Journalism

Public Accountability

STUDENT SUCCESS | Public Accountability 2022-23

  • To provide public accountability as required by the Accrediting Council on Education in Journalism and Mass Communication's standards, the CSUN Journalism Department maintains and annually posts information on several indicators of student success. The data include retention and graduation rates for first-time freshmen and new transfer students over a five-year period.
  • The chart below also contains overall enrollment and other relevant information about majors and minors.
  • Similar data about the Mike Curb College of Arts, Media and Communication as well as the entire university are available at CSUN Counts, maintained by the university's Office of Institutional Research. 

RETENTION RATES FOR CSUN JOURNALISM MAJORS

FALL ENTRY YEAR COHORTS

2020

2019

2018

2017

2016

FIRST-TIME FRESHMEN ENROLLED ONE YEAR AFTER ENTRY

TOTAL

38

59

83

78

63

PERCENT WHO CONTINUED INTO SECOND YEAR (PERSISTENCE RATE)

84.2 (32)

91.4 (54)

86.8 (46)

88.5 (69)

71.4 (45)

NEW TRANSFERS ENROLLED ONE YEAR AFTER ENTRY

TOTAL

80

83

45

65

50

PERCENT WHO CONTINUED INTO SECOND YEAR (PERSISTENCE RATE)

91.3 (73)

92.8 (77)

84.4 (38)

90.8 (59)

86   (43)

GRADUATION RATES FOR CSUN JOURNALISM MAJORS

  • For the 2017 First-Time Freshmen cohort, 42.3 percent graduated in four years, compared to the campus-wide rate of 54.8 percent.
  • For the 2019 First-Time Transfer cohort, 53 percent graduated in two years, compared to the campus-wide rate of 47.4 percent.

 

 

FIRST-TIME FRESHMEN AFTER SIX YEARS

FALL ENTRY YEAR COHORT

 

2015 (2021)

2014 (2020)

2013 (2019)

2012 (2018)

2011 (2017)

TOTAL

82

110

133

84

137

PERCENT WHO GRADUATED

62.2 (51)

70 (77)

64.7 (86)

65.5 (55)

60.6 (83)

PERCENT LIKELY TO GRADUATE*

(PERSISTENCE RATE)

64.6

73.6

67.7

67.9

61.3

 

 

NEW TRANSFER STUDENTS AFTER THREE YEARS

FALL ENTRY YEAR COHORT

2018 (2021)

2017 (2020)

2016 (2019)

2015 (2018)

2014 (2017)

TOTAL

45

65

50

94

117

PERCENT WHO GRADUATED

75.6 (34)

83 (54)

74 (37)

64.9 (61)

76.1 (89)

PERCENT LIKELY TO GRADUATE**

(PERSISTENCE RATE)

82.2

89.2

82

73.4

76.9

* These students either graduated from or were enrolled at CSUN after six years and are considered likely to graduate.

** These students either graduated from or were enrolled at CSUN after three years and are considered likely to graduate

JOURNALISM GRADUATES BY YEAR AND PROGRAM

 

2020-21

2019-20

2018-19

2017-18

2016-17

JOURNALISM MAJOR

156

139

154

144

194

JOURNALISM MINOR

6

33

21

19

27

SPANISH-LANGUAGE INTERDISCIPLINARY MINOR*

11

22

13

14

14

* The majority are Journalism majors.

JOURNALISM ACADEMIC YEAR GRADE POINT AVERAGES

FALL/CSUN

2020-21

2019-20

2018-19

2017-18

2016-17

AVERAGE GPA IN MAJOR

3.15

2.99

23.03

2.95

2.99

ACADEMIC YEAR

2020-21

2019-20

2018-19

2017-18

2016-17

FIRST-TIME FRESHMEN AT EXIT

3.15

2.96

2.97

2.98

3.03

FIRST-TIME TRANSFER AT EXIT

3.16

3.06

3.09

2.91

2.95

OTHER

2.92

2.44

 

 

3.44

JOURNALISM UNDERGRADUATE BY FALL SEMESTER HEADCOUNT LEVEL

 

2021

2020

2019

2018

2017*

FRESHMAN

61

55

76

82

107

SOPHOMORE

51

64

75

83

91

JUNIOR

147

168

167

140

164

SENIOR

146

174

148

185

185

TOTAL

405

461

466

490

547

*CSUN imposed enrollment impaction, beginning in Fall 2016. This reduced eligible applications and admittance to students in Tier 1 boundary.

