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First-Time full-time Undergrad 1-Term Retention - Fall Cohorts 2016 - 2025

Overall 1-Term Retention of First-Time full-time Undergrads
ft1term_retention report generated: 02-MAR-26

Fall 16
Fall 17
Fall 18
Fall 19
Fall 20
Fall 21
Fall 22
Fall 23
Fall 24
Fall 25
Initial Cohort128211881038815532609930937886869
Returned 1 term later11871110957743476558871883828813
Percent Returning92.6%93.4%92.2%91.2%89.5%91.6%93.7%94.2%93.5%93.6%

First-Time full-time Undergrads by Sex - cohort and pct return 2nd term
ft1term_retention report generated: 02-MAR-26
Sex
Fall 16
Fall 17
Fall 18
Fall 19
Fall 20
Fall 21
Fall 22
Fall 23
Fall 24
Fall 25
F728749603477321351511490446387

93.1%94.7%93.7%91.0%91.3%92.9%94.5%95.3%92.2%93.8%
M551433432330203244391424422397

91.8%91.2%90.0%91.2%86.2%89.3%92.3%93.6%94.5%92.9%
N363681427231862

100.0%100.0%100.0%100.0%100.0%100.0%96.3%82.6%100.0%93.5%
U00020010023

%%%100.0%%%100.0%%%100.0%

First-Time full-time Undergrads by URM - cohort and pct return 2nd term
ft1term_retention report generated: 02-MAR-26
URM
Fall 16
Fall 17
Fall 18
Fall 19
Fall 20
Fall 21
Fall 22
Fall 23
Fall 24
Fall 25
Not URM532476453367243360548534507442

90.8%93.9%95.1%91.3%91.8%92.8%94.3%94.0%94.1%93.7%
URM671645540401274232357370346399

93.9%92.9%89.8%91.5%88.0%90.5%93.6%94.3%92.8%94.0%
Unknown79674547151725333328

93.7%95.5%91.1%87.2%80.0%82.4%80.0%97.0%90.9%85.7%

First-Time full-time Undergrads CSU/IPEDS Ethnicity - cohort and pct return 2nd term
ft1term_retention report generated: 02-MAR-26
CSU/IPEDS Ethnicity
Fall 16
Fall 17
Fall 18
Fall 19
Fall 20
Fall 21
Fall 22
Fall 23
Fall 24
Fall 25
African American51574829231432201836

94.1%98.2%79.2%93.1%100.0%92.9%93.8%100.0%94.4%94.4%
American Indian11121179687913

90.9%91.7%100.0%100.0%88.9%83.3%87.5%100.0%66.7%76.9%
Asian American31212212171530322325

90.3%95.2%100.0%100.0%94.1%73.3%96.7%96.9%100.0%96.0%
Hispanic/Latino545517444328214190272302275304

93.6%92.6%91.7%90.9%86.0%90.5%93.8%93.7%93.5%94.1%
Nonresident Alien1816106545464

88.9%93.8%80.0%66.7%100.0%100.0%80.0%100.0%100.0%50.0%
Pacific Islander4451112433

100.0%100.0%80.0%100.0%100.0%100.0%50.0%75.0%100.0%100.0%
Two or More Races100855355364070777472

94.0%89.4%84.9%90.9%88.9%95.0%95.7%94.8%91.9%95.8%
Unknown61513541101320292724

95.1%96.1%94.3%90.2%70.0%76.9%80.0%96.6%88.9%91.7%
White461425410336217326491462451388

90.9%94.1%94.9%91.4%92.2%93.3%94.1%93.9%94.0%93.6%

First-Time full-time Undergrads Sex by URM
ft1term_retention report generated: 02-MAR-26
Sex
URM
Fall 16
Fall 17
Fall 18
Fall 19
Fall 20
Fall 21
Fall 22
Fall 23
Fall 24
Fall 25
FNot URM277295252200147204295271237197


91.3%94.9%95.2%91.0%94.6%92.6%95.9%95.2%92.0%93.4%

URM401410327253165145204203194177


94.5%94.4%93.0%90.9%88.5%93.1%93.1%95.1%92.3%94.9%

Unknown504424249212161513


92.0%95.5%87.5%91.7%88.9%100.0%83.3%100.0%93.3%84.6%
MNot URM25417719916292145236250259193


