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