Top high schools for Cal State Long Beach
Fall 2025: every California high school with applicants to Cal State Long Beach, from the California State University.
Applicants admitted
47%
Cal State Long Beach admits 47% of all applicants (2023)
Enrolled freshmen scores, middle 50% (2020)
UC and CSU no longer consider SAT/ACT scores; last reported 2020.
Who gets in: residency and transfers
Applicants to Cal State Long Beach by where they live, for fall 2025.
First-year students
California resident 95%Not a California resident 5%
| Residency | Applicants | Admitted | Admit rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| California resident | 83,657 | 38,163 | 46% |
| Not a California resident | 4,644 | 1,942 | 42% |
Transfer students
California resident 95%Not a California resident 5%
| Residency | Applicants | Admitted | Admit rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| California resident | 25,280 | 12,768 | 51% |
| Not a California resident | 1,596 | 691 | 43% |
Counts applications to this campus, so a student who applied to several CSU campuses appears at each. Not a California resident includes international students, which the CSU dashboard does not separate. Transfer figures are for undergraduate transfers. A dash means CSU hides a figure that is too small to publish. Source: California State University.
Most admitted to Cal State Long Beach
- 1.Millikan High SchoolLos Angeles389 admitted
- 2.Downey High SchoolLos Angeles349 admitted
- 3.Earl Warren High SchoolLos Angeles338 admitted
- 4.Polytechnic High SchoolLos Angeles309 admitted
- 5.Los Alamitos High SchoolOrange295 admitted
- 6.Wilson High SchoolLos Angeles253 admitted
- 7.Cypress High SchoolOrange246 admitted
- 8.Fountain Valley High SchoolOrange239 admitted
- 9.Cerritos High SchoolLos Angeles238 admitted
- 10.Eleanor Roosevelt High SchoolRiverside232 admitted
Highest Cal State Long Beach admit rate
- 1.Gretchen Whitney High SchoolLos Angeles98% of 117
- 2.Ernest S. McBride, Sr. High SchoolLos Angeles98% of 99
- 3.California Academy of Mathematics and ScienceLos Angeles97% of 109
- 4.Oxford AcademyOrange97% of 124
- 5.Eunice Sato Academy of Math & ScienceLos Angeles96% of 96
- 6.Huntington Beach High SchoolOrange96% of 206
- 7.Renaissance High School for the ArtsLos Angeles95% of 42
- 8.Saint Joseph High SchoolLos Angeles94% of 70
- 9.Los Alamitos High SchoolOrange94% of 315
- 10.Dr. Richard A. Vladovic Harbor Teacher Preparation AcademyLos Angeles94% of 94
The admit rate list only includes schools with at least 25 applicants, so a school where a handful applied and all got in does not top it. Admitted counts each student once for this campus.
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The tick marks Cal State Long Beach's overall admit rate.