20142015DrexelFactbook:

Retentionandgraduation(Page1of2)

Retentionandgraduationrates
NotethatamajorityofDrexelundergraduateprogramsare5yearcoopprograms,makingthereportingoffouryeargraduationratesmisleading.

Retentionandgraduationrates(firsttime,fulltime,bachelor'sdegreeseekingstudents)

Entering
Year
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013

NumberinCohort*
Initial

Retention Graduation

2401
2238
2287
2434
2288
2708
3043
3024
3024

2346
2172
2265
2404
2268
2700
3036
3013
3011

2338
2168
2258
2403
2265

Returned
followingfall
(retentionrate)
Count
1985
1815
1942
1992
1891
2287
2565
2605
2528

%
84.6%
83.6%
85.7%
82.9%
83.4%
84.7%
84.5%
86.5%
84.0%

Within5years
Count
1482
1349
1464
1522
1440

%
63.4%
62.2%
64.8%
63.3%
63.6%

Graduated(graduationrate)
Within6years
Within7years
Count
1589
1446
1570
1618

%
68.0%
66.7%
69.5%
67.3%

Count
1613
1472
1594

%
69.0%
67.9%
70.6%

Within8years
Count
1621
1481

%
69.3%
68.3%

*Studentsareexcludedfromtheinitialcohortforreasonssuchasmilitaryservice,death,notactuallyfirsttime,notactuallyfulltime

Retentionandgraduationrateaveragesbygender(Mostrecentyearavailable)
Retained/
graduated
percentage

CohortYear

TotalEntering

Totalnumber
retained/
graduated

2013
2013

1269
1742

1102
1426

86.8%
81.9%

2009
2009

897
1368

630
810

70.2%
59.2%

2008
2008

992
1411

719
899

72.5%
63.7%

2007
2007

944
1314

708
886

75.0%
67.4%

2006
2006

908
1260

657
824

72.4%
65.4%

Oneyearretentionrate

Females
Males
Fiveyeargraduationrate

Females
Males
Sixyeargraduationrate

Females
Males
Sevenyeargraduationrate

Females
Males
Eightyeargraduationrate

Females
Males

Reportproduced11/3/2014

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20142015DrexelFactbook:
Retentionandgraduation(Page2of2)

Retentionandgraduationrateaveragesbyethnicity*(Mostrecentyearavailable)

CohortYear

TotalEntering

Totalnumber
retained/
graduated

2013
2013
2013
2013
2013
2013
2013
2013
2013

168
471
175
103
n/a
539
31
44
1475

125
397
138
75
n/a
476
30
36
1246

Retained/
graduated
percentage
74.4%
84.3%
78.9%
72.8%
n/a
88.3%
96.8%
81.8%
84.5%

Oneyearretentionrate

AfricanAmerican
Asian
Hispanic
MorethanOneRace
NativeAmerican
NonresidentAlien
PacificIslander
Unknown
White

PacificIslanderandMorethanoneracearereportedstartingin2011.Previously,PacificIslanderwasreportedasAsianandmorethanoneracewas
reportedasunknown.

Fiveyeargraduationrate

AfricanAmerican
Asian
Hispanic
NativeAmerican
NonresidentAlien
Unknown
White

2009
2009
2009
2009
2009
2009
2009

121
297
80
n/a
221
286
1252

16
80
14
n/a
53
76
276

13.2%
26.9%
17.5%
n/a
24.0%
26.6%
22.0%

2008
2008
2008
2008
2008
2008
2008

115
296
92
13
211
207
1469

51
198
58
7
151
143
1010

44.3%
66.9%
63.0%
53.8%
71.6%
69.1%
68.8%

2007
2007
2007
2007
2007
2007
2007

134
334
68
n/a
179
132
1407

65
265
35
n/a
128
89
1010

48.5%
79.3%
51.5%
n/a
71.5%
67.4%
71.8%

2006
2006
2006
2006
2006
2006
2006

136
333
68
n/a
112
52
1464

69
234
35
n/a
85
41
1014

50.7%
70.3%
51.5%
n/a
75.9%
78.8%
69.3%

Sixyeargraduationrate

AfricanAmerican
Asian
Hispanic
NativeAmerican
NonresidentAlien
Unknown
White
Sevenyeargraduationrate

AfricanAmerican
Asian
Hispanic
NativeAmerican
NonresidentAlien
Unknown
White
Eightyeargraduationrate

AfricanAmerican
Asian
Hispanic
NativeAmerican
NonresidentAlien
Unknown
White
*Dataisnotdisplayedforgroupsoffiveorless

Reportproduced11/3/2014

OfficeofInstitutionalResearch,
AssessmentandEffectiveness