San Diego State University

Name: San Diego State University Common Data Set 2025-26
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2025-26

The 2025-26 Common Data Set for San Diego State University — admissions, cost, and aid, as the school published them. Download the original file. See the school's page for these reports. File date from the archived file's embedded modification date: Jul 28, 2026. Subscribe via RSS.

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Applications

95,444

Enrolled

6,911

§ Federal outcomes

Federal outcomes

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.

Median earnings

$64,909

10 yrs after enrollment

Graduation rate

76%

6-year completion

Average net price

$15,364

sticker minus grants

Median debt at grad.

$15,000

federal loans only

The numbers, as published

§ This report229numbers from this report.

General Information

4 TABLES

Respondent Information

Are your responses to the CDS posted for reference on your institution's Website?Yes

Institutional Control

Source of institutional control (Check only one):Public

Classification

Classify your undergraduate institution:Coeducational college

Academic Year

Academic year calendar:Semester

Enrollment And Persistence

4 TABLES

Institutional Enrollment

B1 undergraduate enrollment

Full-time, part-time, and total undergraduate enrollment by reported sex or status.

B1 undergraduate enrollment. Full-time, part-time, and total undergraduate enrollment by reported sex or status.
Measure	Males	Females	Unknown	Total
Full-time first-time first-year degree-seeking	Not reported	Not reported	Not reported	Not reported
Full-time other first-year degree-seeking	Not reported	Not reported	Not reported	Not reported
Full-time all other degree-seeking	Not reported	Not reported	Not reported	Not reported
Full-time total degree-seeking	Not reported	Not reported	Not reported	Not reported
Full-time other credit-course undergraduates	Not reported	Not reported	Not reported	Not reported
Full-time total undergraduates	Not reported	Not reported	Not reported	Not reported
Part-time first-time first-year degree-seeking	Not reported	Not reported	Not reported	Not reported
Part-time other first-year degree-seeking	Not reported	Not reported	Not reported	Not reported
Part-time all other degree-seeking	Not reported	Not reported	Not reported	Not reported
Part-time total degree-seeking	Not reported	Not reported	Not reported	Not reported
Part-time other credit-course undergraduates	Not reported	Not reported	Not reported	Not reported
Part-time total undergraduates	Not reported	Not reported	Not reported	Not reported
Total undergraduates	Not reported	Not reported	Not reported	36196

B1 graduate enrollment

Full-time, part-time, and total graduate enrollment by reported sex or status.

B1 graduate enrollment. Full-time, part-time, and total graduate enrollment by reported sex or status.
Measure	Males	Females	Unknown	Total
Full-time first-time degree-seeking	Not reported	Not reported	Not reported	Not reported
Full-time all other degree-seeking	Not reported	Not reported	Not reported	Not reported
Full-time other credit-course graduates	Not reported	Not reported	Not reported	Not reported
Full-time total graduates	Not reported	Not reported	Not reported	Not reported
Part-time first-time degree-seeking	Not reported	Not reported	Not reported	Not reported
Part-time all other degree-seeking	Not reported	Not reported	Not reported	Not reported
Part-time other credit-course graduates	Not reported	Not reported	Not reported	Not reported
Part-time total graduates	Not reported	Not reported	Not reported	Not reported
Total graduate students	Not reported	Not reported	Not reported	4988

B1 overall enrollment

Institution-wide full-time, part-time, and total enrollment by reported sex or status.

B1 overall enrollment. Institution-wide full-time, part-time, and total enrollment by reported sex or status.
Measure	Males	Females	Unknown	Total
Total full-time students	Not reported	Not reported	Not reported	Not reported
Total part-time students	Not reported	Not reported	Not reported	Not reported
Grand total all students	Not reported	Not reported	Not reported	41184

Enrollment by Racial/Ethnic Category

B2 enrollment by race and ethnicity

Undergraduate enrollment by race or ethnicity for first-time first-year, degree-seeking, and total undergraduate cohorts.

B2 enrollment by race and ethnicity. Undergraduate enrollment by race or ethnicity for first-time first-year, degree-seeking, and total undergraduate cohorts.
Measure	First-time first-year	Degree-seeking undergraduates	Total undergraduates
Nonresidents	143	Not reported	Not reported
Hispanic/Latino	2370	Not reported	Not reported
Black or African American, non-Hispanic	243	1213	Not reported
White, non-Hispanic	2428	Not reported	Not reported
American Indian or Alaska Native, non-Hispanic	8	Not reported	Not reported
Asian, non-Hispanic	905	Not reported	Not reported
Native Hawaiian or other Pacific Islander, non-Hispanic	17	Not reported	Not reported
Two or more races, non-Hispanic	640	Not reported	Not reported
Race and/or ethnicity unknown	157	1230	Not reported
Total	6911	Not reported	Not reported

Persistence

B3 degrees awarded

Degrees awarded by credential level in the reporting year.

