San Francisco Bay University

Fremont, CA · official site ↗

Private nonprofitSpecial Focus: Research InstitutionSmall
21
Fin. Resilience
Resilience score

vs. 20 peers in its group

San Francisco Bay University is a private nonprofit institution in Fremont, CA, classified by Carnegie as “Special Focus: Research Institution.”

It enrolls about 126 undergraduates and is benchmarked here against 20 peer institutions (All private nonprofit 4-year institutions).

On Ibex's Financial Resilience score it rates 21 out of 100 within that peer group, a transparent composite of endowment per undergraduate, net tuition revenue per student, and instructional spend per student.

Its strongest standing relative to peers is first-year retention (72.2%, 64th percentile).

Its weakest is full-time faculty share (13.2%).

Peer group

All private nonprofit 4-year institutions

20 institutions

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How exposed San Francisco Bay University is to the structural shifts reshaping higher ed: a composite structural-risk index plus the 2025 federal budget law’s endowment excise tax and Grad PLUS elimination and the demographic enrollment cliff. Only signals that apply to this institution are shown.

Enrollment cliff (home state)Projected change in the institution's home-state high-school graduates from 2025 to 2041 (WICHE). The U.S. total falls about 13%; a directional feeder-market signal, not an enrollment forecast.
-27.7%
Severe decline

Indicative signals, not forecasts — see each metric’s definition and the methodology. Endowment-tax and Grad PLUS figures appear only where the institution is actually exposed; “nationally” compares against all schools that report each signal.

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Where the money comes from $12.1M total revenue · IPEDS FY2022-23

Auxiliary enterprises is the largest single source at 82% of revenue.

Auxiliary enterprises82.2%
Other revenue13.6%
Tuition & fees4.2%

Where each dollar of revenue comes from, as a share of total positive revenue. Sources are standardized across public (GASB) and private (FASB) reporting; a net investment loss in a down market is shown as 0% and excluded from the mix.

Net tuition revenue / FTETuition revenue per full-time-equivalent student after institutional aid/discounts — what tuition actually nets.
Below peers
$3,107
21st percentile in peer grouppeer median $12,835
Instructional spend / FTESpending on instruction per FTE student — how much of the budget reaches the classroom.
Below peers
$6,015
21st percentile in peer grouppeer median $17,293
In-state tuition & feesPublished in-state tuition and fees before aid (sticker price).
$8,830
25th percentile in peer grouppeer median $16,040
Out-of-state tuition & feesPublished out-of-state tuition and fees before aid (sticker price).
$8,830
25th percentile in peer grouppeer median $16,040
Avg monthly faculty salaryAverage monthly salary of full-time faculty (IPEDS) — a proxy for faculty investment.
Average
$8,144
64th percentile in peer grouppeer median $7,251
Average monthly salary of full-time faculty, as reported to IPEDS.
Tuition discount rateInstitutional grant aid as a share of gross tuition (IPEDS, private nonprofits only) — the tuition-discount rate. The share of sticker tuition handed back as aid; a high rate (the national average is ~56%) signals heavy price competition for students.
Very high
67%
89th percentile in peer grouppeer median 30.9%
Institutional grant aid as a share of gross tuition & fee revenue (IPEDS FY2022-23, FASB): allowances applied to tuition ÷ (net tuition revenue + those allowances) — the tuition-discount rate enrollment leaders track, i.e. the share of sticker tuition handed back as institutional aid. Private nonprofit institutions only; public (GASB) institutions report tuition differently and are not shown. The national private-college average is roughly 56% (NACUBO); above ~60% signals heavy price competition.
Administrative cost shareInstitutional support (central administration, governance, general administration, fundraising, and under FASB the operation & maintenance of plant) as a share of total expenses — private nonprofit (FASB) institutions only, where the figure is comparable. An informational gauge of administrative intensity, not a measure of waste.
37.1%
89th percentile in peer grouppeer median 18.4%
Institutional support — central administration, executive management, governance, general administration, fundraising and (under FASB rules) operation & maintenance of plant — as a share of total expenses (IPEDS FY2022-23, FASB). Private nonprofit institutions only: public (GASB) institutions report functional expenses on a different basis and frequently consolidate large hospital and auxiliary operations, which makes a comparable ratio unreliable, so they are not shown. Because FASB folds plant operations into institutional support, this runs higher than a narrow 'central-office' figure, and schools with sizable hospital or auxiliary operations show a lower ratio as those costs enlarge total expenses. An informational benchmark of administrative intensity, compared within the peer group — not a measure of waste or quality.
Graduation rate · first-time, full-time

Not reported — this institution has no first-time, full-time bachelor's-degree cohort, so the graduation rate does not apply. See the all-students completion rate.

Completion rate · all students
54.5%

54.5% earned a degree or certificate within 8 years (IPEDS Outcome Measures)
The broader cohort — also counts part-time entrants and transfer-ins, and any credential. More inclusive, so it can run higher than the graduation rate.

