San Bernardino, CA · Public
93.7%
Acceptance rate
$5,918
Avg net price
15,771
Enrollment
| All fields, 2024-25Bachelor’s 4,069Master’s 1,028Doctoral 25 |
| Bachelor’s 694Master’s 146Doctoral None reported |
| Bachelor’s 436Master’s 47Doctoral None reported |
| Bachelor’s 398Master’s 22Doctoral None reported |
| Bachelor’s 331Master’s 158Doctoral None reported |
| Bachelor’s 298Master’s None reportedDoctoral None reported |
| Bachelor’s 291Master’s 38Doctoral None reported |
| Bachelor’s 252Master’s None reportedDoctoral None reported |
| Bachelor’s 222Master’s 7Doctoral None reported |
| Bachelor’s 193Master’s None reportedDoctoral None reported |
| Bachelor’s 154Master’s 12Doctoral None reported |
| Bachelor’s 136Master’s 4Doctoral None reported |
| Bachelor’s 130Master’s 9Doctoral None reported |
| Bachelor’s 127Master’s 21Doctoral None reported |
| Bachelor’s 88Master’s 8Doctoral None reported |
| Bachelor’s 69Master’s 4Doctoral None reported |
| Bachelor’s 55Master’s 233Doctoral None reported |
| Bachelor’s 55Master’s 4Doctoral None reported |
| Bachelor’s 37Master’s 15Doctoral None reported |
| Bachelor’s 34Master’s None reportedDoctoral None reported |
| Bachelor’s 31Master’s 4Doctoral None reported |
| Bachelor’s 25Master’s 6Doctoral None reported |
| Bachelor’s 5Master’s None reportedDoctoral None reported |
| Bachelor’s 4Master’s 290Doctoral 25 |
| Bachelor’s 4Master’s None reportedDoctoral None reported |
NCAA program details
NCAA program
California State University, San Bernardino
- Primary division
- Division II
- Primary conference
- California Collegiate Athletic Association
Projected sponsored sports10
Athletic participation
222 unique student-athletes · 10 varsity teams
Application Deadlines
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Published on-campus price, 2024–25
- Tuition
- $6,084
- Required fees
- $2,009
- Food and housing
- $15,002
- Books and supplies
- $886
- Other expenses
- $2,951
- Total
- $26,932
- $24,8602019–2019–20
- $22,5422020–2120–21
- $24,8142021–2221–22
- $25,7012022–2322–23
- $25,1972023–2423–24
- $26,9322024–2524–25
Net price by family income, 2022–23
Students of all incomes paid $5,918 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
- 93%
- Average share of need met
- 58.7%
- Average need-based grant
- $12,727
- Required forms
- FAFSA and State aid form
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-San Bernardino’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-San Bernardino admitted of applicants, a admit rate. Of those, enrolled, a yield, across 5 years of Common Data Set filings.
California State University-San Bernardino 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-San Bernardino admits in-state applicants at 94.8%, out-of-state applicants at 88.3%, and international applicants at 83.1%.
Enrolled first-years by geography
2,162 first-years
Admit odds by pool
Test scores are recommended. Of enrolled first-years, submitted an SAT, down from 34% 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
15% of the class submitted an SAT
Middle 50%
Shape smoothed from reported percentiles and score bands
ACT composite
1% of the class submitted an ACT
Middle 50%
Shape smoothed from reported percentiles and score bands
California State University-San Bernardino’s enrolled first-years averaged a high-school GPA, among the 99.9% who submitted one.
High-school GPA
shares of all enrolled first-years
Average 3.39
California State University-San Bernardino rates 2 factors "very important." Each column reads strongest first.
Academic
- Academic GPA
- Very important
- Standardized test scores
- Very important
- Rigor of secondary school record
- Not considered
- Class rank
- Not considered
- Application essay
- Not considered
- Recommendation(s)
- Not considered
Nonacademic
- Geographical residence
- 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
- 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 University-San Bernardino 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-San Bernardino'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); $5,918 across all aid recipients. Aid share: 1,739 of 1,878 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-San Bernardino 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 disclosed77.6% of California State University-San Bernardino’s first-years return for a second year and 54.6% 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