Retention & Graduation Rates

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First-Year Retention

Fall Entering Cohort 2020 2021 2022 2023
Persistence to Fall of 2021 2022 2023 2024
One-Year Fall-to-Fall Retention Rate 82% 69% 52% 66%

 

Six-Year Graduation Rates

Fall Entering Cohort 2015 2016 2017 2018
Graduating Class of 2019 2020 2021 2022
Total 64% 66% 63% 59%

 

By Gender Men  55%  56%  55%  54%
Women  70%  74%  71%  63%
           

 

Race/Ethnicity

 

 American Indian/Alaska Native  ***  ***  ***  ***
Asian  64%  69%  69%  57%
Black/African American  38%  63%  45%  55%
Hispanic/Latino  70%  68%  67%  66%
Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander *** *** *** ***
White 65% 63% 56% 50%
Two or More Races 50% 58% 74% 45%
Unknown *** *** *** ***
Non-Resident  57% 33% 60% 57%
           

Financial Aid Type

 Pell Grant Recipients 61% 65% 59% 60%
Subsidized Stafford Recipients (not receiving Pell) 64% 74% 61% 60%
Neither Pell nor Subsidized Stafford Loan 67% 59% 71% 57%

 

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: 11/19/2024