San Diego State University
San Diego State publishes 37% (Fall 2025). Out-of-State applicants got in at 91%; in-state (california resident) at 31%.
Acceptance rate
What San Diego State's 37% is made of
The published rate averages groups with very different odds. These are the splits San Diego State reports itself.
Part of Real Acceptance Rates, our series decomposing published rates from each school's own Common Data Set.
Testing
Test scores at San Diego State
- SAT middle 50%
- Not reported
- ACT middle 50%
- Not reported
- Average HS GPA
- 3.84Fall 2024 enrolled first-year students (CDS 2024-25) · Source
At a glance
Size and cost
- Undergraduate enrollment
- 35,377
- Tuition (out-of-state)
- $21,328
- Category
- Public
- Admissions site
- www.sdsu.edu
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Sources
- San Diego State GPA (Fall 2024 enrolled first-year students (CDS 2024-25))
- Acceptance rate, test-score percentiles, enrollment and tuition: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard, pulled 2026-08-19.
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