Fresno State

Basic Information

Type Public
Geographical Reach Regional
Population 1,000,000

Weather

Comfortable Days 115 (84%)
Sunshine Hours 3,604 (99% ☀️)
Days Without Precipitation 307 (94% 🏖️)

Honors College

Name Smittcamp Family Honors College
Students 200 (1%)

Demographics

Total Undergraduates 19,277
Men / Women 41% / 59%
From State 98%
From Region 0%
Athletes 456 (2.5%)

Racial/Ethnic

Hispanic 63%
White 15%
Asian 11%
Black 3%
Mixed 3%
International 2%
Native American 0%

Schools & Majors

⇅ Ranked Trends Degrees Male White Asian Black Hispanic Intl Earnings Earn % Earn z ROI Employment Debt-to-Earn Accept SAT p25 SAT p75
College of Agricultural Sciences and Technology 362 48% 31% 3% 1% 57% 1% $64,681 25 +0.09 75 95%
Agribusiness/Agricultural Business Operations 111 — 66% 36% 3% 0% 55% 0% $68,963 31 -0.46 80 96% — — — —
Animal Sciences 97 — 21% 32% 6% 2% 52% 1% $53,707 48 -0.11 54 94% — — — —
Food Science 25 — 40% 16% 0% 4% 68% 4% $67,550 67 +0.34 78 95% — — — —
Plant Protection and Integrated Pest Management 61 +1 75% 15% 2% 0% 75% 2% $74,567 97 +1.21 85 92% — — — —
Viticulture and Enology 14 — 71% 29% 0% 0% 57% 7% $67,550 67 +0.34 78 95% — — — —
Agricultural Teacher Education 54 — 28% 46% 0% 2% 48% 0% $62,357 62 +0.16 71 96% — — — —
⇅ Ranked Trends Degrees Male White Asian Black Hispanic Intl Earnings Earn % Earn z ROI Employment Debt-to-Earn Accept SAT p25 SAT p75
College of Arts and Humanities 551 46% 24% 7% 3% 59% 1% $47,528 1 -0.88 38 92%
English 44 — 30% 27% 2% 2% 57% 0% $46,428 20 -0.73 35 92% — — — —
French 1 +1 0% 100% 0% 0% 0% 0% $49,538 20 -0.76 43 96% — — — —
History 90 +1 76% 30% 1% 0% 63% 0% $54,342 45 -0.25 56 91% — — — —
Linguistics 10 — 40% 20% 30% 0% 40% 0% $48,163 16 -0.88 39 — — — — —
Philosophy 18 +1 50% 22% 6% 11% 50% 0% $38,567 2 -1.72 15 89% — — — —
Spanish 40 — 32% 0% 0% 0% 98% 0% $49,538 20 -0.76 43 96% — — — —
Communication 60 — 40% 30% 7% 5% 52% 0% $53,280 20 -0.80 53 94% — — — —
Journalism 93 +3 45% 25% 2% 3% 61% 0% $53,116 14 -1.03 52 — — — — —
Art 87 — 33% 15% 18% 3% 55% 3% $39,198 13 -0.82 17 90% — — — —
Graphic Design 41 — 44% 15% 17% 2% 56% 7% $43,082 5 -1.32 26 89% — — — —
Interior Design 21 — 14% 24% 10% 0% 57% 5% $43,082 0 -2.86 26 89% — — — —
Music 9 — 78% 33% 0% 0% 56% 0% $40,694 16 -0.65 20 — — — — —
Music Performance 21 — 67% 38% 10% 0% 43% 0% $39,868 14 -0.74 18 — — — — —
Theatre Arts 16 +1 44% 50% 6% 6% 31% 0% $39,156 26 -0.52 17 100% — — — —
⇅ Ranked Trends Degrees Male White Asian Black Hispanic Intl Earnings Earn % Earn z ROI Employment Debt-to-Earn Accept SAT p25 SAT p75
