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Graduation rate calculations start with a cohort of entering freshmen and follows them forward in time, asking what percent earned degrees in a given time period.ÌýThis information is updated mid-fall semester.

Fall 2024ÌýHighlights

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Student Success ProfileÌý(±Ê¶Ù¹ó)

Overall

The overall 6-year graduation rate was 74% for full-time freshmen entering in 2018, the most recent class to have had a full 6 years to graduate. ÌýThis is one percentage point below the rates for theprevious two cohorts, which were the highest ever.

By Residency

The 6-year graduation rate for babyÖ±²¥app residents also dropped a point below the previous cohort’s all time high, to 78%.Ìý

The rate for non-residents was again 71%, equaling the all-time high set by the previous two cohorts.

By Gender

The graduation rate for female students was 77%, a 2-point drop from the all-time high from last year. Males graduated at a 71% rate, a 1-point decrease after the three previous cohorts each set all-time highs.

Black, Indigenous, and People of Color (BIPOC)

The 6-year graduation rate for BIPOC students in the entering class of 2018 was 71%, a 2-point decrease from last year’s 6-year cohort. This follows 3 consecutive years of increases; the high point before those 3 cohorts was 66%. The gap between BIPOC students and white students increased to 4 percentage points, one more than last year.Ìý

Pell Grant recipients

The 6-year graduation rate for recipients of federal Pell Grants (a proxy for lower income students) entering in 2018 was 67%, a 2-point drop after 3 consecutive years setting all-time highs.Ìý

First-Generation Students

The six-year graduation rate for first-generation college students in the 2018 cohort was 65%, a 2-percentage-point drop from 2017, but equal to the former high attained in 3 prior years.Ìý

Overall

The 4-year graduation rate for the class entering in 2020 was 59%, an all-time high, and 2 points higher than last year. Ìý Ìý

By Residency

The 4-year grad rate for babyÖ±²¥app residents entering in 2020 was 60%, 2 points higher than last year, and 1 point below the all-time highs set by the 2017 and 2018 cohorts. Non-residents also showed a 2-point increase over last year, to 59%, and set an all-time high for the second consecutive year.Ìý

Black, Indigenous, and People of Color (BIPOC)

The 4-year rate for BIPOC students was 52%, a 1-point drop from the prior two cohorts. ÌýThe record high is 55%, achieved by the 2017 cohort.Ìý

Pell Grant Recipients & First-Generation Students

The 4-year rate for Pell recipients increased 3 points to 49%, equaling the rate from 2 years ago and 2 points off the record 51% set by the 2017 cohort. The rate for first-generation students remained at 46% for the third consecutive year. The record for first-generation students is 50%, set by the 2017 cohort.Ìý

One-Year Retention Rates

The one-year (2nd fall) retention rate for freshmen entering in 2023 was 90%, an all-time high for the second consecutive year. Ìý

The resident 2nd-fall retention rate remained at 90%, equaling the all-time high from last year and several earlier cohorts.Ìý

Non-residents also retained at a rate of 90%, a record high and 2 points higher than the prior two cohorts, who had set the previous high.Ìý

BIPOC students also set a record high at 88%, 1 point higher than last year’s previous record.Ìý

Pell recipients’ 2nd-fall retention rate was 85%, a one-point increase from last year, and equaling the record high set 9 years ago. ÌýFirst-generation students also gained one point, to 85%, a record high. ÌýÌý

Two-Year retention rates

The two-year (3rd fall) retention rate for freshmen entering in 2022 was 84%, an all-time high for the second consecutive year.ÌýÌý

The 3rd-fall rate for residents was 84%, a point higher than last year but still 1 point below the record high set 6 years ago. Non-residents retained at 83%, an all-time high, and 3 points higher than the previous record set by the previous two cohorts. ÌýÌý

The two-year retention rate for BIPOC students increased 3 points, to 80%, one point shy of the record set 5 years ago.ÌýÌý

The two-year retention rate of Pell recipients gained 2 points, to 76%, equaling the 2nd highest ever but 2 points below the all-time high set 5 years ago. The 3rd-fall retention of first-generation students jumped 6 points, to 76%, equaling the record.Ìý

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Detailed Reports and Data

Retention andÌýGraduation Rates

  • by entry college and ethnicity, gender, first-generation status and other various groupsÌý
  • - student tracking tool (the WEDGE file)

Graduation Rates

  • by full/part-time status, entry term and other various groups