CSU | Analytic Studies | Comparison - Gradution Rates in the CSU

CSU
Graduation and Continuation Rates: The System
First-Time Full-Time Freshmen (Equalized)
Vs.
CCC Transfers (Sophomore and Above)

	ADJUSTED
	FRESHMEN	FRESHMEN'		TRANSFERS		PERSISTENCE
	HEAD-	WITHIN 6 YEARS		WITHIN 6 YEARS		WITHIN 6 YEARS
FALL	COUNT*	GRAD	CONT	GRAD	CONT	FRESHMEN'	TRANSFERS	DIFFERENCE
1975	12,214	0.603	0.119	0.488	0.027	0.722	0.515	0.207
1976	12,147	0.618	0.122	0.495	0.025	0.740	0.520	0.220
1977	12,419	0.616	0.122	0.487	0.028	0.738	0.515	0.223
1978	13,166	0.612	0.128	0.502	0.026	0.740	0.528	0.212
1979	14,384	0.610	0.129	0.513	0.030	0.739	0.543	0.196
1980	14,534	0.619	0.142	0.514	0.032	0.761	0.546	0.215
1981	14,137	0.602	0.160	0.522	0.034	0.762	0.556	0.206
1982	14,533	0.609	0.161	0.525	0.033	0.770	0.558	0.212
1983	14,327	0.599	0.165	0.519	0.036	0.764	0.555	0.209
1984	14,352	0.608	0.158	0.519	0.038	0.766	0.557	0.209
1985	15,467	0.598	0.160	0.526	0.039	0.758	0.565	0.193
1986	15,748	0.611	0.159	0.545	0.037	0.770	0.582	0.188
1987	17,197	0.624	0.156	0.545	0.037	0.780	0.582	0.198
1988	18,375	0.608	0.159	0.569	0.033	0.767	0.602	0.165
1989	17,977	0.606	0.169	0.586	0.033	0.775	0.619	0.156
1990	16,760	0.595	0.175	0.588	0.033	0.770	0.621	0.149
1991	15,468	0.588	0.183	0.611	0.029	0.771	0.640	0.131
1992	13,857	0.603	0.169	0.623	0.029	0.772	0.652	0.120
1993	13,336	0.604	0.168	0.631	0.027	0.772	0.658	0.114
1994	14,891	0.596	0.171	0.626	0.026	0.767	0.652	0.115
1995	16,631	0.610	0.167	0.629	0.026	0.777	0.655	0.122
1996	18,474	0.631	0.162	0.638	0.027	0.793	0.665	0.128
1997	19,393	0.647	0.148	0.661	0.024	0.795	0.685	0.110
1998	19,911	0.669	0.140	0.680	0.021	0.809	0.701	0.108
1999	22,143	0.681	0.137	0.690	0.020	0.818	0.710	0.108
2000	23,877	0.690	0.126	0.698	0.021	0.816	0.719	0.097
2001	25,663	0.689	0.132	0.695	0.021	0.821	0.716	0.105
	*Headcounts have been adjusted to reflect freshmen still enrolled after two years.

Subgroup : Female (CSRDE)

	ADJUSTED
	FRESHMEN	FRESHMEN'		TRANSFERS		PERSISTENCE
FALL	HEAD-	WITHIN 6 YEARS		WITHIN 6 YEARS		WITHIN 6 YEARS
COHORT	COUNT*	GRAD	CONT	GRAD	CONT	FRESHMEN'	TRANSFERS	DIFFERENCE
1975	6,335	0.633	0.101	0.529	0.027	0.734	0.556	0.178
1976	6,494	0.644	0.105	0.527	0.025	0.749	0.552	0.197
1977	6,532	0.628	0.104	0.519	0.028	0.732	0.547	0.185
1978	7,061	0.638	0.110	0.534	0.024	0.748	0.558	0.190
1979	7,692	0.641	0.113	0.534	0.031	0.754	0.565	0.189
1980	7,875	0.642	0.124	0.537	0.031	0.766	0.568	0.198
1981	7,661	0.625	0.136	0.538	0.036	0.761	0.574	0.187
1982	7,998	0.641	0.139	0.541	0.033	0.780	0.574	0.206
1983	7,752	0.636	0.140	0.539	0.035	0.776	0.574	0.202
1984	7,880	0.640	0.140	0.541	0.039	0.780	0.580	0.200
1985	8,602	0.642	0.135	0.548	0.038	0.777	0.586	0.191
1986	8,752	0.649	0.134	0.571	0.035	0.783	0.606	0.177
1987	9,653	0.668	0.129	0.574	0.035	0.797	0.609	0.188
1988	10,055	0.659	0.134	0.603	0.031	0.793	0.634	0.159
1989	9,840	0.654	0.143	0.616	0.030	0.797	0.646	0.151
1990	9,338	0.642	0.149	0.622	0.032	0.791	0.654	0.137
1991	8,739	0.639	0.160	0.637	0.027	0.799	0.664	0.135
1992	7,982	0.642	0.146	0.661	0.026	0.788	0.687	0.101
1993	7,583	0.652	0.141	0.670	0.025	0.793	0.695	0.098
1994	8,627	0.645	0.149	0.660	0.025	0.794	0.685	0.109
1995	9,713	0.654	0.147	0.668	0.025	0.801	0.693	0.108
1996	10,729	0.684	0.135	0.674	0.025	0.819	0.699	0.120
1997	11,475	0.693	0.133	0.697	0.021	0.826	0.718	0.108
1998	11,495	0.716	0.118	0.714	0.018	0.834	0.732	0.102
1999	12,921	0.728	0.116	0.726	0.017	0.844	0.743	0.101
2000	13,991	0.729	0.109	0.726	0.018	0.838	0.744	0.094
2001	15,072	0.727	0.112	0.726	0.018	0.839	0.744	0.095
	*Headcounts have been adjusted to reflect freshmen still enrolled after two years.