90.2%92.1%95.0%91.4%87.0%92.4%92.4%93.2%95.8%93.3%

URM26823421214610584143159145197


92.9%90.2%84.9%92.5%86.7%85.7%93.7%94.3%93.1%93.4%

Unknown292221226151215187


96.6%95.5%95.2%81.8%66.7%80.0%75.0%93.3%88.9%71.4%
NNot URM142441117131142


100.0%100.0%100.0%100.0%100.0%100.0%94.1%84.6%100.0%95.2%

URM21124398718


100.0%100.0%100.0%100.0%100.0%100.0%100.0%75.0%100.0%88.9%

Unknown0100001202


%100.0%%%%%100.0%100.0%%100.0%
UNot URM00010000010


%%%100.0%%%%%%100.0%

URM0000001007


%%%%%%100.0%%%100.0%

Unknown0001000006


%%%100.0%%%%%%100.0%

First-Time full-time Undergrads by Exceptional Admit Status - cohort and pct return 2nd term
ft1term_retention report generated: 02-MAR-26
Exception
Fall 16
Fall 17
Fall 18
Fall 19
Fall 20
Fall 21
Fall 22
Fall 23
Fall 24
Fall 25
N12201140989765515572868899874849

92.7%93.4%92.8%91.4%89.3%92.1%93.7%94.2%93.4%93.5%
Y62484950173762381220

90.3%93.8%79.6%88.0%94.1%83.8%93.5%94.7%100.0%95.0%

First-Time full-time Undergrads by Academic Standing at END of first term - cohort and pct return 2nd term
ft1term_retention report generated: 02-MAR-26
Acad Standing
Fall 16
Fall 17
Fall 18
Fall 19
Fall 20
Fall 21
Fall 22
Fall 23
Fall 24
Fall 25
Good Standing940932784613440461703740672653

93.5%94.7%93.9%93.6%95.5%94.8%96.4%96.6%95.4%96.3%
Prob/Disq/Rein34225625420292148227197214216

90.1%88.7%87.0%83.7%60.9%81.8%85.0%85.3%87.4%85.2%

First-Time full-time Undergrads by First Generation status - cohort and pct return 2nd term
ft1term_retention report generated: 02-MAR-26
First-Generation
Fall 16
Fall 17
Fall 18
Fall 19
Fall 20
Fall 21
Fall 22
Fall 23
Fall 24
Fall 25
First-gen725681575429260219325320333365

93.2%93.8%90.4%90.9%88.1%87.7%92.6%93.4%91.0%93.2%
Not First-gen526480457378264381591610544494

91.4%92.5%94.3%91.8%90.9%93.7%94.2%94.6%94.9%94.1%
Unknown31276889147910

96.8%100.0%100.0%75.0%87.5%100.0%92.9%100.0%100.0%80.0%

First-Time full-time Undergrads by Low Income status - cohort and pct return 2nd term
ft1term_retention report generated: 02-MAR-26
Low-Income
Fall 16
Fall 17
Fall 18
Fall 19
Fall 20
Fall 21
Fall 22
Fall 23
Fall 24
Fall 25
Low-inc672628544411220178296240690499

93.3%92.8%91.2%90.5%88.6%89.9%93.6%94.2%94.1%94.2%
Not Low-inc5014674053202553525066087526

92.0%93.4%93.6%93.1%89.8%93.2%94.1%94.7%96.0%92.3%
Unknown109938984577912889121344

90.8%97.8%92.1%86.9%91.2%88.6%92.2%91.0%88.4%92.7%

First-Time full-time Undergrads by On/Off Campus Housing - cohort and pct return 2nd term
ft1term_retention report generated: 02-MAR-26
Housing
Fall 16
Fall 17
Fall 18
Fall 19
Fall 20
Fall 21
Fall 22
Fall 23
Fall 24
Fall 25
Off Campus12812611697280961188611677

90.6%90.5%87.9%90.7%85.0%85.4%89.8%91.9%87.9%90.9%
On Campus11541062922718252513812851770792

92.8%93.8%92.7%91.2%94.4%92.8%94.2%94.5%94.3%93.8%

First-Time full-time Undergrads Origin based on Prior Institution - cohort and pct return 2nd term
ft1term_retention report generated: 02-MAR-26
Origin
Fall 16
Fall 17
Fall 18
Fall 19
Fall 20
Fall 21
Fall 22
Fall 23
Fall 24
Fall 25
1-Local71814651384667808980

91.5%95.1%89.1%96.1%86.8%84.8%88.1%91.3%88.8%90.0%
2-Northern CA11812694916387110141120126

92.4%96.8%95.7%93.4%87.3%92.0%92.7%94.3%92.5%92.1%
3-SF Bay17017918310980130179170144137

94.1%95.5%92.3%92.7%86.3%96.2%94.4%94.1%93.1%94.9%
4-Sacramento63595342232740504540

92.1%96.6%94.3%92.9%91.3%96.3%100.0%98.0%95.6%100.0%
5-Coast34313127102346423828

88.2%96.8%93.5%85.2%90.0%87.0%95.7%95.2%97.4%92.9%
6-Central CA104897875555376616769

89.4%92.1%89.7%89.3%90.9%88.7%98.7%96.7%97.0%89.9%
7-Los Angeles505451406280173151239247225245