B3 degrees awarded. Degrees awarded by credential level in the reporting year.
Measure	Number awarded
Certificate/diploma	Not reported
Associate degrees	Not reported
Bachelor's degrees	9108
Postbachelor's certificates	212
Master's degrees	1899
Post-master's certificates	Not reported
Doctoral degrees, research/scholarship	141
Doctoral degrees, professional practice	37
Doctoral degrees, other	Not reported

Graduation Rates

B4 current graduation-rate cohort

Four-year institution graduation-rate cohort counts and six-year graduation rates by aid-recipient category.

B4 current graduation-rate cohort. Four-year institution graduation-rate cohort counts and six-year graduation rates by aid-recipient category.
Measure	Pell Grant	Subsidized Stafford, no Pell	Neither Pell nor subsidized Stafford	Total
Initial cohort	1332	588	3269	5189
Did not persist	Not reported	Not reported	Not reported	Not reported
Final cohort	Not reported	Not reported	Not reported	Not reported
Completed in less than four years	Not reported	Not reported	Not reported	Not reported
Completed in less than five years	246	Not reported	Not reported	839
Completed in less than six years	75	12	113	200
Total completers	961	462	2627	4050
Six-year graduation rate	72%	79%	80%	78%

B5 previous graduation-rate cohort

Four-year institution graduation-rate cohort counts and six-year graduation rates by aid-recipient category.

B5 previous graduation-rate cohort. Four-year institution graduation-rate cohort counts and six-year graduation rates by aid-recipient category.
Measure	Pell Grant	Subsidized Stafford, no Pell	Neither Pell nor subsidized Stafford	Total
Initial cohort	Not reported	Not reported	Not reported	5646
Did not persist	Not reported	Not reported	Not reported	Not reported
Final cohort	Not reported	Not reported	Not reported	Not reported
Completed in less than four years	Not reported	Not reported	Not reported	Not reported
Completed in less than five years	271	85	Not reported	947
Completed in less than six years	66	16	109	191
Total completers	1007	536	2772	4315
Six-year graduation rate	72%	77%	78%	76%

First-Time, First-Year Admission

4 TABLES

Applications

C1 first-year admissions

First-time, first-year applicants, admits, and enrolled students by sex or status.

C1 first-year admissions. First-time, first-year applicants, admits, and enrolled students by sex or status.
Measure	Males	Females	Unknown sex	Total
Applied	Not reported	Not reported	Not reported	95,444
Admitted	Not reported	Not reported	Not reported	Not reported
Enrolled	Not reported	Not reported	Not reported	6,911
Enrolled full-time	Not reported	Not reported	Not reported	Not reported
Enrolled part-time	Not reported	Not reported	Not reported	Not reported

Other fields

Total first-time, first-year who applied84,805

Total first-time, first-year who enrolled5,368

Total first-time, first-year who applied9,043

Total first-time, first-year who enrolled1,400

Total first-time, first-year who applied1,596

Total first-time, first-year who enrolled143

Admissions Requirements

Total academic units15

English4

Mathematics3

Science2

Of these, units that must be lab2

Foreign language2

Social studies1

History1

Academic electives1

Computer Science1

Mathematics4

Science3

Of these, units that must be lab3

First-time, first-year Profile

Percent who had GPA between 3.50 and 3.7421

Percent who had GPA between 3.25 and 3.4910

Percent who had GPA between 2.50 and 2.991

Percent who had GPA between 1.0 and 1.991

Average high school GPA of all degree-seeking, first-time, first-year students who submitted GPA:3.82

Percent of total first-time, first-year students who submitted high school GPA:100

Admission Policies

Amount of application fee:70

Application closing date (fall): Month11

Application closing date (fall): Day30

Are first-time, first-year students accepted for terms other than the fall?Yes

Must reply by (date)X

Date: Month5

Date: Day1

Amount of housing deposit:375

Does your institution allow high school students to enroll as full-time, first-time, first-year students one year or more before high school graduation? (FT)No

Does your institution offer an early decision plan (an admission plan that permits students to apply and be notified of an admission decision well in advance of the regular notification date and that asks students to commit to attending if accepted) for first-time, first-year applicants for fall enrollment?No

Other early decision plan closing date: Month1

Other early decision plan closing date: Day3

Number of early decision applications received by your institution3

Number of applicants admitted under early decision plan15

Do you have a nonbinding early action plan whereby students are notified of an admission decision well in advance of the regular notification date but do not have to commit to attending your college?No

Transfer Admission

4 TABLES

Fall Applicants

D2 transfer admissions

Transfer applicants, admits, and enrolled students by reported sex or status.