Subgroup : Male (CSRDE)

	ADJUSTED
	FRESHMEN	FRESHMEN'		TRANSFERS		PERSISTENCE
FALL	HEAD-	WITHIN 6 YEARS		WITHIN 6 YEARS		WITHIN 6 YEARS
COHORT	COUNT*	GRAD	CONT	GRAD	CONT	FRESHMEN'	TRANSFERS	DIFFERENCE
1975	5,879	0.571	0.138	0.459	0.027	0.709	0.486	0.223
1976	5,653	0.589	0.142	0.469	0.026	0.731	0.495	0.236
1977	5,887	0.602	0.143	0.461	0.027	0.745	0.488	0.257
1978	6,105	0.583	0.148	0.474	0.027	0.731	0.501	0.230
1979	6,692	0.575	0.149	0.492	0.029	0.724	0.521	0.203
1980	6,659	0.591	0.162	0.492	0.034	0.753	0.526	0.227
1981	6,476	0.574	0.188	0.506	0.032	0.762	0.538	0.224
1982	6,535	0.570	0.188	0.509	0.033	0.758	0.542	0.216
1983	6,575	0.555	0.193	0.499	0.036	0.748	0.535	0.213
1984	6,472	0.569	0.181	0.498	0.037	0.750	0.535	0.215
1985	6,865	0.542	0.191	0.504	0.040	0.733	0.544	0.189
1986	6,996	0.563	0.191	0.517	0.039	0.754	0.556	0.198
1987	7,544	0.567	0.190	0.514	0.038	0.757	0.552	0.205
1988	8,320	0.546	0.190	0.531	0.035	0.736	0.566	0.170
1989	8,137	0.548	0.199	0.551	0.036	0.747	0.587	0.160
1990	7,422	0.537	0.209	0.549	0.035	0.746	0.584	0.162
1991	6,729	0.522	0.214	0.581	0.032	0.736	0.613	0.123
1992	5,875	0.549	0.199	0.580	0.031	0.748	0.611	0.137
1993	5,753	0.539	0.203	0.587	0.028	0.742	0.615	0.127
1994	6,264	0.527	0.200	0.586	0.027	0.727	0.613	0.114
1995	6,918	0.547	0.194	0.584	0.028	0.741	0.612	0.129
1996	7,743	0.559	0.199	0.593	0.029	0.758	0.622	0.136
1997	7,913	0.583	0.170	0.612	0.028	0.753	0.640	0.113
1998	8,389	0.610	0.172	0.636	0.024	0.782	0.660	0.122
1999	9,207	0.618	0.169	0.640	0.023	0.787	0.663	0.124
2000	9,892	0.634	0.150	0.659	0.025	0.784	0.684	0.100
2001	10,596	0.636	0.160	0.652	0.025	0.796	0.677	0.119
	*Headcounts have been adjusted to reflect freshmen still enrolled after two years.