Why two numbers? They measure different students over different windows, so they are not directly comparable. The graduation rate is the standard federal headline but tracks only first-time, full-time students through a bachelor's; the all-students completion rate adds the part-time and transfer students it leaves out, over a longer window. Read each for what it covers. Source: U.S. Department of Education — IPEDS Graduation Rates & Outcome Measures, via College Scorecard.

Undergraduate enrollmentNumber of degree-seeking undergraduates (IPEDS fall headcount). A size measure, not a quality signal.
126
38th percentile in peer grouppeer median 144
Admission rateShare of applicants offered admission. Lower means more selective; open-admission schools report none.
95.8%
88th percentile in peer grouppeer median 69.4%
First-year retentionShare of first-time, full-time freshmen who return for a second year — an early signal of student fit and support.
Average
72.2%
64th percentile in peer grouppeer median 67.2%
Pell recipient shareShare of undergraduates on a federal Pell Grant — a proxy for the share from lower-income families.
0%
8th percentile in peer grouppeer median 23.1%
12-month FTE enrollmentFull-time-equivalent enrollment over the full year — the denominator for per-student finance measures.
68
16th percentile in peer grouppeer median 365
Full-time-equivalent enrollment over the full 12-month year (IPEDS 12-month enrollment, 2022-23). Counts part-time students at their fractional load, so it runs above fall full-time headcount and is the denominator used for per-student finance measures.
Student-faculty ratioStudents per instructional faculty member — lower usually means smaller classes and more contact.
6:1
31st percentile in peer grouppeer median 9:1
Students per instructional faculty member (IPEDS, fall 2023). Lower generally means smaller classes and more faculty contact, though the measure mixes undergraduate and graduate teaching and is institution-reported.
Enrollment cliff (home state)Projected change in the institution's home-state high-school graduates from 2025 to 2041 (WICHE). The U.S. total falls about 13%; a directional feeder-market signal, not an enrollment forecast.
Severe decline
-27.7%
percentile in peer group
Projected change in the number of high-school graduates in the institution's HOME STATE from the class of 2025 (the national peak) to 2041, per WICHE's Knocking at the College Door, 11th Edition (Dec 2024). The 'enrollment cliff' is the post-2008 birth decline reaching college age; the U.S. total is projected to fall about 13% over this window. A college recruits from many states, so its home-state projection is an indicative directional signal of feeder-market pressure, not a forecast of that institution's own enrollment.
Completion rate (all students · 8-yr)Of ALL entering degree-seeking undergraduates — full- and part-time, first-time and transfer-in — the share who earned a degree or certificate at this institution within eight years (IPEDS Outcome Measures). Broader than the graduation rate, which counts only first-time, full-time students, so the two are measured on different students and are not directly comparable.
Average
54.5%
50th percentile in peer grouppeer median 55.6%
Share of ALL entering degree-seeking undergraduates — full- and part-time, first-time and transfer-in — who earned a degree or certificate at this institution within eight years (IPEDS Outcome Measures, via College Scorecard). Broader and more inclusive than the graduation-rate figures, which count only first-time, full-time students entering a bachelor's program — so the two are measured on different groups of students and are not directly comparable.
Admission yield
Average
26.5%
50th percentile in peer grouppeer median 37.2%
Share of admitted students who enrolled (IPEDS Admissions, Fall 2023): students who enrolled ÷ students admitted. A demand signal — how many accepted offers the institution converts to enrollment. Higher yield generally reflects stronger demand, though binding early-decision programs and price positioning can inflate it. Open-admission institutions do not report admissions and show none.
Undergraduate race & ethnicity IPEDS 2024-25
International69.8%
Unknown11.1%
Asian6.3%
Hispanic/Latino4.8%
White3.2%
Black3.2%
American Indian/Alaska Native0.8%
Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander0.8%

Undergraduate enrollment by race and ethnicity, as reported to IPEDS (College Scorecard). “International” denotes nonresident students; “Unknown” means race/ethnicity was not reported.

Share taking federal loansShare of students taking out federal loans — a borrowing-reliance signal.
0%
15th percentile in peer grouppeer median 41.5%
Full-time faculty shareShare of faculty employed full-time — higher generally means more availability and continuity.
Below peers
13.2%
7th percentile in peer grouppeer median 91.2%
How selective is San Francisco Bay University?
San Francisco Bay University admits about 96% of applicants, and roughly 72% of first-year students return for a second year.
What is San Francisco Bay University's student-faculty ratio?
San Francisco Bay University reports a student-faculty ratio of 6:1 (IPEDS, fall 2023) — that is, about 6 students for every instructional faculty member.
Which schools are San Francisco Bay University's peers?
San Francisco Bay University is benchmarked against 20 institutions in the All private nonprofit 4-year institutions peer group; all percentiles and medians on this page are computed within that group.

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Source: U.S. Department of Education — College Scorecard & IPEDS (most recent releases), with the U.S. Census Bureau (ACS), the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (Employment Projections, field-demand outlook) and WICHE (enrollment-cliff projections). Figures lag the current academic year by roughly two to three years. Percentiles and medians are computed within the institution's peer group. Financial Resilience is a transparent composite — see each component above. Compiled by Ibex Insights.