HSU Retention Cohort and Reporting Definitions

First-Time Freshmen (FTF) cohort

Graduated from high school in the same year as newly enrolled at HSU, or not attempted any college units since graduation from high school. Excludes various non-matriculated students (transitory, high school concurrent, over 60 non-matric, fee waiver non-matric). This definition applies fairly consistently across the time span of our data warehouse (Fall 91 to present).

Transfer Student Cohort

New Upper Division transfers including Sophomores with 56 or more units See Admission Basis below for additional information on transfer admission types included

Masters Student Cohort

New Graduate level students with a degree objective of MA, MS, MBA, MFA, or MSW. Transitory students are not included.

Federal Student-Right-to-Know cohort

Full-time, first-time Freshmen. All admit types are included

Part/Full Time

Undergraduate Student taking 12 or more units is full time, 9 units for graduate level student.

Basis of Admission

For the First-Time Freshmen cohort, the exception admit codes are:

• H - FTF - exception - not EOP
• I - FTF - exception - EOP

The "FTF Pilot Program" had been used for students who lack one or more basic subjects. These subject areas have varied over time. The pilot program is being discontinued.

Transfer Admission Basis Codes

CODE: N Applicants who have completed 56 units of transferable college credit - Section 40803/40803.1, and who have completed the GE-Breadth courses prior to transfer. GE-Breadth courses are defined as 30 transferable semester units of coursework with a grade of C or better in courses at a level at least equivalent to courses that meet general education requirements including communication in the English language (English Composition, Critical Thinking, Oral Communication) and mathematics/quantitative reasoning (Areas A and B4).

Codes: 8, 9, V - (obsolete) - regular admissability for uppder division based on HS eligibility.

CODE: S Other applicants - Sections 40806 and 41804. Applicants are to receive this code if they have completed 56 units of transferable college credit and have not completed the GE-Breadth courses prior to transfer. GE-Breadth courses are defined as 30 transferable semester units of coursework with a grade of C or better in courses at a level at least equivalent to courses that meet general education requirements including communication in the English language and mathematics/quantitative reasoning (areas A thru B4). This field also pertains to students who are admitted on the basis of foreign transcripts, and who are not otherwise eligible.

CODE: Y Students admitted in pilot programs under Section 41250 (upper division regular admission).

 

Ethnicity breakdown

Broad groupings are used rather than the 27 possible CSU ethnicity codes.

Breakdown by Majors

Majors are portrayed with various concentrations and options collapsed into each general major code. For example, the 8 Biology options are simply reported as "Biology".

Dependent Student Family Income

This information comes from the admission application. While not a required response, it appears the majority of students provide the information. This data is not validated against other sources.

Sports involvement

A student is considered an athlete for a year, even if participating in just a Fall or Spring sport. Thus, this query examines both Fall and the subsequent Spring term for athletic participation. Thus, some students may be counted more than once in these tallies.

SAT Scores

Starting in Spring or Fall 99, the maximum of either Math or Verbal SAT score is used from different sittings. Prior to that, both scores were reported from the same sitting of the test.

Probation Status

Academic Standing is determined at the end of each term after grades are processed. Since our data warehouse is census-based, the academic standing for each term represents what is known at the end of the term and how the student goes into to next term. The end-of-term academic standing figures may not exactly tally with census enrollments since they are generated at a different times.

Students must generally be on probation for at least 1 term before they become disqualified. Upon reinstatement, the student's academic standing will indicate "Reinstated" and their subsequent term academic standing may be anything (that is, they do not necessarily stay on probation after being reinstated). Student Standing codes are as follows:

• DQ - Academic Disqualification
• P1 - Academic Probation (Freshmen)
• P2 - Academic Probation (Sophomore)
• P3 - Academic Probation (Junior)
• P4 - Academic Probation (Senior)
• PG - Academic Probation - Grad
• PR - Academic Probation Pre-Banner
• RE - Reinstated
• TP - Transfer Academic Probation
• 00 - Good Standing
• PS - Presidential Scholar

Origin of students

Starting, Fall 2002, the origin of a student is based on a prior institution attended. Since many students move locally just prior to attending for in-state fees, prior institution seems to provide a more realistic picture of where they come from. More specifically, prior Institution is determined by the type of student:
For freshmen, it is their high school. For transfer students, it is the prior institution where they earned the most units. For graduate students, it is the institution where they earned their baccalaureate degree.

Prior to Fall 2002, student origin was determined from the residence location indicated on the student's application.

Region	Counties
Humboldt Co	Humboldt
Northern CA	Butte Colusa Del Norte El Dorado Glenn Lake Lassen Mendocino Modoc Nevada Placer Plumas Sacramento Shasta Sierra Siskiyou Sutter Tehama Trinity Yolo Yuba
Bay Area	Alameda Contra Costa Marin Napa San Francisco San Mateo Santa Clara Solano Sonoma
Central CA	Alpine Amador Calaveras Fresno Inyo Kern Kings Madera Mariposa Merced Mono Monterey San Benito San Joaquin San Luis Obispo Santa Barbara Santa Cruz Stanislaus Tulare Tuolumne Ventura
Los Angeles	Los Angeles Orange Riverside San Bernardino
San Diego	Imperial San Diego
-Out of State	Other U.S. States
-Foreign	Foreign Countries