Decreasing
Channel Islands (2025) 4,924 (2018) 7,095
Chico (2025) 14,823 (2018) 17,488
Dominguez Hills (2025) 14,462 (2018) 15,741
East Bay (2025) 10,911 (2018) 14,525
Fresno (2025) 24,992 (2018) 24,995
Humboldt (2025) 6,276 (2018) 7,774
Los Angeles (2025) 21,708 (2018) 27,685
Northridge (2025) 36,960 (2018) 38,716
San Bernardino (2025) 19,049 (2018) 19,973
San Francisco (2025) 20,713 (2018) 29,586
Sonoma (2025) 5,000 (2018) 9,201
Stanislaus (2025) 9,398 (2018) 10,214
Increasing
Bakersfield (2025) 11,195 (2018) 10,493
Fullerton (2025) 45,147 (2018) 39,774
Long Beach (2025) 42,173 (2018) 36,846
Monterey Bay (2025) 7,817 (2018) 7,079
Pomona (2025) 27,221 (2018) 26,443
Sacramento (2025) 31,274 (2018) 31,131
San Diego (2025) 41,184 (2018) 34,881
San Jose (2025) 35,298 (2018) 32,828
San Luis Obispo (2025) 23,245 (2018) 21,812
San Marcos (2025) 15,441 (2018) 14,511
The main problem appears to be in the North, although I'm surprised to see Northridge and Los Angeles on the declining list. That said, shutting down campuses even with big declines is unlikely. I did mention over 2 years ago that they should consider consolidating some campuses. For example, Dominguez Hills is so close to Long Beach, you have an opportunity to merge DH into LB. You'd eliminate a lot of executive positions. I'm sure there would be a lot of overhead that could also be trimmed. And, then, there's the obvious. Both schools have the same departments and offer the same degrees. By consolidating, you still have campuses that serve a distinct community, you don't lose the financial investment that the state put into building a campus, and hopefully not as much outrage from the community if you simply close down a school completely. 
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when will the State of California address the structural issue of declinging enrollment, and CLOSE Cal States
from LBPost
https://lbpost.com/news/education/schools-closing-long-beach-gompers-edison
this will ripple to post secondary school enrollment.
it's all unpleasant from the standpoint of geographical closeness of some schools, but it's the job of Cal State & schools not to simple keep schools open with less enrollment and high fixed costs.
Cal State already last year implemented the gimmick to lower admission standards to keep enrollment up. That's counterproductive.
Cal State Channel Islands, Sonoma, CS Dominguez Hills, probably a few others, need to be examined for this, decision to right size needs to occur so that which schools stay open are funded.
the Cal State 'leaders' probably want the problem go away, want more money (don't we all), but they either fix by doing something to boost population, or right size. as it is, there is competition to get Calif students outside of Calif
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