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Graduation Rates Detail for University of San Diego

Graduation Rates for University of San Diego

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%.

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Graduation Rate for Freshmen Starting in Each Year White Students University of San Diego
			Completions			Completion Rate
Year	Gender	Cohort	4-Year	5-Year	6-Year	4-Year	5-Year	6-Year
1996	Men	338	169	48	11	50.0%	64.2%	67.5%
	Women	396	234	34	5	59.1%	67.7%	68.9%
	Total	734	403	485	501	54.9%	66.1%	68.3%
1997	Men	289	154	51	2	53.3%	70.9%	71.6%
	Women	447	294	35	3	65.8%	73.6%	74.3%
	Total	736	448	534	539	60.9%	72.6%	73.2%
1998	Men	304	177	50	3	58.2%	74.7%	75.7%
	Women	415	272	27	9	65.5%	72.0%	74.2%
	Total	719	449	526	538	62.4%	73.2%	74.8%
1999	Men	268	155	34	3	57.8%	70.5%	71.6%
	Women	458	306	31	6	66.8%	73.6%	74.9%
	Total	726	461	526	535	63.5%	72.5%	73.7%
2000	Men	270	171	38	2	63.3%	77.4%	78.1%
	Women	475	318	32	0	66.9%	73.7%	73.7%
	Total	745	489	559	561	65.6%	75.0%	75.3%
2001	Men	241	159	33	3	66.0%	79.7%	80.9%
	Women	436	297	23	2	68.1%	73.4%	73.9%
	Total	677	456	512	517	67.4%	75.6%	76.4%

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