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What Ever Happened to………A follow-up study of Cal State Northridge Students

Study Team CSUN:Richard W. Moore, ManagementKenneth Chapman, EconomicsBettina Huber, IRElina Almechenko Mark Shors

EDD/ LMIDAndy WongJennifer Taylor

The College of Business and Economics

PurposeExamine CSUN labor market outcomes

Are they employed?How much do they earn?How do student characteristics and

experiences at CSUN affect labor market success?

Dropouts and Graduates

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The Approach

CSUN Student Records

California EDD Base Wage file

Analysis Data Base

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CSUN Student RecordsAll Entering Students 1995-2000

First time freshmanTransfersPost BaccalaureateTotal 44,437

Allows us to trace graduates and exiters

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California Base-Wage File

All California Workers with earnings covered by Unemployment Insurance.

Quarterly earnings reported by employers, not self reported.

Individuals may have multiple employers in a quarter.

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We created six paths through CSUN

Enrolled as :First time Freshman orEnrolled as UG Transfer

Enrolled as PostBac

Success Stories:Graduated Bach

(only)CSUN

Problem Children:Did not Gradate

Other People’s Children:Bachelor Grad Other

Institution

Stars:Graduate Degree Other

Institution

Graduate Completers

Graduate Drops

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Graduate Drops

Graduate Completers

Stars

Other People's Children

Problem Children

Success Stories

$0 $10,000 $20,000 $30,000 $40,000 $50,000 $60,000 $70,000 $80,000

$57,981

$68,294

$62,650

$53,221

$37,180

$48,930

$48,113

$56,635

$49,091

$35,811

$24,659

$32,203

Average Earnings: All Years, All Colleges

Year 1

* All earnings adjusted for inflation to 2010 dollars

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Graduate Drops

Graduate Completers

Stars

Other People's Children

Problem Children

Success Stories

0.0 10.0 20.0 30.0 40.0 50.0 60.0 70.0 80.0 90.0

72.6

75.0

67.2

61.8

64.2

72.1

80.5

80.8

72.1

66.6

69.5

76.2

Percent Found: All Years, All Colleges

Year 1

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Year 1 Year 5$38,802 $55,930

Accounting $41,119 $60,326Business Law $33,342 $46,069Economics $36,923 $54,668Finance $39,446 $54,861General Business $39,676 $50,322Management $38,058 $54,183Management Information Systems $41,899 $59,764Marketing $35,243 $52,747Office Systems & Business Education $24,017 $43,404Systems/Operations Management $34,129 $49,298

* All earnings numbers are inflation adjusted to 2010 dollars.

Students Who Entered in 1995-2000 as Freshmen or Transfers Who Graduated in 1997-2005, with Bachelors Degree Only*

Program Avg. Earnings

College of Business and Economics

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Updated information…Expanded group of students:

All students entering from 1995-2005Earnings through 2012Information provided by centile

25th centile (25% of students earned less and 75% more)

50th centile (also called the median)75th centile (75% of students earned less and

25% more)

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Year 2 Year 5 Year 10$0

$10,000

$20,000

$30,000

$40,000

$50,000

$60,000

$70,000

$80,000

$90,000

$100,000

$110,000

$120,000

$130,000

$58,475

$73,326

$91,247

$40,028$50,113

$63,750

$46,961

$55,973

$67,878

$34,837

$40,032

$47,112

Mgmt. – Success StoriesAnnual Earnings 2,5 & 10 Years After Graduation

75th Percentile

University Median

Median

25th Percentile

Year 2Number found = 786/1009Percentage found = 78%

 

Year 5Number found = 703/1007Percentage found = 70%

 

Year 10Number found = 183/278Percentage found = 66%

 

1. Earnings Adjusted to 2012 Dollars.2. Success Stories: CSUN Graduates with Baccalaureate Degree only, who entered between 1995 & 2005.3. Earnings in California UI Covered Employment – 2,5,10 years after graduation.4. Graduates are included in each time period if they have no more than two consecutive quarters without earnings in that time period.

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Year 2 Year 5 Year 10$0

$10,000

$20,000

$30,000

$40,000

$50,000

$60,000

$70,000

$80,000

$90,000

$100,000

$110,000

$120,000

$130,000

$58,418

$74,181

$96,224

$40,028

$50,113

$63,750

$45,646

$58,754

$79,484

$35,841

$43,328

$52,750

Economics – Success StoriesAnnual Earnings 2,5, & 10 Years After Graduation

75th Percentile

University Median

Median

25th Percentile

Year 2Number found = 190/317Percentage found = 60%

 

Year 5Number found = 151/269Percentage found = 56%

 

Year 10Number found = 47/103Percentage found = 46%

 

1. Earnings Adjusted to 2012 Dollars.2. Success Stories: CSUN Graduates with Baccalaureate Degree only, who entered between 1995 & 2005.3. Earnings in California UI Covered Employment – 2,5,10 years after graduation.4. Graduates are included in each time period if they have no more than two consecutive quarters without earnings in that time period.