CSU Monterey Bay has already turned away more than 1,000 qualified students for next school year, university President Dianne Harrison said today.
Although the admission cycle for CSU Monterey Bay is still underway, Harrison said the campus will reduce full-time equivalent students from roughly 4,300 this year to 3,950 next year in response to the CSU system's enrollment rollback.
The young campus, which is trying to grow its community presence and add new majors amid a state budget meltdown, has another big challenge ahead, too.
CSUMB has to increase its six-year graduation rate by 14 percent in five years, Harrison said. The college system as a whole is calling for a graduate rate increase of 8 percent to an average of 54 percent.
CSUMB's graduation rate is 36 percent based upon students who enrolled in 2000, according to the university. "There isn't one single reason. There are multiple reasons" students are not graduating from CSUMB Harrison said, citing financial problems, bad advising, personal reasons and the university's newness.
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