Freshman
Retention & Graduation Rates
(ranked by avg freshman retention rate)
| Institution |
Freshman
Retention
|
4 YR
Graduation Rate
|
5 yr
Graduation Rate
|
6 yr
Graduation Rate
|
| Cornell University |
96% |
85% |
91% |
92% |
| University of Florida |
95% |
58% |
79% |
82% |
| Univ. of Georgia |
94% |
51% |
77% |
81% |
| Univ. of Wisconsin – Madison |
94% |
50% |
79% |
82% |
| Georgia Institute of Tech. |
93% |
31% |
71% |
79% |
| Ohio State |
93% |
46% |
71% |
75% |
| Penn State Univ. |
93% |
62% |
82% |
85% |
| Univ. of Illinois – Urbana |
93% |
65% |
81% |
83% |
| Univ. of Maryland |
93% |
63% |
80% |
82% |
| Texas A&M Univ. |
92% |
45% |
75% |
80% |
| Michigan State |
91% |
49% |
73% |
77% |
| University of California – Davis |
91% |
51% |
76% |
81% |
| Virginia Polytechnic Institute |
91% |
53% |
77% |
80% |
| NC State Univ. |
90% |
37% |
64% |
70% |
| University of Minnesota |
88% |
45% |
65% |
68% |
| Purdue Univ. - Main Campus |
86% |
38% |
64% |
70% |
| Iowa State Univ. |
84% |
35% |
65% |
69% |
Graduation
Rates: Percentage of freshmen who graduated within a six-year
period for most recent cohort. This excludes transfers into the
school.
Average
Freshman Retention Rate: Percentage of first-year freshmen who
returned to the same college or university the following fall,
averaged over the first-year classes entering between 2002 and
2005.
Source:US
News & World Reports College Comparisons, Fall 2010
For
more information e-mail: Lewis_Carson@ncsu.edu
