Data Tools

Leveraging data to uncover insights, guide decisions and drive progress across student success, academic programs and institutional priorities.

Turning Data into Meaningful Impact

Data tools and dashboards offer essential support for informed decision-making by providing consistent, reliable information across key areas of operation. These resources help identify patterns and trends, assess the impact of programs and policies and guide strategic planning efforts. By making complex data more accessible and actionable, they contribute to continuous improvement in student outcomes, academic effectiveness and institutional accountability.

Explore Campus, Systemwide and National Data Tools

A wide range of data tools and resources support institutional research, planning and decision-making at the university level and beyond. These tools provide reliable, up-to-date information that informs strategy, tracks progress and promotes continuous improvement across key areas of student and institutional success.

Explore a suite of data resources designed to support analysis, planning and decision-making across the university. Tools include interactive dashboards, institutional databases and self-service reporting platforms.

Campus Data Warehouse

The Campus Data Warehouse is the university’s official source for student-related institutional data. It integrates information from core student systems into a single, centralized database, supporting analysis at every stage of the student lifecycle. Interactive dashboards and reports offer insight into admissions, enrollment, grades, degrees and more — helping users explore trends within colleges, departments and student populations to inform strategies for student success.

Available subject areas include:

  • Academic Planning Database (APDB)
  • Admissions Funnel
  • Courses
  • Credentials
  • Degrees
  • Enrollment
  • Financial Aid
  • Grades
  • Retention and Graduation

Login via CSUMB dashboard or Okta dashboard to access the Campus Data Warehouse.

Business Reporting (OAS)

Oracle Analytics Server (OAS) is CSUMB’s on-premises, self-service analytics platform for operational and administrative use. It enables departments to connect and analyze data across multiple systems, including Salesforce, PeopleSoft (OASIS) and Excel files. OAS supports data visualizations, machine learning, enriched analytics and automated reports for staff analysts and managers.

Login via CSUMB dashboard or Okta dashboard to access OAS.

Lightcast Alumni Portal

This tool provides data on alumni career pathways, educational outcomes and regional workforce alignment. Users can generate institution-matched profiles and custom reports to support program review and strategic planning.

Access the Lightcase Alumni Portal

Surveys and Survey Reports

Campuswide survey results are delivered through a variety of reporting tools. Access levels may vary depending on the survey and user role.

OASIS Query Viewer

Query Viewer is a reporting tool within PeopleSoft (OASIS) that allows users to access predefined queries or public reports created by others across campus.

Login via CSUMB dashboard or Okta dashboard to access OASIS Query Viewer.

Clery Reporting

Clery Act data reporting provides access to federally mandated disclosures of campus crime statistics and safety information.

View annual Clery Act reporting

Systemwide dashboards offer insights into student success, equity, finances and workforce trends across the 23 CSU campuses. These tools support Graduation Initiative 2025 and foster collaboration and accountability.

CSU Student Success Dashboards

These systemwide dashboards support the CSU’s Graduation Initiative 2025 by providing data that informs equity-focused planning and continuous improvement. They are designed to foster action-oriented dialogue among campus stakeholders committed to student success.

  • Graduation Initiative 2025 Shows how the CSU is working to help more students graduate and to close gaps between student groups. The data tracks student progress, completion and time to degree.
  • Department-Level Insights Gives faculty and departments clear information about student backgrounds and academic progress to support planning and collaboration.
  • CSU by the Numbers Offers a simple overview of student outcomes for current and past students. The data helps show trends over time and the results of student success efforts.
  • Equity Gaps Highlights differences in outcomes for student groups that have been historically underserved. The data support planning to improve access, success and degree completion for all students.

CSU Financial Transparency Portal

A public portal providing systemwide revenue and expense data, including tuition, fees and state/federal appropriations.

Access the CSU Financial Transparency Portal

CSU Data Dashboards

These dashboards provide systemwide and comparative data to support institutional planning, student success initiatives and educational equity efforts. Topics include applications and enrollment, graduation rates, labor market outcomes and teaching credentials.

  • Applications and Admissions — Presents CSU application, admission and enrollment data for undergraduate and graduate students. Includes summaries and discipline-specific breakdowns.
  • California High School Graduates — Highlights trends in high school graduate counts and CSU eligibility rates across California counties, along with projections of future high school graduates at the county level.
  • Degrees Awarded — Provides annual counts of bachelor’s, master’s and doctoral degrees issued by CSU campuses.
  • Enrollment — Includes enrollment figures for undergraduate and graduate students, disaggregated by academic level, discipline, ethnicity and campus.
  • Graduation Rates — Features detailed graduation, retention and persistence rates for first-time, full-time freshmen, transfer students and students in STEM fields.
  • Labor Market Outcomes — Shows employment and earnings outcomes for recent CSU graduates, offering insight into postsecondary success and workforce alignment.
  • Student Origin — Displays enrollment and demographic data for new undergraduate students, including first-time freshmen and community college transfers.
  • Teaching Credential Enrollment — Covers state-supported enrollment data for students participating in teacher preparation programs at the undergraduate and graduate levels.
  • Teaching Credentials Issued — Summarizes newly issued teaching credentials as reported by the California Commission on Teacher Credentialing.

Access the CSU Data Dashboards

CSU Graduate365

Graduate365 is a progression monitoring tool that supports degree completion by combining static and real-time data. Built on Cal State Fullerton’s dashboard infrastructure, the platform helps campuses align efforts with Graduation Initiative 2025.

Access CSU Graduate365

Explore how CSUMB and the CSU system compare with institutions across the state and nation.

College Scorecard — National Center for Education Statistics (NCES)

The College Scorecard is a federal resource from the U.S. Department of Education that provides detailed information about colleges and universities nationwide. Using data from the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS), it offers insights into enrollment, costs, financial aid, graduation rates and other key metrics to support informed decision-making.

Access the CSUMB College Scorecard with NCES

WSCUC Key Indicators Dashboard

The WSCUC (WASC [Western Association of Schools and Colleges] Senior College and University Commission) Key Indicators Dashboard offers accreditation-related metrics, such as retention, graduation, student debt and post-graduation earnings with peer, national and WSCUC comparisons.

Access the WSCUC Key Indicators Dashboard

California Department of Education DataQuest

Statewide data reporting system covering K-12 schools, student performance, enrollment and staffing trends.

Access the California Department of Education DataQuest

California Community Colleges DataMart

Chancellor’s Office dashboard offering data on course enrollment, student services, faculty and outcomes across the California Community Colleges system.

Access the California Community Colleges DataMart

Student Achievement Measure

National initiative that tracks student progression and completion across institutions for a fuller picture of success in higher education.

Access the Student Achievement Measure

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Michael Dorsch

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