Check out why Cleveland State University received an F grade in our Report Card below.
Cleveland State University is a public research university with an undergraduate enrollment size of 10,626. The <a href="https://www.csuohio.edu/welcome/campus-city-life" target="_blank" rel="noopener">university</a> is located on the shore of Lake Erie, and its students have access &#8220;to a vibrant arts scene with incredible theater, a world-renowned orchestra, opera, a newly renovated historic art museum, independent film and more.&#8221;  Students can visit the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum, and watch Cleveland&#8217;s professional sports teams. Cleveland State University has nine <a href="https://www.csuohio.edu/campus-engagement/chapters" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Greek life</a> chapters for students to join if interested. The university&#8217;s official mascot is &#8220;Magnus,&#8221; and its sports teams are known as the &#8220;Vikings.&#8221;
Cleveland State University has over 70 undergraduate majors for students to choose from. Notable former students include mixed martial artist Stipe Miocic, professional basketball player Norris Cole, and former NASA scientist Annie Easley.

Cleveland State University receives a &#8220;D&#8221; grade by <a href="https://www.whatwilltheylearn.com/schools/3034" target="_blank" rel="noopener">What Will They Learn?</a> which takes into account the university’s educational prowess. Factors include composition, literature, foreign language, U.S. government or history, economics, mathematics, and natural science.
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What Will They Learn? Academic Score

Cleveland State University receives a “D+” grade for the Average Salary of Recent Graduates. As of 2021, alumni with 0-5 years of experience after graduating from Cleveland State University with a bachelor’s degree make $52,700 on average according to <a href="https://www.payscale.com/college-salary-report/bachelors" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Payscale</a>.
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Average Salary of Recent Graduates

Cleveland State University receives a “D+” grade for the Average Salary of Graduates Mid-Career. As of 2021, alumni with 10+ years of experience after graduating from Cleveland State University with a bachelor’s degree make $90,400 on average according to <a href="https://www.payscale.com/college-salary-report/bachelors" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Payscale</a>.
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Average Salary of Graduates Mid-Career

Cleveland State University receives a “D” grade for the Percent of Graduates with Debt (Federal and Private). In 2020, 64% of graduates accumulated student debt from federal and/or private sources according to <a href="https://ticas.org/interactive-map/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The Institute for College Access &amp; Success</a>.
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Percent of Graduates with Debt (Federal and Private)

Cleveland State University receives a “C+” grade for the Average Debt of Graduates (Federal and Private). In 2020, graduates accumulated $27,111 of debt on average from federal and/or private sources according to <a href="https://ticas.org/interactive-map/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The Institute for College Access &amp; Success</a>.
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Average Debt of Graduates (Federal and Private) 

Cleveland State University receives a &#8220;B&#8221; grade in Mandated Equity, Inclusion, and Diversity Training for Staff. Faculty are <a href="https://levin.csuohio.edu/prof-dev/certificate-in-diversity-equity-and-inclusion" target="_blank" rel="noopener">encouraged</a>, but not required, to get a certificate in Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion.
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Mandated Equity, Inclusion, and Diversity Training for Staff

Cleveland State University receives an &#8220;F&#8221; grade for having a Bias Response Team. Bias Reporting Systems and Response Teams are systems or teams of faculty, staff, and sometimes law enforcement.
According to <a href="https://speechfirst.org/bias-reporting-systems/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">SpeechFirst</a>, students are “encouraged to report ‘bias incidents’ to these boards (or teams) in the name of inclusion and tolerance, but it’s often unclear what the school considers ‘bias’ in the first place. Overly broad or vague definitions of bias put all kinds of speech at risk of being reported – even unpopular speech which is protected by the First Amendment.”
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Bias Reporting System or Bias Response Team 

Cleveland State University receives a &#8220;C+&#8221; grade for Ratio of Right-Leaning Clubs to Left-Leaning Clubs. Out of a list of 20 clubs (10 from each side), <a href="https://csuohio.presence.io/organizations" target="_blank" rel="noopener">the university</a> has two right-leaning clubs compared to four left-leaning clubs. The two right-leaning clubs are Turning Point USA at Cleveland State University and Advocates for Life. The four left-leaning clubs are Solidarity for Palestinian Human Rights, Queer Student Alliance, URGE: Unite for Reproductive and Gender Equity (in place of PPGA), and The Society of Intersectional Feminists.
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Ratio of Right-Leaning Clubs to Left-Leaning Clubs

Cleveland State University receives an “A” grade due to having an active and thriving <a href="https://twitter.com/CSUTurningPoint" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Turning Point USA chapter</a>. Unfortunately, universities and Student Governments around the country often use their power to prevent certain clubs from operating on campus.
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Denied Turning Point USA Chapter

Cleveland State University receives a “D” grade for In-State Tuition for Illegal Immigrants. DACA students <a href="https://www.csuohio.edu/daca/deferred-action-for-childhood-arrivals-frequently-asked-questions" target="_blank" rel="noopener">qualify</a> for in-state tuition if they graduated from an Ohio high school. Undocumented students <a href="https://www.csuohio.edu/daca/deferred-action-for-childhood-arrivals-frequently-asked-questions" target="_blank" rel="noopener">without DACA</a> pay out-of-state, international tuition rate.
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In-State Tuition for Illegal Immigrants

