Masters Colleges & Universities: Larger ProgramsPublicHSI
California State University-Stanislaus
6-yr Graduation
53%
—
Total enrollment
9,724
peer median 10,020
Avg net price
$5,671
-$9.2k vs Masters Colleges & Universities: Larger Programs
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About
California State University, Stanislaus is a public university in Turlock, California, United States. It is part of the California State University system. It was established in 1957 and offers 45 bachelor's degree programs and 38 graduate programs, which include 22 master's degree programs, one doctoral degree, 10 certificate programs, and 5 teaching credentials. Stanislaus State is a Hispanic-serving institution.
Admissions & acceptance rate
First-time freshman admissions: how selective the college is, and how many admitted students choose to enroll.
Applied
5,419
5,419 candidates competed
Admitted
5,318
98.1% acceptance rate
Enrolled
1,018
19.1% yield
Graduation rate & outcomes
Completion, retention, and the equity gap between Pell and non-Pell students.
Overall completion
53%
Overall completion
53%
4-year graduation
25%
4-year graduation
25%
6-year graduation (bachelor’s)
53%
6-year graduation (bachelor’s)
53%
Full-time retention
82%
Full-time retention
82%
Pell equity
2.0pp gap
Pell recipients
53%
Non-Pell
55%
Non-Pell students graduate at a 2.0-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 57 Title IV programs, 26 pass the federal Gainful Employment test and 0 fail. 31 have graduate earnings too small to publish, so they carry no pass/fail verdict.
Total programs
57
Passing
26
45.6% of portfolio
Failing (GE)
0
0.0% of portfolio
Fail rate
0.0%
-0.6pp vs 0.6% national
Pass / fail distribution
57programs
- Passing26 · 45.6%
- No Data31 · 54.4%
- Failing0 · 0.0%
Severity spectrum
Critical
0
Severe
0
Recoverable
0
At Risk
0
Watch
2
Safe
24
No data
31
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.
Program
Typical
Benchmark
EP gap
Fine and Studio Arts
Bachelor Degree · Visual And Performing Arts
$41,072
$36,082
Same-State HS Median
+13.8%
+$4,990
Fine and Studio Arts
Bachelor Degree · Visual And Performing Arts
+13.8%
$41,072 vs $36,082
Teacher Education and Professional Development Specific Levels and Methods
Bachelor Degree · Education
$44,020
$36,082
Same-State HS Median
+22.0%
+$7,938
Teacher Education and Professional Development Specific Levels and Methods
Bachelor Degree · Education
+22.0%
$44,020 vs $36,082
Sociology
Bachelor Degree · Social Sciences
$46,340
$36,082
Same-State HS Median
+28.4%
+$10,258
Sociology
Bachelor Degree · Social Sciences
+28.4%
$46,340 vs $36,082
Anthropology
Bachelor Degree · Social Sciences
$46,321
$36,082
Same-State HS Median
+28.4%
+$10,239
Anthropology
Bachelor Degree · Social Sciences
+28.4%
$46,321 vs $36,082
History
Bachelor Degree · History
$49,882
$36,082
Same-State HS Median
+38.2%
+$13,800
History
Bachelor Degree · History
+38.2%
$49,882 vs $36,082
Business Administration Management and Operations
Master's Degree · Business, Management, Marketing, And Related Support Services
$92,461
$66,899
National Same-Field BA Median
+38.2%
+$25,562
Business Administration Management and Operations
Master's Degree · Business, Management, Marketing, And Related Support Services
+38.2%
$92,461 vs $66,899
Romance Languages Literatures and Linguistics
Bachelor Degree · Foreign Languages, Literatures, And Linguistics
$50,145
$36,082
Same-State HS Median
+39.0%
+$14,063
Romance Languages Literatures and Linguistics
Bachelor Degree · Foreign Languages, Literatures, And Linguistics
+39.0%
$50,145 vs $36,082
Psychology General
Bachelor Degree · Psychology
$50,348
$36,082
Same-State HS Median
+39.5%
+$14,266
Psychology General
Bachelor Degree · Psychology
+39.5%
$50,348 vs $36,082
Debt vs earnings
Median completer debt against median graduate earnings, highest burden first.
