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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 Men at California State University System |
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| Year | Ethnicity | Cohort | 4-Year | 5-Year | 6-Year | 4-Year | 5-Year | 6-Year |
| 1996 | Asian/Pac Is | 2,557 | 113 | 443 | 360 | 4.4% | 21.7% | 35.8% |
| Black | 827 | 19 | 64 | 54 | 2.3% | 10.0% | 16.6% | |
| Latino | 2,725 | 88 | 353 | 306 | 3.2% | 16.2% | 27.4% | |
| Nat Amer | 93 | 4 | 18 | 2 | 4.3% | 23.7% | 25.8% | |
| White | 4,518 | 358 | 1,062 | 553 | 7.9% | 31.4% | 43.7% | |
| Total | 10,720 | 582 | 2,522 | 3,797 | 5.4% | 23.5% | 35.4% | |
| 1997 | Asian/Pac Is | 2,756 | 155 | 514 | 411 | 5.6% | 24.3% | 39.2% |
| Black | 783 | 28 | 88 | 67 | 3.6% | 14.8% | 23.4% | |
| Latino | 2,649 | 75 | 397 | 308 | 2.8% | 17.8% | 29.4% | |
| Nat Amer | 97 | 9 | 12 | 13 | 9.3% | 21.6% | 35.1% | |
| White | 4,319 | 390 | 1,046 | 527 | 9.0% | 33.2% | 45.5% | |
| Total | 10,604 | 657 | 2,714 | 4,040 | 6.2% | 25.6% | 38.1% | |
| 1998 | Asian/Pac Is | 2,866 | 169 | 557 | 429 | 5.9% | 25.3% | 40.3% |
| Black | 719 | 22 | 76 | 72 | 3.1% | 13.6% | 23.6% | |
| Latino | 2,579 | 106 | 418 | 279 | 4.1% | 20.3% | 31.1% | |
| Nat Amer | 92 | 8 | 10 | 11 | 8.7% | 19.6% | 31.5% | |
| White | 4,843 | 451 | 1,214 | 612 | 9.3% | 34.4% | 47.0% | |
| Total | 11,099 | 756 | 3,031 | 4,434 | 6.8% | 27.3% | 39.9% | |
| 1999 | Asian/Pac Is | 3,069 | 181 | 586 | 493 | 5.9% | 25.0% | 41.1% |
| Black | 769 | 23 | 85 | 62 | 3.0% | 14.0% | 22.1% | |
| Latino | 2,823 | 133 | 411 | 347 | 4.7% | 19.3% | 31.6% | |
| Nat Amer | 94 | 5 | 5 | 17 | 5.3% | 10.6% | 28.7% | |
| White | 5,112 | 480 | 1,214 | 623 | 9.4% | 33.1% | 45.3% | |
| Total | 11,867 | 822 | 3,123 | 4,665 | 6.9% | 26.3% | 39.3% | |
| 2000 | Asian/Pac Is | 3,306 | 203 | 703 | 516 | 6.1% | 27.4% | 43.0% |
| Black | 793 | 17 | 101 | 88 | 2.1% | 14.9% | 26.0% | |
| Latino | 2,927 | 160 | 482 | 377 | 5.5% | 21.9% | 34.8% | |
| Nat Amer | 92 | 7 | 18 | 8 | 7.6% | 27.2% | 35.9% | |
| White | 5,613 | 661 | 1,393 | 652 | 11.8% | 36.6% | 48.2% | |
| Total | 12,731 | 1,048 | 3,745 | 5,386 | 8.2% | 29.4% | 42.3% | |
| 2001 | Asian/Pac Is | 3,447 | 237 | 743 | 531 | 6.9% | 28.4% | 43.8% |
| Black | 926 | 40 | 120 | 67 | 4.3% | 17.3% | 24.5% | |
| Latino | 3,268 | 157 | 505 | 429 | 4.8% | 20.3% | 33.4% | |
| Nat Amer | 88 | 5 | 13 | 12 | 5.7% | 20.5% | 34.1% | |
| White | 6,135 | 691 | 1,597 | 673 | 11.3% | 37.3% | 48.3% | |
| Total | 13,864 | 1,130 | 4,108 | 5,820 | 8.2% | 29.6% | 42.0% | |