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Graduation Rates Detail for University of California System
Graduation Rates for University of California System
The data presented below are from a longitudinal report collected by the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) through the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS). The report follows a group of full-time, first-time, degree/certificate-seeking undergraduate students that started college in a given year. The chart shows the rate that the original cohort received their bachelor's degree in 6 years. The completion rates are the percentage of the cohort that completed within 4, 5, or 6 years. To calculate the rate, all completions up to and including that time-frame are used as the numerator. For example, based on a cohort of 100 students, if 25 students complete their bachelor's degree in 4 years, the 4-year completion rate is 25%. If 15 students take 5 years to complete their degree, the 5-year completion rate is 40%; that is 40% of the original cohort completed their degree within 5 years of starting. If 10 students take 6 years to complete, the 6-year completion rate is 50%. Select a year in the table to see the completions by ethnicity and gender for that cohort.| Graduation Rate for Freshmen Starting in Each Year Students at University of California System |
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| Completions | Completion Rate | |||||||
| Year | Ethnicity | Cohort | 4-Year | 5-Year | 6-Year | 4-Year | 5-Year | 6-Year |
| 1996 | Asian/Pac Is | 8,401 | 3,523 | 2,657 | 537 | 41.9% | 73.6% | 80.0% |
| Black | 910 | 242 | 275 | 69 | 26.6% | 56.8% | 64.4% | |
| Latino | 3,218 | 1,007 | 1,014 | 252 | 31.3% | 62.8% | 70.6% | |
| Nat Amer | 244 | 81 | 49 | 24 | 33.2% | 53.3% | 63.1% | |
| White | 9,187 | 4,372 | 2,390 | 481 | 47.6% | 73.6% | 78.8% | |
| Total | 21,960 | 9,225 | 15,610 | 16,973 | 42.0% | 71.1% | 77.3% | |
| 1997 | Asian/Pac Is | 8,504 | 4,012 | 2,474 | 425 | 47.2% | 76.3% | 81.3% |
| Black | 880 | 273 | 273 | 56 | 31.0% | 62.0% | 68.4% | |
| Latino | 2,912 | 980 | 925 | 183 | 33.7% | 65.4% | 71.7% | |
| Nat Amer | 177 | 68 | 37 | 11 | 38.4% | 59.3% | 65.5% | |
| White | 9,332 | 4,753 | 2,234 | 420 | 50.9% | 74.9% | 79.4% | |
| Total | 21,805 | 10,086 | 16,029 | 17,124 | 46.3% | 73.5% | 78.5% | |
| 1998 | Asian/Pac Is | 8,762 | 4,173 | 2,672 | 400 | 47.6% | 78.1% | 82.7% |
| Black | 696 | 236 | 215 | 42 | 33.9% | 64.8% | 70.8% | |
| Latino | 2,780 | 989 | 857 | 176 | 35.6% | 66.4% | 72.7% | |
| Nat Amer | 163 | 54 | 55 | 9 | 33.1% | 66.9% | 72.4% | |
| White | 8,673 | 4,509 | 2,127 | 332 | 52.0% | 76.5% | 80.3% | |
| Total | 21,074 | 9,961 | 15,887 | 16,846 | 47.3% | 75.4% | 79.9% | |
| 1999 | Asian/Pac Is | 10,039 | 4,880 | 2,944 | 442 | 48.6% | 77.9% | 82.3% |
| Black | 770 | 263 | 231 | 45 | 34.2% | 64.2% | 70.0% | |
| Latino | 3,246 | 1,138 | 1,047 | 205 | 35.1% | 67.3% | 73.6% | |
| Nat Amer | 138 | 54 | 32 | 9 | 39.1% | 62.3% | 68.8% | |
| White | 10,292 | 5,471 | 2,451 | 394 | 53.2% | 77.0% | 80.8% | |
| Total | 24,485 | 11,806 | 18,511 | 19,606 | 48.2% | 75.6% | 80.1% | |
| 2000 | Asian/Pac Is | 10,423 | 5,390 | 2,767 | 462 | 51.7% | 78.3% | 82.7% |
| Black | 861 | 295 | 246 | 44 | 34.3% | 62.8% | 67.9% | |
| Latino | 3,498 | 1,277 | 1,096 | 221 | 36.5% | 67.8% | 74.2% | |
| Nat Amer | 161 | 66 | 45 | 7 | 41.0% | 68.9% | 73.3% | |
| White | 10,472 | 5,685 | 2,417 | 367 | 54.3% | 77.4% | 80.9% | |
| Total | 25,415 | 12,713 | 19,284 | 20,385 | 50.0% | 75.9% | 80.2% | |
| 2001 | Asian/Pac Is | 10,973 | 5,906 | 2,860 | 407 | 53.8% | 79.9% | 83.6% |
| Black | 840 | 324 | 224 | 42 | 38.6% | 65.2% | 70.2% | |
| Latino | 3,713 | 1,483 | 1,034 | 199 | 39.9% | 67.8% | 73.1% | |
| Nat Amer | 171 | 68 | 41 | 9 | 39.8% | 63.7% | 69.0% | |
| White | 10,812 | 5,994 | 2,337 | 374 | 55.4% | 77.1% | 80.5% | |
| Total | 26,509 | 13,775 | 20,271 | 21,302 | 52.0% | 76.5% | 80.4% | |