SCHOOLS / CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY-FULLERTON

California State University-Fullerton

FULLERTON, CAIPEDS 110565CARNEGIE CLASS 16
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§ Academic profile

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

SAT compositeMiddle 50% of score submitters
25th860
Median950
75th1,070
§ 4% OF ADMITS SUBMITTED SAT SCORES · 2024-25 CDS · METHOD →
ACT compositeMiddle 50% of score submitters
25th22
Median25
75th30
§ 0% OF ADMITS SUBMITTED ACT SCORES · 2024-25 CDS · METHOD →
ADMIT RATE 91%SAT SUBMIT 4%ACT SUBMIT 0%

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

§ SOURCE: COMMON DATA SET 2024-25 · §C.7 §C.9 §C.11 §C.12ARCHIVED SOURCE →
§ Admission rounds

How the class gets assembled.

No Early Decision 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
Applicants53,559reported count
Admits48,48291%
Class seats6,88614% yield
Exact admission data
Admission flow data
PathApplicantsAdmittedAdmit rateClass seatsNote
All applicants53,55948,48291%6,886School-reported totals.
Overall yield: 14%. Published yield blends high-commitment ED admits with the rest of the admitted pool.
§ SOURCE: COMMON DATA SET 2024-25 · §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.

Limited merit profile
No-need grant recipientsNot reportedH2A first-year fields not reported
Avg net price$6,555Federal 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: n/a. Non-need aid for nonresidents: n/a.

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 2024-25 · §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 ratio26EF2024D.STUFACR

Admissions

Admissions IPEDS baseline facts
FactValueSource
Admissions total
first-time degree/certificate-seeking undergraduates
48482ADM2024.ADMSSN
Admit rate91%DRVADM2024.DVADM01
Applicants total
first-time degree/certificate-seeking undergraduates
53559ADM2024.APPLCN
Enrolled full time
first-time degree/certificate-seeking undergraduates
6595ADM2024.ENRLFT
Enrolled total
first-time degree/certificate-seeking undergraduates
6887ADM2024.ENRLT
Open admissions policyNoIC2024.OPENADMP
Yield rate14%DRVADM2024.DVADM04

Completions

Completions IPEDS baseline facts
FactValueSource
Bachelor's degrees awarded9421DRVC2024.BASDEG
Doctor's degrees awarded39DRVC2024.DOCDEGRS
Master's degrees awarded1693DRVC2024.MASDEG

Costs

Costs IPEDS baseline facts
FactValueSource
In-state required fees$1,386COST1_2024.FEE2
In-state tuition$6,084COST1_2024.TUITION2
Out-of-state required fees$1,386COST1_2024.FEE3
Out-of-state tuition$18,684COST1_2024.TUITION3
Total price, in-state on campus$31,998DRVCOST2024.CINSON
Total price, out-of-state on campus$44,598DRVCOST2024.COTSON

Enrollment

Enrollment IPEDS baseline facts
FactValueSource
Full-time undergraduate enrollment31722DRVEF2024.EFUGFT
Graduate enrollment4902DRVEF2024.EFGRAD
Part-time undergraduate enrollment7038DRVEF2024.EFUGPT
Total enrollment43662DRVEF2024.ENRTOT
Undergraduate enrollment38760DRVEF2024.EFUG

Financial aid

Financial aid IPEDS baseline facts
FactValueSource
Any aid rate83%SFA2324.ANYAIDP
Average federal grant aid$6,231SFA2324.FGRNT_A
Average federal loan$5,751SFA2324.LOAN_A
Average Pell grant$6,036SFA2324.PGRNT_A
Federal grant aid rate54%SFA2324.FGRNT_P
Federal loan rate24%SFA2324.LOAN_P
Pell grant rate54%SFA2324.PGRNT_P

Identity

Identity IPEDS baseline facts
FactValueSource
CityFullertonHD2024.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-FullertonHD2024.INSTNM
Institution size category20,000 and aboveHD2024.INSTSIZE
IPEDS sectorPublic, 4-year or aboveHD2024.SECTOR
LocaleSuburb: LargeHD2024.LOCALE
StateCaliforniaHD2024.STABBR

Outcomes

Outcomes IPEDS baseline facts
FactValueSource
Bachelor graduation rate, 4 years39%DRVGR2024.GBA4RTT
Bachelor graduation rate, 5 years63%DRVGR2024.GBA5RTT
Bachelor graduation rate, 6 years70%DRVGR2024.GBA6RTT
Full-time retention rate82%EF2024D.RET_PCF
Graduation rate, 150% time70%DRVGR2024.GRRTTOT
Part-time retention rate59%EF2024D.RET_PCP
Transfer-out rate2%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
$62,951
10 yrs after enrollment
Graduation rate
70%
6-year completion
Average net price
$6,555
sticker minus grants
Median debt at grad.
$13,750
federal loans only
§ Earnings distribution

Ten years after enrollment, in 2022-23 dollars

P25
$39,060$39k
MEDIAN
$62,951$63k
P75
$89,304$89k
$20k
$40k
$60k
$80k
§H · Net price by family income

Average cost after grants

CDS H2A · 2022-23
$0 – $30,000
← MODAL BRACKET$3,315
$30,001 – $48,000
$4,123
$48,001 – $75,000
$6,090
$75,001 – $110,000
$8,930
$110,001 and up
$15,631
§B · Completion and retention
4-yr grad
39%
6-yr grad
70%
8-yr grad
73%
Retention
82%
Pell grad
69%
Transfer
2%

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.