Arcata, CA · Public
98.2%
Acceptance rate
$13,167
Avg net price
5,491
Enrollment
| All fields, 2024-25Bachelor’s 1,248Master’s 179 |
| Bachelor’s 271Master’s 38 |
| Bachelor’s 138Master’s 6 |
| Bachelor’s 115Master’s 12 |
| Bachelor’s 109Master’s 24 |
| Bachelor’s 91Master’s 14 |
| Bachelor’s 80Master’s 0 |
| Bachelor’s 56Master’s 6 |
| Bachelor’s 54Master’s 53 |
| Bachelor’s 52Master’s None reported |
| Bachelor’s 40Master’s None reported |
| Bachelor’s 38Master’s None reported |
| Bachelor’s 31Master’s 1 |
| Bachelor’s 30Master’s None reported |
| Bachelor’s 25Master’s 9 |
| Bachelor’s 25Master’s None reported |
| Bachelor’s 25Master’s None reported |
| Bachelor’s 18Master’s None reported |
| Bachelor’s 15Master’s None reported |
| Bachelor’s 9Master’s None reported |
| Bachelor’s 9Master’s None reported |
| Bachelor’s 7Master’s None reported |
| Bachelor’s 5Master’s None reported |
| Bachelor’s 3Master’s None reported |
| Bachelor’s 1Master’s 16 |
| Bachelor’s 1Master’s None reported |
NCAA program details
NCAA program
California State Polytechnic University, Humboldt
- Primary division
- Division II
- Primary conference
- California Collegiate Athletic Association
Projected sponsored sports15
Athletic participation
310 unique student-athletes · 13 varsity teams
Published on-campus price, 2024–25
- Tuition
- $6,084
- Required fees
- $2,166
- Food and housing
- $14,118
- Books and supplies
- $870
- Other expenses
- $4,332
- Total
- $27,570
- $25,3442019–2019–20
- $25,5582020–2120–21
- $24,8182021–2221–22
- $24,8562022–2322–23
- $25,6572023–2423–24
- $27,5702024–2524–25
Net price by family income, 2022–23
Students of all incomes paid $13,167 on average. Grants and scholarships covered the rest of the cost.
Net price covers first-time, full-time students who received federal aid and paid in-state tuition.
Need-based aid, 2025–26
- First-years with need-based aid
- 40%
- Average share of need met
- 78%
- Average need-based grant
- $14,217
- Required forms
- FAFSA
Sources
- IPEDS Institutional Characteristics · National Center for Education Statistics · 2025–26
- IPEDS Admissions · National Center for Education Statistics · 2024–25
- College Scorecard · U.S. Department of Education · 2025-10-03
- NCAA Projected Sports Sponsorship by School · National Collegiate Athletic Association · 2025–26
- Equity in Athletics Disclosure Act · U.S. Department of Education · 2024–25
- Common Data Set · Reporting institutions · 2021–22, 2022–23, 2023–24, 2024–25, 2025–26
- IPEDS Completions · National Center for Education Statistics · 2024–25
- IPEDS Student Charges · National Center for Education Statistics · 2019–20, 2020–21, 2021–22, 2022–23, 2023–24, 2024–25
Every figure below is read directly from California State Polytechnic University-Humboldt’s own reported data, with no scores, ratings, or estimates added. Derived from 5 Common Data Set filings (2021–22 to 2025–26).
California State Polytechnic University-Humboldt admitted of applicants, a admit rate. Of those, enrolled, a yield, across 5 years of Common Data Set filings.
No early admission plans appear in California State Polytechnic University-Humboldt's Common Data Set filing.
The enrolled class is roughly international, and about of its domestic students come from out of state. California State Polytechnic University-Humboldt admits in-state applicants at 93.8% and out-of-state applicants at 84.8%.
Enrolled first-years by geography
892 first-years
Admit odds by pool
Test scores are considered but not required. SAT or ACT scores must arrive by Mar 21. Of enrolled first-years, submitted an SAT, down from 21% in 2021–22, and an ACT.
Some students submit both an SAT and an ACT, so the two shares overlap. They don’t add up to a single “submitted a test” rate.
SAT composite
4% of the class submitted an SAT
Middle 50%
Shape smoothed from reported percentiles and score bands
ACT composite
0.3% of the class submitted an ACT
Middle 50%
Shape smoothed from reported percentiles and score bands
California State Polytechnic University-Humboldt’s enrolled first-years averaged a high-school GPA, among the 97.6% who submitted one.
High-school GPA
shares of all enrolled first-years
Average 3.51
California State Polytechnic University-Humboldt rates 1 factor "very important." Each column reads strongest first.
Academic
- Academic GPA
- Very important
- Rigor of secondary school record
- Considered
- Standardized test scores
- Considered
- Class rank
- Not considered
- Recommendation(s)
- Not considered
Nonacademic
- Interview
- Not considered
- Extracurricular activities
- Not considered
- Talent / ability
- Not considered
- Character / personal qualities
- Not considered
- First generation
- Not considered
- Alumni/ae relation
- Not considered
- Geographical residence
- Not considered
- State residency
- Not considered
- Religious affiliation/commitment
- Not considered
- Volunteer work
- Not considered
- Work experience
- Not considered
- Level of applicant's interest
- Not considered
California State Polytechnic University-Humboldt leaves 2 Common Data Set answers blank — each one hidden below with what it would tell you.
Without the rank spread of enrolled students, there’s no top-of-class signal to place a transcript against.
With the pool size hidden, a student’s odds of clearing the waitlist can’t be computed.
Does disclose: SAT / ACT score bands (C9) · Admissions factor grid (C7)
California State Polytechnic University-Humboldt's net price after grant aid, by family income. of first-years received need-based aid. The school meets of demonstrated need, split into .
What aid recipients pay, by income
net price
Each figure averages only families who received federal aid in that income band (College Scorecard); $13,167 across all aid recipients. Aid share: 349 of 869 first-years in the 2025–26 Common Data Set.
How need-based aid is determined
Cost of attendance − expected family contribution = demonstrated need
Forms a family files to be considered
Merit aid reached of the class, or of enrolled first-years. California State Polytechnic University-Humboldt reports institutional aid is not available to international students.
Waitlist activity, as reported to the Common Data Set.
Offered a place
Not disclosedAccepted a place
Not disclosedAdmitted off waitlist
Not disclosedWaitlist ranked
Not disclosed75.6% of California State Polytechnic University-Humboldt’s first-years return for a second year and 46.6% graduate within six. Median earnings ten years out are against of median federal debt, roughly a earnings-to-debt ratio.
Sources
- Common Data Set · Reporting institutions · 2021–22, 2022–23, 2023–24, 2024–25, 2025–26
- College Scorecard · U.S. Department of Education · 2025-10-03