California State University - Fullerton Overview

California State University - Fullerton is a public institution located in Fullerton, California. Cal State Fullerton is located in a safe and convenient suburb.

What Is California State University - Fullerton Known For?

• The 3% student loan default rate at Cal State Fullerton is better than the national rate of 10.1%. That's a good sign that you may be able to pay off student loans easier than your peers at other schools can.
• The doctor's degree is the highest award offered at Cal State Fullerton.
• For the 2017-2018 academic year, 48% of the faculty were full-time.
• Students who graduate from Cal State Fullerton with a bachelor's degree make about $47,200 a year. That's 16% more than those who graduate from other schools.

California State University - Fullerton Rankings

These rankings may look different from those published by other outlets, because we use an outcomes-based approach rather than a subjective one. We get our data from a number of places, including the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) and the College Scorecard. For more information, check out our rankings and methodology page.

Program Level Awards

These are highlights of some of the most noteworthy awards granted to specific programs at Cal State Fullerton.

Rank	Ranking Name	Share
#4	Best Value Environmental Engineering Master’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#15	Best Value Natural Resources & Conservation Master’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#16	Best Value Chemistry Master’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#18	Best Instructional Media Design Master’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#25	Best Value Physical Sciences Master’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#33	Best General Education Master’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#61	Best Student Counseling Master’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#101	Best Value Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#104	Best Teacher Education Grade Specific Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#114	Best Education Master’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It

Awards From Around the Web

The following table lists some notable awards Cal State Fullerton has earned from around the web.

Rank	Ranking Name	Source
#1	Best Community College Education Schools	College Factual
#11	Best Instructional Media Design Schools	College Factual
#33	Best General Education Schools	College Factual
#44	Best Teacher Education Grade Specific Schools	College Factual
#79	Best Education Schools	College Factual
#196	Best Nursing Schools	Nursing Degree Search

Where Is California State University - Fullerton?

Contact details for Cal State Fullerton are given below.

	Contact Details
Address:	800 N State College Blvd, Fullerton, CA 92831-3599
Phone:	657-278-2593
Facebook:	http://www.facebook.com/CSUFofficial
Twitter:	http://twitter.com/csuf

How Do I Get Into Cal State Fullerton?

You can apply to Cal State Fullerton online at: https://www2.calstate.edu/apply

Admission Requirements for Cal State Fullerton

Submission	Required?
High School GPA	required
High School Rank	neither required nor recommended
High School Transcript	required
College Prep Program	required
Recommendations	neither required nor recommended
SAT or ACT Scores	required
TOEFL	neither required nor recommended

How Hard Is It To Get Into Cal State Fullerton?

With an acceptance rate of 68%, Cal State Fullerton does not let just anybody through their doors! Make sure you spend enough time polishing up your application so you will make a great impression.

Approximately 38% of accepted students are men and 62% are women. The acceptance rate for men is 63%, and the acceptance rate for women is 71%.

Average Test Scores

About 97% of students accepted to Cal State Fullerton submitted their SAT scores. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing scores ranged between 500 and 590. Math scores were between 500 and 590.

Cal State Fullerton received ACT scores from 23% of accepted students. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, ACT English scores ranged between 17 and 23. Math scores were between 17 and 24. Composite scores were between 18 and 23.

Can I Afford California State University - Fullerton?

The overall average net price of Cal State Fullerton is $30,990. The affordability of the school largely depends on your financial need since net price varies by income group.

The net price is calculated by adding tuition, room, board and other costs and subtracting financial aid.

Student Loan Debt

Almost 66% of college students who graduated with the class of 2018 took out student loans, but that percentage varies from school to school. At Cal State Fullerton, approximately 26% of students took out student loans averaging $5,718 a year. That adds up to $22,872 over four years for those students.

The student loan default rate at Cal State Fullerton is 2.7%. This is significantly lower than the national default rate of 10.1%, which is a good sign that you'll be able to pay back your student loans.

California State University - Fullerton Undergraduate Student Diversity

There are 36,975 undergraduate students at Cal State Fullerton, with 29,721 being full-time and 7,254 being part-time.

There are also 5,076 graduate students at the school.

Gender Diversity

Of the 29,721 full-time undergraduates at Cal State Fullerton, 41% are male and 59% are female.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

The racial-ethnic breakdown of California State University - Fullerton students is as follows.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Grads
Asian	6,432
Black or African American	584
Hispanic or Latino	14,364
White	4,867
International Students	1,631
Other Races/Ethnicities	1,843

Geographic Diversity

California students aren't the only ones who study at California State University - Fullerton. At this time, 22 states are represented by the student population at the school.

