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CSU Global closely monitors student retention and graduation rates to ensure student support services and programming are meeting student needs.
The university’s ultimate goal is to ensure that students can complete their degrees in a low-cost, high-quality environment that honors their time and commitment.
Full-Time Undergraduates
| 2nd Year | 3rd Year | 4th Year | 5th Year | 6th Year | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Term | Cohort | Retention | Graduation | Total | Retention | Graduation | Total | Retention | Graduation | Total | Retention | Graduation | Total | Retention | Graduation | Total |
| Fall 2012 | 428 | 44.6% | 37.1% | 81.8% | 16.6% | 55.8% | 72.4.% | 6.5% | 62.6% | 69.2% | 5.1% | 64.5% | 69.6% | 2.1% | 66.1% | 68.2% |
| Fall 2013 | 517 | 27.1% | 25.9% | 53.0% | 10.8% | 37.5% | 48.4% | 5.4% | 41.6% | 47.0% | 2.3% | 43.3% | 45.6% | 1.9% | 44.1% | 46.0% |
| Fall 2014 | 673 | 21.7% | 17.8% | 39.5% | 10.1% | 26.0% | 36.1% | 4.5% | 30.5% | 34.9% | 2.7% | 31.4% | 34.0% | 1.8% | 31.9% | 33.7% |
| Fall 2015 | 383 | 39.9% | 41.0% | 80.9% | 18.5% | 53.0% | 71.5% | 7.3% | 60.6% | 67.9% | 4.7% | 62.9% | 67.6% | 2.1% | 64.2% | 66.3% |
| Fall 2016 | 438 | 36.1% | 40.6% | 76.7% | 13.7% | 55.3% | 68.9% | 5.5% | 58.9% | 64.4% | 1.1% | 62.1% | 63.2% | .95% | 64.45% | 65.4% |
| Fall 2017 | 401 | 30.7% | 41.6% | 72.3% | 10.2% | 56.9% | 67.1% | 2.5% | 61.6% | 64.1% | .75% | 62.5% | 63.25% | 1.51% | 62.88% | 64.39% |
| Fall 2018 | 372 | 40.3% | 34.4% | 74.7% | 15.1% | 48.7% | 63.7% | 6.74% | 53.37% | 60.11% | 3.39% | 56.25% | 59.64% | 3.37% | 56.48% | 59.85% |
| Fall 2019 | 313 | 47.9% | 40.9% | 88.8% | 11.34% | 55.82% | 67.16% | 7.69% | 62.46% | 70.15% | 7.67% | 62.89% | 70.56% | |||
| Fall 2020 | 408 | 27.94% | 37.75% | 65.69% | 13.28% | 51.38% | 64.66% | 13.38% | 54.55% | 67.93% | ||||||
| Fall 2021 | 316 | 23.42% | 44.94% | 68.36% | 23.57% | 53.82% | 77.39% | |||||||||
| Fall 2022 | 266 | 58.65% | 41.73% | 100.38% | ||||||||||||
Part-Time Undergraduates
| 2nd Year | 3rd Year | 4th Year | 5th Year | 6th Year | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Term | Cohort | Retention | Graduation | Total | Retention | Graduation | Total | Retention | Graduation | Total | Retention | Graduation | Total | Retention | Graduation | Total |
| Fall 2012 | 870 | 50.1% | 10.2% | 60.3% | 27.1% | 24.3% | 51.4.% | 12.8% | 34.6% | 47.4% | 9.5% | 38.3% | 47.8% | 6.1% | 40.9% | 47.0% |
| Fall 2013 | 1415 | 36.5% | 13.8% | 50.3% | 20.2% | 26.1% | 46.4% | 11.4% | 32.0% | 43.4% | 7.1% | 35.1% | 42.3% | 5.4% | 37.0% | 42.4% |
| Fall 2014 | 1447 | 34.8% | 11.0% | 45.8% | 20.4% | 20.9% | 41.3% | 11.1% | 26.9% | 38.0% | 6.8% | 29.9% | 36.6% | 4.4% | 31.4% | 35.8% |
| Fall 2015 | 1357 | 49.3% | 14.3% | 63.6% | 25.6% | 30.3% | 55.9% | 13.6% | 38.5% | 52.2% | 8.5% | 42.7% | 51.2% | 3.7% | 45.2% | 48.9% |
| Fall 2016 | 1449 | 44.7% | 14.3% | 59.0% | 23.0% | 27.3% | 50.3% | 13.5% | 33.7% | 47.2% | 6.0% | 38.1% | 44.1% | 1.83% | 41.57% | 43.40% |
| Fall 2017 | 1393 | 41.7% | 13.2% | 54.9% | 22.1% | 25.6% | 47.7% | 9.3% | 33.5% | 42.7% | 2.99% | 37.26% | 40.25% | 1.45% | 38.09% | 39.54% |
| Fall 2018 | 1244 | 46.1% | 15.1% | 61.3% | 21.5% | 29.3% | 50.7% | 6.44% | 37.23% | 43.67% | 4.98% | 38.91% | 43.89% | 4.96% | 39.44% | 44.40% |
| Fall 2019 | 1270 | 45.4% | 13.9% | 59.3% | 14.53% | 29.21% | 43.74% | 8.13% | 31.88% | 40.01% | 8.13% | 33.68% | 41.81% | |||
