Assessment of CSU’s Graduation Initiative 2025

Dec 10, 2025 - CSU has also already set systemwide retention rate targets for the 2027 fall cohort: 88  percent first ‑year retention rate (a  4 ‑percentage ‑point increase), 81  percent second ‑year rate (a 9 ‑percentage ‑point increase), and 78  percent third ‑year rate (an 8 ‑percentage ‑point increase).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5099

The 2022-23 Budget: California State University

Feb 15, 2022 - Similarly, foster youth who entered UC as transfer students from fall 2012 through fall 2015 had a four ‑year graduation rate of 80  percent, compared to 88  percent for their peers. In addition to academic differences, research shows that foster youth students face other disparities.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4537

Redesigning California's Adult Education Funding Model

Dec 13, 2022 - (This amount equates to 88  percent of all CAEP funding, with community colleges receiving the remainder.) Adult schools use the bulk of their CAEP funding for direct instruction. Unlike in the past, however, the state has no set per ‑student funding rate.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4652