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 Univ. |
96%
|
84%
|
91%
|
92%
|
| Univ. of Florida |
94%
|
54%
|
76%
|
79%
|
| Univ. of Georgia |
93%
|
46%
|
72%
|
77%
|
| Univ. of Maryland |
93%
|
55%
|
76%
|
79%
|
| Univ. of Wisconsin -
Madison |
93%
|
46%
|
75%
|
79%
|
| Pennsylvania State Univ. |
93%
|
56%
|
82%
|
85%
|
| Univ. of Illinois - Urbana |
92%
|
61%
|
79%
|
82%
|
| Georgia Institute
of Technology |
92%
|
34%
|
69%
|
77%
|
| Univ. of CA - Davis |
91%
|
43%
|
76%
|
81%
|
| Texas A&M Univ. |
91%
|
37%
|
70%
|
77%
|
| NC State Univ. |
90%
|
37%
|
65%
|
70%
|
| Michigan State Univ. |
90%
|
44%
|
70%
|
74%
|
| Ohio State Univ. -
Columbus |
90%
|
39%
|
66%
|
71%
|
| Virginia Tech |
88%
|
52%
|
76%
|
79%
|
| Univ. of Minnesota |
86%
|
32%
|
56%
|
61%
|
| Purdue Univ. - West Lafayette |
85%
|
37%
|
66%
|
70%
|
| Iowa State Univ. |
85%
|
31%
|
60%
|
66%
|
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 2007
For
more information e-mail: karen_helm@ncsu.edu