College of Engineering and Computer Science 392 83% 17% 13% 2% 57% 3% $82,205 78 -1.28 90 96%
Civil Engineering 57 — 75% 19% 12% 0% 53% 4% $85,553 14 -0.97 92 100% — — — —
Computer Engineering 24 — 92% 21% 12% 0% 58% 0% $96,624 7 -0.96 96 92% — — — —
Electrical Engineering 25 — 92% 12% 20% 4% 52% 0% $97,289 7 -0.93 96 100% — — — —
Mechanical Engineering 50 — 86% 20% 14% 6% 54% 2% $78,629 0 -2.59 88 97% — — — —
Computer Science 89 — 88% 16% 22% 4% 44% 6% $84,110 6 -1.19 91 94% — — — —
Architecture 37 — 59% 11% 8% 0% 70% 0% $57,486 11 -1.21 63 — — — — —
City/Urban, Community, and Regional Planning 11 — 55% 9% 0% 0% 82% 0% $57,502 11 -1.21 63 — — — — —
Construction Management 55 — 87% 5% 9% 0% 76% 2% $90,246 16 -0.90 94 92% — — — —
Industrial Technology/Technician 25 — 96% 28% 0% 4% 60% 8% $75,716 10 -1.08 86 96% — — — —
Surveying Technology/Surveying 19 — 89% 42% 0% 0% 53% 0% $82,308 5 -1.61 90 100% — — — —
⇅ Ranked Trends Degrees Male White Asian Black Hispanic Intl Earnings Earn % Earn z ROI Employment Debt-to-Earn Accept SAT p25 SAT p75
College of Health and Human Services 919 25% 14% 13% 3% 63% 1% $63,349 20 -0.33 73 96%
Nutrition Sciences 18 — 28% 28% 0% 6% 56% 0% $61,996 39 -0.19 71 93% — — — —
Communication Sciences and Disorders 92 — 5% 11% 8% 1% 77% 0% $56,332 21 -0.75 60 95% — — — —
Exercise Science 52 — 50% 23% 4% 0% 67% 0% $54,421 20 -0.86 56 96% — — — —
Health Science 120 — 16% 8% 13% 2% 70% 1% $69,831 58 +0.09 81 100% — — — —
Health/Medical Physics 4 — 25% 0% 50% 0% 50% 0% $57,609 1 -1.86 63 98% — — — —
Kinesiology 222 — 53% 18% 9% 5% 61% 1% $54,421 20 -0.86 56 96% — — — —
Nursing 153 — 17% 17% 29% 2% 43% 1% $103,377 89 +1.11 98 97% — — — —
Public Health 5 — 0% 20% 40% 20% 20% 0% $57,609 23 -0.70 63 98% — — — —
Parks, Recreation, and Leisure Studies 22 — 32% 14% 14% 9% 64% 0% $59,777 54 -0.07 67 91% — — — —
Deaf Studies 18 — 17% 44% 0% 6% 44% 0% $40,060 3 -1.53 18 100% — — — —
Child Development 102 — 1% 4% 14% 2% 75% 2% $39,768 7 -1.60 18 — — — — —
Family and Consumer Sciences — — — — — — — — $43,747 8 -1.13 27 97% — — — —
Social Work 101 — 13% 10% 11% 4% 72% 1% $56,267 68 +0.36 60 93% — — — —
Apparel and Textiles 10 — 40% 10% 20% 0% 50% 0% $51,825 15 -0.97 49 — — — — —
⇅ Ranked Trends Degrees Male White Asian Black Hispanic Intl Earnings Earn % Earn z ROI Employment Debt-to-Earn Accept SAT p25 SAT p75
College of Science and Mathematics 311 39% 22% 27% 1% 41% 1% $57,613 5 -1.24 63 92%
Chemistry 14 — 43% 21% 29% 0% 43% 7% $57,875 5 -1.32 63 87% — — — —
