| Fall 2003 | Retained | Retained | Graduated | Retained | Retention | |
| Program Name | Cohort | Fall 2004 | Fall 2005 | 2002-05 | Fall 2006 | Rate |
| Agricultural & Resource Economics | 16 | 14 | 11 | 0 | 9 | 56% |
| Agricultural & Environmental Chemistry | 10 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 70% |
| Animal Behavior | 4 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 50% |
| Anthropology | 4 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 75% |
| Applied Mathematics | 5 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 80% |
| Applied Science Engineering | 17 | 13 | 9 | 0 | 8 | 47% |
| Atmospheric Science | 3 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 33% |
| Biochemistry & Molecular Biology | 27 | 25 | 24 | 0 | 22 | 81% |
| Biological Systems Engineering | 8 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 13% |
| Biomedical Engineering | 13 | 10 | 9 | 0 | 8 | 62% |
| Biophysics | 4 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 75% |
| Biostatistics | 3 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 67% |
| Cell & Developmental Biology | 8 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 8 | 100% |
| Chemical Engineering | 15 | 12 | 12 | 0 | 11 | 73% |
| Chemistry | 36 | 33 | 30 | 0 | 28 | 78% |
| Civil & Environmental Engineering | 15 | 13 | 11 | 1 | 8 | 57% |
| Community Development | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 100% |
| Comparative Literature | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 100% |
| Comparative Pathology | 12 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 6 | 60% |
| Computer Science | 26 | 26 | 20 | 0 | 20 | 77% |
| Cultural Studies | 11 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 64% |
| Dramatic Art | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 100% |
| Ecology | 30 | 30 | 28 | 0 | 24 | 80% |
| Ecology Joint Program with SDSU | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| Economics | 25 | 15 | 14 | 0 | 10 | 40% |
| Education (PhD/MA) | 13 | 12 | 11 | 0 | 9 | 69% |
| Electrical & Computer Engineering | 30 | 25 | 18 | 1 | 14 | 48% |
| English | 18 | 16 | 12 | 0 | 13 | 72% |
| Entomology | 6 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 67% |
| Epidemiology | 5 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 50% |
| Food Science | 10 | 10 | 10 | 1 | 8 | 89% |
| French | 5 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 60% |
| Genetics | 12 | 12 | 11 | 0 | 10 | 83% |
| Geography | 6 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 67% |
| Geology | 4 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 50% |
| German | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| History | 19 | 17 | 15 | 0 | 11 | 58% |
| Human Development | 5 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 80% |
| Hydrologic Sciences | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 33% |
| Immunology | 4 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 50% |
| Jt. Prog. Ed. Leadership CSUF | 13 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0% |
| Materials Science and Engineering | 10 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 8 | 80% |
| Mathematics | 17 | 16 | 15 | 1 | 8 | 50% |
| Mechanical & Aeronautical Engineering | 16 | 11 | 8 | 0 | 6 | 38% |
| Microbiology | 7 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 57% |
| Molecular, Cellular & Integrative Physiology | 13 | 11 | 9 | 0 | 8 | 62% |
| Music | 5 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 20% |
| Native American Studies | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 100% |
| Neuroscience | 9 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 6 | 75% |
| Nutrition | 20 | 20 | 17 | 0 | 13 | 65% |
| Pharm & Tox | 9 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 7 | 78% |
| Philosophy | 7 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 29% |
| Physics | 26 | 24 | 23 | 0 | 16 | 62% |
| Plant Biology | 10 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 9 | 90% |
| Plant Pathology | 6 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 67% |
| Political Science | 14 | 13 | 11 | 0 | 8 | 57% |
| Population Biology | 8 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 88% |
| Psychology | 15 | 14 | 12 | 0 | 12 | 80% |
| Sociology | 8 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 50% |
| Soil Science | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 50% |
| Spanish | 8 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 5 | 63% |
| Statistics | 7 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 86% |
| Transportation Technology & Policy | 4 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 100% |