SCHOOLS / CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY-BAKERSFIELD

California State University-Bakersfield

BAKERSFIELD, CAIPEDS 110486CARNEGIE CLASS 18
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§ Academic profile

Where you'd land in this school's admitted class.

SAT compositeMiddle 50% of score submitters
25th875
Median1,000
75th1,135
§ 6% OF ADMITS SUBMITTED SAT SCORES · 2025-26 CDS · METHOD →
ACT compositeMiddle 50% of score submitters
25th19
Median22
75th24
§ 100% OF ADMITS SUBMITTED ACT SCORES · 2025-26 CDS · METHOD →
ADMIT RATE 84%SAT SUBMIT 6%ACT SUBMIT 100%

Add your GPA and test score to compare against this school's published CDS bands.

§ SOURCE: COMMON DATA SET 2025-26 · §C.7 §C.9 §C.11 §C.12ARCHIVED SOURCE →
§ Admission rounds

How the class gets assembled.

No Early Decision reportedNo Early Action reported
§ Adjusted admission flow

This school does not report an Early Decision lane, so the flow collapses to the school-reported applicant, admit, and enrolled totals.

Each column is scaled within that stage. Labels show exact counts.

All applicants
Applicants14,532reported count
Admits12,23084%
Class seats1,36611% yield
Exact admission data
Admission flow data
PathApplicantsAdmittedAdmit rateClass seatsNote
All applicants14,53212,23084%1,366School-reported totals.
Overall yield: 11%. Published yield blends high-commitment ED admits with the rest of the admitted pool.
§ Application cost

Application fee: $70. Fee waivers are reported as available.

§ SOURCE: COMMON DATA SET 2025-26 · §C.21 §C.22 §C.2 §C.7 §C.13METHOD →ARCHIVED SOURCE →
§ Merit and need aid

What this school reports giving.

This CDS does not report the core H2A no-need grant fields. Federal affordability context is still shown below when available.

Partial merit profileAcademic merit aid checkedNon-need aid for nonresidents
No-need grant recipientsNot reportedH2A first-year fields not reported
Avg net price$5,652Federal Scorecard, all aided students
§ Scope

CDS H2A counts students who had no financial need and received institutional non-need scholarship or grant aid, excluding athletic awards and tuition benefits.

§ International aid

Need-based aid for nonresidents: Reported. Non-need aid for nonresidents: Reported. Average international aid reported: $1,787,197.

This is not a personalized price estimate. Merit awards are source-reported institutional facts. Your actual cost depends on income, assets, residency, application round, program, and school policy.
§ SOURCE: COMMON DATA SET 2025-26 · §H.2 §H.2A §H.6 §H.14METHOD →ARCHIVED SOURCE →
NCES/IPEDS baseline

Source-labeled federal facts

These values come from official NCES/IPEDS tables. They are not Common Data Set fields unless the source note says the alignment is direct or near.

Provisional 2024-25 release, data year 2024

Academics

Academics IPEDS baseline facts
FactValueSource
Student-faculty ratio20EF2024D.STUFACR

Admissions

Admissions IPEDS baseline facts
FactValueSource
Admissions total
first-time degree/certificate-seeking undergraduates
12416ADM2024.ADMSSN
Admit rate94%DRVADM2024.DVADM01
Applicants total
first-time degree/certificate-seeking undergraduates
13229ADM2024.APPLCN
Enrolled full time
first-time degree/certificate-seeking undergraduates
1263ADM2024.ENRLFT
Enrolled total
first-time degree/certificate-seeking undergraduates
1294ADM2024.ENRLT
Open admissions policyNoIC2024.OPENADMP
Yield rate10%DRVADM2024.DVADM04

Completions

Completions IPEDS baseline facts
FactValueSource
Bachelor's degrees awarded2148DRVC2024.BASDEG
Doctor's degrees awarded7DRVC2024.DOCDEGRS
Master's degrees awarded386DRVC2024.MASDEG

