Student Retention and Graduation Rates
Retention and graduation rates are among the most 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.
| <----Returning---> | <--Graduates--> | ||||||
| Entering Year |
Entering Cohort* |
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 | 666 | 630 | 662 | |
| 2005 | 764 | 713 | 662 | 653 | 617 | ||
| 2006 | 792 | 740 | 698 | 693 | |||
| 2007 | 751 | 689 | 664 | ||||
| 2008 | 813 | 758 | |||||
| 2009 | 778 | ||||||
were deceased before graduation or later found to be misclassified are removed
| <----Returning---> | <---Graduates---> | ||||||
| Entering Year |
Cohort |
2nd Yr | 3rd Yr | 4th Yr | 4 Yrs | 5 Yrs | 6 Yrs |
| 1991 | 100.0% | 90.7% | 82.1% | 80.3% | 73.1% | 77.4% | 78.2% |
| 1992 | 100.0% | 88.2% | 81.9% | 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% | 83.6% | 77.1% | 76.6% | 70.8% | 74.7% | 75.1% |
| 1995 | 100.0% | 89.6% | 83.6% | 81.7% | 75.1% | 79.2% | 80.2% |
| 1996 | 100.0% | 88.5% | 83.4% | 81.2% | 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% | 85.3% | 78.5% | 83.0% | 84.0% |
| 1999 | 100.0% | 91.7% | 84.6% | 83.7% | 78.1% | 82.9% | 83.6% |
| 2000 | 100.0% | 92.6% | 87.9% | 85.3% | 79.7% | 83.9% | 84.7% |
| 2001 | 100.0% | 93.0% | 89.0% | 86.8% | 81.7% | 85.2% | 86.2% |
| 2002 | 100.0% | 92.3% | 87.4% | 86.2% | 83.0% | 86.0% | 86.5% |
| 2003 | 100.0% | 93.6% | 89.7% | 86.6% | 82.5% | 86.5% | 87.3% |
| 2004 | 100.0% | 92.1% | 87.3% | 85.7% | 81.1% | 85.2% | |
| 2005 | 100.0% | 93.3% | 86.6% | 85.5% | 80.8% | ||
| 2006 | 100.0% | 93.4% | 88.1% | 87.5% | |||
| 2007 | 100.0% | 91.7% | 88.4% | ||||
| 2008 | 100.0% | 93.2% | |||||
| 2009 | 100.0% | ||||||
last update: 9/25/09
