Retention, Completion and Graduation Rates

Retention Rates 2020-2025

2020–20212021–20222022–20232023–20242024–2025
First-Year, i.e. Freshman76.15%80.19%76.34%80.40%80.03%
Transfer80.07%85.99%86.75%85.45%84.47%

Retention Rates 2015-2020

2015–20162016–20172017–20182018–20192019–2020
First-Year, i.e. Freshman84%75%78%82%81%
Transfer83%82%81%78%87%

Graduation Rates

Fall 2019 Entering Cohort
Number in CohortNumber of Completers% Graduating by August 2025
Total52633463.62
By Gender
Male20611254.37
Female32022269.38
By Ethnicity
Non-Resident Alien11872.73
Hispanic/Latino1539260.13
American Indian or Alaskan Native200
Asian423173.81
Black or African American 492142.86
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander11100
White25417368.11
Two or More Race11763.64
Race and Ethnicity Unknown3133.33
By Federal Grant or Loan
Pell Grant recipient23513055.32
Stafford Loan recipient but no Pell Grant1157868.42
Neither Pell Grant nor Stafford Loan recipient17612671.59

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