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Since 1997, the Department has provided summer research opportunities to 25 Latinos until 2010 - two more students are coming in summer 2011. Eleven (11) of them have gone to graduate school to pursue advanced degrees and three (3) went to graduate school. At the graduate level, the Department has seen 20 students entering our Chemistry program; five have obtained the Masters degree and one more is expected this year; 10 have obtained the PhD degree and four (4) more should be granted within the next 2-3 years.  At the graduate level, 12 (10 PhDs and 4 Masters) advanced degrees have been granted since 1999. Five (5) more (one Masters and 4 PhDs) are expected within the next 2-3 yrs. It is important to note that all students who have entered our graduate program have obtained an advanced degree. This is a dramatic contrast to no representation at all in 1993! At the undergraduate level, about 56% (14 out of 25) of the Latino students who participated in the summer experience have gone to advanced careers (11 to grad school, 3 med school).

CBS participants largely outperform their WSU First Time in Any College (FTIAC) peers in all areas of measured student success.  CBS SEP participants passed English 1010 at a rate of 94% during their first fall semester, passed Math 0993 at a rate of 80% during the same semester, were retained at a rate of 86% and persisted into the following semester at a rate of 91%. This is compared to WSU success rates of 71% in English 1010, 44% in Math 0993, an 89% retention rate and a 75% fall-to-fall persistence rate for 2008 FTIACs.  Despite enrolling students with lower average high school grade point averages and ACT scores, CBS Scholars generally outperform their WSU FTIAC peers.

From 2003 to 2009 there was a 4 percent increase in the number of students placing college ready in math. For reading, the increase in college ready placement was 13 percent. Finally, for writing, the percent increase in college ready placement was 27 percent.  From 2003 to 2009, students placed into fewer developmental education areas. There was a reduction of 15 percent in the number of students placing into three areas of development education. In contrast, there was an increase in the number of students placing into only one developmental education area, from 17 percent to 29 percent.  From 2003 to 2009 a greater percent of students were placing into the higher level of the developmental education course sequence. This is true in all three areas: math, reading and writing.  From 2001 to 2010, the number of students graduating increased by 145 percent, while during this same time period the enrollment only increased by 62 percent.

In the last 5 years the department has graduated approximately 250 students. 55% on average were Hispanic and 110 followed the Coordinated Program (CP) and have become RD eligible. All students after their internship in the CP are eligible to sit for the National Examination to become RDs. Nearly all of the graduates find suitable jobs in health care. The CP program is unique since students from BS, MS and PhD can apply and be provided an Internship of 1200 hours to meet the requirements of the accrediting body.