Program
Median debt
Median earnings
Debt burden
Fine and Studio Arts
Bachelor Degree · Visual And Performing Arts
$17,000
$41,072
41%
Fine and Studio Arts
Bachelor Degree · Visual And Performing Arts
$17,000 debt · $41,072 earn
Social Work
Master's Degree · Public Administration And Social Service Professions
$35,000
$84,837
41%
Social Work
Master's Degree · Public Administration And Social Service Professions
$35,000 debt · $84,837 earn
Education General
Master's Degree · Education
$31,130
$84,580
37%
Education General
Master's Degree · Education
$31,130 debt · $84,580 earn
Teacher Education and Professional Development Specific Levels and Methods
Bachelor Degree · Education
$15,000
$44,020
34%
Teacher Education and Professional Development Specific Levels and Methods
Bachelor Degree · Education
$15,000 debt · $44,020 earn
Social Sciences General
Bachelor Degree · Social Sciences
$18,375
$55,109
33%
Social Sciences General
Bachelor Degree · Social Sciences
$18,375 debt · $55,109 earn
Business Administration Management and Operations
Master's Degree · Business, Management, Marketing, And Related Support Services
$27,092
$92,461
29%
Business Administration Management and Operations
Master's Degree · Business, Management, Marketing, And Related Support Services
$27,092 debt · $92,461 earn
Chemistry
Bachelor Degree · Physical Sciences
$21,518
$73,392
29%
Chemistry
Bachelor Degree · Physical Sciences
$21,518 debt · $73,392 earn
Communication and Media Studies
Bachelor Degree · Communication, Journalism, And Related Programs
$15,000
$54,007
28%
Communication and Media Studies
Bachelor Degree · Communication, Journalism, And Related Programs
$15,000 debt · $54,007 earn
Accreditation status & history
Who accredits the institution, current standing, and any past actions.
AccreditedInstitutional accreditor
WASC Senior College and University Commission
Accredited since 1963Next review Jun 2027
Programmatic accreditations · 6
Action history · 6
- Jun 2019Renewal of AccreditationWASC Senior College and University Commission
- Oct 2016Renewal of AccreditationCommission on Collegiate Nursing Education · Nursing (CNURED) - Nursing education programs at the baccalaureate degree levels
- Oct 2016Renewal of AccreditationCommission on Collegiate Nursing Education · Nursing (CNURED) - Nursing education programs at the graduate degree levels
- Aug 2014Change in Agency recognitionNational Association of Schools of Art and Design, Commission on Accreditation · Art and Design (ART) - Degree-granting schools and departments and non-degree-granting programs
- Aug 2014Change in Agency recognitionNational Association of Schools of Music, Commission on Accreditation · Music (MUS) - Institutions and units within institutions offering degree-granting and/or non-degree-granting programs
Tuition & cost
What families actually pay, broken down by family income.
Net price by family income
Aid exceeds costFamily pays
Negative values mean aid exceeds the published cost of attendance for that income band.
Avg net price
$5,671
-$9,153vs Masters Colleges & Universities: Larger Programs median $14,824
Federal loans
22.7%
In-state tuition
$7,826
Out-of-state
$19,706
Federal aid volume & trends
Pell grants and federal Direct Loan volume disbursed to students, and how they've trended.
In AY 2024–25, 5,631 students received $32.8M in Pell grants, alongside $20.9M in federal Direct Loans.
Pell recipients
5,631
AY 2024–25
Pell disbursed
$32.8M
$32,787,441 total
Direct Loans
$20.9M
3,473 loan awards
Pell recipients · 5-year trend
6k’20
6k’21
6k’22
5k’23
6k’24
Loan volume by type · AY 2024–25
Subsidized$6.6M
1,585 loan awards
Unsubsidized · UG$6.7M
1,363 loan awards
Unsubsidized · Grad$5.8M
374 loan awards
Parent PLUS$1.6M
139 loan awards
Grad PLUS$183K
12 loan awards
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 1,932 borrowers who entered repayment, 21 (1.0%) defaulted within three years — below the 2.3% national rate.
Default rate
1.0%
-1.3pp vs 2.3% national
Borrowers in repayment
1,932
Defaulted
21
Measurement window
3 years
Federal CDR standard
Default rate vs national, by cohort
2016
4.4%-4.9
2017
4.3%-4.9
2018
3.3%-3.7
2019
1.0%-1.3
2020*
0.0%
This institutionNational rate
* 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 Csustan
Top program areas ranked by completions.
Distinct CIP programs58
UndergraduateOffered
GraduateOffered
Top program families by completions
2,377 total completions
01Psychology
49921.0%
01Psychology
49921.0%
02Business
48020.2%
02Business
48020.2%
03Liberal Arts
28712.1%
03Liberal Arts
28712.1%
04Social Sciences
23810.0%
04Social Sciences
23810.0%
05Health Professions
2259.5%
05Health Professions
2259.5%
06Security/Protective
1867.8%
06Security/Protective
1867.8%
07Education
1787.5%
07Education
1787.5%
08Biological Sciences
1104.6%
08Biological Sciences
1104.6%
09Public Admin
994.2%
09Public Admin
994.2%
10Parks/Recreation
753.2%
10Parks/Recreation
753.2%
Enrollment trends & demographics
Fall headcount, 12-month unduplicated enrollment, and student body composition.
