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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 Women 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 | 2,986 | 280 | 721 | 436 | 9.4% | 33.5% | 48.1% |
| Black | 1,452 | 60 | 178 | 142 | 4.1% | 16.4% | 26.2% | |
| Latino | 4,029 | 265 | 820 | 529 | 6.6% | 26.9% | 40.1% | |
| Nat Amer | 166 | 12 | 35 | 23 | 7.2% | 28.3% | 42.2% | |
| White | 5,587 | 987 | 1,490 | 568 | 17.7% | 44.3% | 54.5% | |
| Total | 14,220 | 1,604 | 4,848 | 6,546 | 11.3% | 34.1% | 46.0% | |
| 1997 | Asian/Pac Is | 3,116 | 334 | 807 | 429 | 10.7% | 36.6% | 50.4% |
| Black | 1,476 | 64 | 202 | 144 | 4.3% | 18.0% | 27.8% | |
| Latino | 4,220 | 296 | 900 | 615 | 7.0% | 28.3% | 42.9% | |
| Nat Amer | 186 | 20 | 40 | 17 | 10.8% | 32.3% | 41.4% | |
| White | 5,710 | 1,019 | 1,589 | 517 | 17.8% | 45.7% | 54.7% | |
| Total | 14,708 | 1,733 | 5,271 | 6,993 | 11.8% | 35.8% | 47.5% | |
| 1998 | Asian/Pac Is | 3,241 | 385 | 810 | 454 | 11.9% | 36.9% | 50.9% |
| Black | 1,289 | 79 | 186 | 115 | 6.1% | 20.6% | 29.5% | |
| Latino | 4,157 | 427 | 901 | 487 | 10.3% | 31.9% | 43.7% | |
| Nat Amer | 136 | 14 | 21 | 12 | 10.3% | 25.7% | 34.6% | |
| White | 6,024 | 1,201 | 1,623 | 529 | 19.9% | 46.9% | 55.7% | |
| Total | 14,847 | 2,106 | 5,647 | 7,244 | 14.2% | 38.0% | 48.8% | |
| 1999 | Asian/Pac Is | 3,541 | 462 | 891 | 461 | 13.0% | 38.2% | 51.2% |
| Black | 1,296 | 89 | 184 | 112 | 6.9% | 21.1% | 29.7% | |
| Latino | 4,319 | 447 | 911 | 588 | 10.3% | 31.4% | 45.1% | |
| Nat Amer | 156 | 14 | 31 | 14 | 9.0% | 28.8% | 37.8% | |
| White | 6,635 | 1,422 | 1,754 | 629 | 21.4% | 47.9% | 57.3% | |
| Total | 15,947 | 2,434 | 6,205 | 8,009 | 15.3% | 38.9% | 50.2% | |
| 2000 | Asian/Pac Is | 3,721 | 488 | 957 | 539 | 13.1% | 38.8% | 53.3% |
| Black | 1,397 | 108 | 233 | 148 | 7.7% | 24.4% | 35.0% | |
| Latino | 4,650 | 549 | 1,011 | 603 | 11.8% | 33.5% | 46.5% | |
| Nat Amer | 147 | 22 | 32 | 12 | 15.0% | 36.7% | 44.9% | |
| White | 7,406 | 1,672 | 1,983 | 626 | 22.6% | 49.4% | 57.8% | |
| Total | 17,321 | 2,839 | 7,055 | 8,983 | 16.4% | 40.7% | 51.9% | |
| 2001 | Asian/Pac Is | 3,945 | 535 | 979 | 562 | 13.6% | 38.4% | 52.6% |
| Black | 1,520 | 97 | 266 | 160 | 6.4% | 23.9% | 34.4% | |
| Latino | 5,162 | 562 | 1,122 | 622 | 10.9% | 32.6% | 44.7% | |
| Nat Amer | 136 | 22 | 33 | 13 | 16.2% | 40.4% | 50.0% | |
| White | 7,963 | 1,811 | 2,154 | 605 | 22.7% | 49.8% | 57.4% | |
| Total | 18,726 | 3,027 | 7,581 | 9,543 | 16.2% | 40.5% | 51.0% | |