CSUSM admitted 95.1% of freshman applicants for Fall 2025, but the real competition sits in four impacted majors and in local admission status. Year-by-year data, GPA minimums, nursing seats and transfer rates.
CSU Channel Islands admitted 93.7% of first-time freshmen for Fall 2025, but BS Nursing is a separate ranked selection that freshmen can enter only after completing its requirements. For Fall 2027, transfer and second-bachelor nursing applications close Nov 30, 2026, not at the Jan 15, 2027 priority deadline, and only the top 90 applicants are interviewed.
Cal State East Bay admitted 88.2% of first-time freshman applicants for Fall 2025 in CSU data. Federal IPEDS data show 97.4% for Fall 2024 with the same admits and fewer counted applicants. Plus the East Bay Index, Nursing and transfer odds.
A data-first profile of De Anza College in Cupertino: open admission, 2026-27 fees per quarter unit, the full cost of attendance and the 2,824 students who transferred to four-year schools in 2024-25.
APU admitted 88.4% of first-year applicants for Fall 2024, after applications fell 65.4% from Fall 2018. Here is the year-by-year IPEDS data, plus GPA, test, nursing and Fall 2027 deadline details from apu.edu.
Sonoma State admitted 94.6% of first-time freshman applicants for Fall 2025, yet only 424 enrolled. Year-by-year CSU and IPEDS data, GPA rules, nursing and Fall 2027 dates.
Sacramento State admitted 93.57% of first-time freshmen for Fall 2025, but only about 1 in 3 recent nursing applicants started the BSN. The trend since Fall 2014, residency, GPA, transfer rules and Fall 2027 dates, each with its source.
SF State admitted 90.3% of first-time freshman applicants for Fall 2025, per CSU data. Here is why other sites show 96%, 91% or 68.2%, plus the GPA rules, the Nursing exception and Fall 2027 dates.
Westmont College admitted 77.0% of Fall 2024 first-year applicants, but U.S. applicants were admitted at 83.5% and international applicants at 14.0%, per Westmont's Common Data Set 2024-25. Fall 2027 deadlines, GPA and requirements from westmont.edu.