Geosciences 7 — 43% 71% 0% 0% 29% 0% $60,604 34 -0.40 68 — — — — —
Mathematics 35 — 51% 31% 20% 0% 49% 0% $66,054 20 -0.73 76 81% — — — —
Physical Sciences 10 — 30% 50% 0% 0% 40% 0% $64,925 7 -1.34 75 — — — — —
Physics 8 — 88% 50% 12% 0% 12% 0% $65,917 8 -1.27 76 — — — — —
Biochemistry 39 — 31% 23% 31% 5% 31% 0% $69,779 44 -0.15 81 100% — — — —
Biology 183 +1 36% 14% 33% 1% 42% 1% $52,234 5 -1.65 50 93% — — — —
Environmental Science 10 — 50% 40% 10% 0% 50% 0% $55,692 34 -0.37 59 — — — — —
Cognitive Science 5 — 20% 0% 0% 0% 80% 0% $71,557 30 -0.47 82 — — — — —
⇅ Ranked Trends Degrees Male White Asian Black Hispanic Intl Earnings Earn % Earn z ROI Employment Debt-to-Earn Accept SAT p25 SAT p75
College of Social Sciences 1,724 24% 13% 8% 3% 69% 1% $52,561 2 -0.56 51 93%
Economics 30 — 63% 13% 13% 7% 47% 17% $56,306 1 -1.57 60 91% — — — —
African American Studies 3 +1 67% 0% 0% 33% 33% 0% $40,060 3 -1.53 18 100% — — — —
Chicano and Latin American Studies 3 +11 33% 0% 0% 0% 67% 33% $40,060 3 -1.53 18 100% — — — —
Interdisciplinary Studies 70 — 50% 16% 6% 10% 54% 6% $51,471 23 -0.56 48 — — — — —
Latin American Studies — +1 — — — — — — $40,710 3 -1.47 20 — — — — —
Women's Studies 2 +2 0% 50% 0% 0% 50% 0% $40,060 0 -1.98 18 100% — — — —
Anthropology 15 +1 60% 27% 0% 0% 67% 0% $49,339 17 -0.68 43 91% — — — —
Forensic Psychology 69 +1 23% 9% 7% 7% 74% 0% $40,207 0 -2.25 19 — — — — —
Geography 4 — 50% 100% 0% 0% 0% 0% $49,612 5 -1.44 43 100% — — — —
Political Science 56 +3 45% 12% 16% 7% 62% 0% $61,954 22 -0.75 71 93% — — — —
Psychology 526 +6 20% 13% 12% 2% 67% 1% $52,675 38 -0.36 51 93% — — — —
Social Sciences 28 — 29% 39% 11% 11% 29% 0% $47,522 8 -0.85 38 — — — — —
Sociology 132 — 24% 4% 9% 5% 76% 2% $45,575 4 -1.03 32 91% — — — —
General Education 486 — 12% 16% 6% 1% 72% 0% $57,763 69 +0.32 63 92% — — — —
Criminology 300 +1 34% 10% 6% 2% 76% 1% $48,982 4 -1.50 42 92% — — — —
⇅ Ranked Trends Degrees Male White Asian Black Hispanic Intl Earnings Earn % Earn z ROI Employment Debt-to-Earn Accept SAT p25 SAT p75
Craig School of Business 649 55% 19% 13% 2% 55% 3% $63,603 21 -0.73 73 95%
Business Administration 649 — 55% 19% 13% 2% 55% 3% $63,603 18 -0.73 73 95% — — — —
⇅ Ranked Trends Degrees Male White Asian Black Hispanic Intl Earnings Earn % Earn z ROI Employment Debt-to-Earn Accept SAT p25 SAT p75
Kremen School of Education and Human Development 35 29% 17% 11% 0% 66% 0% $61,809 15 +0.90 70 96%
Early Childhood Education 1 — 0% 0% 0% 0% 100% 0% $43,200 5 -1.35 26 91% — — — —
English Education 34 — 29% 18% 12% 0% 65% 0% $62,357 84 +0.97 71 96% — — — —

