California State University-Channel Islands
About
California State University Channel Islands is a public university in Ventura County, California. Located near the city of Camarillo, it opened in 2002 as the 23rd campus in the California State University system. CSUCI is located on the Central Coast of California, at the intersection of the Oxnard Plain and northernmost edge of the Santa Monica Mountains range. The Channel Islands are nearby where the university operates a scientific research station on Santa Rosa Island.
Admissions & acceptance rate
First-time freshman admissions: how selective the college is, and how many admitted students choose to enroll.
Graduation rate & outcomes
Completion, retention, and the equity gap between Pell and non-Pell students.
Pell equity
Non-Pell students graduate at a 4.0-point higher rate than Pell recipients.
Program outcomes
Federal Program Performance Data: how each program's graduate earnings and debt measure up under Financial Value Transparency and Gainful Employment.
Of 45 Title IV programs, 23 pass the federal Gainful Employment test and 0 fail. 22 have graduate earnings too small to publish, so they carry no pass/fail verdict.
Pass / fail distribution
- Passing23 · 51.1%
- No Data22 · 48.9%
- Failing0 · 0.0%
Severity spectrum
Tiers band programs by how far graduate earnings sit above or below the benchmark, from Critical (below −15%) through Safe (above +25%). No data means earnings were privacy-suppressed.
Earnings premium gap
Graduate earnings versus the federal benchmark, worst gaps first.
Debt vs earnings
Median completer debt against median graduate earnings, highest burden first.
Accreditation status & history
Who accredits the institution, current standing, and any past actions.
WASC Senior College and University Commission
WASC Senior College and University Commission
Programmatic accreditations · 2
Action history · 6
- May 2025Renewal of AccreditationCommission on Collegiate Nursing Education · Nursing (CNURED) - Nursing education programs at the baccalaureate degree levels
- Jun 2024Renewal of AccreditationWASC Senior College and University Commission
- Mar 2024Grant Substantive Change: ProgramWASC Senior College and University Commission
- Dec 2019Grant Substantive Change: ProgramWASC Senior College and University Commission
- Feb 2018Grant Substantive Change: DegreeWASC Senior College and University Commission
Tuition & cost
What families actually pay, broken down by family income.
Net price by family income
Negative values mean aid exceeds the published cost of attendance for that income band.
Federal aid volume & trends
Pell grants and federal Direct Loan volume disbursed to students, and how they've trended.
In AY 2024–25, 2,931 students received $16.5M in Pell grants, alongside $12.7M in federal Direct Loans.
Pell recipients · 5-year trend
Loan volume by type · AY 2024–25
Loan awards count each loan type a student holds, not unique borrowers; one student may carry several (e.g. subsidized and unsubsidized), so the per-type figures are the reliable detail.
Student loan default rate
The share of student borrowers who default on federal loans within three years, against the national benchmark.
Of 1,394 borrowers who entered repayment, 22 (1.5%) defaulted within three years — below the 2.3% national rate.
Default rate vs national, by cohort
* Cohorts 2020 and later read near 0% because the federal COVID-19 payment pause (CARES Act) suspended defaults nationwide. These years reflect a national policy, not institutional performance; the 2019 cohort is the last measured under normal repayment.
Academic programs at CSUCI
Top program areas ranked by completions.
Top program families by completions
Enrollment trends & demographics
Fall headcount, 12-month unduplicated enrollment, and student body composition.
Gender split
Race / ethnicity composition
Campus safety & crime statistics
Reported on-campus crimes over the last three years, including violence and hate crimes.
3-year trend
Criminal offenses by type
By location
- On campus9
Includes 5 in residence halls (a subset of on-campus, not added to the total).
VAWA offenses
Hate crimes by bias
No hate crimes reported.
Arrests vs disciplinary referrals
Residence-hall fires
Student-faculty ratio
Student-to-faculty ratio and instructional staff counts.
CSUCI vs Peer comparison
The peer institutions CSUCI selected for federal comparison reporting.
A larger shape on any axis means this institution outperforms its peers on that dimension. For acceptance rate and net price, lower raw values are inverted so "more selective" and "more affordable" appear larger.
