STUDENT SUCCESS
- To provide public accountability as required by Accrediting Council on Education in Journalism and Mass Communication's standards for improving student services, 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.
CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY, NORTHRIDGE
DEPARTMENT OF JOURNALISM
STUDENT SUCCESS RATES | Public Accountability 2018-19
RETENTION RATES FOR CSUN JOURNALISM MAJORS
| FIRST-TIME FRESHMEN ENROLLED ONE YEAR AFTER ENTRY | |||||
FALL ENTRY YEAR | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 | 2012 | |
TOTAL COHORT | 63 | 82 | 110 | 133 | 84 | |
PERCENT WHO CONTINUED INTO SECOND YEAR | 71.4 (45) | 81.7 (67) | 89.1 | 72.2 | 77.4 | |
| NEW TRANSFERS ENROLLED ONE YEAR AFTER ENTRY | |||||
TOTAL COHORT | 50 | 94 | 117 | 113 | 108 | |
PERCENT WHO CONTINUED INTO SECOND YEAR | 86 (43) | 80.9 (76) | 84.6 | 85.8 | 89.8 | |
GRADUATION RATES FOR CSUN JOURNALISM MAJORS
| FIRST-TIME FRESHMEN AFTER SIX YEARS | |||||
FALL ENTRY YEAR
| 2011 (2017) | 2010 (2016) | 2009 (2015) | 2008 (2014) | 2007 (2013) | |
TOTAL COHORT | 137 | 142 | 118 | 136 | 130 | |
PERCENT GRADUATED | 60.6 (83) | 60.6 (86) | 55.9 | 53.7 | 50.8 | |
PERCENT LIKELY TO GRADUATE* | NA | NA | 63.9 | 61.8 | 55.0 | |
| NEW TRANSFER STUDENTS AFTER THREE YEARS | |||||
FALL ENTRY YEAR | 2014 (2017) | 2013 (2016) | 2012 (2015) | 2011 (2014) | 2010 (2013) | |
TOTAL COHORT | 117 | 113 | 108 | 113 | 126 | |
PERCENT WHO GRADUATED | 76.1 (89) | 71.7 (81) | 78.7 | 63.7 | 66.7 | |
PERCENT LIKELY TO GRADUATE** | NA | NA | 87. | 76.1 | 84.1 | |
* 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
| 2016-17 | 2015-16 | 2014-15 | 2013-14 | 2012-13 |
JOURNALISM MAJOR | 194 | 199 | 249 | 194 | 181 |
JOURNALISM MINOR | 27 | 11 | 5 | 7 | 22 |
SPANISH-LANGUAGE INTERDISCIPLINARY MINOR* | TBD | 13 | 24 | 18 | 13 |
* The majority are Journalism majors.
JOURNALISM GRADE POINT AVERAGES
FALL/CSUN | 2016-17 | 2015-16 | 2014-15 | 2013-14 | 2012-13 |
AVERAGE GPA | 2.8 | 2.83 | 2.83 | 2.85 | 2.87 |
ACADEMIC YEAR | 2016-17 | 2015-16 | 2014-15 | 2013-14 | 2012-13 |
FIRST-TIME FRESHMEN AT EXIT | 3.02 | 2.98 | 2.94 | 3.11 | 2.95 |
FIRST-TIME TRANSFER AT EXIT | 2.98 | 2.91 | 3.06 | 3.09 | 23.04 |
JOURNALISM UNDERGRADUATE BY HEADCOUNT LEVEL
| 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 |
FRESHMAN | 107 | 122 | 130 | 169 | 173 |
SOPHOMORE | 91 | 82 | 124 | 98 | 98 |
JUNIOR | 164 | 175 | 230 | 266 | 288 |
SENIOR | 185 | 237 | 262 | 320 | 297 |
TOTAL | 547 | 616 | 746 | 853 | 856 |
DEGREE RECIPIENTS’ HEADCOUNT BY ETHNICITY
FIRST-TIME FRESHMEN | 2016-17 | 2015-16 | 2014-15 | 2013-14 | 2012-13 |
TRADITIONALLY UNDERSERVED | 71 | 50 | 78 | 43 | 37 |
– American Indian/Alaskan native | NA | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
– Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander | NA | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
– African American | 13 | 8 | 17 | 13 | 15 |
– Latina/o | 54 | 41 | 61 | 29 | 22 |
ASIAN | 2 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 4 |
WHITE | 13 | 3 | 18 | 19 | 21 |
MULTI-RACE/OTHER | 4 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 0 |
UNKNOWN | 2 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 6 |
INTERNATIONAL | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
TOTAL | 89 | 63 | 115 | 83 | 69 |
FIRST-TIME TRANSFER | 2016-17 | 2015-16 | 2014-15 | 2013-14 | 2012-13 |
TRADITIONALLY UNDERSERVED | 62 | 24 | 61 | 46 | 53 |
– American Indian/Alaskan native | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
– Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander | NA | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
– African American | 11 | 4 | 12 | 10 | 11 |
– Latina/o | 45 | 20 | 49 | 36 | 42 |
ASIAN | 8 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 7 |
WHITE | 26 | 16 | 44 | 30 | 28 |
MULTI-RACE/OTHER | 5 | 3 | 9 | 3 | 4 |
UNKNOWN | 6 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 11 |
INTERNATIONAL | 1 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 9 |
TOTAL | 103 | 50 | 113 | 110 | 111 |
DEGREE RECIPIENTS’ HEADCOUNT BY GENDER
| 2016-17 | 2015-16 | 2014-15 | 2013-14 | 2012-13 | |
| FIRST-TIME FRESHMEN | |||||
Female | 65 (73%) | 49 (78%) | 94 (82%) | 71 | 54 | |
Male | 24 (27%) | 14 (22%) | 21 (18%) | 12 | 15 | |
| FIRST-TIME TRANSFER | |||||
Female | 66 (64%) | 26 (52%) | 99 (75%) | 77 | 74 | |
Male | 37 (36%) | 24 (48%) | 34 (26%) | 33 | 37 | |
JOURNALISM UNDERGRADUATES BY INTEREST*
| 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 |
JOURNALISM | 54 | 85 | 149 | 162 | 186 |
– BROADCAST | 166 | 157 | 188 | 186 | 188 |
– GENERAL | 174 | 216 | 223 | 331 | 304 |
– MAGAZINE | 29 | 32 | 39 | 42 | 45 |
– PRINT/ONLINE | 12 | 13 | 11 | 11 | 22 |
– PHOTOJOURNALISM | 25 | 22 | 21 | 23 | 22 |
– PUBLIC RELATIONS | 87 | 91 | 115 | 98 | 89 |
TOTAL | 547 | 616 | 746 | 853 | 856 |
* Since 2009, all journalism majors have been listed as “general” interest, although they may continue to follow a particular emphasis, such as “broadcast” or “public relations,” in their course selections. Starting in Fall 2018, in addition to the Journalism major, students will have options in Journalism/Broadcast or Journalism/Public Relations.
