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San Diego State acceptance rate

San Diego State University · San Diego, California · Public · 35,377 undergraduates

36.2%
accepted, fall 2024
89,972
applications
32,561
offers of admission
6,629
enrolled (20% of those admitted)

Only about 9 in 100 four-year colleges admit a smaller share of applicants. Applications reached 89,972 for fall 2024, up 58% on 2014. University of California, San Diego is the hardest to get into among the six schools closest to San Diego State in size and selectivity (27%); University of Illinois Urbana, Champaign is the easiest (42%).

Acceptance rate since 2001

0%20%40%60%80%2001200320052007200920112013201520172019202120242001 61%2002 63%2003 54%2004 50%2005 47%2006 44%2007 44%2008 44%2009 31%2010 36%2011 30%2012 33%2013 31%2014 34%2015 34%2016 35%2017 35%2018 35%2019 34%2020 37%2021 38%2022 39%2023 34%2024 36%
Share of first-time, first-year applicants offered admission, by fall term.
Show the numbers by year
FallAppliedAdmittedRateEnrolled
202489,97232,56136.2%6,629
202382,80028,51734.4%6,162
202277,25030,33139.3%6,573
202167,66025,64637.9%5,269
202064,78423,77836.7%4,852
201970,04823,90534.1%5,275
201869,39923,99834.6%5,750
201760,91021,57435.4%5,366
201660,83421,07234.6%5,077
201559,05120,32134.4%5,229
201456,92119,62534.5%5,054
201351,16315,97031.2%4,139
201245,02714,80532.9%4,019
201144,84513,44730.0%3,339
201041,86115,22336.4%4,223
200950,14715,65831.2%4,386
200846,71820,62844.2%5,601
200742,05318,48143.9%5,124
200637,54916,48443.9%4,105
200533,33415,83147.5%4,141
200429,12814,45249.6%3,730
200329,21415,77154.0%4,107
200225,22915,94463.2%4,260
200121,61013,24961.3%3,650

Applications and offers

025k50k75k100k20012004200720102013201620192024AppliedAdmitted2001 Applied: 22k Admitted: 13k2002 Applied: 25k Admitted: 16k2003 Applied: 29k Admitted: 16k2004 Applied: 29k Admitted: 14k2005 Applied: 33k Admitted: 16k2006 Applied: 38k Admitted: 16k2007 Applied: 42k Admitted: 18k2008 Applied: 47k Admitted: 21k2009 Applied: 50k Admitted: 16k2010 Applied: 42k Admitted: 15k2011 Applied: 45k Admitted: 13k2012 Applied: 45k Admitted: 15k2013 Applied: 51k Admitted: 16k2014 Applied: 57k Admitted: 20k2015 Applied: 59k Admitted: 20k2016 Applied: 61k Admitted: 21k2017 Applied: 61k Admitted: 22k2018 Applied: 69k Admitted: 24k2019 Applied: 70k Admitted: 24k2020 Applied: 65k Admitted: 24k2021 Applied: 68k Admitted: 26k2022 Applied: 77k Admitted: 30k2023 Applied: 83k Admitted: 29k2024 Applied: 90k Admitted: 33k
First-year applications received and offers made, by fall term.

Acceptance rate for women and men

Fall 2024AppliedAdmittedRate
Women52,48219,75637.6%
Men37,49012,80534.2%

SAT, ACT and test policy

Test scores in admission
Not considered (test-blind)
Score ranges
Not published for this entering class

Colleges similar to San Diego State

The six public four-year colleges closest to San Diego State in acceptance rate and undergraduate enrollment.

CollegeAcceptance rateUndergraduatesAvg net priceEarnings after 10 yrs
University of Georgia
Athens, GA		38%32,137$13,636$77,246
University of Washington
Seattle, WA		39%31,942$13,663$83,105
UC Davis
Davis, CA		42%32,253$14,318$86,999
University of Illinois Urbana, Champaign
Champaign, IL		42%36,258$13,042$87,599
UC Irvine
Irvine, CA		29%30,197$13,866$83,432
University of California, San Diego
La Jolla, CA		27%34,948$14,794$96,197

Admissions counts are first-time, first-year applicants reported by San Diego State to IPEDS for each fall term (2001 to 2024), read from the Urban Institute Education Data Portal. Test score ranges and policy come from the College Scorecard. College Scorecard data updated November 2, 2026. How these figures are built · San Diego State on College Scorecard