Study Team CSUN:
Richard W. Moore, Management
Kenneth Chapman, Economics
Bettina Huber, IR
Elina Almechenko
Mark Shors
EDD/ LMID
Andy Wong
Jennifer Taylor
The College of Business and Economics
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Purpose
 Examine 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 Records
 All Entering Students 1995-2000
 First time freshman
 Transfers
 Post Baccalaureate
 Total 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
Success Stories:
Enrolled as :
First time
Freshman or
Enrolled as UG
Transfer
Graduated Bach (only)CSUN
Problem Children:
Did not Gradate
Other People’s Children:
Bachelor Grad Other Institution
Stars:
Graduate Degree Other
Institution
Enrolled as
PostBac
Graduate Completers
Graduate Drops
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Average Earnings: All Years, All Colleges
$32,203
Success Stories
$48,930
$24,659
Problem Children
$37,180
$35,811
Other People's Children
$53,221
Year 1
Year 5
$49,091
Stars
$62,650
$56,635
Graduate Completers
$68,294
$48,113
Graduate Drops
$57,981
$0
$10,000
$20,000
$30,000
$40,000
$50,000
$60,000
$70,000
$80,000
* All earnings adjusted for inflation to 2010 dollars
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Percent Found: All Years, All Colleges
76.2
Success Stories
72.1
69.5
Problem Children
64.2
66.6
Other People's Children
Year 1
61.8
Year 5
72.1
Stars
67.2
80.8
Graduate Completers
75.0
80.5
Graduate Drops
72.6
0.0
10.0
20.0
30.0
40.0
50.0
60.0
70.0
80.0
90.0
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Students Who Entered in 1995-2000 as Freshmen or Transfers Who
Graduated in 1997-2005, with Bachelors Degree Only*
Program
College of Business and Economics
Accounting
Business Law
Economics
Finance
General Business
Management
Management Information Systems
Marketing
Office Systems & Business Education
Systems/Operations Management
Avg. Earnings
Year 1
Year 5
$38,802
$41,119
$33,342
$36,923
$39,446
$39,676
$38,058
$41,899
$35,243
$24,017
$34,129
$55,930
$60,326
$46,069
$54,668
$54,861
$50,322
$54,183
$59,764
$52,747
$43,404
$49,298
* All earnings numbers are inflation adjusted to 2010 dollars.
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Updated information…
 Expanded group of students:
 All students entering from 1995-2005
 Earnings through 2012
 Information 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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$130,000
$120,000
Mgmt. – Success Stories
Annual Earnings 2,5 & 10 Years After Graduation
$110,000
75th Percentile
$100,000
$90,000
$91,247
$80,000
$70,000
$73,326
$58,475
$60,000
$50,000
$40,000
$30,000
$55,973
$67,878
$63,750
$46,961
$40,028
University Median
Median
$50,113
$47,112
$40,032
$34,837
$20,000
25th Percentile
$10,000
$0
Year 2
Year 2
Number found = 786/1009
Percentage found = 78%
Year 5
Year 5
Number found = 703/1007
Percentage found = 70%
Year 10
Year 10
Number found = 183/278
Percentage 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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$130,000
$120,000
Economics – Success Stories
Annual Earnings 2,5, & 10 Years After Graduation
$110,000
75th Percentile
$100,000
$96,224
$90,000
$79,484
$74,181
$80,000
$63,750
$70,000
$58,418
$60,000
$30,000
$58,754
$50,113
$45,646
$50,000
$40,000
University Median
$52,750
$40,028
Median
$43,328
$35,841
$20,000
25th Percentile
$10,000
$0
Year 2
Year 2
Number found = 190/317
Percentage found = 60%
Year 5
Year 5
Number found = 151/269
Percentage found = 56%
Year 10
Year 10
Number found = 47/103
Percentage 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.
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