CSU Update
California State University Counselor Conference News
News from the CSU Counselor Conference
Did you know that 46% of all Bachelor's Degrees earned in California are earned at CSU? And over 478,000 students attended the CSU last year?
Last year 186,866 students applied to CSU and 142,237 students were admitted; actual enrollment for Fall 2017 hasn't been released yet.
There is still greater demand for enrollment in CSU than there is funding to enroll, unfortunately.
• Last year, more than $4 billion in financial aid was distributed to nearly 375,000 students.
• Nearly 80% of all CSU students receive some form of financial assistance.
• 61% of All undergraduates have full cost of tuition covered by grants, scholarships, or waivers
• 51% of CSU Bachelor’s recipients graduate with zero debt
• The average loan debt for CSU students was $15,531 in 2015, compared with the national average of $30,100.
Impaction
Program/Major Impaction: A campus receives more eligible applications for a specific undergraduate program in the initial filing period than there are enrollment spaces available.
Most campuses have at least one impacted major/program:
• Typically impacted at upper-division level
• Students must meet criteria such as specific core/major prep courses, GPA in those courses, cumulative GPA, or a combination of factors
Campus Impaction: A campus receives more eligible applications in the initial filing period than there are enrollment spaces available for the class level (freshman or upper division transfer).
All program impaction means that the number of applications from fully eligible students to a designated major on a CSU campus during the initial filing period far exceeds the number of spaces available in that major. However, students can still be admitted to the campus in an alternate major, or they may eventually be admitted to the oversubscribed major if they meet the supplementary admission criteria. Fresno, Fullerton, Long Beach, San Diego, San Jose, and San Luis Obispo campuses are impacted in all majors.
Campuses that are impacted for freshman admissions:
No Impaction (anticipate admitting all qualified applicants):
All undergraduate programs, pre-programs, and undeclared/undecided programs are impacted for the following campuses for 2018-19:
Campus-specific enrollment practices/transcript requirements
SAT code
SAT – CSU System Code is 3594
You can list the CSU System as an SAT score recipient. Listing 3594 will send your score to all CSU campuses for one price. If you have not yet sent your scores to either a CSU campus or to the CSU System, you can request this at http://www.collegeboard.com/student/testing/sat/reg.html.