Office of Institutional Effectiveness and Planning

Retention and Graduation Rates

 

Student Retention and Graduation Reports

Glossary of Terms:

All Terminology definitions used in OIEP dashboards and reports.

Reports:
Official Retention and Graduation Rates Dashboards
  • Comprehensive Undergraduate Retention and Graduation Rates (New and Transfer)

      This dashboard provides retention and graduation rates for undergraduate students and offers three views:

        • Fall 2024 Cohort and One-Term Retention: Cohort counts by demographics as well as Fall 2024 to Spring 2025 retention rates. The cohort in this view includes first-time and transfer students. 
        • Retention and Graduation Rates for First-Time Students: Fall to fall retention rates and graduation rates for first-time undergraduate students. 
        • Retention and Graduation Rates for Transfer Students: Fall to fall retention rates and graduation rates for transfer undergraduate students. This does not include transfer students who previously earned a Bachelor’s degree.

      *This dashboard is only accessible from the George Mason network. If you are off campus, you will need to use VPN to access this link. If you are having problems viewing the dashboard, please click here.

      • Comprehensive Graduate Retention and Graduation Rates

          This dashboard provides retention and graduation rates for graduate students and offers two views:

            • Retention and Graduation Rates for Masters Students: Fall to fall retention rates and graduation rates for masters students. 
            • Retention and Graduation Rates for Doctoral Students: Fall to fall retention rates and graduation rates for doctoral students.

          *This dashboard is only accessible from the George Mason network. If you are off campus, you will need to use VPN to access this link. If you are having problems viewing the dashboard, please click here.

          Retention and Graduation Reports (PDF)
          Production Schedule:

          Reports and dashboards are updated annually in November.

          Data Source:

          Fall cohorts are based on official census data. Graduation data are based on official degree conferred data.

          Notes:

          Due to rapid changes in university structure and majors, we are not able to keep the historical college mappings or student preferred college mappings for certain majors. The college mappings for each major are based on most the recent structure.

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