California State University

Sacramento, CA · Public research
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Acceptance rate
93.6%
24,648 admitted
SAT · 50th
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6-yr grad
54.4%
Retention 81.5%
Undergrads
28,619
25:1 S-F
Admissions
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93.6%
24,648 admitted
from 26,342 apps
Applications26,342
Overall admit rate93.6%
Enrolled3,744 · 15.2% yield
Test scores
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SAT composite · 50th %ile
Cost & aid
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$6,838
in-state tuition
out-of-state $20,968
Tuition (in-state)$6,838
Tuition (out-of-state)$20,968
Fees$2,818
Room & board$20,212
Books$1,242
Avg need-based grant$13,466
% need met55.9%
Academics
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25 : 1
student-faculty ratio
81.5% retention
Student-faculty25 : 1
Retention81.5%
4-year graduation28.1%
6-year graduation54.4%
Enrollment
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28,619
undergraduates
24 intl freshmen
Total undergraduates28,619
First-year3,742
Transfer4,145
Full-time81%
Female54%
International (freshmen)24
Rankings
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#9
U.S. News & World Report
Top Performers on Social Mobility — Regional Universities — WEST
SourceListRankYr
U.S. News & World ReportTop Performers on Social Mobility — Regional Universities — WEST#926
U.S. News & World ReportBest Regional Universities — West#2226
U.S. News & World ReportBest Undergraduate Engineering Programs (Bachelor's/Master's)#3326
WSJ/College PulseBest Colleges in the U.S.#6626
NicheBest Value Colleges in America#10226
U.S. News & World ReportBest Undergraduate Nursing Programs#13526
U.S. News & World ReportBest Undergraduate Computer Science Programs#21226
Rankings are the property of their respective publishers (Forbes, Niche, U.S. News & World Report, WSJ/College Pulse). Ranks as published; methodologies vary.
Classifications & designations
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Master's University (Larger)
Carnegie Classification
27 member schools
SourceGroupMembers
Carnegie ClassificationMaster's University (Larger)27
Federal designationHispanic-Serving Institution47
Athletic conferenceBig Sky Conference3
Athletic divisionNCAA D1-FCS44
Institutional controlPublic college153
Geographic groupingCalifornia colleges41
Groups derived from CDS + IPEDS fields. Curated national memberships (AAU, HBCU, Common App, etc.) being added — see task queue.
Application timeline & requirements
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no application-fee data
Regular decisionMay 1
Early actionoffered
Deferred admissionAllowed
Admissions URLhttps://www.calstate.edu/apply/Pages/def…
Admissions emailadmissions@csus.edu
Admissions phone278
Deadlines and requirements from the school's Common Data Set §C3–C6 (Deadlines & Notification, ED/EA, HS Coursework).
Peers by the numbers
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closest algorithmic match
across selectivity, size, profile
SchoolAdmitSATSize
California State University CA · Public——21K
San Jose State University CA · Public80.4%116029K
University of California CA · Public44.4%—31K
California State University CA · Public45.4%—36K
Peer set computed algorithmically from CDS metrics (admit rate, SAT/ACT band, size) plus IPEDS classification. Not measured cross-application behavior.

Official Common Data Set Documents — California State University-Sacramento

6 years of California State University-Sacramento's officially published CDS, archived by CollegeNumbers. PDF and spreadsheet originals exactly as the school filed them.