Retention and Graduation Rates

Student Retention Studies and Graduation Reports

Description:

Retention Rates: The percentage of students who registered in the fall term who also registered the following fall term.
 
Graduation Rates: The percentage of a freshman cohort that graduates within a subsequent number of years.

Glossary of Terms:

All Terminology definitions used in OIEP dashboards and reports.

Availability:
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 2022 Cohort and One-Term Retention: Cohort counts by demographics as well as Fall 2022 to Spring 2023 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 Mason network. If you are off campus, you will need to use VPN to access this link.
  • 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 Mason network. If you are off campus, you will need to use VPN to access this link.
Retention and Graduation Reports (PDF)
Production Schedule:

Reports and dashboards are updated annually in November.

Data Source:

Fall cohorts are based on the official fall student enrollment census. Graduation info is based on OIEP’s official degree conferred data.

Notes:

Many of our documents are in pdf format. If you do not have the free Acrobat Reader installed on your machine, you can download it from [Adobe Systems].