SDSU Receives 83,000 Applications
San Diego State University has received more than 83,000 undergraduate applications for fall 2016.
For the fifth year in a row San Diego State University has received a record number of undergraduate applications.
The application period for fall 2016 closed on Nov. 30 with 83,316 freshman and undergraduate transfer student applications. That is an increase of nearly 3 percent from the record 81,080 applications received at this time last year for fall 2015 admission.
“We are excited to again see record interest in our academic programs. This interest reflects the dedicated efforts of our talented faculty and staff members, our growing national reputation and the extraordinary achievements of our alumni and current students.” said SDSU President Elliot Hirshman.
Among the fall undergraduate applications are 59,953 first-time freshmen and 22,817 transfer students, up 3 and 2 percent, respectively, over last year.
Quality and quantity
As the number of applicants to SDSU increases, so too does the number of high achieving students — students with a GPA of 3.75 or above and a two-part SAT composite score of 1250 or above — who apply to the university. That number has increased for five consecutive years, and now represents more than 34 percent of all first-time freshman applications.
High achieving students aren’t just applying to SDSU, they are attending. The incoming class of 2015 was the highest-achieving in the history of the university. Among the 5,142 first-time freshmen who began classes at the San Diego Campus on Aug. 24, the average high school GPA was 3.69 with an average two-part SAT score of 1118, up from 1115 the year before. First-time freshmen enrolled with an average of 14.4 Advanced Placement units, another number that has increased every year for the last four years.
Thanks in part to these academic achievements, SDSU continues to build momentum in national rankings, having climbed 22 spots from No. 101 in 2011 to No. 79 in 2016 in the U.S. News and World Report’s annual list of public universities. Fall 2015 applicants can expect notification of acceptance by March 2016.