Fall total
9,724
12-mo unduplicated
11,300
Undergraduate
9,924
Graduate
1,376
Gender split
Men
33%3,760
Women
67%7,540
Race / ethnicity composition
Hispanic
63.0%
White
17.3%
Asian
8.9%
Unknown
4.2%
Black
2.9%
Two or more
2.5%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander
0.6%
Non-resident
0.4%
American Indian / Alaska Native
0.2%
Athletics & Title IX gender equity
How athletic participation, aid, and spending are split between men and women.
Athletes
246
124 M · 122 W
Women athletes
49.6%
Athletic aid
$962K
Total student aid
Budget
$8.0M
Total expenses
Men vs women · spending splits
Athletic student aid
$385K
$577K
Recruiting expense
$17K
$31K
Head-coach salaries
$103K
$94K
Men Women
Sport-by-sport · 8
Sport
Men
Women
Expenses
Track and Field and Cross Country (combined)
46
72
$920,511
Track and Field and Cross Country (combined)
46 M · 72 W
Soccer
30
37
$1,159,223
Soccer
30 M · 37 W
Basketball
19
16
$1,243,907
Basketball
19 M · 16 W
Baseball
34
—
$475,477
Baseball
34 M · —
Volleyball
—
17
$582,839
Volleyball
— · 17 W
Softball
—
17
$447,696
Softball
— · 17 W
Campus safety & crime statistics
Reported on-campus crimes over the last three years, including violence and hate crimes.
Criminal offenses · per 1,000 students
1.67
17 offenses · 10,154 students
3-year trend
0.632 yrs ago0.861 yr ago1.67Latest
Offenses · 3-yr
33
Last three years
VAWA · 3-yr
30
DV, dating, stalking
Hate crimes · 3-yr
4
Res-hall fires · 3-yr
0
Criminal offenses by type
Burglary
7
Motor vehicle theft
4
Robbery
2
Fondling
2
Rape
1
Aggravated assault
1
By location
17total
- On campus16
- Public property1
Includes 3 in residence halls (a subset of on-campus, not added to the total).
VAWA offenses
0
Domestic violence
4
Dating violence
5
Stalking
9 total under the Violence Against Women Act.
Hate crimes by bias
No hate crimes reported.
Arrests vs disciplinary referrals
CategoryArrestsReferrals
Weapons00
Drugs16
Liquor233
Residence-hall fires
No residence-hall fires reported.
Data quality: 1 report was later determined unfounded across the reporting period and are excluded from the totals above.
Student-faculty ratio
Student-to-faculty ratio and instructional staff counts.
Student-to-faculty
18.0:1
Instructional staff (full-time equivalent)
375
Csustan vs Peer comparison
The peer institutions Csustan selected for federal comparison reporting.
This institutionPeer median
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-Stanislaus | 53% | — | 9,724 | $5,671 | Masters Colleges & Universities: Larger Programs |
| 44% | 83.0% | 11,542 | $12,915 | Masters Colleges & Universities: Larger Programs | |
| 39% | 96.4% | 10,439 | $14,846 | Masters Colleges & Universities: Larger Programs | |
| 53% | 87.8% | 9,727 | $17,970 | Masters Colleges & Universities: Larger Programs | |
| 50% | 93.9% | 10,419 | $5,825 | Masters Colleges & Universities: Larger Programs | |
| 48% | 73.3% | 9,997 | $16,435 | Masters Colleges & Universities: Larger Programs | |
| 54% | 90.6% | 10,811 | $14,715 | Masters Colleges & Universities: Larger Programs | |
| 48% | 75.3% | 11,348 | $13,742 | Masters Colleges & Universities: Larger Programs | |
| 46% | 92.3% | 11,033 | $5,115 | Masters Colleges & Universities: Larger Programs | |
| 46% | 90.3% | 12,878 | $13,493 | Masters Colleges & Universities: Larger Programs | |
| 55% | 77.7% | 9,955 | $14,850 | Masters Colleges & Universities: Larger Programs | |
| 64% | 85.7% | 10,020 | $9,121 | Masters Colleges & Universities: Larger Programs | |
| 54% | 86.1% | 9,152 | $14,824 | Masters Colleges & Universities: Larger Programs | |
| 66% | 71.5% | 8,376 | $19,524 | Masters Colleges & Universities: Larger Programs | |
| 58% | 73.5% | 9,501 | $14,532 | Masters Colleges & Universities: Larger Programs | |
| 50% | 91.5% | 9,377 | $20,877 | Masters Colleges & Universities: Larger Programs | |
| 53% | 94.0% | 10,472 | $15,152 | Masters Colleges & Universities: Larger Programs | |
| 46% | 44.4% | 8,991 | $3,061 | Masters Colleges & Universities: Larger Programs | |
| 86% | 62.3% | 8,141 | $25,458 | Masters Colleges & Universities: Larger Programs | |
| 54% | 63.8% | 12,857 | $15,336 | Masters Colleges & Universities: Larger Programs | |
| 37% | 78.1% | 12,554 | $18,990 | Masters Colleges & Universities: Larger Programs | |
| 65% | 88.8% | 9,253 | $18,464 | Masters Colleges & Universities: Larger Programs | |
| 55% | 87.3% | 10,204 | $11,024 | Masters Colleges & Universities: Larger Programs | |
| 68% | 92.7% | 9,278 | $14,609 | Masters Colleges & Universities: Larger Programs | |
