Admissions & selectivity
California State University-Fullerton Acceptance Rate & Admissions
What is the acceptance rate at CSU Fullerton?
CSU Fullerton’s reported acceptance rate is 90.5%.
- Acceptance rate · Fall 2024
- 90.5%
Source: College Scorecard · Fall 2024 admissions. Acceptance rates can change from year to year; this figure does not predict the current or next admission cycle.
Source: California State University-Fullerton Common Data Set 2025-26, C1 · first-time, first-year students.
How to interpret the acceptance rate
California State University-Fullerton admits 90.5% of applicants, a rate that sits above the median of 78.1% for comparable institutions (same type and size). In its 2025-26 Common Data Set, the university reported 55,289 first-year applicants, 48,716 admitted, and 6,787 enrolled.
What SAT and ACT scores do enrolled CSU Fullerton students report?
In its 2025-26 Common Data Set, California State University-Fullerton reported that 6% of its entering class submitted SAT scores. The middle half of those SAT submitters scored from 850 to 1060.
Among entering students who submitted ACT scores, the middle half scored from 17 to 25. Most entering students did not submit SAT scores, so the SAT range describes a minority of the class.
The ranges below describe enrolled students who submitted test scores at CSU Fullerton. Use them as academic context, then check the university’s current testing policy for your application cycle.
6% of entering students submitted SAT scores
- 25th percentile
- 850
- Median
- 950
- 75th percentile
- 1060
CDS 2025-26 · enrolled first-year score submitters. This range is not an admission cutoff.
- 25th percentile
- 17
- Median
- 22
- 75th percentile
- 25
CDS 2025-26 · enrolled first-year score submitters. This range is not an admission cutoff.
Source: California State University-Fullerton Common Data Set 2025-26, C9 · Enrolled first-time, first-year score submitters.
Who enrolls at CSU Fullerton?
- Pell Grant recipients
- 48.1%
- Entering students outside the first-time, full-time group
- 44.5%
- First-year retention
- 82.4%
Retention source: College Scorecard; full-time first-year retention.
About these student measures
The entering-student group includes part-time entrants as well as other attendance patterns.
California State University-Fullerton enrolls 38,546 undergraduates, and the student body reflects broad access. Pell Grant recipients make up 48.1% of undergraduates, and an estimated 44.5% of students enter as transfers or part-time students.
In its 2025-26 Common Data Set, the university reported 22,217 degree-seeking transfer applicants, 17,127 admitted, and 5,061 enrolled. The composition suggests a university that serves a high share of students who begin elsewhere or bring federal financial need.
The first-year retention rate is 82.4%, below the peer median of 83.1%. The six-year graduation rate for the first-time full-time cohort is 70.2%, above the peer median of 65.0%.
Pell Grant recipients complete at a rate of 73.0%, which is above the overall rate. In its 2025-26 Common Data Set, the university reported a six-year graduation rate of 64.1% for Pell recipients in the entering cohort.
Data & methodology
Sources and reporting periods: methodology.
Analysis and methodology by Daniel Rogers, founder of College Azimuth.
Explanatory text is AI-assisted drafting checked against those figures; it is not an additional data source.
Admission rates describe past applicants, not an individual’s chance of admission; confirm requirements and deadlines with the institution.
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