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Graduation Rates Detail for California State University System
Graduation Rates for California State University System
The data presented below are from a longitudinal report collected by the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) through the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS). The report follows a group of full-time, first-time, degree/certificate-seeking undergraduate students that started college in a given year. The chart shows the rate that the original cohort received their bachelor's degree in 5 years. The completion rates are the percentage of the cohort that completed within 4, 5, or 6 years. To calculate the rate, all completions up to and including that time-frame are used as the numerator. For example, based on a cohort of 100 students, if 25 students complete their bachelor's degree in 4 years, the 4-year completion rate is 25%. If 15 students take 5 years to complete their degree, the 5-year completion rate is 40%; that is 40% of the original cohort completed their degree within 5 years of starting. If 10 students take 6 years to complete, the 6-year completion rate is 50%. Select a year in the table to see the completions by ethnicity and gender for that cohort.| Graduation Rate for Freshmen Starting in Each Year White Students California State University System |
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| Completions | Completion Rate | |||||||
| Year | Gender | Cohort | 4-Year | 5-Year | 6-Year | 4-Year | 5-Year | 6-Year |
| 1996 | Men | 4,518 | 358 | 1,062 | 553 | 7.9% | 31.4% | 43.7% |
| Women | 5,587 | 987 | 1,490 | 568 | 17.7% | 44.3% | 54.5% | |
| Total | 10,105 | 1,345 | 3,897 | 5,018 | 13.3% | 38.6% | 49.7% | |
| 1997 | Men | 4,319 | 390 | 1,046 | 527 | 9.0% | 33.2% | 45.5% |
| Women | 5,710 | 1,019 | 1,589 | 517 | 17.8% | 45.7% | 54.7% | |
| Total | 10,029 | 1,409 | 4,044 | 5,088 | 14.0% | 40.3% | 50.7% | |
| 1998 | Men | 4,843 | 451 | 1,214 | 612 | 9.3% | 34.4% | 47.0% |
| Women | 6,024 | 1,201 | 1,623 | 529 | 19.9% | 46.9% | 55.7% | |
| Total | 10,867 | 1,652 | 4,489 | 5,630 | 15.2% | 41.3% | 51.8% | |
| 1999 | Men | 5,112 | 480 | 1,214 | 623 | 9.4% | 33.1% | 45.3% |
| Women | 6,635 | 1,422 | 1,754 | 629 | 21.4% | 47.9% | 57.3% | |
| Total | 11,747 | 1,902 | 4,870 | 6,122 | 16.2% | 41.5% | 52.1% | |
| 2000 | Men | 5,613 | 661 | 1,393 | 652 | 11.8% | 36.6% | 48.2% |
| Women | 7,406 | 1,672 | 1,983 | 626 | 22.6% | 49.4% | 57.8% | |
| Total | 13,019 | 2,333 | 5,709 | 6,987 | 17.9% | 43.9% | 53.7% | |
| 2001 | Men | 6,135 | 691 | 1,597 | 673 | 11.3% | 37.3% | 48.3% |
| Women | 7,963 | 1,811 | 2,154 | 605 | 22.7% | 49.8% | 57.4% | |
| Total | 14,098 | 2,502 | 6,253 | 7,531 | 17.7% | 44.4% | 53.4% | |