94.1%91.8%91.6%92.5%88.4%92.1%93.7%96.0%93.3%94.3%
8-San Diego120997473474287706560

91.7%91.9%91.9%83.6%95.7%88.1%89.7%88.6%93.8%95.0%
W-WUE state70525549313859617261

88.6%90.4%94.5%87.8%96.8%89.5%94.9%91.8%93.1%91.8%
X-Other state2317161491121141519

91.3%88.2%93.8%92.9%88.9%90.9%90.5%92.9%100.0%100.0%
Y-Foreign4424316164

100.0%100.0%50.0%75.0%100.0%100.0%83.3%100.0%100.0%100.0%

First-Time full-time Undergrads by current Major - cohort and pct return 2nd term
ft1term_retention report generated: 02-MAR-26
Major Program
Fall 16
Fall 17
Fall 18
Fall 19
Fall 20
Fall 21
Fall 22
Fall 23
Fall 24
Fall 25
Anthropology231518197131616912

95.7%93.3%94.4%89.5%100.0%100.0%100.0%93.8%88.9%91.7%
Applied Fire Science & Mgmt0000024161431

%%%%%100.0%100.0%87.5%92.9%83.9%
Art36363817203341411816

91.7%91.7%92.1%94.1%90.0%97.0%97.6%97.6%94.4%93.8%
Art History and Museum Studies0000000622

%%%%%%%100.0%50.0%100.0%
Biochemistry001000441713

%%100.0%%%%100.0%100.0%88.2%100.0%
Biology66807461564861413745

98.5%88.8%89.2%90.2%83.9%91.7%88.5%97.6%100.0%97.8%
Botany16142017131623161412

93.8%78.6%95.0%88.2%100.0%93.8%100.0%87.5%92.9%91.7%
Business Administration1111038356354754426756

92.8%91.3%92.8%96.4%88.6%95.7%94.4%95.2%97.0%94.6%
CD & Fam Rel - General011710131311810

%100.0%100.0%100.0%100.0%100.0%92.3%90.9%87.5%90.0%
Cannabis Studies00000021331

%%%%%%100.0%84.6%100.0%100.0%
Chemistry302424135116958

96.7%100.0%100.0%92.3%100.0%90.9%100.0%100.0%100.0%100.0%
Communication2219175547658

90.9%100.0%94.1%80.0%80.0%100.0%100.0%100.0%100.0%100.0%
Computer Science41251423121733362013

82.9%92.0%92.9%91.3%83.3%94.1%100.0%100.0%85.0%100.0%
Criminology & Justice Studies65573832171817202320

96.9%93.0%89.5%90.6%94.1%88.9%100.0%85.0%87.0%90.0%
Crit Race, Gender & Sexuality11811102106430

100.0%100.0%100.0%100.0%50.0%90.0%83.3%75.0%100.0%%
Dance0000000121

%%%%%%%100.0%100.0%100.0%
Data Science0001001443

%%%100.0%%%100.0%100.0%100.0%100.0%
Economics9383426510

100.0%100.0%87.5%100.0%100.0%50.0%100.0%100.0%100.0%%
Energy Systems Engineering0000002956

%%%%%%100.0%100.0%100.0%83.3%
English2827251991114191116

92.9%92.6%100.0%89.5%100.0%100.0%85.7%94.7%100.0%81.3%
Environmental Managemnt & Prot7000000000

71.4%%%%%%%%%%
Environmental Resources Engr3928251913623172519

89.7%96.4%92.0%89.5%92.3%100.0%95.7%88.2%96.0%94.7%
Environmental Science14000000000

71.4%%%%%%%%%%
Environmental Science & Mgmt67575839142860513936

98.5%96.5%98.3%100.0%100.0%92.9%98.3%100.0%97.4%91.7%
Environmental Studies28212722781912117

92.9%100.0%100.0%86.4%71.4%87.5%100.0%83.3%81.8%85.7%
Film141515206422151513

85.7%86.7%93.3%90.0%83.3%75.0%95.5%93.3%93.3%100.0%
Fine Art, BFA0040022400

%%100.0%%%100.0%100.0%100.0%%%
Fisheries Biology141210114813161512

100.0%100.0%90.0%90.9%75.0%75.0%100.0%93.8%80.0%100.0%
Forestry32283430262643474636

84.4%89.3%91.2%93.3%96.2%88.5%81.4%85.1%93.5%94.4%
French0412100000

%100.0%100.0%100.0%100.0%%%%%%
Geography8545022124

87.5%100.0%100.0%100.0%%100.0%100.0%100.0%100.0%100.0%
Geology11810933171256

63.6%100.0%100.0%88.9%100.0%100.0%100.0%91.7%100.0%100.0%
Geospatial Science & Tech0000102433

%%%%.0%%100.0%100.0%100.0%66.7%
History25201916910121399

88.0%100.0%100.0%93.8%88.9%80.0%91.7%92.3%100.0%100.0%
IS - Crit Race, Gen & Sex0100000000

