Retention & Graduation Rates

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First-Year Retention

Fall Entering Cohort 2019 2020 2021 2022
Persistence to Fall of 2020 2021 2022 2023
One-Year Fall-to-Fall Retention Rate 73% 82% 69% 52%

 

Six-Year Graduation Rates

Fall Entering Cohort 2014 2015 2016 2017
Graduating Class of 2018 2019 2020 2021
Total 63% 64% 66% 63%

 

By Gender Men  57%  55%  56%  55%
Women  68%  70%  74%  71%
           

 

Race/Ethnicity

 

American Indian/Alaska Native  ***  ***  ***  ***
Asian  64%  64%  69%  69%
Black/African American  52%  38%  63%  45%
Hispanic/Latino  72%  70%  68%  67%
Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander *** *** *** ***
White 63% 65% 63% 56%
Two or More Races 50% 50% 58% 74%
Unknown *** *** *** ***
Non-Resident  38% 57% 33% 60%
           

Financial Aid Type

Pell Grant Recipients 64% 61% 65% 59%
Subsidized Stafford Recipients (not receiving Pell) 70% 64% 74% 61%
Neither Pell nor Subsidized Stafford Loan 58% 67% 59% 71%

 

Source: Institutional Fact Book and IPEDS

*Note: Graduation rates of race/ethnicity categories with fewer than 10 students are not shown as suggested by federal law (e.g. Hawaiian Native/Pacific Islander)

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Last Updated: 5/16/2024