Journalism Public Accountability
Cal Poly Journalism is an Accredited Journalism Program
Accredited by the Accrediting Council on Education in Journalism and Mass Communications
Accredited Status Received 2020
Student data information
(Accredited 2020)
2022 Council Revisit Decision and 2021-22 Revisit Report;
2020 Council Decision and 2019-20 Site Team Report
Information below is updated as it becomes available through Cal Poly Institutional Research. Requests have been made for missing data, please revisit soon for more information.
College of Liberal Arts (CLA) Degrees Awarded Profile
- A college year consists of all four academic quarters, with the summer quarter as a lead quarter (e.g., summer 2020 is part of college year 2020-21).
- Institutional Research now reports degrees awarded based on the students’ actual term of completion rather than the date the degree was posted, as was done in earlier publications. While this allows for more accurate reporting of actual completion as well as more appropriate graduation rate reporting, these figures may change in future publications because degrees can be posted for students retroactively.
- Degrees awarded is not an unduplicated headcount. Students who receive more than one degree are counted for each degree they receive.
Journalism Bachelor's Degrees Awarded
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2017-18 |
2018-19 | 2019-20 | 2020-21 | 2021-22 |
2022- 23 |
2023- 24 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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Total Awarded |
86 |
91 | 81 | 74 | 58 | 50 | |
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Gender |
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Men |
17.4% |
24.4% | 22.2% | 25.7% | 20.7% | 26% | |
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Women |
82.6% |
75.6% | 77.8% | 74.3% | 79.3% | 74% | |
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Ethnic Grouping |
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Under Represented Minorities |
18.6% |
20.0% | 27.2% | 25.7% | 20.7% | 20% | |
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Non-Under Represented Minorities |
81.4% |
80.0% | 72.8% | 74.3% | 79.3% | 80% | |
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Ethnic Origin |
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Hispanic/Latino |
15.1% |
14.4% | 22.2% | 18.9% | 17.2% | 20% | |
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African American |
1.2% |
– | 1.2% | – | 1.7% | - | |
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Native American |
– |
– | – | – | – | - | |
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Asian American |
5.8% |
3.3% | 6.2% | 8.1% | 6.9% | 4% | |
|
Multi-Racial |
2.3% |
8.9% | 9.9% | 13.5% | 12.1% | 2% | |
|
White |
72.1% |
68.9% | 54.3% | 58.1% | 58.6% | 68% |
(JOUR Bachelor Degrees Awarded)
Source: Institutional Research
Note: Institutional Research now reports degrees awarded based on the students’ actual term of completion rather than the date the degree was posted, as was done in earlier publications. While this allows for more accurate reporting of actual completion as well as more appropriate graduation rate reporting, these figures may change in future publications because degrees can be posted for students retroactively. Degrees awarded is not an unduplicated headcount. Students who receive more than one degree are counted for each degree they receive.
First-Time Freshman Selection and Yield Rates
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Fall 2018 |
FALL 2019 |
FALL 2020 |
FALL 2021 |
FALL 2022 |
FALL 2023 |
FALL 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Total Applications |
401 |
396 | 361 | 425 | 434 | 571 | 507 |
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Total Selected |
195 |
184 | 225 | 276 | 256 | 256 | 315 |
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Selection Rate |
48.6% |
46.5% | 62.3% | 64.9% | 59% | 44.8% | 62.1% |
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Total Enrolled |
52 |
51 | 70 | 87 | 86 | 60 | 90 |
|
Yield |
26.7% |
27.7% | 31.1% | 31.5% | 33.6% | 23.4% | 28.6% |
(First-Time Freshman Selection)
Official Enrollment Projections
Admissions Targets and Projections by Major
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Fall 2017 |
Fall 2018 |
Fall 2019 |
Fall 2020 |
Fall 2021 |
Fall 2022 |
Fall 2023 |
Fall 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
# UGRD Last Fall |
274 |
283 |
264 |
250 | 263 | 269 | 288 | 314 |
|
# UGRD This Fall |
283 |
264 |
250 |
263 | 269 | 288 | 314 | 367 |
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# Continuing |
193 |
206 |
192 |
183 | 173 | 189 | 237 | 256 |
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# New Students |
58 |
58 |
58 |
80 | 96 | 99 | 76 | 111 |
|
# First-Time Fresh |
45 |
52 |
51 |
70 | 87 | 86 | 60 | 108 |
|
# Transfers |
13 |
6 |
7 |
10 | 9 | 13 | 16 | 19 |
*NOTE: Admissions targets were last modified on 9/3/2024.
First-time Freshman Graduation and Retention
*Updated September 2024
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Fall Cohort |
Original cohort |
No Major Change |
Transfers Out of Major |
Transfers Into Major |
Adjusted Cohort |
Still Enrolled After 1 Year |
Four-Year Grad |
Five-Year Grad |
Six-Year Grad |
Dismissed or No Longer Enrolled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
2013 |
87 |
62 |
25 |
19 |
81 |
96.5% |
74.4% |
88.9% |
92.6% |
8 |
|
2014 |
68 |
56 |
12 |
30 |
86 |
94.0% |
75.6% |
87.2% |
88.4% |
10 |
|
2015 |
58 |
53 |
5 |
10 |
63 |
93.7% |
64.9% |
85.9% |
88.7% |
4 |
|
2016 |
58 |
54 |
4 |
4 |
58 |
94.8% |
74.2% |
81.8% |
83.3% |
3 |
|
2017 |
57 |
51 |
6 |
8 |
59 |
93.2% |
71.4% |
81.8% | 85.7% |
4 |
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2018 |
51 |
34 |
17 |
19 |
58 |
94.8% |
83% |
92.3% |
|
3 |
| 2019 | 51 | 46 | 5 | 12 | 48 | 91.5% | 68.6% | 4 | ||
| 2020 | 70 | 64 | 6 | 12 | 76 | 90.8% | 7 | |||
| 2021 | 87 | 82 | 5 | 5 | 87 | 94.3% | 5 | |||
| 2022 | 85 | 87 | 8 | 4 | 81 | 97.5% | 2 | |||
| 2023 | 60 |
New Transfer Graduation and Retention
*Updated September 2024
|
Fall Cohort |
Original cohort |
No Major Change |
Total Exports (ICMA out) |
Total Imports (ICMA in) |
Adjusted Cohort |
Two-Year Grad |
Four-Year Grad |
Dismissed or No Longer Enrolled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
2015 |
7 |
7 |
0 |
1 |
8 |
62.5% |
100% |
1 |
|
2016 |
10 |
10 |
0 |
0 |
10 |
70.0% |
90% |
1 |
| 2017 | 22 | 22 | 1 | 0 | 21 | 71.4% | 100% | 1 |
| 2018 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 57.1% | 100% | 0 |
| 2019 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 42.9% | 71.4% | 2 |
| 2020 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 50% | 2 | |
| 2021 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 55.6% | 1 | |
| 2022 | 13 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 0 | ||
| 2023 | 16 |
For more detailed reports, please review the following documents provided by Cal Poly Office of Institutional Research:
Undergraduate Program Profile Summary Report
*Due to the quarter system, data typically becomes available in the month of October. Charts will be updated as the most current data becomes available.
updated 3/14/23