Office of Institutional Research and Planning

Retention and Graduation Reports

The following reports detail both counts and rates of student retention and graduation for
the entering freshmen classes of full-time, first-time students from Fall 1996 to Fall 2012.

  • Retention rates and counts are reported after the 1 semester, 1 year (or 2 semesters), 3 semesters, and 2 years (or 4 semesters).
  • Cumulative Graduation and Continuation rates and counts are provided after 3 years, 4 years, 5 years, and 6 years.

Highlights

  • The 2008 entering class has a record-breaking four-year graduation rate of 37.2%
  • The six-year graduation rate for the 2006 entering class is the highest recorded at 64.0%

February 25, 2013

Retention and Cumulative Graduation Reports
Rates Counts
By Gender
Female/Male
By Gender
Female/Male
By Residency Status (for fee purposes)
Nonresident and Resident
By Residency Status (for fee purposes)
Nonresident and Resident

 

* Additional Information

  • Beginning with Fall 2010, additional racial/ethnic groups will be a part of the reporting process. In addition to American Indian/Alaskan Native, Asian, Black, Hispanic, and White, students can identify themselves as Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander or can choose more than one ethnicity (listed as Multiple Ethnicities on the reports). International students are classified as Nonresident Aliens.
  • Beginning with the Fall 1998 semester, students have been removed from the cohort based on federal regulations which allow exclusions for the following reasons:
    1. The student is deceased or is totally and permanently disabled.
    2. The student left school to serve in the armed forces or was called to active duty.
      3. Note: This reduction in the entering freshmen counts, increases the retention and graduation rates by 0.2% or less and averages about eight students per fall cohort.


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