Costs

Costs IPEDS baseline facts
FactValueSource
In-state required fees$2,003COST1_2024.FEE2
In-state tuition$6,084COST1_2024.TUITION2
Out-of-state required fees$2,003COST1_2024.FEE3
Out-of-state tuition$18,684COST1_2024.TUITION3
Total price, in-state on campus$27,822DRVCOST2024.CINSON
Total price, out-of-state on campus$40,422DRVCOST2024.COTSON

Enrollment

Enrollment IPEDS baseline facts
FactValueSource
Full-time undergraduate enrollment7167DRVEF2024.EFUGFT
Graduate enrollment1554DRVEF2024.EFGRAD
Part-time undergraduate enrollment1698DRVEF2024.EFUGPT
Total enrollment10419DRVEF2024.ENRTOT
Undergraduate enrollment8865DRVEF2024.EFUG

Financial aid

Financial aid IPEDS baseline facts
FactValueSource
Any aid rate93%SFA2324.ANYAIDP
Average federal grant aid$6,511SFA2324.FGRNT_A
Average federal loan$4,554SFA2324.LOAN_A
Average Pell grant$6,235SFA2324.PGRNT_A
Federal grant aid rate68%SFA2324.FGRNT_P
Federal loan rate15%SFA2324.LOAN_P
Pell grant rate68%SFA2324.PGRNT_P

Identity

Identity IPEDS baseline facts
FactValueSource
CityBakersfieldHD2024.CITY
ControlPublicHD2024.CONTROL
Degree-granting statusDegree-grantingHD2024.DEGGRANT
Highest level of offeringDoctor's degreeHD2024.HLOFFER
Institution levelFour or more yearsHD2024.ICLEVEL
Institution nameCalifornia State University-BakersfieldHD2024.INSTNM
Institution size category10,000 - 19,999HD2024.INSTSIZE
IPEDS sectorPublic, 4-year or aboveHD2024.SECTOR
LocaleCity: LargeHD2024.LOCALE
StateCaliforniaHD2024.STABBR

Outcomes

Outcomes IPEDS baseline facts
FactValueSource
Bachelor graduation rate, 4 years29%DRVGR2024.GBA4RTT
Bachelor graduation rate, 5 years44%DRVGR2024.GBA5RTT
Bachelor graduation rate, 6 years50%DRVGR2024.GBA6RTT
Full-time retention rate79%EF2024D.RET_PCF
Graduation rate, 150% time50%DRVGR2024.GRRTTOT
Part-time retention rate62%EF2024D.RET_PCP
Transfer-out rate3%DRVGR2024.TRRTTOT
§ Federal outcomes

What federal data says

SRC · U.S. DEPT. OF ED., COLLEGE SCORECARD 2022-23.
OUTCOMES LAG THE CDS YEAR SHOWN ABOVE.
Median earnings
$59,009
10 yrs after enrollment
Graduation rate
50%
6-year completion
Average net price
$5,652
sticker minus grants
Median debt at grad.
$16,600
federal loans only
§ Earnings distribution

Ten years after enrollment, in 2022-23 dollars

P25
$34,128$34k
MEDIAN
$59,009$59k
P75
$84,724$85k
$20k
$40k
$60k
$80k
§H · Net price by family income

Average cost after grants

CDS H2A · 2022-23
$0 – $30,000
← MODAL BRACKET$3,536
$30,001 – $48,000
$3,817
$48,001 – $75,000
$5,835
$75,001 – $110,000
$9,480
$110,001 and up
$16,069
§B · Completion and retention
4-yr grad
29%
6-yr grad
50%
8-yr grad
53%
Retention
79%
Pell grad
47%
Transfer
3%

Federal data from the U.S. Department of Education's College Scorecard, vintage 2022-23. Outcomes reflect earlier cohorts than the CDS year shown elsewhere on this page.