| Carnegie | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
SubjectCalifornia State University-Channel Islands | 51% | — | 5,592 | $9,792 | Masters Colleges & Universities: Small Programs |
Alcorn State University | 56% | 45.3% | 2,995 | $14,040 | Masters Colleges & Universities: Small Programs |
Bemidji State University | 46% | 56.0% | 4,072 | $17,050 | Masters Colleges & Universities: Small Programs |
Black Hills State University | 43% | 96.3% | 3,346 | $17,001 | Masters Colleges & Universities: Small Programs |
Cameron University | 38% | — | 3,696 | $10,705 | Masters Colleges & Universities: Small Programs |
Christopher Newport University | 72% | 86.0% | 4,454 | $22,197 | Masters Colleges & Universities: Small Programs |
Coppin State University | 26% | 45.8% | 2,210 | $6,007 | Masters Colleges & Universities: Small Programs |
CUNY York College | 32% | 64.1% | 6,174 | $4,734 | Masters Colleges & Universities: Small Programs |
Eastern Connecticut State University | 57% | 83.0% | 4,355 | $20,480 | Masters Colleges & Universities: Small Programs |
Eastern Oregon University | 43% | 98.3% | 2,894 | $15,987 | Masters Colleges & Universities: Small Programs |
Fairmont State University | 44% | 98.6% | 3,305 | $9,055 | Masters Colleges & Universities: Small Programs |
Fort Valley State University | 41% | 65.9% | 2,897 | $11,609 | Masters Colleges & Universities: Small Programs |
Indiana University-East | 39% | 67.2% | 3,203 | $9,082 | Masters Colleges & Universities: Small Programs |
Indiana University-Kokomo | 45% | 86.5% | 2,921 | $6,276 | Masters Colleges & Universities: Small Programs |
Indiana University-Northwest | 37% | 73.4% | 3,041 | $5,970 | Masters Colleges & Universities: Small Programs |
Langston University | 32% | — | 1,937 | $11,359 | Masters Colleges & Universities: Small Programs |
Massachusetts Maritime Academy | 74% | 94.7% | 1,488 | $26,661 | Masters Colleges & Universities: Small Programs |
Mississippi University for Women | 47% | 90.3% | 2,193 | $13,198 | Masters Colleges & Universities: Small Programs |
Mississippi Valley State University | 27% | 92.4% | 2,205 | $11,812 | Masters Colleges & Universities: Small Programs |
Missouri Southern State University | 40% | 97.0% | 4,147 | $11,653 | Masters Colleges & Universities: Small Programs |
Missouri Western State University | 39% | — | 3,716 | $12,638 | Masters Colleges & Universities: Small Programs |
Montana Technological University | 58% | 91.1% | 1,702 | $16,240 | Masters Colleges & Universities: Small Programs |
New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology | 57% | 44.5% | 1,622 | $8,265 | Masters Colleges & Universities: Small Programs |
Northern State University | 55% | 93.0% | 3,708 | $17,094 | Masters Colleges & Universities: Small Programs |
Northwestern Oklahoma State University | 30% | 65.5% | 2,079 | $11,366 | Masters Colleges & Universities: Small Programs |
Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Abington | 20% | 96.8% | 2,885 | $17,818 | — |
Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Erie-Behrend College | 43% | 96.8% | 3,336 | $22,951 | — |
Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Great Valley | — | — | 212 | — | — |
Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Scranton | 40% | 98.5% | 800 | $18,934 | — |
Pennsylvania State University-Penn State York | 15% | 97.4% | 677 | $18,922 | — |
Savannah State University | 28% | 46.1% | 3,193 | $8,683 | Masters Colleges & Universities: Small Programs |
Shawnee State University | 54% | 68.9% | 3,231 | $15,389 | Masters Colleges & Universities: Small Programs |
Shepherd University | 51% | 96.8% | 3,339 | $12,391 | Masters Colleges & Universities: Small Programs |
South Carolina State University | 37% | 82.6% | 3,242 | $18,268 | Masters Colleges & Universities: Small Programs |
SUNY at Fredonia | 50% | 77.7% | 3,179 | $15,644 | Masters Colleges & Universities: Small Programs |
SUNY College at Geneseo | 71% | 66.4% | 3,945 | $18,021 | Masters Colleges & Universities: Small Programs |
SUNY Maritime College | 66% | 72.4% | 1,413 | $21,781 | Masters Colleges & Universities: Small Programs |
University of New Hampshire College of Professional Studies Online | 23% | — | 1,478 | $14,106 | Masters Colleges & Universities: Small Programs |
University of South Carolina Aiken | 40% | 78.5% | 4,022 | $11,611 | Masters Colleges & Universities: Small Programs |
West Virginia State University | 39% | 96.0% | 3,246 | $10,191 | Masters Colleges & Universities: Small Programs |
| Peer group median | 43% | 84.5% | 3,186 | $13,198 |
CSUCI Institutional Research office
The IR team responsible for the institution's federal reporting.
The office of Institutional Research curates CSUCI’s institutional data and tells the complex stories of the campus community. We help the University understand itself and make data-informed decisions by building interactive data tools and conducting in-depth analyses.
Visit IR office page- Matthew Zivot, Ph.D.Director of Institutional Research and Chief Data Officer
- Kristin Jordan, Ph.D.Data Scientist
- Paul Peterson, Ph.D.Senior Data and Research Analyst
- Amber Sánchez, Ph.D.Senior Data & Research Analyst
- Karl AtkinsData Manager and Research Analyst
Reports & documents (2)
Dashboards, factbooks, data dictionaries, and other reference material published by the IR office.
- DFR reportIPEDS Data Feedback Report 20242024nces.ed.gov
- Strategic planCI for 2030+2026The California State University Channel Islands is conducting a strategic planning effort, known as 'CI for 2030+', expected to complete by April 2025. The plan includes four strategic directions: Academic & Campus Identity, Student Experience, Campus Culture, and Sustainability, Growth & Resources. It builds on past initiatives and aims to create a forward-looking strategy with measurable goals to guide the university through 2030 and beyond.csuci.edu
Grants & funding (2)
Federal grant awards and open funding opportunities awarded to this institution.
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