Graduation rates improve despite lack of classes and increased tuition
CSUN graduation rates have improved by 74 percent for first-time freshman and 83 percent for transfer students enrolled in 2010 because CSUN is enforcing a graduation initiative.
According to the CSU projects CSUN wants to increase the general six-year graduation rate from 39 percent to 48 percent, close minority gap of 8 percent, and increase transfer graduation rate from 52 percent to 54 percent by 2015.
“We’ve come a long way in the last two to three years in improving graduation rates,” said Cynthia Rawitch, CSUN’s vice provost. “The three main factors that contribute to the graduation rate are increasing the costs of tuition, increasing the number of academic support programs and enforcing a number of actions CSUN does to encourage students to graduate sooner.”
It’s a combination of all three, but it does not affect funding,” Rawitch said.
Hence, students are encouraged to choose their major wisely, because there are limits on majors and minors Rawitch said.
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