by our College Data Analytics TeamMake an informed decision about your education by understanding SUNY Downstate retention and graduation rates. First year retention rates let you know how many first-time, full-time students students come back for their second year. Graduation rates tell you how many students complete their degree and how long it takes.
Unfortunately, we don’t have access to data on the retention rate for SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University.
There were approximately 196 students in the class of 2023. How many of them actually completed their degree in a timely fashion?
Four years after beginning their degree, 96% of those students had graduated. By 2025, six years after starting their degree, 96% of the students had graduated and after eight years 96% of this class completed their degree.
Any student who completes their bachelor's degree within six years is considered to have graduated on time, according to the National Center for Education Statistics. This makes the offical SUNY Downstate graduation rate 96%.
| Completion Within | Undergraduates | Percentage |
|---|---|---|
| Four Years | 196 | 96% |
| Six Years | 196 | 96% |
| Eight Years | 0 | 0% |
| Did Not Complete | 9 | 4% |
The non-completers rate is anyone who is not still enrolled at the institution after eight years. Both transfer students and drop-outs could be included in this group.
Approximately 9 students or 4% of the cohort did not complete their degree within eight years.
What happened to the 9 students who did not complete their degree?
0 are still enrolled.
6 transferred to another institution.
SUNY Downstate lost contact with the remaining 3 who we assumed dropped out.
| Non-Completions | Undergraduates | Percentage |
|---|---|---|
| Still Enrolled | 0 | 0.0% |
| Transferred | 6 | 66.7% |
| Dropped Out | 3 | 33.3% |
Traditional first-time, full-time students under 25 tend to graduate in four years far more often than other students. Some schools serve mostly traditional students while others serve more 'non-traditional' students — part-timers or those returning after time away — who commonly take longer to finish.
Traditional Students:
First-time, full-time students under the age of 25.
Non-Traditional Students:
Any student that is not first-time, full-time, and under the age of 25.
Comparing the graduation rates of the specific cohorts below can be more revealing than the overall graduation rates.
We don’t have data for this cohort at SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University.
Unfortunately, we don’t have access to data for this cohort at SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University.
Returning / full-time students at SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University represent 59.51% of the students in the class of 2023.
After six years, the SUNY Downstate graduation rate was 94%, and by the eight year mark, 94% of the cohort had completed their degree.
Nationwide, the average graduation rate for this group is 53.83% after six years, and 55.07% after eight years.
| Completions | SUNY Downstate | Nationwide |
|---|---|---|
| Four Years | 0% | 49.57% |
| Six Years | 94% | 53.83% |
| Eight Years | 94% | 55.07% |
7 non first-time / part-time students or 6% did not complete their degree within eight years.
Of those who did not finish:
0 are still enrolled.
6 transferred to another institution.
SUNY Downstate lost contact with the remaining 1 who we assumed dropped out.
| Non-Completions | Undergraduates | Percentage |
|---|---|---|
| Still Enrolled | 0 | 0.00% |
| Transferred | 6 | 85.71% |
| Dropped Out | 1 | 14.29% |
Returning / part-time students at SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University represent 40.49% of the students in the class of 2023.
After six years, the SUNY Downstate graduation rate was 98%, and by the eight year mark, 98% of the cohort had completed their degree.
Nationwide, the average graduation rate for this group is 30.46% after four years, 36.03% after six years, and 37.80% after eight years.
| Completions | SUNY Downstate | Nationwide |
|---|---|---|
| Four Years | 98% | 30.46% |
| Six Years | 98% | 36.03% |
| Eight Years | 98% | 37.80% |
2 non first-time / part-time students or 2% did not complete their degree within eight years.
Of those who did not finish:
0 are still enrolled.
0 transferred to another institution.
SUNY Downstate lost contact with the remaining 2 who we assumed dropped out.
| Non-Completions | Undergraduates | Percentage |
|---|---|---|
| Still Enrolled | 0 | 0.00% |
| Transferred | 0 | 0.00% |
| Dropped Out | 2 | 100.00% |
