California State University-San Marcos
Public · California
acceptance 96%type Public
California State University-San Marcos is a less selective public school in California — it admits about 96% of applicants. These are facts about who enrolls — admission depends on many factors beyond test scores.
How selective it is vs nearby schools
Acceptance rate compared with other California schools at a similar selectivity — this school is in amber.
Majors offered here — and what they pay
A sample of programs at this school, sorted by reported early-career earnings. Click any to see its full outcomes, or see the school + major combined.
Where this comes from. Acceptance rate and the middle-50% SAT/ACT bands are from
the U.S. Department of Education's IPEDS admissions survey (the same data colleges report to the government).
Test scores are only one input — admission also weighs essays, grades, recommendations, activities and
institutional priorities, which no single number can capture. These figures describe the group of students who
enrolled, not any one applicant's chances.
