SCHOOLS / CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY-SAN MARCOS

California State University-San Marcos

SAN MARCOS, CAIPEDS 366711CARNEGIE CLASS 18
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§ Academic profile

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

SAT compositeMiddle 50% of score submitters
25th860
Median1,010
75th1,113
§ 2% OF ADMITS SUBMITTED SAT SCORES · 2025-26 CDS · METHOD →
ACT compositeMiddle 50% of score submitters
25th19
Median21
75th24
§ 0% OF ADMITS SUBMITTED ACT SCORES · 2025-26 CDS · METHOD →
ADMIT RATE 95%SAT SUBMIT 2%ACT SUBMIT 0%

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
Applicants20,881reported count
Admits19,86495%
Class seats2,70514% yield
Exact admission data
Admission flow data
PathApplicantsAdmittedAdmit rateClass seatsNote
All applicants20,88119,86495%2,705School-reported totals.
Overall yield: 14%. 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.

Limited merit profileAcademic merit aid checkedNon-need aid for nonresidents
No-need grant recipientsNot reportedH2A first-year fields not reported
Avg net price$10,229Federal 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.

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 →
§ 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
$62,908
10 yrs after enrollment
Graduation rate
55%
6-year completion
Average net price
$10,229
sticker minus grants
Median debt at grad.
$17,350
federal loans only
§ Earnings distribution

Ten years after enrollment, in 2022-23 dollars

P25
$37,472$37k
MEDIAN
$62,908$63k
P75
$87,350$87k
$20k
$40k
$60k
$80k
§H · Net price by family income

Average cost after grants

CDS H2A · 2022-23
$0 – $30,000
$6,230
$30,001 – $48,000
← MODAL BRACKET$7,240
$48,001 – $75,000
$8,928
$75,001 – $110,000
$12,525
$110,001 and up
$18,734
§B · Completion and retention
4-yr grad
28%
6-yr grad
55%
8-yr grad
60%
Retention
79%
Pell grad
51%
Transfer
4%

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.