California State University Graduation Rates
Consortium for Student Retention
Data Exchange (CSRDE)

Graduation Rates by Campus, Ethnicity and Gender

First-Time Full-Time Freshmen

• Explanatory Note for CSRDE FTF Persistence Rates (.doc 33K)

STEM Institution

• Explanatory Note for STEM Institution (.doc 36K)

STEM Discipline

• Explanatory Note for STEM Discipline (.doc 37K)

California Community College Transfers (CCCT)

• Explanatory Note for CSRDE CCC Transfers Persistence Rates (.doc 41K)
• CSU Transfer Section IV Checklist (.xls 196K)
• CSU Transfer Characteristics (.xls 215K)

Six-Year Graduation and Retention of CCC Transfers
by California Community College of Origin

Summary of 6-Year Graduation Rates by Campus for FTF and CCCT

First-Time Full-Time Freshmen  |  California Community College Transfers

Resources for Interpreting Community College Transfers vs Native First-Time Freshmen Contrasts

• Six-Year Graduation and Persistence Rates - First-Time, Full-time Freshmen, California Community College Transfers, and Comparative Rates Notes Page
• Compare Persistence Rates Between Community College Transfers and First-Time Freshmen (.docx 20K)
• PowerPoint Presentation (.ppt 927K)
• Sample Custom Table of Persistence Rates (.docx 20K)

Explanatory Notes

The California State University (CSU) participates in a series of surveys of retention and graduation rates of various cohorts of students, which are annually organized by the Consortium for Student Retention Data Exchange (CSRDE). Details of the surveys are at the CSRDE website.

The tables provide campus-specific statistics for ten successive cohorts of students that entered CSU in fall (i.e., from 2000 to 2009). In each group, the oldest cohort was tracked for 10 years, and the youngest was tracked for one year. Hence, each row represents events for a single cohort. There are also separate rates listed for IPEDS-defined ethnic groups.

The data represent annual retention rates and cumulative graduation rates for each of the following groups:

• First-time, full-time freshmen (rates following IPEDS guidelines).
• First-time, full-time freshmen with Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) declared majors on entry and who graduated or continued in any major (i.e.: STEM INSTITUTION).
• First-time, full-time freshmen with Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) declared majors on entry and who graduated or continued in one of the STEM majors (i.e.: STEM DISCIPLINE).
• Full-time and part-time California Community College transfers (sophomore and above).

NOTE: Ethnic-specific rates based on small cohorts (<60) can be statistically unstable, and might not necessarily be indicative of trends across 10 years of monitoring. As such, they should be used with caution, especially when making comparisons.

Definitions of terms used on this page (.doc 38K)

For information regarding rates for a particular group, click on the Explanatory Note for that group.

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