Subgroup : Black (CSRDE)

	ADJUSTED
	FRESHMEN	FRESHMEN'		TRANSFERS		PERSISTENCE
FALL	HEAD-	WITHIN 6 YEARS		WITHIN 6 YEARS		WITHIN 6 YEARS
COHORT	COUNT*	GRAD	CONT	GRAD	CONT	FRESHMEN'	TRANSFERS	DIFFERENCE
1975	644	0.37	0.121	0.354	0.028	0.491	0.382	0.109
1976	687	0.342	0.150	0.386	0.024	0.492	0.410	0.082
1977	597	0.345	0.132	0.344	0.035	0.477	0.379	0.098
1978	798	0.353	0.158	0.371	0.031	0.511	0.402	0.109
1979	769	0.332	0.147	0.360	0.031	0.479	0.391	0.088
1980	740	0.376	0.146	0.338	0.033	0.522	0.371	0.151
1981	757	0.281	0.225	0.348	0.049	0.506	0.397	0.109
1982	831	0.312	0.214	0.343	0.051	0.526	0.394	0.132
1983	761	0.269	0.192	0.287	0.051	0.461	0.338	0.123
1984	703	0.280	0.223	0.272	0.058	0.503	0.330	0.173
1985	743	0.308	0.231	0.298	0.065	0.539	0.363	0.176
1986	758	0.311	0.228	0.340	0.055	0.539	0.395	0.144
1987	836	0.353	0.211	0.338	0.055	0.564	0.393	0.171
1988	814	0.375	0.213	0.387	0.059	0.588	0.446	0.142
1989	839	0.362	0.204	0.380	0.055	0.566	0.435	0.131
1990	941	0.338	0.248	0.381	0.059	0.586	0.440	0.146
1991	936	0.351	0.241	0.427	0.052	0.592	0.479	0.113
1992	866	0.421	0.217	0.445	0.061	0.638	0.506	0.132
1993	803	0.379	0.247	0.462	0.043	0.626	0.505	0.121
1994	972	0.370	0.217	0.450	0.046	0.587	0.496	0.091
1995	1,022	0.398	0.225	0.477	0.048	0.623	0.525	0.098
1996	1,228	0.419	0.234	0.493	0.044	0.653	0.537	0.116
1997	1,351	0.440	0.199	0.509	0.041	0.639	0.550	0.089
1998	1,104	0.498	0.191	0.561	0.041	0.689	0.602	0.087
1999	1,158	0.478	0.210	0.574	0.036	0.688	0.610	0.078
2000	1,320	0.527	0.179	0.581	0.029	0.706	0.610	0.096
2001	1,433	0.524	0.191	0.583	0.033	0.715	0.616	0.099
	*Headcounts have been adjusted to reflect freshmen still enrolled after two years.

Subgroup : Hispanic (CSRDE)

	ADJUSTED
	FRESHMEN	FRESHMEN'		TRANSFERS		PERSISTENCE
FALL	HEAD-	WITHIN 6 YEARS		WITHIN 6 YEARS		WITHIN 6 YEARS
COHORT	COUNT*	GRAD	CONT	GRAD	CONT	FRESHMEN'	TRANSFERS	DIFFERENCE
1975	570	0.44	0.184	0.449	0.036	0.624	0.485	0.139
1976	699	0.428	0.189	0.423	0.042	0.617	0.465	0.152
1977	548	0.458	0.168	0.393	0.037	0.626	0.430	0.196
1978	925	0.439	0.196	0.433	0.041	0.635	0.474	0.161
1979	1,006	0.460	0.210	0.436	0.047	0.670	0.483	0.187
1980	1,126	0.472	0.224	0.453	0.043	0.696	0.496	0.200
1981	1,169	0.443	0.230	0.465	0.048	0.673	0.513	0.160
1982	1,346	0.432	0.252	0.413	0.053	0.684	0.466	0.218
1983	1,431	0.425	0.260	0.419	0.060	0.685	0.479	0.206
1984	1,424	0.450	0.260	0.454	0.051	0.710	0.505	0.205
1985	1,618	0.424	0.240	0.452	0.053	0.664	0.505	0.159
1986	1,614	0.457	0.255	0.475	0.051	0.712	0.526	0.186
1987	1,990	0.454	0.240	0.488	0.053	0.694	0.541	0.153
1988	2,202	0.472	0.242	0.507	0.044	0.714	0.551	0.163
1989	2,539	0.473	0.260	0.526	0.043	0.733	0.569	0.164
1990	2,740	0.462	0.271	0.552	0.046	0.733	0.598	0.135
1991	3,004	0.449	0.279	0.577	0.040	0.728	0.617	0.111
1992	2,881	0.497	0.241	0.603	0.041	0.738	0.644	0.094
1993	3,069	0.489	0.231	0.626	0.034	0.720	0.660	0.060
1994	3,522	0.489	0.243	0.614	0.036	0.732	0.650	0.082
1995	4,018	0.509	0.233	0.622	0.031	0.742	0.653	0.089
1996	4,411	0.536	0.217	0.638	0.033	0.753	0.671	0.082
1997	4,602	0.563	0.196	0.655	0.031	0.759	0.686	0.073
1998	4,439	0.590	0.188	0.672	0.024	0.778	0.696	0.082
1999	4,728	0.600	0.196	0.688	0.026	0.796	0.714	0.082
2000	5,168	0.616	0.160	0.686	0.026	0.776	0.712	0.064
2001	5,547	0.612	0.176	0.683	0.028	0.788	0.711	0.077
	*Headcounts have been adjusted to reflect freshmen still enrolled after two years.

