Applicants, Acceptance Rate, Yield Trends at Cal State LA

At California State University-Los Angeles, the average acceptance rate over the past 11 years is 67.51%, and 2024's acceptance rate is 92.00%. For 2024 admission, it was easier to get into California State University-Los Angeles than the previous year.

The average yield (enrollment rate) over the period is 17.15%, and the 2024 yield is 12.00%.

The number of Cal State LA applicants decreased by -3.51% (1,191 applicants) compared to the previous year.

Acceptance Rate Changes

The average acceptance rate over the last 10 years is 67.51%, and this year's acceptance rate is 92.00% at California State University-Los Angeles. By gender, men students' acceptance rate is 64.24% and women students' rate is 69.70%. For 2024 admission, it was easier to get into California State University-Los Angeles than the previous year.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
	2013-14	67.52%	64.12%	69.76%
2014-15	61.07% -6.45%	57.99% -6.13%	63.18% -6.58%
2015-16	68.13% 7.06%	63.85% 5.87%	71.07% 7.88%
2016-17	63.70% -4.44%	59.33% -4.53%	66.74% -4.33%
2017-18	46.45% -17.25%	44.00% -15.33%	48.17% -18.57%
2018-19	41.52% -4.92%	39.01% -4.99%	43.31% -4.86%
2019-20	47.81% 6.29%	44.87% 5.86%	49.88% 6.57%
2020-21	76.48% 28.67%	70.84% 25.98%	80.36% 30.48%
2021-22	91.00% 14.52%	88.00% 17.16%	92.00% 11.64%
2022-23	86.94% -4.06%	83.68% -4.32%	89.20% -2.80%
2023-24	92.00% 5.06%	91.00% 7.32%	93.00% 3.80%
Average	67.51%	64.24%	69.70%

Admission Yield (Enrollment Rate) Changes

The average admission yield of the last 11 years is 17.15% where the current academic year yield is 12.00%.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	15.76%	16.21%	15.49%
2014-15	17.05% 1.29%	18.21% 1.99%	16.33% 0.84%
2015-16	17.79% 0.74%	19.28% 1.07%	16.88% 0.55%
2016-17	16.97% -0.82%	19.08% -0.20%	15.66% -1.21%
2017-18	20.47% 3.50%	23.34% 4.25%	18.63% 2.97%
2018-19	23.34% 2.86%	25.53% 2.19%	21.93% 3.30%
2019-20	20.44% -2.90%	22.65% -2.87%	19.04% -2.90%
2020-21	16.63% -3.80%	17.87% -4.78%	15.88% -3.15%
2021-22	15.00% -1.63%	17.00% -0.87%	15.00% -0.88%
2022-23	13.19% -1.81%	15.20% -1.80%	11.88% -3.12%
2023-24	12.00% -1.19%	14.00% -1.20%	11.00% -0.88%
Average	17.15%	18.94%	16.16%

Applicants, Admitted, and Enrolled Headcount Changes

Over the past 10 years, The average number of applicants is 33,078, the average number of admitted is 21,994, and the average number of first-year enrolled students is 3,639.

The number of Cal State LA applicants decreased by -3.51% (1,191 applicants) compared to the previous year.

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

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Year	Applicants	Admitted	Enrolled
2013-14	27,321	18,448	2,908
2014-15	31,013 13.51%	18,941 2.67%	3,230 11.07%
2015-16	31,855 2.71%	21,704 14.59%	3,862 19.57%
2016-17	35,429 11.22%	22,567 3.98%	3,830 -0.83%
2017-18	37,396 5.55%	17,369 -23.03%	3,556 -7.15%
2018-19	39,854 6.57%	16,548 -4.73%	3,862 8.61%
2019-20	33,641 -15.59%	16,084 -2.80%	3,287 -14.89%
2020-21	31,442 -6.54%	24,046 49.50%	4,000 21.69%
2021-22	29,223 -7.06%	26,593 10.59%	3,989 -0.28%
2022-23	33,939 16.14%	29,507 10.96%	3,892 -2.43%
2023-24	32,748 -3.51%	30,128 2.10%	3,615 -7.12%
Average	33,078	21,994	3,639

Compare Acceptance Rate Change to Similar Colleges

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