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Program Alignment & Performance: Completion

Chart (A) | How are retention and graduation rates trending over time?



Undergraduate Freshman FTIC Cohort1 Retention Rate2 and Graduation Rates

Time-to-Degree (all completers in the specified year)
Student Group and Measure2013-142015-162017-182019-202021-222023-24Annual Growth (2013-2023)
FTIC: Median4.04.54.04.04.04.00.00%
FTIC: Mean4.55.04.94.44.44.2-0.66%
Transfer: Median3.33.03.03.03.03.0-0.76%
Transfer: Mean3.63.43.63.23.73.80.48%
RateAnnual growth3
(2014 - 2024)
Grad within 6 years0.97%
Grad within 5 years0.51%
Grad within 4 years3.60%
Retention-0.05%

  Graduated within 4 years

  Graduated within 5 years

  Graduated within 6 years

  First-year Retention

Freshman Cohort Year (6-Year grad year)



1. First time in college and fulltime freshmen cohorts.
2. Percent of first year students retained for following second year fall term.
3. "Annual growth" calculated as compound annual growth rate (CAGR).
Source: SCHEV Retention and Graduation report Sub-Cohort Retention and Completion Rate Trends;
SCHEV Retention and Graduation report GRS04B: Cohort Graduation Rates, Four-Year Institutions (First-time, Full-time Freshmen Cohorts) by Year;  RT01: Retention Report (First-time, Full-time Students); SCHEV time-to-degree data.