Fullerton, CA · Public
90.5%
Acceptance rate
$5,646
Avg net price
36,956
Enrollment
| All fields, 2024-25Bachelor’s 9,070Master’s 1,616Doctoral 87 |
| Bachelor’s 2,178Master’s 196Doctoral None reported |
| Bachelor’s 986Master’s 29Doctoral None reported |
| Bachelor’s 710Master’s 16Doctoral None reported |
| Bachelor’s 680Master’s 129Doctoral 48 |
| Bachelor’s 666Master’s 28Doctoral None reported |
| Bachelor’s 592Master’s 18Doctoral None reported |
| Bachelor’s 519Master’s 231Doctoral None reported |
| Bachelor’s 490Master’s 435Doctoral 39 |
| Bachelor’s 469Master’s 42Doctoral None reported |
| Bachelor’s 332Master’s 201Doctoral None reported |
| Bachelor’s 316Master’s 18Doctoral None reported |
| Bachelor’s 298Master’s None reportedDoctoral None reported |
| Bachelor’s 230Master’s 148Doctoral None reported |
| Bachelor’s 142Master’s None reportedDoctoral None reported |
| Bachelor’s 124Master’s 11Doctoral None reported |
| Bachelor’s 102Master’s 29Doctoral None reported |
| Bachelor’s 65Master’s 29Doctoral None reported |
| Bachelor’s 61Master’s 9Doctoral None reported |
| Bachelor’s 47Master’s 27Doctoral None reported |
| Bachelor’s 40Master’s 6Doctoral None reported |
| Bachelor’s 23Master’s None reportedDoctoral None reported |
| Bachelor’s None reportedMaster’s 13Doctoral None reported |
| Bachelor’s None reportedMaster’s 1Doctoral None reported |
NCAA program details
NCAA program
California State University, Fullerton
- Primary division
- Division I
- Primary conference
- Big West Conference
Projected sponsored sports18
Athletic participation
348 unique student-athletes · 14 varsity teams
Fall 2027 Undergraduate First-Time Freshmen
First Time First Year applicants are students who have graduated from (or are still in) high school and have not earned any college grades beyond the end of the summer immediately following high school graduation or who have not earned any college credit.
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Published on-campus price, 2024–25
- Tuition
- $6,084
- Required fees
- $1,386
- Food and housing
- $19,080
- Books and supplies
- $1,005
- Other expenses
- $4,443
- Total
- $31,998
- $28,0432019–2019–20
- $28,7152020–2120–21
- $28,0152021–2221–22
- $27,8312022–2322–23
- $30,6402023–2423–24
- $31,9982024–2524–25
Net price by family income, 2022–23
Students of all incomes paid $5,646 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
- 71%
- Average share of need met
- 65%
- Average need-based grant
- $12,541
- 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-Fullerton’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-Fullerton 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 University-Fullerton's Common Data Set filing.
The enrolled class is roughly international, and about of its domestic students come from out of state. California State University-Fullerton admits in-state applicants at 88.7%, out-of-state applicants at 83.7%, and international applicants at 39.6%.
Enrolled first-years by geography
6,787 first-years
Admit odds by pool
Of enrolled first-years, submitted an SAT 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
5.6% 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 University-Fullerton’s enrolled first-years averaged a high-school GPA, among the 0.9% who submitted one.
High-school GPA
shares of all enrolled first-years
Average 3.45
California State University-Fullerton rates 3 factors "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
- Very important
- State residency
- Very important
- 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-Fullerton 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: SAT / ACT score bands (C9) · Admissions factor grid (C7)
California State University-Fullerton'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); $5,646 across all aid recipients. Aid share: 4,706 of 6,594 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. For international applicants, California State University-Fullerton offers both need-based and merit aid: nonresidents received aid, averaging .
Waitlist activity, as reported to the Common Data Set.
Offered a place
Not disclosedAccepted a place
Not disclosedAdmitted off waitlist
Not disclosedWaitlist ranked
Not disclosed85% of California State University-Fullerton’s first-years return for a second year and 69.2% 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