DEGREE RECIPIENTS’ ACADEMIC YEAR HEADCOUNT BY ETHNICITY

FIRST-TIME FRESHMEN

2020-21

2019-20

2018-29

2017-18

2016-17

TRADITIONALLY UNDERSERVED

59

68

56

66

71

– American Indian/Alaskan native

 

 

 

 

 

– Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander

 

 

 

 

 

– African American

8

7

9

6

13

– Latina/o

45

59

43

56

54

ASIAN

5

4

6

5

2

WHITE

13

4

7

10

13

MULTI-RACE/OTHER

6

2

4

4

4

UNKNOWN

2

2

5

4

2

INTERNATIONAL

0

3

3

1

1

TOTAL

79

81

77

86

89

FIRST-TIME TRANSFER

2020-21

2019-20

2018-19

2017-18

2016-17

TRADITIONALLY UNDERSERVED

48

40

55

29

62

– American Indian/Alaskan native

 

 

1

 

1

– Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander

 

 

 

 

 

– African American

7

3

3

8

11

– Latina/o

36

37

45

18

49

ASIAN

1

1

2

5

8

WHITE

20

14

14

16

26

MULTI-RACE/OTHER

5

2

2

3

5

UNKNOWN

3

 

4

5

6

INTERNATIONAL

4

 

2

3

1

TOTAL

76

55

77

58

103

DEGREE RECIPIENTS’ HEADCOUNT BY GENDER

 

2020-21

2019-20

2018-19

2017-18

2016-17

 

 

FIRST-TIME FRESHMEN

Female

61 (77%)

60 (74%)

57 (74%)

65 (75%)

65 (73%)

Male

18 (23%)

21 (26%)

20 (26%)

21 (24%)

24 (27%)

Non-binary

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 FIRST-TIME TRANSFER

Female

44 (58%)

34 (54.5%)

45 (58.4%)

38 (66%)

66 (64%)

Male

32 (42%)

25 (45.5%)

32 (41.5%)

20 (34%)

37 (36%)

Non-binary

 

 

 

 

 

JOURNALISM UNDERGRADUATES HEADCOUNT BY INTEREST

 

2021

2020

2019

2018*

2017

– JOURNALISM

 

3

8

30

54

– OPTION:  BROADCAST

158

174

139

44

166

– BROADCAST

3

19

19

 

– GENERAL

6

15

65

122

174

– MAGAZINE

 

1

7

16

29

– JOURNALISM MAJOR

127

155

126

79

 

– PRINT/ONLINE (NEWSPAPER)

 

1

1

4

12

– PHOTOJOURNALISM

 

1

2

12

25

– PUBLIC RELATIONS

 

3

9

63

87

– OPTION: PUBLIC RELATIONS

107

105

90

21

 

TOTAL

400

461

466

490

547

*  In Fall 2018, Journalism enacted a sweeping curriculum redesign, eliminating the multiple emphases or concentrations in the major and creating formal options in Broadcast or Public Relations. Previously, starting in 2009, all journalism majors were listed as “general” interest, although the majority continued to follow a particular emphasis, such as “broadcast” or “public relations,” in their course selections.

JOURNALISM UNDERGRADUATES / FALL SEMESTER HEADCOUNT BY PELL GRANT; FIRST GENERATION

 

2021

2020

2019

2018*

2017

2016

GRANT RECIPIENT TOTAL

213 (53.5%)

228 (49.5%)

262 (56.1%)

277 (56.5%)

337 (61.6%)

352 (57.1%)

NO GRANT

192 (53.5%)

233 (50.5%)

204 (43.8%)

213 (43.5%)

210 (38.4%)

264 (42.9%)

FIRST GENERATION

275 (67.9%)

319 (69.1%)

340 (72.9%)

354 (72.2%)

401 (73.3%)

442 (71.7%)

TOTAL MAJORS

405

461

466

490

547

616

All data updated in Fall 2022