Applicants, Acceptance Rate, Yield Trends at CSUMB

At California State University-Monterey Bay, the average acceptance rate over the past 11 years is 68.24%, and 2024's acceptance rate is 95.00%.

The average yield (enrollment rate) over the period is 11.63%, and the 2024 yield is 8.00%.

The number of CSUMB applicants decreased by -6.36% (799 applicants) compared to the previous year.

Acceptance Rate Changes

The average acceptance rate over the last 10 years is 68.24%, and this year's acceptance rate is 95.00% at California State University-Monterey Bay. By gender, men students' acceptance rate is 64.55% and women students' rate is 70.24%.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
	2013-14	44.40%	39.94%	46.91%
2014-15	69.36% 24.97%	65.98% 26.03%	71.20% 24.29%
2015-16	48.69% -20.68%	43.42% -22.56%	51.48% -19.72%
2016-17	35.24% -13.45%	29.75% -13.67%	38.26% -13.22%
2017-18	53.20% 17.97%	47.54% 17.79%	56.25% 17.99%
2018-19	58.52% 5.32%	54.10% 6.56%	61.08% 4.83%
2019-20	75.28% 16.76%	70.88% 16.78%	77.77% 16.69%
2020-21	85.62% 10.34%	82.30% 11.42%	87.39% 9.63%
2021-22	93.00% 7.38%	91.00% 8.70%	94.00% 6.61%
2022-23	92.39% -0.61%	91.09% 0.09%	93.26% -0.74%
2023-24	95.00% 2.62%	94.00% 2.91%	94.99% 1.73%
Average	68.24%	64.55%	70.24%

Admission Yield (Enrollment Rate) Changes

The average admission yield of the last 11 years is 11.63% where the current academic year yield is 8.00%.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	16.17%	17.30%	15.63%
2014-15	12.81% -3.36%	13.46% -3.85%	12.49% -3.14%
2015-16	13.89% 1.07%	14.81% 1.35%	13.47% 0.98%
2016-17	14.00% 0.11%	16.07% 1.26%	13.11% -0.36%
2017-18	13.27% -0.72%	13.06% -3.00%	13.37% 0.26%
2018-19	13.76% 0.48%	14.84% 1.78%	13.20% -0.17%
2019-20	11.27% -2.48%	12.33% -2.51%	10.73% -2.47%
2020-21	8.96% -2.31%	9.38% -2.95%	8.74% -1.98%
2021-22	8.00% -0.96%	7.99% -1.39%	9.00% 0.26%
2022-23	7.79% -0.22%	7.81% -0.18%	7.77% -1.23%
2023-24	8.00% 0.21%	9.01% 1.19%	8.01% 0.24%
Average	11.63%	12.37%	11.41%

Applicants, Admitted, and Enrolled Headcount Changes

Over the past 10 years, The average number of applicants is 12,977, the average number of admitted is 8,593, and the average number of first-year enrolled students is 951.

The number of CSUMB applicants decreased by -6.36% (799 applicants) compared to the previous year.

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

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Year	Applicants	Admitted	Enrolled
2013-14	12,562	5,577	902
2014-15	14,684 16.89%	10,185 82.63%	1,305 44.68%
2015-16	15,561 5.97%	7,576 -25.62%	1,052 -19.39%
2016-17	16,258 4.48%	5,729 -24.38%	802 -23.76%
2017-18	13,112 -19.35%	6,976 21.77%	926 15.46%
2018-19	12,423 -5.25%	7,270 4.21%	1,000 7.99%
2019-20	12,327 -0.77%	9,280 27.65%	1,046 4.60%
2020-21	11,461 -7.03%	9,813 5.74%	879 -15.97%
2021-22	10,026 -12.52%	9,324 -4.98%	746 -15.13%
2022-23	12,568 25.35%	11,611 24.53%	904 21.18%
2023-24	11,769 -6.36%	11,181 -3.70%	894 -1.11%
Average	12,977	8,593	951

Compare Acceptance Rate Change to Similar Colleges

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