California State University-Dominguez Hills (CSUDH) Acceptance Rate, GPA, and Admission Requirements

Acceptance rate figures for CSUDH vary dramatically across reporting sources (53%, 59%, 77%, 91%, 93% have all been cited), reflecting differences in how each source defines and calculates the rate rather than year-to-year swings alone. A family should treat the CSU system's own published GPA-based admission criteria (system-wide test-blind policy, no essay or letters of recommendation required) as the reliable planning tool, rather than quoting any single third-party acceptance percentage as fact.

CSUDH's School of Nursing has formal CEP agreements with specific community college ADN programs that let eligible students begin BSN coursework at CSUDH while still completing their associate degree - distinct from both the standard RN-BSN admission process and the separate, non-admitting BSN Summer Fast Track (which doesn't grant CSUDH admission at all, just summer-term coursework). A student should confirm which of these three distinct nursing pathways (standard RN-BSN, CEP, or Summer Fast Track) actually applies to their ADN program and goals, since they have different admission statuses and outcomes.

As with all CSU campuses, CSUDH gives priority during the transfer admissions process to students from its designated local service area - and students coming from immediate South Bay/LA-area community colleges (El Camino College, Los Angeles Harbor College are specifically cited) receive substantial admission priority. A student already enrolled at one of these nearby feeder colleges with CSUDH as a target should factor this local-preference advantage into their transfer planning rather than assuming a generic CSU application carries the same weight regardless of which community college they attended.

CSUDH's RN-BSN program does not require an active RN license to begin the program, but licensure must be active, unencumbered, and unrestricted before the student can register for the Community-Based Role Performance/clinical course later in the sequence - a meaningfully different timing than some peer programs that require licensure upfront. A student who hasn't yet passed the NCLEX should confirm with the School of Nursing exactly which semester licensure becomes a hard requirement, rather than assuming it's needed at initial application.