
California State University, Long Beach had an overall acceptance rate of 46.2% for the application year 2024, with 83,951 applicants and 38,854 accepted, reflecting a slight decrease from the previous year's rate of 47.1% with 79,657 applicants. Acceptance rates have fluctuated over the past several years, with a notable drop to 39.9% in 2022 from the 46.8% rate in 2021. Further back, the acceptance rate was only 31.2% in 2018, indicating a recent trend of increasing selectivity in the admissions process.