Graduation and Retention Rates

 Student Retention 
One-year retention rate
(year of entering cohort, %)
Entering fall 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022
Returning fall 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023
First-time, full-time degree-seeking students         94 95 95 97 95 94 95 96 97 87* 95 95 95
 *Note. The retention rate for this cohort reflects the temporary effects of COVID-19. 


Six-year Graduation Rates

First-time, full-time, degree-seeking cohort
(6-year graduation rate: %)
Cohort 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017
Year ending May 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023
Overall 92 91 92 93 94 91 90 89 92 91 91 93 92
Men 93 91 92 91 94 93 88 87 89 91 88 91 91
Women                                                                  92 90 92 94 94 91 93 92 94 91 94 95 92

Four-year Graduation Rates

First-time, full-time, degree-seeking cohort
(4-year graduation rate: %)
Cohort 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019
Year ending May 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023
Overall 87 87 86 87 92 87 85 85 88 87 86 89 81* 81* 81*
*Note. The graduation rate for this cohort reflects the temporary effects of COVID-19. 


Six-year Graduation Rates by Student Race/ethnicity

First-time, full-time, degree-seeking cohort
(6-year graduation rate, %)
Cohort 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017
Year ending May 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023
American Indian or Alaskan Native - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Asian 88 90 91 94 100 100 96 88 96 96 90 94 92
Black or African American  94 79 75 93 89 90 89 85 96 86 91 95 94
Hispanic or Latino 92 93 95 91 87 86 85 97 83 92 90 96 94
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Non-resident (International) 91 93 96 91 91 94 93 87 88 94 88 92 94
White 92 92 92 94 94 91 91 90 92 90 91 93 90
Two or more races 100 85 95 83 98 94 91 84 91 85 94 91 90
Unknown race/ethnicity 91 91 89 90 100 91 86 87 95 93 100 96 92

Six-year Graduation Rates by Student Financial Aid Status

First-time, full-time, degree-seeking cohort
(6-year graduation rate, %)
Cohort 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017
Year ending May 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023
Students receiving a Federal Pell Grant 91 87 94 93 90 87 90 89 93 89 93 96 90
Students receiving a subsidized Stafford Loan,   but no Federal Pell Grant 93 89 89 94 97 94 89 89 90 90 96 94 90
Students receiving neither a Federal Pell Grant 
nor a subsidized Stafford loan
92 92 92 92 95 92 90 89 92 92 89 92 92