by our College Data Analytics TeamMake an informed decision about your education by understanding how East Central University's retention and graduation rates impact you. First year retention rates let you know how many students come back for their sophomore year. Graduation rates tell you how long it takes to complete a degree at East Central University . Remember, every extra semester it takes to graduate will increase the cost of your degree.
In order to graduate you have to make it past freshman year. With only 58.0% of students staying on to become sophomores, East Central University has freshman retention rates below the national average.
Nationwide, the average first year to second year retention rate is 69.0% . When looking at just colleges and universities in Oklahoma , the average is 59.0% .
At East Central University , there were 1,392 bachelors degree candidates in the class of 2016 . By 2018 , six years after beginning their degree, 39.6% of these students had graduated. After an additional two years, 41.1% of this class eventually completed their degree.
We consider the "on-time" graduation rate for a bachelor's degree to be four years, but colleges typically report their graduation rates after six or even eight years.
This implies that 58.9% did not graduate within eight years. Of these 821 students, 11 were still working towards their degree, 422 had transferred to a different institution, and East Central University lost contact with the remaining 387 whom we assume dropped out.
First-time, full-time students under the age of 25 are much more likely to graduate in four years (on-time). Some schools cater mostly to traditional students while others cater to “non-traditional” students who may be attending part time and thus are likely to take longer to graduate.
Comparing the graduation rates of specific cohorts shown below will be more revealing than the overall statistics shared above.
With a four year graduation rate of 20.0% , first-time students in the East Central University class of 2016 who attended classes full-time were less likely than average to graduate on time. After six years, the graduation rate was 33.8% and by 2020 ,34.9% of this class had completed their degree.
Nationwide, the average graduation rate for first-time undergraduates attending classes full-time is: 35.8% after four years, 46.4% after six years, and 47.8% after eight years.
Studies have shown that high-achieving students are more likely to complete their degree on time. Given the academic preparedness of the first-time / full-time students accepted to East Central University , we expected that after six years about 46.0% of them would have completed their undergraduate degree.
Of these 425 students, 4 were still working towards their degree, 177 had transferred to a different institution, and East Central University lost contact with the remaining 244 whom we assume dropped out.
With a six year graduation rate of 8.2% , first-time students in the East Central University class of 2016 who attended classes part-time were less likely than average to graduate in a reasonable time. After eight years, the graduation rate was 10.2% .
Nationwide, the average graduation rate for first-time undergraduates attending classes part-time is: 21.6% after six years and 23.7% after eight years.
Of these 44 students, 2 were still working towards their degree, 11 had transferred to a different institution, and East Central University lost contact with the remaining 31 whom we assume dropped out.
With a six year graduation rate of 50.1% , returning students in the East Central University class of 2016 who attended classes full-time had a graduation rate similar to the national average. After eight years, the graduation rate was 52.2% .
Nationwide, the average graduation rate for returning undergraduates attending classes full-time is: 53.8% after six years and 55.1% after eight years.
Of these 223 students, 4 were still working towards their degree, 135 had transferred to a different institution, and East Central University lost contact with the remaining 84 whom we assume dropped out.
With a six year graduation rate of 41.3% , returning students in the East Central University class of 2016 who attended classes part-time were more likely than average to graduate in a reasonable time. After eight years, the graduation rate was 42.6% .
Nationwide, the average graduation rate for returning undergraduates attending classes part-time is: 36.0% after six years and 37.8% after eight years.
Of these 128 students, 1 were still working towards their degree, 99 had transferred to a different institution, and East Central University lost contact with the remaining 28 whom we assume dropped out.
