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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 ShorsEDD/ 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

InstitutionStars:

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