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CSUDH Rises in National Rankings

September 20, 2023 By Lilly McKibbin

Streamers fall onto graduates celebrating at Commencement.

CSUDH ascended in multiple rankings from U.S. News & World Report and Washington Monthly for 2023-24, reflecting the university’s success in delivering accessible, quality education to help Toros to build a better future. As in past years, CSUDH scored highly in affordability, value for money, and social mobility. The university also improved in nearly every category compared to 2022-23.

U.S. News & World Report

For this year’s annual rankings, U.S. News & World Report evaluated nearly 1,500 U.S. four-year bachelor’s degree-granting institutions on as many as 19 measures, including graduation and retention rates, academics, and financial resources. Institutions are also grouped based on type, with CSUDH in the Regional Universities-West category.

CSUDH’s highest rankings were 5th place for Economic Diversity (West) and 17th place for Top Performers in Social Mobility (West). The university earned other spots within the top 20 of several categories, including 19th for Best Colleges for Veterans (West) and 19th for Top Public Schools (West).

CSUDH also climbed to 38th place in Best Regional Universities (West) from 56th place last year, and placed 37th in Best Value Schools (West).

Washington Monthly

The Washington Monthly rankings serve as an “answer to U.S. News & World Report,” evaluating universities based on contribution to public good.

CSUDH earned 5th place for Best Bang for the Buck (West), reflecting how well it helps non-wealthy students attain marketable degrees at affordable prices.

The university also rose four spots to 10th place among Master’s Universities, the magazine’s all-around category which measures social mobility, research, and promoting public service.

Axios: How the Affordable Housing Crunch is Hitting College Students

August 22, 2023 By Lilly McKibbin

CSUDH housing complex.

Source: Axios

The affordable housing crunch has not spared students in college towns.

Why it matters: Students would need to earn about $72,000 a year to afford rent in America’s most expensive college towns, per a new report from InMyArea.

  • Rent costs range from about $250 per month in some rural towns to more than $1,800 in the priciest California county, the report found.

By the numbers: California is home to 16 of the country’s 25 most expensive college towns, with the three priciest cities all in Santa Clara County.

  • The most affordable off-campus housing is found in the southern and midwestern parts of the U.S., with the two cheapest in Kentucky.

What they’re saying: “Affordability and food and housing insecurities, if not addressed, have a direct impact on student success and retention rates,” said Deborah Wallace, vice president of administration and finance at California State University, Dominguez Hills.

  • There, 32.5% of the students there are under-represented, Pell-eligible and first generation – a group that is particularly vulnerable to housing and food insecurity, Wallace said.
  • “Housing affordability is essential to helping to ensure that the most vulnerable students are on campus and immersed for the highest chance of success,” Wallace told Axios.

What’s happening: College attendance increased with millennials, driving up demand for housing at and around universities, said Gary Painter, academic director of University of Cincinnati’s real estate program.

  • “What you didn’t see,” he said, “is the building of housing in those communities.”
  • This has become an issue that universities have been grappling with much more in the last five years, Painter added.
  • Many top-ranked colleges and universities are situated in places where housing supply is already constrained, Painter said. So when there’s an increase in the number of students and additional housing isn’t added quickly, prices soar.

Of note: College enrollment has been on the decline over the last few years but the drop may be slowing after reaching historic levels during the pandemic.

Zoom in: The University of California Los Angeles (UCLA), which borders Beverly Hills, has reached its goal of guaranteeing four-year housing for undergraduates who come in as freshmen.

  • The university received grant funding from the state to add about 540 more beds at a rate of $600 per month, according to Pete Angelis, assistant vice chancellor of UCLA Housing & Hospitality.
  • Housing options that the university offers on-campus or in neighboring areas cost anywhere from 13-42% less than other nearby options.
  • The university capped room and board rates at increases of 2.5% for undergraduate students and 3% for graduate students per year.

The bottom line: While it’s not necessarily the responsibility of the schools to guarantee affordable housing, Painter said, they need to be transparent about the cost and the quality of housing to students who are choosing where to go.

CSUDH Jumps to 8th Place on the Social Mobility Index

November 30, 2021 By Lilly McKibbin

Graduating student giving Toro hand signal

CSUDH has risen from 10th to 8th place on CollegeNET, Inc.’s 2021 Social Mobility Index, a benchmark for universities according to how effectively they graduate students from low-income backgrounds into good-paying jobs.

The 2021 Social Mobility Index includes 1,549 four-year institutions. Six CSU campuses, including CSUDH, were among the top ten.

The Index utilizes five variables in making assessments, including tuition, economic background, graduation rate, early career salary, and university endowment, with the greatest emphasis put on tuition and economic background. Tuition at CSUDH is $7,051 per year and 68 percent of students have an expected family contribution of $5,000 or less (2020-2021 data).

CSUDH President Thomas A. Parham welcomed the university’s continued ascent on the Index, noting that excellence, affordability, and accessibility are key components of the campus’ educational mission.

“Our university’s stellar performance on the Social Mobility Index is a testament to both the academic and co-curricular mission of the Dominguez Hills campus, and the dedication and commitment of our faculty and staff,” Parham said.

“It highlights that we are fulfilling our promise to our students and their families: that the transformational nature of the education they receive at CSUDH will help enable them to reach their greatest potential and elevate their life’s trajectory.”

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Press Releases

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CSUDH University Art Gallery Presents “Personal, Small, Medium, Large, Family” by Mario Ybarra, Jr.

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September 11, 2023

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