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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 2023 cohort)

  Retention to 2nd Term Retention to 2nd Year
First-time, full-time, degree-seeking students 95.1% 88.1%
First-time, part-time, degree-seeking students 76.8% 73.7%
Undergraduate transfer, degree-seeking students 92.2% 80.4%

Progression Rates

  Fall 2020 Fall 2021 Fall 2022 Fall 2023
Progression of bachelor’s students from the freshman class 84.67% 81.85% 84.4% 86.33%
Progression of bachelor’s students from the sophomore class 82.86% 78.37% 81.94% 82.43%
Progression of bachelor’s students from the junior class 89.61% 84.86% 86.84% 88.43%

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% 46.2%
150% 81.3% 78.1% 75.3% 78.7% 78.3%
200% 86.6% 82.9% 80%

Bachelor’s degree graduation rates: 6 years

2015 2016 2017 2018
81.13% 80.1% 80.8% 82.1%

Year-to-Year Retention, Graduation and Attrition

  2020 2021 2022 2023
Year-to-year retention rate 65% 66.4% 70.1% 71%
Year-to-year graduation rate 24% 22.3% 21.0% 20.4%
Year-to-year attrition rate 10% 11.2% 8.9% 8.6%

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

Academic Standing of Undergraduate Students

(Fall 2023)

Program  % of Honor Students % of Distinguished Students
Adnan Kassar School of Business 11% 25%
Alice Ramez Chagoury School of Nursing 16% 22%
School of Architecture & Design 16% 29%
School of Arts & Sciences 12% 31%
School of Engineering 11% 24%
School of Pharmacy 17% 36%
No College Designated 4% 13%
Total 12% 28%

Student Employment

Employment 12 months after graduation: AY 2022-2023

Graduates %
Employment rate 85%