Updated CSU Enrollment Data Now Available

Updated enrollment data are becoming available, and Turner Business will be putting together some posts that discuss the latest trends. One thing we have paid some attention to regarding the new enrollment reports is the list of academic majors at CSU that have been either deactivated or eliminated in recent years. This list includes some items we suspect that you, like us, were not aware had been given one of these declarations. Only a few programs in the Turner College have been impacted in this regard. The BBA in cybersecurity management was deactivated some time ago and the last three students working toward this major were cleared in 2023. The Turner College's certificate in social media marketing has also been deactivated, and there is only one student remaining in that program. The TSYS School's certificate in computer science foundations was terminated, with an end date of 08-01-2024, and only one student remains there. Lastly, the TSYS School's regular and advanced certificates in cybersecurity have been deactivated. This semester, the remaining six students in the regular certificate, down from 31 students in Fall 2023, are completing their requirements, while all students in the advanced certificate program have cleared. The list of program deactivations and terminations across campus are more interesting. For example, CSU no longer offers a B.A. in either chemistry or political science, useful pathways into medical school and law school, respectively. The B.A. in chemistry major has been deactivated, and now has six majors left, down from 32 majors remaining there in Fall 2022. The B.A. in political science major has been terminated and all students there have cleared. Other deactivated majors include modern language and culture, which has seven students remaining, down from 16 remaining in Fall 2022, and art history, which has five students remaining, down from 12 remaining in Fall 2023. At the graduate level, the M.A.T. in middle grades education has been deactivated and the 12 students that remained in Fall 2024 have since cleared. Also, the M.A.T.C. has been terminated, and the 18 students that remained in this program during Fall 2021 have since exited. 

As the diagram at left points out, the total number of business majors in the Turner College has dropped 11.5% from more than 960 in Fall 2021 to the mid-800s today. The only break in the trend from Fall 2021 to Fall 2025 is the uptick in all business majors from Fall 2023 to Fall 2024.

Over the same time period, the number of finance majors has grown from 98 to 117 (+19%), as indicated in the diagram at right, even with a dip in enrollment from Fall 2022 to Fall 2023. The Turner College's other high-performing major has been management information systems, which grew from 41 to 80 students between Fall 2021 and Fall 2024, but has since retreated to 72 students.