Fall 2018 Freshman Impaction Results By Major

All majors at SJSU are impacted for freshmen, meaning that all applicants competed for space in the major, based on the applicant's CSU eligibility index at the time of application.

For Fall 2018, SJSU ranked applicants for every major, except those in the College of Engineering, based on the California State University Eligibility Index (EI) and offered admission to sufficient numbers of students to meet both individual major's capacity and overall university enrollment capacity.

Applicants to majors in the College of Engineering(COE) were ranked based on a modified version of the California State University Eligibility Index (COE EI). The California State University EI was modified so that the quantitative (math) section of the SAT was given greater weight than the Evidence Based Reading and Writing (EBRW) section.

Preference was given to local applicants through a .20 GPA increase in the Eligibility Index calculation for those applicants who will graduate from a high school in Santa Clara County.

SJSU began admitting Fall 2018 applicants in March. Please continue to check your MySJSU account for updates to your admission status and messages posted about our progress in our admission process. Applicants in a Decision Pending (DP) status are still under consideration for admission.

Impaction results categories

Provisionally admitted: Additional details about requirements to maintain eligibility to enroll are included in admission materials. Applicants in this category include:

  • Applicants who met the impaction threshold for their primary major as listed below
  • Applicants who met the impaction threshold for their alternate major AND there was additional capacity to enroll students in that major.
  • All applicants admitted as provisional are held to all admission and impaction criteria including completing all college preparatory courses (A-G courses) with a C- grade or better through the end of the final spring semester and graduating from high school.

Withdrawn unaccommodated: Applicants in this category include:

  • Applicants who met minimum CSU eligibility requirements but did not meet the individual major's impaction threshold.

Consideration for admission to alternate major: SJSU did not have additional capacity to admit applicants to alternate majors for the fall 2018 term.

SJSU admits applicants to their alternate major only if there is additional capacity beyond those admitted as a primary major. This means that you might meet the threshold for your alternate major, but because there is no additional enrollment capacity to admit applicants to alternate majors, your application was withdrawn as unaccommodated.

Non-residents of California, including international students, needed to earn an eligibility index of 3570 using the SAT exam or an eligibility index of 842 using the ACT exam to be eligible for CSU admission consideration. For majors requiring a higher eligibility index, non-residents must have met the higher standard: the CSU eligibility standard for non-resident applicants or the major-specific impaction threshold.

 

Program (Major) Admit to Program Minimum SAT E.I.
Advertising 2950
Aerospace Engineering* 3800
African-American Studies 2950
Animation and Illustration 4100
Anthropology 2950
Applied Math - Applied & Computational 2950
Applied Math - Economics & Actuarial 2950
Applied Math - Statistics 2950
Art - Art History 2950
Art - Digital Media Art 2950
Art - Photography 2950
Art - Pictorial Arts 2950
Art - Spatial Arts 2950
Art - Studio (Prep for Teaching, SS) 2950
Art - Studio Practice 2950
Aviation* 3700
Behavioral Science 2950
Biological Sciences 4350
Biological Sciences - Ecology & Evolution 2950
Biological Sciences - Marine Biology 3850
Biological Sciences - Microbiology 3800
Biological Sciences - Molecular Biology 3900
Biological Sciences - Systems Physiology 4000
Biomedical Engineering* 4000
Business Admin. - Accounting 4300
Business Admin. - Accounting Info Systems 3750
Business Admin. - Business Analytics 3300
Business Admin. - Corporate Accounting Finance 4000
Business Admin. - Entrepreneurship 3800
Business Admin. - Finance 4300
Business Admin. - General 4100
Business Admin. - Global Operations Mgmt 3500
Business Admin. - Human Resource Mgmt 3500
Business Admin. - International Business 4100
Business Admin. - Management 3500
Business Admin. - Management Info Systems 3250
Business Admin. - Marketing 3650
Chemical Engineering* 3100
Chemistry - Biochemistry 3650
Chemistry, B.A. 3650
Chemistry, B.S. 3650
Child & Adolescent Dev. (Prep for Teaching, MS) 3000
Child & Adolescent Development 3000
Chinese 2950
Civil Engineering* 4000
Communication Studies 3400
Communicative Disorders & Sciences 3200
Computer Engineering* 4700
Computer Science 4725
Creative Arts 2950
Dance 2950
Design Studies 3200
Earth Science 2950
Economics, B.A. 3000
Economics, B.S. 3000
Electrical Engineering* 3850
Engineering* 3650
English 2950
English - Professional and Technical Writing 2950
English - Creative Writing 2950
English (Prep for Teaching, SS) 2950
Environmental Studies, B.A. 2950
Environmental Studies, B.S. 2950
Environmental Studies - Energy 2950
Environmental Studies - Environmental Impact 2950
Environmental Studies - Environmental Restoration 2950
Environmental Studies (Prep for Teaching, MS) 2950
Forensic Science - Biology 3850
Forensic Science - Chemistry 3502
French 2950
Geography 2950
Geology 2950
Global Studies 3000
History 3000
Hospitality, Tourism & Event Mgmt 2950
Humanities - American Studies 2950
Humanities - Asian Studies 2950
Humanities - European Studies 2950
Humanities - Liberal Arts 2950
Humanities - Middle East Studies 2950
Humanities - Religious Studies 2950
Industrial & Systems Engineering* 2950
Industrial Design 2950
Industrial Tech - Comp. Electronics & Network Tech.* 2950
Industrial Tech - Manufacturing Systems* 2950
Japanese 2950
Jazz Studies 2950
Journalism 3400
Justice Studies 2950
Justice Studies - Criminology 3750
Kinesiology 3300
Kinesiology (Prep for Teaching, SS) 3300
Liberal Studies (Prep for Teaching, MS) 2950
Linguistics 2950
Materials Engineering* 2950
Mathematics 2950
Mathematics (Prep for Teaching, SS) 2950
Mechanical Engineering* 4400
Meteorology 2950
Meteorology - Climate Science 2950
Mexican American Studies 2950
Music - Composition 2950
Music - Performance 2950
Music Education 2950
Music, B.A. 2950
Nutritional Science 2950
Nutritional Science - Dietetics 3900
Nutritional Science - Packaging 3200
Organizational Studies 2950
Philosophy 2950
Physics, B.A. 2950
Physics, B.S. 2950
Physics (Prep for Teaching, SS) 2950
Political Science 3300
Undeclared - Pre-Nursing 4050
Psychology, B.A. 3850
Psychology, B.S. 3850
Public Health 2950
Public Health - Health Services 3700
Public Relations 3100
Recreation 3300
Recreation - Recreation Management 3300
Recreation - Therapeutic Recreation 3300
Social Science (Prep for Teaching, MS) 3000
Social Science (Prep for Teaching, SS) 3000
Social Work 3500
Sociology 2950
Sociology - Community Change 3200
Sociology - Race & Ethnic Studies 3650
Sociology - Social Interaction 4000
Sociology - Women,Gender,Sexuality 2950
Software Engineering* 4200
Spanish 2950
Speech-Communications (Prep for Teaching, SS) 3200
Television, Radio, Film 2950
Theatre Arts 2950
Undeclared 3800
Undeclared - Pre-Nursing 4050

*College of Engineering - Applicants were ranked on a modified Eligibility Index placing greater weight on the math sections of the SAT and ACT.