APIDA STUDENT DEMOGRAPHICS AND OUTCOMES AT CSUN
The current report uses a dataset compiled by the CSUN Office of Institutional Research that contains detailed student information for new incoming undergraduate cohorts (first-time freshmen and new transfers) from 2009 to 20211. The dataset includes student demographics (e.g., parent education, sex, detailed ethnicity) and academic outcomes (e.g., first-year CSUN GPA, retention, academic standing). After filtering for only APIDA-identifying individuals who are not international students (F and J visas), the dataset includes 13,396 students2. Data were disaggregated by specific APIDA ethnicities as captured by the CSU system common application form (Cal State Apply)3
First-Generation Students
The aggregate race/ethnicity data depict APIDA students at CSUN as the least likely major racial/ethnic group to be a first-generation college student6. However, the disaggregated APIDA regional group data reveal substantial variation within the CSUN APIDA student population Specifically, the particularly low rate of first-generation status among Filipinx students (29.9%) - the largest APIDA group in total number - seems to be driving the overall average for APIDA students down, such that all other groups show a first-generation rate above the APIDA aggregate average (47.5%). In fact, the SEA1 group shows a first-generation rate above the campus average (78.3%). These findings align with previous research highlighting varying educational inequities (e.g., lower education degree attainment) and historical contexts (e.g., SEA1s being relatively new in the U.S. context compared to other APIDA groups) among APIDA regional subgroups.
Pell Eligibility
The disaggregated APIDA data also reveal substantial variation in Pell eligibility8 between the regional groups that would be unnoticed if only the APIDA aggregate were presented. All regional groups except FIL (39.4%) and NHPI (46.4%) have Pell eligibility proportions above the APIDA aggregate (50.7%). Both SEA1 (69.9%) and SEA2 (59.5%) students have Pell eligibility proportions above the CSUN average (56.8%). Most notably, the SEA1 region has the highest proportion of Pell-eligible students across the APIDA regional groups. These findings match up with the low-income and poverty rates found within the SEA1 community.