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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 2021 cohort)

  Retention to 2nd Term Retention to 2nd Year
First-time, full-time, degree-seeking students 95.6% 82%
First-time, part-time, degree-seeking students 93.1% 65.5%
Undergraduate transfer, degree-seeking students 92.2% 81.3%

Progression Rates

  Fall 2019 Fall 2020 Fall 2021
Progression of bachelor’s students from the freshman class 84.83% 84.67% 81.85%
Progression of bachelor’s students from the sophomore class 83.16% 82.86% 78.37%
Progression of bachelor’s students from the junior class 90.06% 89.61% 84.86%

Graduation

Bachelor’s degree graduation rates

  2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011 2010
100% 39.0% 37.8% 33.6%          
150%       75.2% 78.1% 81.3%    
200%           86.6% 85.2% 85.5%

Bachelor’s degree graduation rates: 6 years

2014 2015 2016
78.3% 81.13% 80.1%

Year-to-Year Retention, Graduation and Attrition

  2019 2020 2021
Year-to-year retention rate 67% 65% 66.4%
Year-to-year graduation rate 24% 24% 22.3%
Year-to-year attrition rate 9% 10% 11.2%

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

Academic Standing of Undergraduate Students

(Fall 2021)

Distinguished List Honor List Good Standing No Standing Probation Suspension Total
193 119 2 272 1 - 587

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%