Sacramento, CA · Public
94%
Acceptance rate
$10,512
Avg net price
27,867
Enrollment
| All fields, 2024-25Bachelor’s 7,162Master’s 1,042Doctoral 56 |
| Bachelor’s 1,037Master’s 100Doctoral 39 |
| Bachelor’s 1,011Master’s 217Doctoral None reported |
| Bachelor’s 607Master’s 5Doctoral None reported |
| Bachelor’s 601Master’s 33Doctoral None reported |
| Bachelor’s 469Master’s 4Doctoral None reported |
| Bachelor’s 389Master’s 66Doctoral None reported |
| Bachelor’s 362Master’s 3Doctoral None reported |
| Bachelor’s 351Master’s 61Doctoral None reported |
| Bachelor’s 334Master’s 9Doctoral None reported |
| Bachelor’s 329Master’s 282Doctoral 17 |
| Bachelor’s 322Master’s 14Doctoral None reported |
| Bachelor’s 288Master’s 12Doctoral None reported |
| Bachelor’s 129Master’s 126Doctoral None reported |
| Bachelor’s 117Master’s 4Doctoral None reported |
| Bachelor’s 116Master’s 16Doctoral 0 |
| Bachelor’s 114Master’s 23Doctoral None reported |
| Bachelor’s 90Master’s None reportedDoctoral None reported |
| Bachelor’s 86Master’s 45Doctoral None reported |
| Bachelor’s 82Master’s None reportedDoctoral None reported |
| Bachelor’s 71Master’s None reportedDoctoral None reported |
| Bachelor’s 61Master’s None reportedDoctoral None reported |
| Bachelor’s 52Master’s 10Doctoral None reported |
| Bachelor’s 52Master’s None reportedDoctoral None reported |
| Bachelor’s 44Master’s 6Doctoral None reported |
| Bachelor’s 28Master’s 6Doctoral None reported |
| Bachelor’s 20Master’s None reportedDoctoral None reported |
NCAA program details
NCAA program
California State University, Sacramento
- Primary division
- Division I
- Primary conference
- Big Sky Conference
Projected sponsored sports21
Athletic participation
514 unique student-athletes · 17 varsity teams
Priority period
Passed
Fall 2027
FAFSA due Apr 1 · Additional documents to Financial Aid Office (if requested) due May 1
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Published on-campus price, 2024–25
- Tuition
- $6,084
- Required fees
- $1,934
- Food and housing
- $19,174
- Books and supplies
- $1,160
- Other expenses
- $4,904
- Total
- $33,256
- $27,1302019–2019–20
- $27,8222020–2120–21
- $28,0862021–2221–22
- $28,7262022–2322–23
- $29,4182023–2423–24
- $33,2562024–2524–25
Net price by family income, 2022–23
Students of all incomes paid $10,512 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
- 77%
- Average share of need met
- 58.9%
- Average need-based grant
- $20,793.93
- 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
- Application process · College websites · 2026–27
- 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 University-Sacramento’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 University-Sacramento admitted of applicants, a admit rate. Of those, enrolled, a yield, across 4 years of Common Data Set filings.
California State University-Sacramento runs a nonbinding Early Action plan.
The enrolled class is roughly international, and about of its domestic students come from out of state. California State University-Sacramento admits in-state applicants at 94.3%, out-of-state applicants at 88.8%, and international applicants at 72.7%.
Enrolled first-years by geography
3,744 first-years
Admit odds by pool
Of enrolled first-years, submitted an SAT, down from 11.1% 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
1% of the class submitted an SAT
Composite score: Not disclosed
Reading/Writing
Middle 50%
Math
Middle 50%
ACT composite
1% of the class submitted an ACT
Middle 50%
California State University-Sacramento’s enrolled first-years averaged a high-school GPA, among the 99.6% who submitted one.
High-school GPA
shares of all enrolled first-years
Average 3.38
California State University-Sacramento rates 1 factor "very important." Each column reads strongest first.
Academic
- Academic GPA
- Very important
- Rigor of secondary school record
- Not considered
- Class rank
- Not considered
- Standardized test scores
- Not considered
- Application essay
- Not considered
- Recommendation(s)
- Not considered
Nonacademic
- Geographical residence
- Considered
- State residency
- Considered
- 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
- Religious affiliation/commitment
- Not considered
- Volunteer work
- Not considered
- Work experience
- Not considered
- Level of applicant's interest
- Not considered
California State University-Sacramento leaves 3 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.
Without the GPA spread, a family can’t see where their transcript lands within the class.
With the pool size hidden, a student’s odds of clearing the waitlist can’t be computed.
Does disclose: Admissions factor grid (C7)
California State University-Sacramento'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); $10,512 across all aid recipients. Aid share: 2,811 of 3,656 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 University-Sacramento 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 disclosed81.1% of California State University-Sacramento’s first-years return for a second year and 55.8% 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