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Alumni Stats

Total Alumni - 65,550 - (through Class of 2023)

  • 49% from College of Humanities, Arts, Behavioral and Social Sciences 
  • 23% from College of Education, Health & Human Services
  • 19% from College of Business Administration
  • 9% from College of Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics

Location of our Alumni: 

  • 8/10 alumni remain in our region (Imperial, Orange, Riverside & San Diego Counties) 
  • 88% reside in entire State of California
  • We have alumni who live in all 50 States
  • 1% or less reside in all other States outside of CA

Graduate Percentages by Decade

1990-1999: 10%
2000-2009: 25%
2010-2019: 40%
2020 -  25%

Alumni Giving Percentages & Points of Pride

  • 1.42% of alumni made a philanthropic gift to CSUSM in academic year 2022-2023
    • In the 23 campus CSU System, alumni giving percentage is 1.69%
    • CSUSM is above CSU Peer Group I average which is 1.08%
    • CSUSM's alumni participation percentage is ranked 13th among CSU's and 1 of only 12 to grow in the last year.
  • Nearly 500 alumni gifts were received during One CSUSM 2022 and Giving Day 2022
  • 1 in 4 gifts to support Cougar Crowdfunding projects are made by alumni
  • Total dollars raised from alumni grew by 20% last year
  • 29% of unique donors to the CSUSM Forward Together fundraising campaign were alumni
  • CSUSM Office of Alumni Engagement has won 15 CASE Awards in last several years for Best Practices in Alumni Engagement and Annual Giving Programs