State of California

The Azusa Pacific University acceptance rate was 88.4% for Fall 2024: 3,010 of 3,404 first-year applicants were admitted, according to federal IPEDS data. That number reflects falling demand, not a lower bar: freshman applications fell 65.4% from Fall 2018 (9,832), while five Christian peers in Southern and Central California combined held steady at +1.2%. About 60% of the dr...

The Sonoma State acceptance rate for Fall 2025 was 94.6%: the campus admitted 9,529 of 10,075 first-time freshman applicants, according to the CSU Institutional Research admissions dashboard. Only 424 of those admits enrolled, a 4.4% yield and the lowest in CSU and federal IPEDS records going back to 2001. Getting in is not the hard part; what changed is how many admitted stu...

California State University, Sacramento (Sacramento State, or Sac State) admitted 93.57% of first-time freshman applicants for Fall 2025: 24,648 of 26,342, according to the university’s Common Data Set 2025-26. That is the Sacramento State acceptance rate most guides round to 94%, and it covers admission to the university, not to a major. Nursing is a separate gate: across te...

The SF State acceptance rate for Fall 2025 was 90.3%: the campus admitted 25,451 of 28,200 first-time freshman applicants, according to the California State University admissions dashboard. Every other number Google shows, from 68.2% to 85%, 91%, 93% and 96%, is the same school measured in a different year, for a different group of applicants or with a different applicant cou...

The Westmont College acceptance rate was 77.0% for Fall 2024: 1,913 of 2,483 first-year applicants were admitted, according to Westmont’s Common Data Set 2024-25, the latest edition the college has published. That headline blends two very different pools. U.S. applicants were admitted at 83.5% (California 86.4%, other states 78.1%), while international applicants were admitte...