Over 95 countries are represented at Cal State Fullerton. The most popular countries sending students to the school are India, China, and Kuwait.

Online Learning at California State University - Fullerton

In 2019-2020, 42,003 students took at least one online class at the school.

The following chart shows how the online learning population at Cal State Fullerton has changed over the last few years.

This school is the 4th most popular in California for online learning according to the online graduations recorded by the Department of Education for the academic year 2019-2020.

Online Affordability Rankings of Cal State Fullerton

The following table shows how Cal State Fullerton is ranked for affordability for both in-state and out-of-state students among colleges and universities that are not mostly online.

Major	Tuition for In-State Students	Tuition for Out-of-State Students
Communication Sciences	#1	#13
Environmental Engineering	#7	#1
Computer Engineering	#10	#13
General Education	#21	#54
Instructional Media Design	#34	#82
Sociology	#34	#58
Social Sciences	#40	#67
Education	#57	#151
Health Professions	#58	#173

Online Growth Rankings of Cal State Fullerton

The average growth rate over the last four years of online students at California State University - Fullerton was 410.6%. This is the #193 largest growth rate of all schools that are mostly online. This refers to all students at Cal State Fullerton regardless of major.

When we speak of partially online, we are referring to schools whose online population is less than 50% of its total student body. Mostly online refers to those with online populations greater than or equal to 50%.

California State University - Fullerton Undergraduate Concentrations

The table below shows the number of awards for each concentration.

Major	Bachelor’s	Graduate Certificate	Master’s	Doctor’s	TOTAL
Business Administration & Management	2,374	0	126	0	2,500
Communication & Media Studies	730	0	38	0	768
General Psychology	723	0	29	0	752
Health & Physical Education	562	0	36	0	598
Teacher Education Grade Specific	518	0	0	0	518
Sociology	382	0	12	0	394
Fine & Studio Arts	376	0	18	0	394
Nursing	295	0	68	20	383
Computer Science	264	0	101	0	365
Health Sciences & Services	362	0	0	0	362
Criminal Justice & Corrections	334	0	0	0	334
General Education	0	0	274	0	274
Human Services	264	0	0	0	264
Mechanical Engineering	231	0	29	0	260
General Biology	212	0	17	0	229
Radio, Television & Digital Communication	189	0	0	0	189
Communication Sciences	155	0	30	0	185
Civil Engineering	113	0	51	0	164
General English Literature	134	0	25	0	159
Instructional Media Design	0	0	151	0	151
Computer Engineering	45	0	106	0	151
History	103	0	32	0	135
Political Science & Government	126	0	7	0	133
Mathematics	83	0	44	0	127
Liberal Arts General Studies	125	0	0	0	125
Drama & Theater Arts	107	0	15	0	122
Electrical Engineering	74	0	43	0	117
Public Health	100	0	16	0	116
Social Work	0	0	93	0	93
Music	67	1	21	0	89
International Business	77	0	0	0	77
Area Studies	68	0	6	0	74
Biochemistry, Biophysics & Molecular Biology	61	0	0	0	61
Economics	51	0	10	0	61
Public Administration	40	0	21	0	61
Computer Information Systems	0	0	58	0	58
Chemistry	41	0	9	0	50
Anthropology	37	0	11	0	48
Geological & Earth Sciences	38	0	8	0	46
Geography & Cartography	37	0	7	0	44
Educational Administration	0	0	0	40	40
Romance Languages	29	0	10	0	39
Ethnic Studies	38	0	0	0	38
Accounting	0	0	36	0	36
Student Counseling	0	0	36	0	36
Dance	34	0	0	0	34
Environmental Engineering	0	0	32	0	32
Linguistics & Comparative Literature	24	0	7	0	31
Statistics	0	0	31	0	31
Physics	19	0	11	0	30
Taxation	0	0	23	0	23
Philosophy	22	0	0	0	22
Natural Resources Conservation	0	0	19	0	19
Teaching English or French	0	12	0	0	12
East Asian Languages	12	0	0	0	12
Gerontology	0	0	8	0	8
Allied Health Professions	6	0	0	0	6
Religious Studies	6	0	0	0	6
Design & Applied Arts	0	1	0	0	1
Biotechnology	0	0	0	0	0
General Engineering	0	0	0	0	0
Writing Studies	0	0	0	0	0
Other Health Professions	0	0	0	0	0
Natural Sciences	0	0	0	0	0
Community Organization & Advocacy	0	0	0	0	0
TOTAL	9,688	14	1,725	60	11,487

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• Image Credit: By Bobak Ha’Eri under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.