Editing California State University (section)

== Admissions ==
[[File:CSU Total Enrollment 2001-2011.jpg|thumb|right|Enrollment for all CSU campuses, 2001–11.]]
[[File:CSU Historical Enrollment 1970-2023.png|thumb|Enrollment for the CSU system, 1970–2023.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.calstate.edu/as/stats.shtml|title=CSU – AS – Statistical Reports|work=calstate.edu|access-date=2012-02-19|archive-date=2012-02-12|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120212191423/http://www.calstate.edu/as/stats.shtml|url-status=dead}}</ref>]]
Historically, the requirements for admission to the CSU have been less stringent than the UC system.  However, both systems require completion of the A-G requirements in high school as part of admission. The CSU attempts to accept applicants from the top one-third of California high school graduates. In contrast, the UC attempts to accept the top one-eighth. In an effort to maintain a 60/40 ratio of upper division students to lower division students and to encourage students to attend a California [[community college]] first, both university systems give priority to [[California Community Colleges system|California community college]] transfer students.

However, the following CSU campuses use higher standards than the basic admission standards due to the number of qualified students who apply which makes admissions at these schools more competitive:<ref name="csumentor.edu">{{cite web| url = https://www.calstate.edu/attend/degrees-certificates-credentials/Pages/impacted-degrees.aspx | title = Impacted Undergraduate Majors and Universities, 2024-25 |access-date = November 29, 2023 | publisher = The California State University}}</ref>
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* Bakersfield (all nursing programs)
* Channel Islands (pre-licensure nursing)
* Chico (recording arts option within music, plus pre-licensure nursing)
* East Bay (nursing)
* Fullerton
* Humboldt (RN-to-BSN nursing only)
* Long Beach
* Los Angeles
* Northridge (accounting, certain business administration options, cinema and television arts, music)
* Pomona
* Sacramento (business administration, criminal justice, graphic design, pre-licensure nursing, psychology)
* San Bernardino (criminal justice, kinesiology, pre-licensure nursing, psychology, social work)
* San Diego
* San Francisco (nursing, social work, and undeclared majors expressing an interest in nursing)
* San Jose
* San Luis Obispo
* San Marcos (biological sciences, business administration, electrical engineering, pre-licensure nursing, software engineering)
* Sonoma (criminology/criminal justice, human development, all nursing programs, psychology, sociology)
* Stanislaus (pre-licensure nursing, pre-nursing)
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Furthermore, six California State University campuses are fully impacted for both freshmen and transfers, meaning in addition to admission into the school, admission into all majors is also impacted for the academic 2024–25 program. The six campuses that are fully impacted are '''Los Angeles''', '''Fullerton''', '''Long Beach''', '''San Diego''', '''San Jose''', and '''San Luis Obispo'''.

The only CSU campuses that are not impacted at either the freshman or transfer level for any academic program are Dominguez Hills, Fresno, the Maritime Academy, and Monterey Bay.