
2020-21	17.28% -1.14%	17.60% -2.35%	17.09% -0.39%
2021-22	15.00% -2.28%	16.00% -1.60%	15.00% -2.09%
2022-23	17.97% 2.97%	19.49% 3.49%	17.12% 2.12%
2023-24	15.00% -2.97%	16.00% -3.49%	15.00% -2.12%
Average	20.07%	21.13%	19.53%

Applicants, Admitted, and Enrolled Headcount Changes

Over the past 10 years, The average number of applicants is 65,929, the average number of admitted is 24,662, and the average number of first-year enrolled students is 4,746.

The number of Cal State Long Beach applicants increased by 6.64% (4,962 applicants) compared to the previous year.

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

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Year	Applicants	Admitted	Enrolled
2013-14	55,019	16,956	4,276
2014-15	57,322 4.19%	20,326 19.87%	4,335 1.38%
2015-16	58,109 1.37%	19,650 -3.33%	4,506 3.94%
2016-17	61,808 6.37%	19,711 0.31%	4,253 -5.61%
2017-18	63,048 2.01%	17,650 -10.46%	4,138 -2.70%
2018-19	69,610 10.41%	21,725 23.09%	4,912 18.70%
2019-20	71,355 2.51%	28,019 28.97%	5,161 5.07%
2020-21	67,426 -5.51%	28,400 1.36%	4,908 -4.90%
2021-22	67,122 -0.45%	31,547 11.08%	4,732 -3.59%
2022-23	74,718 11.32%	29,851 -5.38%	5,365 13.38%
2023-24	79,680 6.64%	37,450 25.46%	5,618 4.72%
Average	65,929	24,662	4,746

Compare Acceptance Rate Change to Similar Colleges

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