
First Time Freshmen

First-time freshmen who are not retained in the first year: Educational paths after leaving CSUN
First-year retention is a key student success metric. In the two most recent first-time freshman cohorts, we have seen a sharp drop in first-year retention at CSUN

First-to-Second-Year Retention Among the Fall 2021 First-Time Freshmen: Student Characteristics
In this report we examine whether some students were more likely to return for their second year than others.

CSUN Device Loaner Program: User Characteristics And Academic Outcomes
The current study seeks to examine the following questions about the program:
- Which devices do students utilize from CSUN’s Device Loaner Program?
- Which students are more likely to borrow devices?
- Is borrowing a device associated with improved academic outcomes?
- Reverse Equity Gaps at CSUN: Implications for Academic Outcomes among Black and Latinx Student (PDF)
- Beginning College Survey of Student Engagement (BCSSE) 2019: Key Findings from CSUN First-Time Freshmen (PDF)
- Multiple Measures for Freshman Writing Placement (PDF)
- Freshman Writing Placement: Outcomes Associated With Multiple Measures (PDF)
- An Alternative to Remediation (PDF)
- Freshmen Retention Update Report (PDF)
- First Year Retention Report (PDF)
- 5 Year Trends for CSUN's First-Time Freshmen (PDF)
- Freshman Survey Brief Report (PDF)