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Acceptance Rate 43.26%
Yield 3.76%
Applicants 10,638
Admitted 4,602
Enrolled 173

CSU Application and Admission Information

For the academic year 2024-25, the acceptance rate is 43.26% at Chicago State University. Total 10,638 students applied and 4,602 were accepted.
Open Admission Policy✗
Undergraduate Application Fees$25
Graduate Application Fees$30
Admission Informationwww.csu.edu/admissions/
Online Applicationwww.csu.edu/admissions/howtoapplynow.htm
Acceptance Rate43.26%
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 43.26%. A total of 10,638 students (3,813 men and 6,780 women) have applied to and 4,602 (1,188 men and 3,411 women) students admitted to Chicago State University.
Among them, 58 male and 114 female students have enrolled into CSU and its yield, also known as enrollment rate is 3.76%. The following table shows the admission statistics including admission stats, acceptance rate, and yield.
Admission Statistics at CSU
TotalMenWomenAnother GenderGender Unknown
Applicants10,6383,8136,78000
Admitted4,6021,1883,41100
Enrolled1735811400
Acceptance Rate 43.26% 31.16% 50.31% - -
Yield (Enrollment Rate) 3.76% 4.88% 3.34% - -
[Chart] Chicago State University Acceptance Rate and Yield

Application Requirements

For applying to Chicago State University, applicants require to submit 2 item(s) - High School GPA, English Proficiency Test.
In addition, 6 item(s) are considered for admission - High School Record, Completion of College Preparatory Program, Recommendations, Formal Demonstration of Competencies, Personal statement or essay, Legacy status.
Application Requirements for CSU
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 CSU

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