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Undergraduate Retention & Graduation Rates

Retention rates and graduation rates for entering first-time, full-time, first-year students by cohort year

First year retention rate for new, fall full-time first-year students (freshmen).

 

Entering Class Retention Rate

Fall 2017

87.9%

Fall 2018

86.7%

Fall 2019

84.8%

Fall 2020

90.6%

Fall 2021

86.3%

Fall 2022

86.1%

Fall 2023

88.2%

Graduation rates for new, fall full-time first-year students (freshmen).

 

Entering Class Graduates in 3 Years Graduates in 4 Years Graduates in 5 Years Graduates in 6 Years
Fall 2015 7.1% 73.2% 77.4% 78.8%
Fall 2016 7.3% 74.4% 78.7% 79.6%
Fall 2017 7.4% 72.5% 77.5% 78.5%
Fall 2018 7.6% 67.6% 74.1% 75.5%
Fall 2019 8.3% 66.5% 73.8% -
Fall 2020 7.5% 71.3% - -
Fall 2021 7.2% - - -

 

Master's Retention & Graduation Rates

Retention rates and graduation rates for entering first-time, full-time, master's students by cohort year. Table excludes online and law programs.

First year retention rate for new, fall full-time master's students.

 

Entering Class Retention Rate
Fall 2017 79.1%
Fall 2018 72.2%
Fall 2019 74.2%
Fall 2020 75.5%
Fall 2021 74.3%
Fall 2022 72.4%
Fall 2023 70.4%

 

Graduation rates for new, fall full-time master's students.

 

Entering Class Graduates in 1 Year Graduates in 2 Years Graduates in 3 Years
Fall 2017 15.2% 83.2% 90.7%
Fall 2018 19.8% 80.7% 87.5%
Fall 2019 19.2% 84.2% 90.6%
Fall 2020 16.2% 75.7% 87.1%
Fall 2021 16.5% 81.9% 87.6%
Fall 2022 16.6% 80.9% -
Fall 2023 16.6% - -

 

 

Time to Doctoral Degree Completion

Doctoral degree completion and median time-to-degree

Time to Doctoral Degree Completion by Program

Graduating 2019-2020 through 2023-2024

 

Program Count of Graduates Time-to-Degree Median 
(in years)
Anthropology (PhD) 8 9
Behavior, Cognition, & Neuroscience (PhD) 21 5
Clinical Psychology (PhD) 29 6
Communication (PhD) 18 4
Economics (PhD) 50 6
Education Policy & Leadership (EdD online) 74 3
History (PhD) 24 7
International Relations (PhD) 32 7
Justice, Law & Criminology (PhD) 17 5
Political Science (PhD) 13 6
Public Administration & Policy (PhD) 30 4
Total 316 5

 

 

More information on retention and graduation rates can be found at the Academic Data Reference Book.

More information about employment and graduate school outcomes can be found at We Know Success.

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