Applicants, Acceptance Rate, Yield Trends at Cal State San Bernardino

At California State University-San Bernardino, the average acceptance rate over the past 11 years is 73.11%, and 2024's acceptance rate is 98.00%. Cal State San Bernardino's acceptance rate has been higher every year for the past 5 years. For 2024 admission, it was easier to get into California State University-San Bernardino than the previous year.

The average yield (enrollment rate) over the period is 25.42%, and the 2024 yield is 18.00%.

The number of Cal State San Bernardino applicants decreased by -17.61% (2,729 applicants) compared to the previous year.

Acceptance Rate Changes

The average acceptance rate over the last 10 years is 73.11%, and this year's acceptance rate is 98.00% at California State University-San Bernardino. By gender, men students' acceptance rate is 70.45% and women students' rate is 74.80%. For 2024 admission, it was easier to get into California State University-San Bernardino than the previous year.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
	2013-14	58.31%	56.42%	59.44%
2014-15	84.45% 26.13%	85.12% 28.69%	84.03% 24.59%
2015-16	64.59% -19.86%	60.60% -24.51%	67.11% -16.92%
2016-17	58.14% -6.45%	54.63% -5.97%	60.30% -6.81%
2017-18	57.13% -1.01%	53.70% -0.93%	59.35% -0.95%
2018-19	54.83% -2.30%	50.08% -3.63%	58.04% -1.31%
2019-20	68.56% 13.73%	64.80% 14.73%	70.86% 12.82%
2020-21	78.12% 9.56%	74.21% 9.40%	80.41% 9.55%
2021-22	91.00% 12.88%	88.01% 13.80%	93.00% 12.59%
2022-23	91.08% 0.08%	89.40% 1.40%	92.27% -0.73%
2023-24	98.00% 6.92%	98.00% 8.60%	98.00% 5.73%
Average	73.11%	70.45%	74.80%

Admission Yield (Enrollment Rate) Changes

The average admission yield of the last 11 years is 25.42% where the current academic year yield is 18.00%.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	34.30%	36.27%	33.19%
2014-15	24.90% -9.40%	25.57% -10.70%	24.47% -8.71%
2015-16	33.70% 8.80%	36.90% 11.33%	31.88% 7.40%
2016-17	30.50% -3.21%	33.20% -3.70%	28.99% -2.88%
2017-18	28.17% -2.32%	30.14% -3.06%	27.02% -1.97%
2018-19	30.48% 2.31%	31.07% 0.93%	30.14% 3.12%
2019-20	25.80% -4.69%	27.14% -3.93%	25.05% -5.10%
2020-21	20.27% -5.53%	20.16% -6.99%	20.33% -4.71%
2021-22	17.00% -3.27%	17.00% -3.16%	16.00% -4.33%
2022-23	16.46% -0.54%	16.82% -0.18%	16.21% 0.21%
2023-24	18.00% 1.54%	18.01% 1.19%	18.00% 1.78%
Average	25.42%	26.57%	24.66%

Applicants, Admitted, and Enrolled Headcount Changes

Over the past 10 years, The average number of applicants is 14,409, the average number of admitted is 10,441, and the average number of first-year enrolled students is 2,540.

The number of Cal State San Bernardino applicants decreased by -17.61% (2,729 applicants) compared to the previous year.

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

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Year	Applicants	Admitted	Enrolled
2013-14	12,239	7,137	2,448
2014-15	12,955 5.85%	10,940 53.29%	2,724 11.27%
2015-16	13,804 6.55%	8,916 -18.50%	3,005 10.32%
2016-17	15,740 14.02%	9,152 2.65%	2,791 -7.12%
2017-18	15,637 -0.65%	8,934 -2.38%	2,517 -9.82%
2018-19	16,045 2.61%	8,798 -1.52%	2,682 6.56%
2019-20	16,311 1.66%	11,183 27.11%	2,885 7.57%
2020-21	14,435 -11.50%	11,277 0.84%	2,286 -20.76%
2021-22	13,057 -9.55%	11,882 5.36%	2,020 -11.64%
2022-23	15,501 18.72%	14,119 18.83%	2,324 15.05%
2023-24	12,772 -17.61%	12,517 -11.35%	2,253 -3.06%
Average	14,409	10,441	2,540

Compare Acceptance Rate Change to Similar Colleges

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