Financial

In-State Tuition & Fees $7,722
Out-of-State Tuition & Fees $21,224
Est. In-State Cost $9,989
Est. Out-of-State Cost $27,455
ROI Percentile 66th

Retention & Graduation

Full-Time Retention 82%
4-Year Graduation Rate 28%
6-Year Graduation Rate 57%
Transfer-Out Rate 2%

Earnings by Major Category

Each major category's degree-weighted estimated median 5-year earnings at this college, expressed as a z-score against the national degree-weighted distribution for that category. 0 is the national average. The shaded band between +1.28 and −1.28 marks the central 80% of the national distribution (10th–90th percentile).

Academics

⇅ % Degrees Male White Asian Black Hispanic Intl Earnings Earn % Earn z ROI Employment Debt-to-Earn
Social Sciences 24.1% 1,191 23% 14% 10% 4% 67% 1% $50,772 12 -0.70 46 93% —
Business & Economics 14.2% 701 55% 19% 13% 3% 55% 3% $63,171 9 -0.74 72 94% —
Health Sciences 13.1% 648 30% 15% 14% 3% 61% 1% $69,149 17 -0.21 80 97% —
Education 11.6% 575 14% 19% 5% 1% 69% 0% $58,441 78 +0.34 64 93% —
Professional 8.1% 399 48% 12% 6% 2% 74% 2% $57,932 21 -1.40 63 93% —
Agriculture & Food Science 6.8% 336 50% 29% 3% 1% 59% 1% $64,644 71 +0.05 75 94% —
Humanities 6.0% 299 49% 22% 3% 4% 62% 2% $49,448 18 -0.69 43 93% —
Arts 5.1% 253 43% 19% 13% 2% 56% 3% $44,225 17 -1.12 29 91% —
Life & Natural Sciences 4.5% 222 35% 16% 32% 2% 40% 1% $55,316 7 -1.39 58 94% —
Engineering 3.2% 156 84% 19% 14% 3% 54% 2% $86,918 2 -1.48 92 98% —
Computer Science 1.8% 89 88% 16% 22% 4% 44% 6% $84,110 9 -1.19 91 94% —
Physical Sciences & Math 1.5% 74 50% 38% 16% 0% 41% 1% $63,824 11 -0.95 73 83% —

Research R2

⇅ Research $ Rank Federal Industry $ PhDs Rank PhD students Postdocs
Agriculture & Food Science $3.5M #102 22% $0.4M — — — —
Life & Natural Sciences $2.5M #241 71% $0.0M — — — —
Engineering $2.4M #238 46% $0.0M — — — —
Physical Sciences & Math $2.2M #282 72% $0 — — — —
Humanities & Social Sciences $1.5M #283 10% $0.1M — — — —
Health Sciences $1.2M #230 12% $0 — — — —
Computer Science $0.6M #255 75% $0 — — — —
Education $0.2M #333 78% $0 28 #153 — —
Business & Economics $0 #456 — $0 — — — —
Total $14.2M #278 44% $0.4M 28 #336 — —

Expenditure and funding source: NSF HERD, FY2024. Degrees: IPEDS completions, 2023–24. Students and postdocs: NSF Survey of Graduate Students and Postdoctorates, fall 2024, which covers science, engineering and selected health fields only. An em dash means the source does not report the figure, which is not the same as zero.

Sports NCAA D1

⇅ Athletes ▼ Revenue Expenses Net
Football 112 $17.7M $17.7M $0
Baseball 37 $2.2M $2.2M $0
Track & Field (combined) 31 $441K $441K $0
Basketball 18 $4.5M $4.5M $0
Golf 8 $588K $588K $0
Total 198 $25.4M $25.4M $0
⇅ Athletes ▼ Revenue Expenses Net
Track & Field (combined) 96 $1.5M $1.5M $0
Equestrian 37 $1.5M $1.5M $0
Basketball 30 $2.9M $2.9M $0
Soccer 30 $1.7M $1.7M $0
Softball 29 $1.6M $1.6M $0
Swimming & Diving 29 $1.4M $1.4M $0
Water Polo 27 $1.1M $1.1M $0
Volleyball 17 $1.8M $1.8M $0
Tennis 9 $780K $780K $0
Golf 7 $606K $606K $0
Total 258 $15.1M $15.1M $0
⇅ Athletes ▼ Revenue Expenses Net
Track & Field (combined) 127 $2.0M $2.0M $0
Football 112 $17.7M $17.7M $0
Basketball 48 $7.4M $7.4M $0
Baseball 37 $2.2M $2.2M $0
Equestrian 37 $1.5M $1.5M $0
Soccer 30 $1.7M $1.7M $0
Softball 29 $1.6M $1.6M $0
Swimming & Diving 29 $1.4M $1.4M $0
Water Polo 27 $1.1M $1.1M $0
Volleyball 17 $1.8M $1.8M $0
Golf 15 $1.2M $1.2M $0
Tennis 9 $780K $780K $0
Total 456 $63.4M $63.4M $0

Source: U.S. Department of Education, Equity in Athletics Data Analysis. Each team's revenue and expenses are what the college attributes to it. The Total view's totals row is the department's grand total, which also includes money not attributed to any team; the Male and Female totals rows only add up their teams.

Admissions

Uses Common App No
Acceptance Rate 65%
Yield (non-ED) 16%
Regular Decision Jan 1

Acceptance Rates

In-State Out-of-State International
Regular Decision 65% 65% 65%

This college’s Common Data Set does not break down admissions by applicant demographics, so in-state, out-of-state, and international applicants share one Regular Decision rate.

Standardized Tests

Test Policy blind