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 2017.
Graduation Rates by Race
Federal Reporting Categories
for Race / Ethnicity
Number of Entering Students 4-year 5-year 6-year
American Indian / Alaska Native 1 100% 100% 100%
Asian 41 88% 98% 98%
Black or African American 92 75% 83% 85%
Hispanic / Latino 93 85% 91% 94%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander 0 0% 0% 0%
Nonresident 136 80% 85% 86%
Two or More Races 42 71% 78% 78%
White 943 90% 92% 93%
Grand Total 1348 87% 91% 91%
Graduation Rates by Gender
Number of Entering Students 4-year 5-year 6-year
Men 613 82% 87% 88%
Women 735 90% 92% 93%
Grand Total 1348 87% 91% 91%
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 103 83% 87% 88%
Received Subsidized Stafford Loans,
Did not Receive Pell Grant
152 84% 87% 87%
Did not Subsidized Stafford Loan,
Did not Receive Pell Grant
1093 87% 91% 91%
Grand Total 1348 87% 91% 91%
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 2018 1421 94%
Fall 2019 1360 95%
Fall 2020 1452 94%
Fall 2021 1411 94%
Fall 2022 1370 95%
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