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Acceptance Rate 95.10%
Yield 13.99%
Applicants 19,721
Admitted 18,755
Enrolled 2,624

Fresno State Application and Admission Information

For the academic year 2024-25, the acceptance rate is 95.1% at California State University-San Marcos. Total 19,721 students applied and 18,755 were accepted.
Open Admission Policy✗
Undergraduate Application Fees$70
Graduate Application Fees$70
Admission Informationwww.csusm.edu/admissions/
Online Applicationhttps://www.calstate.edu/apply
Acceptance Rate95.10%
Credits AcceptedDual Credits, Advanced placement (AP) Credits, Credits for Life Experiences, Credit for Military Training

Acceptance Rate, Yield, and Headcounts

For the academic year 2024-2025, the acceptance rate is 95.10%. A total of 19,721 students (7,595 men and 12,126 women) have applied to and 18,755 (7,198 men and 11,557 women) students admitted to California State University-San Marcos.
Among them, 1,070 male and 1,554 female students have enrolled into Fresno State and its yield, also known as enrollment rate is 13.99%. The following table shows the admission statistics including admission stats, acceptance rate, and yield.
Admission Statistics at Fresno State
TotalMenWomenAnother GenderGender Unknown
Applicants19,7217,59512,12600
Admitted18,7557,19811,55700
Enrolled2,6241,0701,55400
Acceptance Rate 95.10% 94.77% 95.31% - -
Yield (Enrollment Rate) 13.99% 14.87% 13.45% - -
[Chart] California State University-San Marcos Acceptance Rate and Yield

Application Requirements

For applying to California State University-San Marcos, applicants require to submit 4 item(s) - High School GPA, High School Record, Completion of College Preparatory Program, English Proficiency Test.
Application Requirements for Fresno State
High School GPA✔
High School Rank✗
High School Record✔
Completion of College Preparatory Program✔
Recommendations✗
Formal Demonstration of Competencies✗
Admission Test Scores✗
English Proficiency Test✔
Other Test (Wonderlic,WISC-III,etc)✗
Work experience✗
Personal statement or essay✗
Legacy status✗
✔ Required ✓ Considered (not Required) ✗ Neither Required nor Recommended

Accepted Credits at Fresno State

The calendar system at California State University-San Marcos is Semester. California State University-San Marcos accepts Dual Credits, Advanced placement (AP) Credits, Credits for Life Experiences, Credit for Military Training. Next table describes credits that California State University-San Marcos accepts.
Calendar SystemSemester
Dual Credits✔
Credits for Life Experiences✔
Advanced placement (AP) Credits✔
Credit for military training ✔
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