D2 transfer admissions. Transfer applicants, admits, and enrolled students by reported sex or status.
Measure	Males	Females	Unknown	Total
Applied	7614	8525	Not reported	16556
Admitted	4136	4716	Not reported	9093
Enrolled	2040	2284	Not reported	4432

Other fields

Does your institution enroll transfer students? (If no, please skip to Section E)Yes

Application for Admission

Must a transfer applicant have a minimum number of credits completed or else must apply as an entering first-year student?Yes

High school transcriptRequired of Some

College transcript(s)Required of All

Essay or personal statementNot Required

InterviewNot Required

Standardized test scoresNot Required

Statement of good standing from prior institution(s)Not Required

List any other application requirements specific to transfer applicants:Completion of required transfer supplemental application. CDS-D Page 15 Common Data Set 2025-26

Fall Closing Date: Month11

Fall Notification Date: Month5

Other

Fall Closing Date:Day30

Fall Notification Date: Day1

Transfer Credit Policies

American Council on Education (ACE)Yes

College Level Examination Program (CLEP)Yes

DANTES Subject Standardized Tests (DSST)Yes

Are the military/veteran credit transfer policies published on your website?Yes

Describe other military/veteran transfer credit policies unique to your institution:SDSU awards credit for military education, MOS Rankings (Military Occupational Specialties) and Military Experience with ACE recommended baccalaureate/associate or graduate degree category units. SDSU awards lower and/or upper division units as specified in the ACE credit recommendations. SDSU does not award credit for any vocational, technical or certificate degree category units.

Student Life

2 TABLES

Percent Participating

Percent who are from out of state (exclude international/nonresidents from the numerator and denominator)21%

Percent of males who join fraternities14%

Percent of females who join sororities15%

Percent who live in college-owned, -operated, or -affiliated housing71%

Percent who live off campus or commute29%

Percent of students age 25 and older0%

Percent who are from out of state (exclude international/nonresidents from the numerator and denominator)15%

Percent of males who join fraternities11%

Percent of females who join sororities12%

Percent who live in college-owned, -operated, or -affiliated housing25%

Percent who live off campus or commute75%

Percent of students age 25 and older9%

Average Age

Average age of full-time students18

Average age of all students (full- and part-time)18

Average age of full-time students21

Average age of all students (full- and part-time)21

Annual Expenses

6 TABLES

Information

Please provide the URL of your institution’s net price calculator:$20,968

Please provide an approximate date (i.e., month/day) when your institution's final 2026-2027 academic year costs of attendance will be available:No

Private Tuition

G1 undergraduate costs

Published undergraduate tuition, required fees, and on-campus food and housing charges.

G1 undergraduate costs. Published undergraduate tuition, required fees, and on-campus food and housing charges.
Measure	First-year	All undergraduates
Tuition	20968	6838
Tuition: in-district	Not reported	Not reported
Tuition: in-state	Not reported	Not reported
Tuition: out-of-state	Not reported	Not reported
Tuition: nonresident	Not reported	Not reported
Required fees	Not reported	2824
Food and housing, on-campus	Not reported	24749
Housing only, on-campus	Not reported	Not reported
Food only, on-campus meal plan	Not reported	Not reported
Comprehensive tuition, food, and housing	Not reported	Not reported
Other	Not reported	Not reported

All Institutions Expenses

Credits per Term

Minimum2

Tuition Policies

Do tuition and fees vary by undergraduate instructional program?No

Per-Credit-Hour Charges

Out-of-state:$471

Financial Aid

7 TABLES

Students Awarded Non-need-based Aid

H2A non-need-based aid

Non-need-based scholarship and grant aid recipients and average awards by undergraduate cohort.

H2A non-need-based aid. Non-need-based scholarship and grant aid recipients and average awards by undergraduate cohort.
Measure	First-year full-time	All undergraduates full-time	All undergraduates less-than-full-time
Institutional non-need grant recipients	413	1025	32
Average institutional non-need grant	2390	2425	1800
Athletic grant recipients	61	266	3
Average athletic grant	27563	27398	15788

Reporting Year

Academic Year2025-2026 estimated

Need-based Aid Awarded

Federal$80,712,892

Institutional: Endowed scholarships, annual gifts and tuition funded grants, awarded by the college, excluding athletic aid and tuition waivers (which are reported below).$40,725,946

Scholarships/grants from external sources (e.g. Kiwanis, National Merit) not awarded by the college$3,649,329

Student loans from all sources (excluding parent loans)$63,086,116

Federal Work-Study$3,081,863

State and other (e.g., institutional) work-study/employment (Note: Excludes Federal Work-Study captured above.)$0

Total Self-Help$66,167,979

Parent Loans$10,662,325

Tuition Waivers Note: Reporting is optional. Report tuition waivers in this row if you choose to report them. Do not report tuition waivers elsewhere.$0

