Graduation and Retention Rates
The following information is provided to students and prospective students in compliance with requirements established by the Higher Education Act of 1965, as amended, the Higher Education Opportunity Act of 2008 and the Student Right-to-Know Act of 1990.
The graduation rates below reflect first-time, full-time students entering in the fall of 2015.
Graduation Rates by Race
							Copied from Cognos GRFD output file (pivot table)
Federal Reporting Categories for Race / Ethnicity	Number of Entering Students	4-year	5-year	6-year			Exclusion	IPEDS Code	IPEDS Description		4	5	6	Grand Total
American Indian / Alaska Native	3	100%	100%	100%			Adjusted Cohort	1	Nonresident Alien	17	101	9	1	128		79%	86%	87%
Asian	58	86%	90%	91%				2	Hispanic / Latino	10	66	2		78		85%	87%	87%
Black or African American	81	74%	88%	88%				3	American Indian / Alaska Native		3			3		100%	100%	100%
Hispanic / Latino	78	85%	87%	87%				4	Asian	6	49	2		57		86%	89%	89%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander	0	na	na	na				5	Black or African American	10	60	11		81		74%	88%	88%
Nonresident	127	79%	86%	87%
Two or More Races	43	81%	84%	86%				7	White	77	790	20	4	891		89%	91%	91%
White	891	89%	91%	91%				8	Two or More Races	6	35	1	1	43		81%	84%	86%
Grand Total	1281	86%	90%	90%			Adjusted Cohort Total			126	1104	45	6	1281		86%	90%	90%
Graduation Rates by Gender
	Number of Entering Students	4-year	5-year	6-year
Men	606	80%	85%	86%
Women	675	92%	94%	94%
Grand Total	1281	86%	90%	90%
Note: "Gender" here reflects the binary male/female category used by the IPEDS Graduation Rate Survey.
Graduation Rates by Financial Aid Status
	Number of Entering Freshmen	4-year	5-year	6-year
Pell Grant Recipients	127	82%	91%	91%
Received Subsidized Stafford Loans, Did not Receive Pell Grant	134	90%	90%	90%
Did not Subsidized Stafford Loan, Did not Receive Pell Grant	1020	86%	89%	90%
Grand Total	1281	86%	90%	90%
First Year Retention Rates
(Percent of incoming first-time, full-time undergraduates who returned for their Sophomore year)
Entering Cohort	Number of Entering Students	Retention Rate
Fall 2016	1306	94%
Fall 2017	1349	96%
Fall 2018	1421	94%
Fall 2019	1360	95%
Fall 2020	1452	94%
	Wake Forest University | Office of Institutional Research