
California State University, Long Beach has a transfer acceptance rate of 52.6% for the application year 2024, with 14,106 of 26,777 applicants being accepted. This marks a slight decrease from the 53% acceptance rate in the application year 2023. Historically, the acceptance rates have seen significant fluctuations, starting at 39.4% in 2020 and jumping to 46.7% in 2022. The rate increased to 38.4% in 2021 before returning to higher levels in the past two years, indicating a recent upward trend in admissions amidst a competitive applicant pool. The average GPA of accepted transfer students is 2.0.