| Fall 2020 | 1205 | 26.89% | 18.84% | 45.73% | 15.80% | 30.42% | 46.22% | 15.86% | 33.93% | 49.79% | ||||||
| Fall 2021 | 1062 | 30.41% | 19.30% | 49.71% | 30.88% | 28.49% | 59.37% | |||||||||
| Fall 2022 | 888 | 49.10% | 20.05% | 69.15% | ||||||||||||
Full-Time Graduates
| 2nd Year | 3rd Year | 4th Year | 5th Year | 6th Year | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Term | Cohort | Retention | Graduation | Total | Retention | Graduation | Total | Retention | Graduation | Total | Retention | Graduation | Total | Retention | Graduation | Total |
| Fall 2012 | 74 | 67.6% | 17.6% | 85.1% | 20.3% | 64.9% | 85.1% | 6.8% | 75.7% | 82.4% | 5.4% | 78.4% | 83.8% | 0.0% | 81.1% | 81.1% |
| Fall 2013 | 10 | 20.0% | 50.0% | 70.0% | 10.0% | 50.0% | 60.0% | 10.0% | 50.0% | 60.0% | 10.0% | 50.0% | 60.0% | 0.0% | 60.0% | 60.0% |
| Fall 2014 | 17 | 23.5% | 41.2% | 64.7% | 5.9% | 58.8% | 64.7% | 0.0% | 64.7% | 64.7% | 0.0% | 64.7% | 64.7% | 0.0% | 64.7% | 64.7% |
| Fall 2015 | 252 | 65.1% | 16.3% | 81.3% | 17.5% | 58.3% | 75.8% | 6.3% | 67.5% | 73.8% | 1.6% | 70.2% | 71.8% | 0.0% | 71.0% | 71.0% |
| Fall 2016 | 362 | 64.6% | 13.8% | 78.5% | 16.6% | 57.2% | 73.8% | 7.2% | 64.1% | 71.3% | 3.6% | 66.6% | 70.2% | 0.85% | 69.12% | 69.97% |
| Fall 2017 | 383 | 59.8% | 21.7% | 81.5% | 12.0% | 64.2% | 76.2% | 3.9% | 70.8% | 74.7% | .53% | 74.07% | 74.60% | 0.53% | 74.34% | 74.87% |
| Fall 2018 | 372 | 61.6% | 20.4% | 82.0% | 15.6% | 61.8% | 77.4% | 4.18% | 65.27% | 69.45% | 2.09% | 66.84% | 68.93% | 1.82% | 67.53% | 69.35% |
| Fall 2019 | 361 | 60.1% | 39.1% | 99.2% | 9.21% | 60.43% | 69.64% | 3.55% | 63.66% | 67.21% | 3.54% | 64.03% | 67.57% | |||
| Fall 2020 | 395 | 35.95% | 47.85% | 83.80% | 9.90% | 68.78% | 78.68% | |||||||||
| Fall 2021 | 250 | 29.60% | 51.60% | 81.20% | 29.84% | 66.94% | 96.78% | |||||||||
| Fall 2022 | 241 | 70.12% | 45.64% | 115.78% | ||||||||||||
Part-Time Graduates
| 2nd Year | 3rd Year | 4th Year | 5th Year | 6th Year | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Term | Cohort | Retention | Graduation | Total | Retention | Graduation | Total | Retention | Graduation | Total | Retention | Graduation | Total | Retention | Graduation | Total |
| Fall 2012 | 326 | 57.1% | 8.0% | 65.0% | 21.2% | 40.5% | 61.7% | 8.0% | 50.3% | 58.3% | 4.9% | 53.1% | 58.0% | 2.1% | 54.6% | 56.7% |
| Fall 2013 | 621 | 41.5% | 7.4% | 49.0% | 15.6% | 30.0% | 45.6% | 7.4% | 35.9% | 43.3% | 3.1% | 39.6% | 42.7% | 2.7% | 40.7% | 43.5% |
| Fall 2014 | 814 | 38.6% | 8.5% | 47.1% | 13.6% | 30.3% | 44.0% | 5.2% | 37.0% | 42.1% | 2.7% | 38.9% | 41.6% | 1.5% | 39.9% | 41.4% |
| Fall 2015 | 424 | 64.4% | 7.8% | 72.2% | 20.5% | 42.7% | 63.2% | 9.4% | 50.9% | 60.4% | 4.2% | 55.2% | 59.4% | 1.7% | 57.1% | 58.7% |
| Fall 2016 | 480 | 54.4% | 7.1% | 61.5% | 16.0% | 39.4% | 55.4% | 8.1% | 47.5% | 55.6% | 3.1% | 50.8% | 54.0% | 1.91% | 52.98% | 54.89% |
| Fall 2017 | 478 | 62.3% | 9.4% | 71.8% | 22.2% | 43.7% | 65.9% | 7.7% | 54.4% | 62.1% | 1.28% | 58.21% | 59.49% | 1.28% | 58.97% | 60.25% |
| Fall 2018 | 530 | 54.7% | 10.8% | 65.5% | 14.3% | 42.8% | 57.2% | 3.62% | 49.81% | 53.43% | 1.10% | 51.01% | 52.11% | 1.08% | 50.54% | 51.62% |
| Fall 2019 | 480 | 55.0% | 22.3% | 77.3% | 9.70% | 47.13% | 56.83% | 3.78% | 49.80% | 53.58% | 3.76% | 50.69% | 54.45% | |||
| Fall 2020 | 508 | 43.31% | 25.59% | 68.90% | 9.80% | 46.60% | 56.40% | 9.82% | 51.50% | 61.32% | ||||||
| Fall 2021 | 347 | 39.77% | 29.97% | 69.74% | 40.0% | 46.67% | 46.67% | |||||||||
| Fall 2022 | 308 | 55.19% | 21.75% | 76.94% | ||||||||||||
