Undergraduate Graduation Rates within Six Years
The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) 6-year graduation rate data are reported below. The 6-year graduation rate indicates graduates who enrolled as first-time, full-time students six years earlier and completed their baccalaureate degrees within 150% of the traditional 4-year graduation time frame.
The University monitors undergraduate retention in accordance with the Student Engagement and Success portion of the University’s Strategic Plan 2015-2020 that includes the over-arching goal of enhancing the climate of the University to cultivate greater levels of student success as measured by retention and completion. The Strategic Plan sets the following goal: raise the graduation rate to 55%. This goal will be re-evaluated during the 2020 strategic planning process.
- Minimum – 49% (Based on the lowest graduation rate in the most recent 5-years)
- Goal – Graduation Rate of 55%
- Actual:
Note: For counts less than five, percentages not displayed.
| Graduation Rates, by gender and race/ethnicity. | |||||||
| Fall 2009 Freshman | Fall 2010 Freshman | Fall 2011 Freshman | Fall 2012 Freshman | Fall 2013 Freshman | Fall 2014 Freshman | Fall 2015 Freshman | |
| Men | |||||||
| Nonresident Alien | – | – | 22% | – | 100% | 13% | 0% |
| Black or African American | – | 38% | 33% | 40% | 35% | 58% | 54% |
| American Indian or Native Alaskan | – | – | – | – | – | – | 50% |
| Asian | 25% | – | – | – | 0% | – | 0% |
| Hispanic/Latino | 0% | 43% | 80% | 43% | 25% | 80% | 50% |
| White | 47% | 37% | 39% | 43% | 44% | 43% | 44% |
| Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Two or More Races | – | – | – | – | 0% | 33% | 80% |
| Race or Ethnicity Unknown | 40% | – | – | 52% | 57% | 83% | 60% |
| Fall 2009 Freshman | Fall 2010 Freshman | Fall 2011 Freshman | Fall 2012 Freshman | Fall 2013 Freshman | Fall 2014 Freshman | Fall 2015 Freshman | |
| Women | |||||||
| Nonresident Alien | – | – | 56% | 20% | 100% | 0% | 67% |
| Black or African American | 38% | 47% | 34% | 63% | 63% | 58% | 61% |
| American Indian or Native Alaskan | – | – | – | – | 50% | – | – |
| Asian | 41% | – | – | – | 67% | 83% | 80% |
| Hispanic/Latino | – | 63% | 55% | 33% | 29% | 68% | 59% |
| White | 47% | 55% | 61% | 53% | 61% | 59% | 51% |
| Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Two or More Races | – | – | 100% | 50% | 70% | 33% | 70% |
| Race or Ethnicity Unknown | 33% | – | 29% | 42% | 55% | 56% | 100% |
Six Year Graduation Rate (Full time, first time students)
| Cohort Year 2015 | ||||||
| Cohort N | Completed in 4 years or less | Completed in 5 years | Completed in 6 years | Completed Within 6 Years | Six Year Graduation Rate | |
| Men | ||||||
| Nonresident Alien | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| Black or African American | 24 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 13 | 54% |
| American Indian or Native Alaskan | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 50% |
| Asian | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| Hispanic/Latino | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 50% |
| White | 108 | 24 | 21 | 3 | 48 | 44% |
| Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| Two or More Races | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 80% |
| Race or Ethnicity Unknown | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 60% |
| Men Total | 155 | 39 | 29 | 4 | 72 | 46% |
| Women | ||||||
| Nonresident Alien | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 67% |
| Black or African American | 49 | 21 | 5 | 4 | 30 | 61% |
| American Indian or Native Alaskan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| Asian | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 80% |
| Hispanic/Latino | 17 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 59% |
| White | 258 | 88 | 35 | 8 | 131 | 51% |
| Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| Two or More Races | 10 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 70% |
| Race or Ethnicity Unknown | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 100% |
| Women Total | 346 | 131 | 44 | 12 | 287 | 54% |
| Grand Total | 501 | 170 | 73 | 16 | 259 | 52% |
| Cohort Year 2014 | ||||||
| Cohort N | Completed in 4 years or less | Completed in 5 years | Completed in 6 years | Completed Within 6 Years | Six Year Graduation Rate | |
| Men | ||||||
| Nonresident Alien | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13% |
| Black or African American | 19 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 55% |
| American Indian or Native Alaskan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| Asian | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| Hispanic/Latino | 5 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 80% |
| White | 127 | 34 | 17 | 3 | 54 | 42% |
| Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| Two or More Races | 9 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 33% |
| Race or Ethnicity Unknown | 6 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 83% |
| Men Total | 176 | 47 | 27 | 4 | 78 | 44% |
| Women | ||||||
| Nonresident Alien | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| Black or African American | 45 | 12 | 13 | 1 | 26 | 58% |
| American Indian or Native Alaskan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| Asian | 6 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 83% |
| Hispanic/Latino | 22 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 15 | 70% |
| White | 255 | 105 | 37 | 8 | 151 | 58% |
| Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| Two or More Races | 9 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 30% |
| Race or Ethnicity Unknown | 18 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 10 | 53% |
| Women Total | 364 | 138 | 62 | 11 | 211 | 58% |
| Grand Total | 530 | 185 | 89 | 15 | 287 | 54% |
| Cohort Year 2013 | ||||||
| Cohort N | Completed in 4 years or less | Completed in 5 years | Completed in 6 years | Completed Within 6 Years | Six Year Graduation Rate | |
| Men | ||||||
| Nonresident Alien | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 100% |
| Black or African American | 20 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 35% |
| American Indian or Native Alaskan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| Asian | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| Hispanic/Latino | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 25% |
| White | 137 | 29 | 23 | 8 | 60 | 44% |
| Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| Two or More Races | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| Race or Ethnicity Unknown | 7 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 57% |
| Men Total | 172 | 34 | 28 | 12 | 74 | 43% |
| Women | ||||||
| Nonresident Alien | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 100% |
| Black or African American | 51 | 13 | 19 | 0 | 32 | 63% |
| American Indian or Native Alaskan | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 50% |
| Asian | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 67% |
| Hispanic/Latino | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 29% |
| White | 261 | 109 | 49 | 2 | 160 | 61% |
| Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| Two or More Races | 10 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 70% |
| Race or Ethnicity Unknown | 11 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 55% |
| Women Total | 347 | 136 | 73 | 3 | 212 | 61% |
| Grand Total | 519 | 170 | 101 | 15 | 286 | 55% |
