University-Wide Retention and Graduation Rates by Ethnicity
Entering Full-Time Baccalaureate Degree-Seeking Freshmen
 
 
Continuation and Cumulative Graduation Percentages
Black, Non-Hispanic

Cohort Year Entering
Full-Time
Students		 % Continued
to 2nd Year		 % Continued
to 3rd Year		 % Continued
to 4th Year		 % Graduated
in 4 Years		 % Continued
to 5th Year		 % Graduated
in 5 Years		 % Continued
to 6th Year		 % Graduated
in 6 Years		 % Continued
to 7th Year
1998 194 88.1 86.1 77.3 27.3 49.0 59.8 9.3 67.0 3.6
1999 176 81.8 73.9 70.5 29.5 38.1 57.4 7.4 64.8 2.8
2000 257 85.2 80.5 73.2 40.1 36.6 66.9 7.0 74.3 2.3
2001 362 79.8 78.2 70.7 37.8 32.0 59.7 9.7 66.6 4.1
2002 344 79.1 82.0 76.7 35.5 37.2 60.2 11.3    
2003 305 81.3 80.3 74.1 34.1 44.9        
2004 174 79.3 78.7 75.3            
2005 182 84.1 88.5              
2006 174 91.4                

 
Continuation and Cumulative Graduation Percentages
American Indian or Alaskan Native

Cohort Year Entering
Full-Time
Students		 % Continued
to 2nd Year		 % Continued
to 3rd Year		 % Continued
to 4th Year		 % Graduated
in 4 Years		 % Continued
to 5th Year		 % Graduated
in 5 Years		 % Continued
to 6th Year		 % Graduated
in 6 Years		 % Continued
to 7th Year
1998 19 94.7 68.4 73.7 47.4 26.3 68.4 10.5 78.9 0.0
1999 8 87.5 87.5 87.5 50.0 50.0 75.0 25.0 87.5 0.0
2000 8 87.5 87.5 87.5 75.0 12.5 87.5 0.0 87.5 0.0
2001 7 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 0.0 100.0 0.0 100.0 0.0
2002 6 50.0 66.7 50.0 33.3 33.3 66.7 0.0    
2003 18 94.4 83.3 83.3 50.0 33.3        
2004 15 93.3 80.0 86.7            
2005 13 69.2 76.9              
2006 8 100.0                

 
Continuation and Cumulative Graduation Percentages
Asian or Pacific Islander

Cohort Year Entering
Full-Time
Students		 % Continued
to 2nd Year		 % Continued
to 3rd Year		 % Continued
to 4th Year		 % Graduated
in 4 Years		 % Continued
to 5th Year		 % Graduated
in 5 Years		 % Continued
to 6th Year		 % Graduated
in 6 Years		 % Continued
to 7th Year
1998 304 88.2 81.3 77.3 43.1 34.2 70.1 6.9 74.7 2.0
1999 294 82.0 84.4 81.0 41.2 37.4 66.3 7.5 72.8 2.4
2000 293 87.4 86.3 79.5 47.4 35.5 72.7 8.2 77.5 1.7
2001 350 87.7 86.6 82.0 49.4 32.9 74.3 6.0 79.1 2.3
2002 297 91.9 86.2 83.5 51.5 32.0 74.7 8.4    
2003 325 87.7 83.1 82.5 49.8 33.5        
2004 336 86.9 85.7 81.0            
2005 345 87.8 89.6              
2006 344 93.6                

 
Continuation and Cumulative Graduation Percentages
Hispanic

Cohort Year Entering
Full-Time
Students		 % Continued
to 2nd Year		 % Continued
to 3rd Year		 % Continued
to 4th Year		 % Graduated
in 4 Years		 % Continued
to 5th Year		 % Graduated
in 5 Years		 % Continued
to 6th Year		 % Graduated
in 6 Years		 % Continued
to 7th Year
1998 84 85.7 78.6 71.4 41.7 29.8 67.9 4.8 70.2 2.4
1999 83 88.0 77.1 75.9 37.3 36.1 65.1 7.2 68.7 3.6
2000 70 91.4 90.0 82.9 47.1 37.1 78.6 2.9 80.0 2.9
2001 97 85.6 82.5 76.3 47.4 33.0 71.1 10.3 78.4 5.2
2002 90 87.8 85.6 82.2 44.4 40.0 72.2 13.3    
2003 100 84.0 84.0 77.0 38.0 35.0        
2004 91 86.8 83.5 80.2            
2005 128 83.6 82.8              
2006 113 92.9                

 
Continuation and Cumulative Graduation Percentages
White, Non-Hispanic

Cohort Year Entering
Full-Time
Students		 % Continued
to 2nd Year		 % Continued
to 3rd Year		 % Continued
to 4th Year		 % Graduated
in 4 Years		 % Continued
to 5th Year		 % Graduated
in 5 Years		 % Continued
to 6th Year		 % Graduated
in 6 Years		 % Continued
to 7th Year
1998 3918 89.7 81.6 77.5 44.9 33.4 71.0 6.3 75.1 2.7
1999 3975 87.7 82.6 80.0 49.1 31.1 73.6 5.8 77.4 2.0
2000 3818 88.0 85.0 82.1 53.1 28.7 76.6 4.8 79.9 1.8
2001 3811 89.0 84.9 81.1 52.9 28.7 76.1 5.1 79.5 1.8
2002 3529 88.7 85.5 82.6 55.1 28.2 77.4 5.4    
2003 3577 88.6 86.0 81.8 55.4 28.3        
2004 3570 89.0 86.1 83.9            
2005 3651 89.5 88.0              
2006 3379 93.3                

 
Continuation and Cumulative Graduation Percentages
Non-Resident Alien

Cohort Year Entering
Full-Time
Students		 % Continued
to 2nd Year		 % Continued
to 3rd Year		 % Continued
to 4th Year		 % Graduated
in 4 Years		 % Continued
to 5th Year		 % Graduated
in 5 Years		 % Continued
to 6th Year		 % Graduated
in 6 Years		 % Continued
to 7th Year
1998 56 85.7 67.9 60.7 23.2 39.3 46.4 17.9 50.0 10.7
1999 72 90.3 88.9 90.3 27.8 54.2 65.3 13.9 70.8 9.7
2000 79 88.6 81.0 74.7 38.0 35.4 64.6 11.4 70.9 3.8
2001 172 70.3 65.7 62.2 34.9 28.5 55.2 7.0 58.1 4.1
2002 136 69.1 64.7 58.1 34.6 24.3 51.5 6.6    
2003 96 66.7 69.8 62.5 38.5 22.9        
2004 98 69.4 68.4 63.3            
2005 83 80.7 72.3              
2006 82 89.0                

 
Continuation and Cumulative Graduation Percentages
Unknown

Cohort Year Entering
Full-Time
Students		 % Continued
to 2nd Year		 % Continued
to 3rd Year		 % Continued
to 4th Year		 % Graduated
in 4 Years		 % Continued
to 5th Year		 % Graduated
in 5 Years		 % Continued
to 6th Year		 % Graduated
in 6 Years		 % Continued
to 7th Year
2001 161 81.4 74.5 70.8 44.1 26.7 64.6 6.2 69.6 1.9
2002 261 87.7 82.8 77.0 49.0 30.7 74.3 5.7    
2003 439 88.6 87.0 82.0 54.4 29.6        
2004 594 88.0 84.0 82.3            
2005 574 87.6 87.1              
2006 930 93.2                

 
Office of Institutional Research and Effectiveness - 28NOV07
Data Sources: Fall 1997-2006 Student Census, Fall 2003-2007 Degrees Extracts
 
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