Subgroup : Asian or Pacific Islander (CSRDE)

	ADJUSTED
	FRESHMEN	FRESHMEN'		TRANSFERS		PERSISTENCE
FALL	HEAD-	WITHIN 6 YEARS		WITHIN 6 YEARS		WITHIN 6 YEARS
COHORT	COUNT*	GRAD	CONT	GRAD	CONT	FRESHMEN'	TRANSFERS	DIFFERENCE
1975	648	0.554	0.156	0.532	0.033	0.710	0.565	0.145
1976	799	0.597	0.161	0.545	0.035	0.758	0.580	0.178
1977	794	0.584	0.161	0.545	0.051	0.745	0.596	0.149
1978	1,139	0.568	0.159	0.556	0.025	0.727	0.581	0.146
1979	1,066	0.596	0.162	0.556	0.036	0.758	0.592	0.166
1980	1,313	0.573	0.193	0.565	0.041	0.766	0.606	0.160
1981	1,618	0.555	0.208	0.532	0.036	0.763	0.568	0.195
1982	2,015	0.581	0.188	0.510	0.036	0.769	0.546	0.223
1983	2,319	0.558	0.189	0.507	0.035	0.747	0.542	0.205
1984	2,551	0.556	0.184	0.520	0.038	0.740	0.558	0.182
1985	2,847	0.553	0.184	0.519	0.039	0.737	0.558	0.179
1986	3,104	0.569	0.177	0.510	0.044	0.746	0.554	0.192
1987	3,376	0.570	0.193	0.487	0.041	0.763	0.528	0.235
1988	3,879	0.537	0.199	0.514	0.042	0.736	0.556	0.180
1989	4,091	0.529	0.216	0.550	0.040	0.745	0.590	0.155
1990	4,126	0.540	0.210	0.543	0.043	0.750	0.586	0.164
1991	3,713	0.545	0.218	0.566	0.035	0.763	0.601	0.162
1992	3,472	0.554	0.192	0.590	0.032	0.746	0.622	0.124
1993	3,339	0.562	0.185	0.606	0.030	0.747	0.636	0.111
1994	3,554	0.554	0.198	0.601	0.028	0.752	0.629	0.123
1995	3,736	0.569	0.190	0.597	0.027	0.759	0.624	0.135
1996	3,954	0.596	0.187	0.601	0.026	0.783	0.627	0.156
1997	4,181	0.633	0.169	0.628	0.023	0.802	0.651	0.151
1998	4,385	0.639	0.173	0.641	0.023	0.812	0.664	0.148
1999	4,766	0.645	0.173	0.642	0.023	0.818	0.665	0.153
2000	5,165	0.660	0.154	0.664	0.023	0.814	0.687	0.127
2001	5,514	0.650	0.164	0.661	0.020	0.814	0.681	0.133
	*Headcounts have been adjusted to reflect freshmen still enrolled after two years.

Subgroup : American Indian (CSRDE)

	ADJUSTED
	FRESHMEN	FRESHMEN'		TRANSFERS		PERSISTENCE
FALL	HEAD-	WITHIN 6 YEARS		WITHIN 6 YEARS		WITHIN 6 YEARS
COHORT	COUNT*	GRAD	CONT	GRAD	CONT	FRESHMEN'	TRANSFERS	DIFFERENCE
1975	175	0.629	0.091	0.471	0.013	0.720	0.484	0.236
1976	82	0.476	0.183	0.415	0.019	0.659	0.434	0.225
1977	74	0.568	0.122	0.408	0.014	0.690	0.422	0.268
1978	122	0.557	0.066	0.420	0.025	0.623	0.445	0.178
1979	116	0.457	0.147	0.429	0.024	0.604	0.453	0.151
1980	111	0.586	0.153	0.426	0.030	0.739	0.456	0.283
1981	405	0.570	0.217	0.463	0.030	0.787	0.493	0.294
1982	90	0.467	0.189	0.518	0.042	0.656	0.560	0.096
1983	82	0.500	0.183	0.480	0.048	0.683	0.528	0.155
1984	80	0.563	0.163	0.447	0.023