Retention and Graduation Rates for Undergraduates
Retention and graduation rates are calculated for students in the new freshmen cohort and for sub-groups of the new freshmen cohort. Tabulations include retention rates for to the second, third, and fourth year, and graduation rates after four, five, and six years. Retention and graduation rates are tabulated using the same format as for the retention/graduation rates presented in the Data Digest.
For the fall 2010 entrance cohort of UW-Madison new freshmen, nearly 94% returned to enroll in the fall of 2011. For the fall 2005 entrance cohort, nearly 83% graduated within 6 years or less.
Graduation and retention rates for all new freshmen and selected subgroups are given below as of November 2011:
- All New Freshmen
- Women Students
- Men Students
- Targeted Minority Students
- Non-Targeted Students
- African American Students
- Native American Students
- Latino/a Students
- South East Asian Students
- Non-Targeted Asian and Hawaiian Students
- International Students
- PEOPLE participants
- Posse participants
- Chancellor's Scholars
- Powers/Knapp Scholars
- Academic Advancement Program (AAP) Participants
- First Wave Program Participants
- Freshmen Interest Groups (FIGs)
- Targeted Minority Students in FIGs
- Wisconsin Residents
- Minnesota Compact Students
- Non-Residents
- First Generation College Students
- Freshmen Who Received Need-Based Aid
- Freshmen Eligible for Federal Pell Grants
- Bradley Learning Community
- Chadbourne Residential College
- Entrepreneurial Learning Community
- International Learning Community
- Multicultural Learning Community
- Women in Science and Engineering
- All Residential Learning Communities Combined
- ALL of the above items contained in a single .PDF document
Enhanced retention and graduation rates - The "retained-anywhere" and "graduated anywhere" rates can be calculated by making use of enrollment and degree records submitted to the National Student Clearinghouse.
- Enhanced retention rates, updated April 2012
- Enhanced graduation rates, updated April 2012
National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA)
Report on
Graduation Success Rates of Athletes,
By College/University
The Consortium for Student Retention Data Exchange (CSRDE) at the University of Oklahoma has been in existence since 1994. It is composed of approximately 700 member institutions, ranging from public to private, large to small, highly selective to liberal in admission requirements, and doctoral to baccalaureate in degree programs. UW-Madison's report to CSRDE for 2010-11 contains detailed retention and graduation rates for 26 different combinations of ethnicity and gender.