CSUSB student population – 19,404 (FTES 16,757)
3,618 (19%) students take at least 1 unit at the Palm Desert Campus.
CSUSB students come from:
- 87% – San Bernardino and Riverside counties
- 7% – other California counties
- 6% – other countries
- <1% – out-of-state
Highlights of the 19,404 students:
- 12,167 (63%) – female
- 7,237 (37%) – male
- 88% seeking an undergraduate degree
- 82% attend on a full-time basis
- 81% are first-generation college students (parents without a bachelor's degree)
- 58% of our undergraduates are low-income students (Pell Grant recipients)
Our current student success measures are as follows:
- First-to-second year retention rate of first time full-time freshmen is 85%,
- Four year graduation rate is 25% and
- Six-year graduation rate is 59%.
Student diversity:
- 66% – Hispanic
- 12% – White
- 6% – non-resident foreign students
- 5% – African American
- 5% – Asian
- 4% Unknown
- 2% are Two or More Races
- <1% are Native American/Alaskan Native or Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander
Student classification:
- 18% – freshmen
- 14% – sophomores
- 29% – juniors
- 28% – seniors
- 2% – post-baccalaureate students
- 9% – masters
- <1% – doctoral students
Average age:
- 22 – Undergraduate students
- 32 – Graduate/post-baccalaureate students