Applicants, Acceptance Rate, Yield Trends at Fresno State

At California State University-San Marcos, the average acceptance rate over the past 11 years is 70.06%, and 2024's acceptance rate is 96.00%. Fresno State's acceptance rate has been higher every year for the past 7 years.

The average yield (enrollment rate) over the period is 23.11%, and the 2024 yield is 16.00%.

The number of Fresno State applicants increased by 18.58% (2,745 applicants) compared to the previous year.

Acceptance Rate Changes

The average acceptance rate over the last 10 years is 70.06%, and this year's acceptance rate is 96.00% at California State University-San Marcos. By gender, men students' acceptance rate is 68.04% and women students' rate is 71.25%.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
	2013-14	62.51%	58.80%	64.78%
2014-15	61.80% -0.71%	58.48% -0.33%	63.79% -0.99%
2015-16	54.04% -7.76%	52.30% -6.18%	55.12% -8.67%
2016-17	51.84% -2.20%	48.50% -3.80%	53.84% -1.28%
2017-18	56.76% 4.93%	56.04% 7.53%	57.21% 3.37%
2018-19	58.42% 1.66%	54.80% -1.24%	60.58% 3.37%
2019-20	61.67% 3.25%	61.84% 7.04%	61.57% 0.99%
2020-21	79.42% 17.75%	76.05% 14.21%	81.38% 19.81%
2021-22	93.00% 13.58%	92.00% 15.95%	94.00% 12.61%
2022-23	95.19% 2.19%	94.68% 2.68%	95.53% 1.53%
2023-24	96.00% 0.80%	95.00% 0.32%	96.00% 0.47%
Average	70.06%	68.04%	71.25%

Admission Yield (Enrollment Rate) Changes

The average admission yield of the last 11 years is 23.11% where the current academic year yield is 16.00%.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	27.94%	27.52%	28.17%
2014-15	27.31% -0.63%	26.68% -0.84%	27.66% -0.51%
2015-16	29.70% 2.39%	30.04% 3.36%	29.51% 1.85%
2016-17	27.02% -2.69%	27.53% -2.51%	26.74% -2.77%
2017-18	26.66% -0.36%	26.32% -1.20%	26.86% 0.12%
2018-19	23.99% -2.67%	24.53% -1.79%	23.71% -3.16%
2019-20	20.98% -3.01%	22.19% -2.33%	20.28% -3.43%
2020-21	18.42% -2.56%	18.67% -3.52%	18.29% -1.99%
2021-22	18.00% -0.42%	20.00% 1.32%	18.00% -0.29%
2022-23	18.14% 0.14%	20.12% 0.12%	16.87% -1.13%
2023-24	16.00% -2.14%	17.00% -3.12%	15.00% -1.87%
Average	23.11%	23.69%	22.83%

Applicants, Admitted, and Enrolled Headcount Changes

Over the past 10 years, The average number of applicants is 15,030, the average number of admitted is 10,564, and the average number of first-year enrolled students is 2,305.

The number of Fresno State applicants increased by 18.58% (2,745 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 Marcos from 2013 to 2024.

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Year	Applicants	Admitted	Enrolled
2013-14	10,208	6,381	1,783
2014-15	12,838 25.76%	7,934 24.34%	2,167 21.54%
2015-16	13,718 6.85%	7,413 -6.57%	2,202 1.62%
2016-17	15,366 12.01%	7,965 7.45%	2,152 -2.27%
2017-18	16,514 7.47%	9,374 17.69%	2,499 16.12%
2018-19	17,649 6.87%	10,311 10.00%	2,474 -1.00%
2019-20	17,349 -1.70%	10,699 3.76%	2,245 -9.26%
2020-21	15,413 -11.16%	12,241 14.41%	2,255 0.45%
2021-22	13,986 -9.26%	13,007 6.26%	2,341 3.81%
2022-23	14,774 5.63%	14,064 8.13%	2,551 8.97%
2023-24	17,519 18.58%	16,818 19.58%	2,691 5.49%
Average	15,030	10,564	2,305

Compare Acceptance Rate Change to Similar Colleges

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