Cal State 2025 Graduation Rate Goals Lagging
Sara Weissman
August 4, 2023
The California State University system’s graduation rates have markedly improved, but significant equity gaps remain, according to a new report from the Campaign for College Opportunity, a California-based research and policy advocacy organization.
The report noted that the system is falling short on three of four graduation rate goals set under Graduation Initiative 2025, an effort to boost graduation rates, decrease time to degree and eliminate disparities for students from minority backgrounds.
According to the report, the system is not on track to reach a six-year graduation rate of 70 percent for first-time students. If current trends hold, it will also likely fail to achieve a 45 percent two-year graduation rate and an 85 percent four-year graduation rate for transfer students, all targets the system set out to accomplish by 2025.
