San Francisco
Bay University

Admissions

San Francisco Bay University admits 96% of applicants — effectively open admission, so the application is a formality rather than a hurdle. The applicant pool is small at 853, which makes year-over-year comparisons unreliable. Yield is low at 6%, so most admitted students do not end up enrolling.

Test score bands (middle 50% of submitters)

These bands describe the enrolled first-years who submitted a score, not the entering class. Where most students apply test-optional the submitters are a self-selected, higher-scoring group.

IPEDS Admissions · 2024

Academics

No six-year graduation rate is reported for this institution, which is common for schools whose students are mostly part-time, transfer in, or enroll in short programs that the federal cohort measure does not track. Its absence is not itself a bad sign, but it does remove the clearest completion signal. First-year retention is 72% — the single largest point of attrition on this campus. A 10:1 ratio points to small classes and accessible faculty. This is a private nonprofit four-year college, so read every rate on this page against that peer group specifically. This is a small school — 62 undergraduates — so cohorts are tight and the program list is necessarily short.

Financial Aid

IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 62 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates

Average net price is $10,294 a year after grant aid — low for a four-year institution, though your own figure depends on aid eligibility. Grant aid is widespread — 100% of students receive it, averaging $10,509.