Applicants, Acceptance Rate, Yield Trends at San Diego State

At San Diego State University, the average acceptance rate over the past 11 years is 35.17%, and 2024's acceptance rate is 34.00%. For 2024 admission, it was slightly harder to get into San Diego State University than the previous year.

The average yield (enrollment rate) over the period is 23.41%, and the 2024 yield is 22.00%.

The number of San Diego State applicants increased by 7.18% (5,550 applicants) compared to the previous year.

Acceptance Rate Changes

The average acceptance rate over the last 10 years is 35.17%, and this year's acceptance rate is 34.00% at San Diego State University. By gender, men students' acceptance rate is 33.62% and women students' rate is 36.42%. For 2024 admission, it was slightly harder to get into San Diego State University than the previous year.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
	2013-14	31.21%	28.53%	33.26%
2014-15	34.48% 3.26%	32.81% 4.28%	35.70% 2.44%
2015-16	34.41% -0.07%	33.67% 0.86%	34.97% -0.73%
2016-17	34.64% 0.23%	34.05% 0.38%	35.07% 0.10%
2017-18	35.42% 0.78%	34.87% 0.82%	35.82% 0.75%
2018-19	34.58% -0.84%	33.40% -1.47%	35.45% -0.37%
2019-20	34.13% -0.45%	32.98% -0.42%	34.94% -0.51%
2020-21	36.70% 2.58%	36.21% 3.23%	37.04% 2.10%
2021-22	38.00% 1.30%	35.00% -1.21%	40.00% 2.96%
2022-23	39.26% 1.26%	36.26% 1.26%	41.34% 1.34%
2023-24	34.00% -5.26%	32.00% -4.26%	37.00% -4.34%
Average	35.17%	33.62%	36.42%

Admission Yield (Enrollment Rate) Changes

The average admission yield of the last 11 years is 23.41% where the current academic year yield is 22.00%.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	25.92%	27.40%	24.95%
2014-15	25.75% -0.16%	27.72% 0.31%	24.43% -0.52%
2015-16	25.73% -0.02%	27.52% -0.19%	24.44% 0.02%
2016-17	24.09% -1.64%	25.91% -1.61%	22.79% -1.65%
2017-18	24.87% 0.78%	26.45% 0.53%	23.75% 0.96%
2018-19	23.96% -0.91%	24.72% -1.73%	23.44% -0.32%
2019-20	22.07% -1.89%	22.43% -2.29%	21.82% -1.61%
2020-21	20.41% -1.66%	20.48% -1.95%	20.35% -1.47%
2021-22	21.00% 0.59%	22.00% 1.52%	20.00% -0.35%
2022-23	21.67% 0.67%	22.40% 0.39%	21.23% 1.23%
2023-24	22.00% 0.33%	23.00% 0.60%	21.00% -0.23%
Average	23.41%	24.55%	22.56%

Applicants, Admitted, and Enrolled Headcount Changes

Over the past 10 years, The average number of applicants is 65,529, the average number of admitted is 23,131, and the average number of first-year enrolled students is 5,355.

The number of San Diego State applicants increased by 7.18% (5,550 applicants) compared to the previous year.

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

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Year	Applicants	Admitted	Enrolled
2013-14	51,163	15,970	4,139
2014-15	56,921 11.25%	19,625 22.89%	5,054 22.11%
2015-16	59,051 3.74%	20,321 3.55%	5,229 3.46%
2016-17	60,834 3.02%	21,072 3.70%	5,077 -2.91%
2017-18	60,910 0.12%	21,574 2.38%	5,366 5.69%
2018-19	69,399 13.94%	23,998 11.24%	5,750 7.16%
2019-20	70,048 0.94%	23,905 -0.39%	5,275 -8.26%
2020-21	64,784 -7.51%	23,778 -0.53%	4,852 -8.02%
2021-22	67,660 4.44%	25,711 8.13%	5,399 11.27%
2022-23	77,250 14.17%	30,331 17.97%	6,573 21.74%
2023-24	82,800 7.18%	28,152 -7.18%	6,193 -5.78%
Average	65,529	23,131	5,355

Compare Acceptance Rate Change to Similar Colleges

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