Cleveland State University receives an “A” grade for the Amount of Foreign Funding Received. According to <a href="https://sites.ed.gov/foreigngifts/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">College Foreign Gift Reporting</a>, the total amount of foreign funding the university has received is $88.00 per current undergraduate student. Oftentimes, foreign parties will convey their influence by funding certain courses, activities, professors, and organizations on campus. In certain cases, universities must abide by restrictions dictated by foreign parties to receive funding. In addition, there have been <a href="https://www.wsj.com/articles/top-universities-took-billions-in-unreported-foreign-funds-u-s-finds-11603226953" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reports</a> that claim that universities underreport foreign funding. The figure above only takes into account reported foreign funding.
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Amount of Foreign Funding

Cleveland State University receives an “F” grade for Required Equity, Diversity, or Inclusion Courses for Students. The university <a href="https://www.csuohio.edu/gened/general-education-08-social-diversity" target="_blank" rel="noopener">requires</a> students to take courses within its &#8220;Social Diversity&#8221; category. Examples of courses in this category include, but are not limited to,
<ul>
<li>&#8220;Social Justice,&#8221;</li>
<li>&#8220;Philosophy of Gender and Race,&#8221;</li>
<li>&#8220;Social Justice and the City,&#8221;</li>
<li>&#8220;Race, Class and Gender,&#8221;</li>
<li>&#8220;Introduction to Women&#8217;s and Gender studies.&#8221;</li>
</ul>
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Required Equity, Diversity, or Inclusion Courses for Students

Cleveland State University receives a “B” grade for Segregated Dormitories, Graduations, and Classes. The university has one segregated graduation (<a href="https://www.csuohio.edu/lgbtq/lav-grad#:~:text=Lavender%20Graduation%20is%20a%20special,due%20to%20her%20sexual%20orientation." target="_blank" rel="noopener">Lavender graduation</a>).
Cleveland State University has no segregated classes or dormitories.
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Segregated Dormitories, Graduations, and Classes

Cleveland State University receives an “A” grade for Protests and Canceling Speakers. Since 2021, no instances of protests, speech cancelations, or violence/attempted violence against speakers have occurred.
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Protests and Canceling Speakers

Cleveland State University receives a “C” grade for Mask and Vaccine Mandates. The <a href="https://www.csuohio.edu/safe-campus/covid-19-information-0" target="_blank" rel="noopener">university</a> encourages students to get vaccinated:
&#8220;Vaccination plus a booster shot offers the absolute best protection against serious illness, hospitalization or death from COVID-19. Vaccines and boosters <a href="https://gettheshot.coronavirus.ohio.gov/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">are readily available</a>.&#8221;
Masks are optional on campus.
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Mask and Vaccine Mandates 

Cleveland State University receives a “C-” grade for the Percent of Students Graduating with STEM Degrees. According to the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data Center (<a href="https://nces.ed.gov/ipeds/use-the-data" target="_blank" rel="noopener">IPEDS</a>), as of 2020, 5.51% of the current undergraduate student population graduate with a Science, Technology, Engineering, or Mathematics (STEM) degree. Across the United States, students who graduate with STEM degrees tend to earn more on average than their other student counterparts.
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Percent of Students Graduating with STEM Degrees

Cleveland State University receives an “F” grade for Crime Rates in University City or Town. According to the <a href="https://ucr.fbi.gov/crime-in-the-u.s/2018/crime-in-the-u.s.-2018" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Federal Bureau of Investigation</a>, the Cleveland, Ohio violent crime rate was 1449.57 per 100,000 people in 2018, much higher than the 2018 national average of 380.56 per 100,000 people. While campus safety is of utmost importance, it is also pertinent to consider the crime rates of the surrounding town or city as students often tend to venture off campus, especially after their freshman year.
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Crime Rates in University City or Town 

Cleveland State University receives an “F&#8221; grade for Required Western Civilization Courses for Students. The university <a href="https://www.csuohio.edu/gened/gened08" target="_blank" rel="noopener">does not require</a> any course or category of courses designed to teach students about the history of the United States and western civilization as a whole. Moreover, Cleveland State University requires students to take two courses in a &#8220;Social Diversity&#8221; category.
Each course must be a minimum of 3 hours.
<ol type="A">
<li>One course must be African-American.</li>
<li>One course must be U.S. diversity course.</li>
</ol>
Transfer students with 60+ credit hours only have to fulfill half of the Social Diversity requirement. They may take either an African American Experience or a U.S. Diversity course.
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Required Western Civilization Courses for Students

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Check out why Cleveland State University received an F grade in our Report Card below.

Cleveland State University is a public research university with an undergraduate enrollment size of 10,626. The <a href="https://www.csuohio.edu/welcome/campus-city-life" target="_blank" rel="noopener">university</a> is located on the shore of Lake Erie, and its students have access "to a vibrant arts scene with incredible theater, a world-renowned orchestra, opera, a newly renovated historic art museum, independent film and more."  Students can visit the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum, and watch Cleveland's professional sports teams. Cleveland State University has nine <a href="https://www.csuohio.edu/campus-engagement/chapters" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Greek life</a> chapters for students to join if interested. The university's official mascot is "Magnus," and its sports teams are known as the "Vikings."

Cleveland State University has over 70 undergraduate majors for students to choose from. Notable former students include mixed martial artist Stipe Miocic, professional basketball player Norris Cole, and former NASA scientist Annie Easley.

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