Applicants, Acceptance Rate, Yield Trends at CSUN

At California State University-Northridge, the average acceptance rate over the past 11 years is 63.51%, and 2024's acceptance rate is 93.00%. CSUN's acceptance rate has been higher every year for the past 5 years.

The average yield (enrollment rate) over the period is 26.88%, and the 2024 yield is 20.00%.

The number of CSUN applicants increased by 14.73% (3,824 applicants) compared to the previous year.

Acceptance Rate Changes

The average acceptance rate over the last 10 years is 63.51%, and this year's acceptance rate is 93.00% at California State University-Northridge. By gender, men students' acceptance rate is 60.95% and women students' rate is 65.59%.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
	2013-14	46.24%	45.00%	47.18%
2014-15	52.86% 6.62%	50.90% 5.90%	54.37% 7.19%
2015-16	45.60% -7.26%	44.35% -6.55%	46.56% -7.81%
2016-17	48.24% 2.64%	45.59% 1.24%	50.29% 3.73%
2017-18	57.65% 9.42%	54.13% 8.54%	60.52% 10.23%
2018-19	50.63% -7.02%	47.39% -6.74%	53.15% -7.37%
2019-20	59.34% 8.71%	55.19% 7.80%	62.59% 9.44%
2020-21	65.81% 6.47%	61.95% 6.76%	68.76% 6.17%
2021-22	88.00% 22.19%	85.00% 23.06%	91.00% 22.24%
2022-23	91.23% 3.23%	89.00% 3.99%	93.09% 2.09%
2023-24	93.00% 1.77%	92.00% 3.00%	94.00% 0.91%
Average	63.51%	60.95%	65.59%

Admission Yield (Enrollment Rate) Changes

The average admission yield of the last 11 years is 26.88% where the current academic year yield is 20.00%.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	30.58%	32.97%	28.87%
2014-15	31.31% 0.73%	33.87% 0.90%	29.48% 0.61%
2015-16	35.89% 4.58%	38.49% 4.62%	33.99% 4.52%
2016-17	28.34% -7.55%	30.58% -7.90%	26.76% -7.23%
2017-18	30.06% 1.72%	32.69% 2.11%	28.14% 1.38%
2018-19	27.22% -2.83%	30.55% -2.14%	24.91% -3.23%
2019-20	26.34% -0.88%	27.66% -2.90%	25.43% 0.52%
2020-21	21.98% -4.36%	24.86% -2.80%	19.99% -5.43%
2021-22	23.00% 1.02%	24.00% -0.86%	21.00% 1.00%
2022-23	20.99% -2.01%	22.33% -1.67%	19.92% -1.08%
2023-24	20.00% -0.99%	21.00% -1.32%	19.00% -0.92%
Average	26.88%	29.00%	25.23%

Applicants, Admitted, and Enrolled Headcount Changes

Over the past 10 years, The average number of applicants is 30,267, the average number of admitted is 18,773, and the average number of first-year enrolled students is 4,905.

The number of CSUN applicants increased by 14.73% (3,824 applicants) compared to the previous year.

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

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Year	Applicants	Admitted	Enrolled
2013-14	29,339	13,566	4,149
2014-15	33,386 13.79%	17,647 30.08%	5,526 33.19%
2015-16	34,444 3.17%	15,706 -11.00%	5,637 2.01%
2016-17	32,913 -4.44%	15,876 1.08%	4,499 -20.19%
2017-18	30,165 -8.35%	17,391 9.54%	5,227 16.18%
2018-19	34,856 15.55%	17,647 1.47%	4,804 -8.09%
2019-20	30,661 -12.04%	18,194 3.10%	4,792 -0.25%
2020-21	27,765 -9.45%	18,271 0.42%	4,016 -16.19%
2021-22	23,656 -14.80%	20,817 13.93%	4,788 19.22%
2022-23	25,965 9.76%	23,687 13.79%	4,972 3.84%
2023-24	29,789 14.73%	27,704 16.96%	5,541 11.44%
Average	30,267	18,773	4,905

Compare Acceptance Rate Change to Similar Colleges

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