%100.0%%%%%%%%%
IS - Dance Studies6311182100

100.0%100.0%100.0%100.0%100.0%100.0%100.0%100.0%%%
Interdisciplinary Studies0002016545

%%%100.0%%100.0%100.0%100.0%100.0%100.0%
International Studies81459504200

87.5%85.7%100.0%100.0%100.0%%100.0%100.0%%%
Journalism21237991311876

85.7%100.0%85.7%100.0%77.8%92.3%81.8%100.0%100.0%83.3%
Kinesiology92694237332741345239

92.4%91.3%88.1%91.9%93.9%96.3%92.7%94.1%94.2%92.3%
Liberal St-Child Dev-Elem Ed1222226123

100.0%50.0%.0%100.0%100.0%100.0%83.3%100.0%50.0%100.0%
Liberal Studies-Child Develop32211311000000

96.9%95.2%92.3%100.0%%%%%%%
Liberal Studies-Elementary Ed27281710111410111820

100.0%100.0%88.2%80.0%100.0%92.9%100.0%100.0%100.0%90.0%
Liberal Studies-Recreation Adm0010000000

%%100.0%%%%%%%%
Marine Biology00001014333247

%%%%100.0%%100.0%90.9%78.1%91.5%
Mathematics111613655106107

100.0%87.5%92.3%100.0%80.0%80.0%100.0%100.0%90.0%100.0%
Mechanical Engineering00000212536357

%%%%%100.0%100.0%92.5%96.8%87.7%
Media Arts, BFA0000000005

%%%%%%%%%100.0%
Music1919852848106

89.5%94.7%87.5%100.0%100.0%87.5%100.0%100.0%90.0%100.0%
Native American Studies1342154312

100.0%100.0%100.0%100.0%100.0%80.0%100.0%100.0%.0%100.0%
Oceanography1091010359962

100.0%100.0%100.0%90.0%100.0%100.0%100.0%100.0%100.0%100.0%
Philosophy9551265224

77.8%100.0%100.0%100.0%100.0%100.0%100.0%100.0%100.0%100.0%
Physics1712556411101313

88.2%100.0%100.0%80.0%83.3%100.0%81.8%100.0%92.3%100.0%
Political Science27302817799151412

96.3%100.0%89.3%94.1%85.7%88.9%88.9%93.3%92.9%91.7%
Psychology1101028154524479776256

92.7%92.2%85.2%92.6%88.5%84.1%91.1%97.4%93.5%91.1%
Rangeland Resource Science7143323275

85.7%100.0%100.0%100.0%100.0%100.0%100.0%100.0%100.0%80.0%
Recreation Administration112174174814

100.0%95.2%100.0%100.0%.0%100.0%75.0%100.0%100.0%100.0%
Religious Studies3560011400

100.0%100.0%100.0%%%100.0%100.0%100.0%%%
Social Work27322816121411896

92.6%96.9%96.4%93.8%91.7%100.0%100.0%100.0%100.0%100.0%
Sociology915135396762

77.8%80.0%84.6%100.0%100.0%100.0%100.0%100.0%100.0%100.0%
Software Engineering00000011185

%%%%%%100.0%100.0%87.5%100.0%
Spanish4451002112

100.0%100.0%100.0%100.0%%%100.0%100.0%100.0%100.0%
Theatre Arts78865813859

85.7%100.0%75.0%100.0%100.0%75.0%76.9%87.5%100.0%100.0%
Undeclared61627157271937272232

93.4%91.9%90.1%77.2%77.8%68.4%83.8%77.8%81.8%96.9%
Wildlife29535151414168516560

96.6%96.2%92.2%94.1%92.7%90.2%95.6%98.0%95.4%98.3%
Zoology34374047272739373351

91.2%89.2%92.5%80.9%85.2%100.0%92.3%94.6%97.0%94.1%

First-Time full-time Undergrads by college of major - cohort and pct return 2nd term
ft1term_retention report generated: 02-MAR-26
Major Program College
Fall 16
Fall 17
Fall 18
Fall 19
Fall 20
Fall 21
Fall 22
Fall 23
Fall 24
Fall 25
Arts, Hum & Soc Sci368350298217118175220229162159

91.8%94.9%93.6%92.6%89.0%92.0%94.5%93.4%92.6%93.1%
General Studies61627159272043322637

93.4%91.9%90.1%78.0%77.8%70.0%86.0%81.3%84.6%97.3%
Natural Resources & Sci441402392344230249454485480481

91.8%93.0%93.6%91.0%90.0%92.4%94.5%94.6%93.5%93.8%
Professional Studies419382282199160170223196220194

94.0%92.9%89.4%94.0%91.3%92.9%92.8%96.4%95.0%92.8%