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Student Success Indicators

These statistics reflect the total student population. For breakdowns by school, gender, etc., please visit the Department of Institutional Research and Assessment website.

Retention

(Fall 2022 cohort)

  Retention to 2nd Term Retention to 2nd Year
First-time, full-time, degree-seeking students 92.4% 86.4%
First-time, part-time, degree-seeking students 89.7% 78.2%
Undergraduate transfer, degree-seeking students 91.8% 84.9%

Progression Rates

  Fall 2020 Fall 2021 Fall 2022
Progression of bachelor’s students from the freshman class 84.67% 81.85% 84.4%
Progression of bachelor’s students from the sophomore class 82.86% 78.37% 81.94%
Progression of bachelor’s students from the junior class 89.61% 84.86% 86.84%

Graduation

Bachelor’s degree graduation rates

  2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020
100% 42.6% 38.7% 35.3% 33.6% 37.8% 39.0% 44.4%
150% 81.3% 78.1% 75.3% 78.7%
200% 86.6% 82.9%

Bachelor’s degree graduation rates: 6 years

2015 2016 2017
81.13% 80.1% 80.8%

Year-to-Year Retention, Graduation and Attrition

  2020 2021 2022
Year-to-year retention rate 65% 66.4% 70.1%
Year-to-year graduation rate 24.4% 22.3% 21.0%
Year-to-year attrition rate 10.2% 11.2% 8.9%

Percentages might not add up to exactly 100% due to rounding.

Academic Standing of Undergraduate Students

(Fall 2022)

Program  % of Honor Students % of Distinguished Students
Adnan Kassar School of Business 13% 26%
Alice Ramez Chagoury School of Nursing 13% 29%
School of Architecture & Design 20% 32%
School of Arts & Sciences 12% 31%
School of Engineering 13% 26%
School of Pharmacy 14% 37%
No College Designated 11% 13%
Total 13% 29%

Student Employment

(Academic Year 2021–2022)

Employment prior to graduation

School % of students who found a job prior to graduation
Gilbert & Rose-Marie Chagoury School of Medicine 100%
Alice Ramez Chagoury School of Nursing 50%
School of Engineering 41%
Adnan Kassar School of Business 38%
School of Architecture & Design 34%
School of Art & Sciences 28%
School of Pharmacy  16%

Employment 12 months after graduation

Graduates %
Employed full-time and/or part-time 63%
Unemployed but seeking employment 15%
In full-time further study 14%
Unavailable for work  7%
Employment rate 80%