Athletic Awards$0

Non-need-based Aid Awarded

Federal$26,084

Institutional: Endowed scholarships, annual gifts and tuition funded grants, awarded by the college, excluding athletic aid and tuition waivers (which are reported below).$2,680,484

Scholarships/grants from external sources (e.g. Kiwanis, National Merit) not awarded by the college$2,631,705

Student loans from all sources (excluding parent loans)$27,331,492

State and other (e.g., institutional) work-study/employment (Note: Excludes Federal Work-Study captured above.)$0

Total Self-Help$27,331,492

Parent Loans$44,698,389

Tuition Waivers Note: Reporting is optional. Report tuition waivers in this row if you choose to report them. Do not report tuition waivers elsewhere.$7,245,818

Athletic Awards$9,171,872

Graduating Cohort

Provide the number of students in the 2024 undergraduate class who started at your institution as first-time students and received a bachelor's degree between July 1, 2023 and June 30, 2024. Exclude students who transferred into your institution.4,450

Aid to Nonresidents

If institutional financial aid is available for undergraduate degree-seeking nonresidents, provide the number of undergraduate degree-seeking nonresidents who were awarded need-based or non-need-based aid:73

Average dollar amount of institutional financial aid awarded to undergraduate degree-seeking nonresidents:$29,537

Total dollar amount of institutional financial aid awarded to undergraduate degree-seeking nonresidents:$2,156,216

Institutional Aid

AcademicsX

Alumni affiliationX

ArtX

AthleticsX

LeadershipX

Music/dramaX

State/district residencyX

AcademicsX

Alumni affiliationX

ArtX

LeadershipX

Music/dramaX

State/district residencyX

If your institution has recently implemented any major financial aid policy, program, or initiative to make your institution more affordable to incoming students such as replacing loans with grants, or waiving costs for families below a certain income level please provide details:CDS-H Page 28 Common Data Set 2025-26

Instructional Faculty And Class Size

1 TABLE

Student to Faculty Ratio

Fall 2025 Student to Faculty ratio24

based on ____ students36,401

and ____ faculty1,494

Disciplinary Areas of Degrees Conferred

3 TABLES

Diploma/Certificates

Associate

J degrees conferred by discipline

Percentage distribution of degrees conferred by discipline and award level.

J degrees conferred by discipline. Percentage distribution of degrees conferred by discipline and award level.
Measure	Certificate/diploma	Associate	Bachelor's
Agriculture	Not reported	Not reported	Not reported
Natural resources and conservation	Not reported	1.3%	Not reported
Architecture	Not reported	Not reported	Not reported
Area, ethnic, and gender studies	Not reported	0.4%	Not reported
Communication/journalism	Not reported	7.0%	Not reported
Communication technologies	Not reported	Not reported	Not reported
Computer and information sciences	Not reported	5.8%	Not reported
Personal and culinary services	Not reported	Not reported	Not reported
Education	Not reported	1.7%	Not reported
Engineering	Not reported	Not reported	Not reported
Engineering technologies	Not reported	0.2%	Not reported
Foreign languages, literatures, and linguistics	Not reported	Not reported	Not reported
Family and consumer sciences	Not reported	Not reported	Not reported
Law/legal studies	Not reported	Not reported	Not reported
English	Not reported	1.6%	Not reported
Liberal arts/general studies	Not reported	3.0%	Not reported
Library science	Not reported	Not reported	Not reported
Biological/life sciences	Not reported	3.1%	Not reported
Mathematics and statistics	Not reported	Not reported	Not reported
Military science and military technologies	Not reported	1.3%	Not reported
Interdisciplinary studies	Not reported	2.5%	Not reported
Parks and recreation	Not reported	4.5%	Not reported
Philosophy and religious studies	Not reported	0.4%	Not reported
Theology and religious vocations	Not reported	Not reported	Not reported
Physical sciences	Not reported	0.8%	Not reported
Science technologies	Not reported	Not reported	Not reported
Psychology	Not reported	8.3%	Not reported
Homeland Security, law enforcement, firefighting, and protective services	Not reported	6.0%	Not reported
Public administration and social services	Not reported	1.7%	Not reported
Social sciences	Not reported	7.5%	Not reported
Construction trades	Not reported	Not reported	Not reported
Mechanic and repair technologies	Not reported	Not reported	Not reported
Precision production	Not reported	Not reported	Not reported
Transportation and materials moving	Not reported	Not reported	Not reported
Visual and performing arts	Not reported	5.5%	Not reported
Health professions and related programs	Not reported	Not reported	Not reported
Business/marketing	Not reported	24.2%	Not reported
History	Not reported	1.0%	Not reported
Other	Not reported	Not reported	Not reported
Total	0.00%	0.00%	100.00%

Bachelors

Federal outcomes

The numbers, as published

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