| 71% | 75.5% | 10,446 | $15,374 | Masters Colleges & Universities: Larger Programs | |
| 63% | 85.7% | 11,746 | $14,785 | Masters Colleges & Universities: Larger Programs | |
| 48% | 98.7% | 9,045 | $20,841 | Masters Colleges & Universities: Larger Programs | |
| 44% | 90.1% | 9,942 | $17,764 | Masters Colleges & Universities: Larger Programs | |
| 50% | 84.4% | 12,204 | $11,877 | Masters Colleges & Universities: Larger Programs | |
| Peer group median | 53% | 85.9% | 10,020 | $14,824 |
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Csustan Institutional Research office
The IR team responsible for the institution's federal reporting.
Office
Office of Institutional Effectiveness & Analytics
Reports to Division of Academic Affairs
Address
Mary Stuart Rogers, MSR 230
The Office of Institutional Effectiveness & Analytics (IEA) supports the systematic collection, analysis, and reporting of institutional data to provide actionable insights, innovative services, and analytics that inform planning, assessment, and evidence-based decision-making across the University.
Visit IR office pageTeam
2 members
- Dai LiSenior Director of Institutional Effectiveness and Analytics
- Lisa FieldsInstitutional Research Analyst
Reports & documents (4)
Dashboards, factbooks, data dictionaries, and other reference material published by the IR office.
- DashboardDashboardcsustan.edu
- Data dictionaryInstitutional Data Dashboards | California State University Stanislaus2026The Institutional Data Dashboards page for California State University Stanislaus provides a comprehensive overview of various academic metrics and analytics. It includes information on admissions trends, course enrollment, degrees awarded, enrollment trends, faculty and staff statistics, and retention and graduation rates. The resource is part of the university’s efforts under Institutional Effectiveness & Analytics and offers supporting tools like the Common Data Set and IPEDS Data Feedback Reports. It aims to support data-driven decision-making within the university.csustan.edu
- DFR reportIPEDS Data Feedback Report 20242024nces.ed.gov
- Strategic plan2017-2025 University Strategic Planning Council2017The 2017-2025 University Strategic Planning Council at California State University, Stanislaus is tasked with guiding the institution through a comprehensive strategic planning process. This involves aligning with key presidential and organizational initiatives, such as the WSCUC preparation and the 2025 CSU graduation rate initiative, and revising core institutional statements. The Council, comprising faculty, administrators, and student representatives, emphasizes a consultative approach with campus stakeholders to ensure robust implementation of the strategic objectives.csustan.edu
Grants & funding (3)
Federal grant awards and open funding opportunities awarded to this institution.
Notable alumni of Csustan (30)
A curated list of alumni recognized for notable achievements across industries.
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- Dave Asprey
- Gregorio Billikopf
- Gregory A. Caldeira
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Frequently asked questions about California State University-Stanislaus
Quick answers to the questions most often asked about Csustan.
What is the graduation rate at California State University-Stanislaus?
California State University-Stanislaus reports a 6-year graduation rate of 53% per the latest IPEDS.
How many students attend California State University-Stanislaus?
California State University-Stanislaus reports a total enrollment of 9,724 students per the latest IPEDS.
What is the average net price at California State University-Stanislaus?
The average net price at California State University-Stanislaus is $5,671 per the latest College Scorecard. Net price is the published cost of attendance minus grant aid.
What is the yield rate at California State University-Stanislaus?
California State University-Stanislaus's yield rate is 19.1%, the share of admitted students who enrolled, per the latest IPEDS.
Where is California State University-Stanislaus located?
California State University-Stanislaus is located in Turlock, California 95382-0299.
Who runs Institutional Research at California State University-Stanislaus?
California State University-Stanislaus's IR work is done by the Office of Institutional Effectiveness & Analytics, which reports to Division of Academic Affairs.
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