Student Retention and Graduation Statistics

    Retention and graduation rates are among the important factors used in judging the quality of an undergraduate college. The following tables compiled by the Registrar’s office show the retention and graduation rates based on a cohort of full-time first-year students who are seeking a degree for the first time. The first table below gives the data in actual numbers, the second in percentages of the original cohort. Graduate numbers are as of August 31 for each year; retention figures are as of 10th day of the Fall semester.

    As required by the disclosure requirements of the U.S. Higher Education Act of 1965, as amended by the Higher Education Opportunity Act of 2008, these interactive dashboards show retention and graduation rates disaggregated by sex, race/ethnicity/citizenship status, and federal student aid categories.

    Full Cohort Retention and Graduation Headcounts*
        <—-Returning—> <–Graduates–>
    Entering
    Year
    Cohort Count
    		 2nd Yr 3rd Yr 4th Yr 4 Yrs 5 Yrs 6 Yrs
    1991 731 663 600 587 534 566 572
    1992 701 618 574 554 510 537 550
    1993 737 644 594 576 519 561 569
    1994 739 618 570 566 523 552 555
    1995 742 665 620 606 557 588 595
    1996 771 682 643 626 565 608 620
    1997 722 661 610 600 539 579 587
    1998 755 691 653 644 593 627 634
    1999 761 698 644 637 594 631 636
    2000 753 697 662 642 600 632 638
    2001 744 692 662 646 608
    634
    		 641
    2002 777 717 679 670
    645
    		 668 672
    2003 719 673 645 623 593 622 628
    2004 777 716 678 672 631 662 664
    2005 764 713 662 653 617 641 649
    2006 792 742 698 693 660 682 684
    2007 751 689 664 657 624 652 654
    2008 813 758 730 721 698 719 722
    2009 776 725 697 680 652 675 678
    2010 843 795 759 750 719 738 742
    2011 738 686 654 648 625 650 651
    2012 863 808 768  749 708 743 746
    2013 751 697 661 653 605 643 649
    2014 764 713 679 655 625 647 649
    2015 761 704 662 654 616 642 648
    2016 822 758 714 699 670 692 695
    2017 782 710 671 655 620 651 653
    2018 806 731 674 681 624 664 677
    2019 805 733 695 682 615 658  
    2020 726 659 619 602 549    
    2021 753 680 642 632      
    2022 867 785 756        
    2023 824 760          
    2024 859            

    * Cohorts include first-year, first-time, degree-seeking students; students who were “allowable exclusions” are removed (deceased, serving in military, federal service, or church mission before graduation, or later found to be misclassified).
    Most cohorts have at least one such adjustment, so retention and graduation numbers here may or may not exactly match reporting done elsewhere.

    Full Cohort Retention and Graduation Rates*
        <—-Returning—> <—Graduates—>
    Entering
    Year
    Cohort Rate
    		 2nd Yr 3rd Yr

    4th Yr
    or
    grad

    		 4 Yrs 5 Yrs 6 Yrs
    1991 100.0% 90.7% 82.1%

    80.3%

    		 73.1% 77.4% 78.2%
    1992 100.0% 88.0% 81.8% 79.0% 72.8% 76.6% 78.5%
    1993 100.0% 87.4% 80.6% 78.2% 70.4% 76.1% 77.2%
    1994 100.0% 83.3% 77.0% 76.6% 70.8% 74.7% 75.1%
    1995 100.0% 89.5% 83.6% 81.7% 75.1% 79.2% 80.2%
    1996 100.0% 88.3% 83.3% 81.1% 73.3% 78.9% 80.4%
    1997 100.0% 91.6% 84.5% 83.1% 74.7% 80.2% 81.3%
    1998 100.0% 91.5% 86.5% 85.4% 78.5% 83.0% 84.0%
    1999 100.0% 91.1% 84.5% 84.2% 78.1% 82.9% 83.6%
    2000 100.0% 92.6% 87.9% 85.7% 79.7% 83.9% 84.7%
    2001 100.0% 92.9% 89.0% 87.5% 81.7% 85.2% 86.2%
    2002 100.0% 92.0% 87.2% 86.9% 83.0% 86.0% 86.5%
    2003 100.0%  93.5% 89.6% 87.8% 82.5% 86.5% 87.3%
    2004 100.0% 92.1% 87.3% 86.5% 81.2% 85.2% 85.5%
    2005 100.0% 93.3% 86.6% 85.9% 80.8% 83.9% 84.9%
    2006 100.0% 93.6% 88.0% 88.0% 83.3% 86.1% 86.4%
    2007 100.0% 91.7% 88.4% 87.7% 83.1% 86.8% 87.1%
    2008 100.0% 93.2% 89.8% 89.3% 85.9% 88.4% 88.8%
    2009 100.0% 93.3% 89.8% 88.1% 84.0% 87.0% 87.4%
    2010 100.0% 94.3% 90.0% 89.1% 85.3% 87.5% 88.0%
    2011 100.0% 92.8% 88.6% 87.9% 84.7% 88.1% 88.2%
    2012 100.0% 93.5% 88.9% 86.9% 82.0% 86.1% 86.4%
    2013 100.0% 92.7% 88.0% 87.4% 80.6% 85.6% 86.4%
    2014 100.0% 93.2% 88.9% 86.1% 81.8% 84.7% 84.9%
    2015 100.0% 92.3% 87.0% 86.3% 80.9% 84.4% 85.2%
    2016 100.0% 92.2% 86.9% 85.8% 81.5%
    		 84.2% 84.5%
    2017 100.0% 90.6% 85.7% 84.4% 79.3% 83.2% 83.5%
    2018 100.0% 90.7% 83.6% 85.1% 77.4% 82.4% 84.0%
    2019 100.0% 90.9% 86.3% 84.7% 76.4% 81.7%  
    2020 100.0% 90.5% 85.1% 82.8% 75.6%    
    2021 100.0% 90.1% 85.1% 83.9%      
    2022 100.0% 90.5% 87.2%        
    2023 100.0% 92.2%          

    * Cohorts include first-year, first-time, degree-seeking students; students who were “allowable exclusions” are removed (deceased, serving in military, federal service, or church mission before graduation, or later found to be misclassified).
    Most cohorts have at least one such adjustment, so retention and graduation rates here may or may not exactly math reporting done elsewhere.

      <—-Returning——> <—-Graduates——>
    2nd Yr 3rd Yr 4th Yr 4 Yrs 5 Yrs 6 Yrs
    most recent
    4-year average
    Student Right-to-Know    		 90.8% 86.0% 84.1% 77.2% 82.9% 84.3%
     

    last update: 10/3/2024