California State University-San Bernardino

Overview

Rankings

• #7 Most Affordable Colleges for English
• #12 Best Colleges for Low-Income Students
• #13 Most Affordable Colleges in California
• #16 Most Affordable Colleges for Criminal Justice
• #16 Best Criminal Justice Colleges in California
• #18 Colleges With the Highest ROI
• #19 Most Affordable Colleges for Communications
• #21 Cheapest Online Bachelor's Programs

Academics & Admissions

Is It Hard to Get Into California State University-San Bernardino? Acceptance Rate & Requirements

Based in San Bernardino, California, California State University-San Bernardino admits most of the students who apply; the acceptance rate is roughly 94%. The graduation rate is roughly 55%.

Acceptance Rate

94%

Retention Rate

80%

Full-Time Faculty

49%

Faculty Salary (mo)

$11,988

Student–Faculty Ratio

23:1

Diversity Index

0.45

First-Gen Students

60%

Applicants

15,501

Admitted

14,119

Inside the Admissions Office

School-reported Common Data Set · 2024-25

The acceptance rate tells you how hard California State University-San Bernardino is to get into. Its Common Data Set tells you what happens once you are admitted: how many students say yes, how many arrived without test scores, and whether applying early tilts the odds. 0% of admitted students go on to enroll here, making it a school most admitted students ultimately pass on.

Yield Rate

0%

of admits enroll

Submitted SAT

11%

of enrolled freshmen

Submitted ACT

0%

of enrolled freshmen

Cost & Financial Aid

How Much Does It Cost to Attend California State University-San Bernardino? Tuition, Net Price & Aid

Published tuition at California State University-San Bernardino is $20,693, but few families pay that. The number to watch is net price, what students actually pay each year after federal grants and institutional scholarships. Here it averages about $4,564. Students from families earning under $30,000 typically pay closer to $2,681 after need-based grants. The median graduate leaves with about $14,715 in federal student loans.

In-State Tuition

$8,093

Out-of-State

$20,693

Avg Net Price

$4,564

Median Debt

$14,715

Pell Grant Rate

58%

Federal Loan Rate

24%

Students Like You

Tell us a little about yourself to see what students like you have typically experienced at California State University-San Bernardino — the net price for your income, your admission odds, and the outcomes that follow. These are patterns from federal data, not predictions.

Graduate Outcomes

Is California State University-San Bernardino Worth It? Graduate Earnings & ROI

Ten years out, alumni of California State University-San Bernardino earn a median of $59,977, roughly in line with the national average for college graduates.

6 Years After Entry

$43,149

8 Years

$51,273

10 Years

$59,977

Debt-to-Earnings

0.25x

Earning > $25K

61%

Social Capital

Data: Opportunity Insights Social Capital Atlas

How Connected Is California State University-San Bernardino? Social Capital & Cross-Class Networks

Social capital, the web of cross-class friendships that researchers link to long-run upward mobility, runs high at California State University-San Bernardino. Its economic connectedness score is 1.41, where about 1.0 is the national norm. Its friending bias is low (0.02), a sign that students from different economic backgrounds actually mix rather than self-segregate. Around 3% of students take part in civic and volunteering activity.

Economic Connectedness

1.41

Cross-class friendships

Friending Bias

0.02

Lower = more inclusive

Volunteering Rate

3.4%

Support Ratio

0.94

Community support

Institutional Finances

Data: NCES IPEDS

Investment Income

$-6,832,310

Top Programs

The fields California State University-San Bernardino awards the most degrees in, by share of completions. Where federal field-of-study data exists, we show what graduates in that major earned early in their careers. Each links to its degree guide — or see what someone with your income, scores, and major would pay and earn here in the Students Like You simulator.

• Business & Marketing 17% $47,805 early-career
• Psychology 11% $31,771 early-career
• Social Sciences 10% $40,390 early-career
• Computer Science & IT 8% $69,178 early-career
• Humanities 7% $26,639 early-career
• Health Professions 7% $105,439 early-career
• Criminal Justice 5% $38,006 early-career
• Biology & Biomedical 4% $47,109 early-career

Early-career median earnings by major (typically 1–2 years after completion, bachelor's level where available), in today's dollars (CPI-adjusted). Source: U.S. Dept. of Education College Scorecard field of study. Distinct from the school-wide 10-year median; suppressed for small programs.