by our College Data Analytics TeamMake an informed decision about your education by understanding UOHSC 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.
Freshmen retention rate refers to the percentage of first-time / full-time students who return for their second year.
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Nationwide, the average first to second year retention rate is 70.57%.
When looking at just colleges and universities in Oklahoma, the average is 65.20%.
| Retention Rate | |
|---|---|
| UOHSC | |
| Nationwide | 70.57% |
| Oklahoma | 65.20% |
There were approximately 487 students in the class of 2015. How many of them actually completed their degree in a timely fashion?
After four years <nil>% of the cohort graduated. After six years 86% had completed their degree, and 86% after eight years.
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 UOHSC graduation rate 86%.
| Completion Within | Undergraduates | Percentage |
|---|---|---|
| Four Years | 486 | 85% |
| Six Years | 487 | 86% |
| Eight Years | 0 | 0% |
| Did Not Complete | 82 | 14% |
Approximately 82 students or 14% of the cohort did not complete their degree within eight years.
What happened to the 82 students who did not complete their degree?
0 are still enrolled.
9 transferred to another institution.
UOHSC lost contact with the remaining 70 who we assumed dropped out.
| Non-Completions | Undergraduates | Percentage |
|---|---|---|
| Still Enrolled | 0 | 0.0% |
| Transferred | 9 | 11.0% |
| Dropped Out | 70 | 85.4% |
Some schools have mainly first-time, full-time students, while others cater to part-time students, transfer students, or adult learners. For a variety of reasons first-time, full-time students under the age of 25 are usually more likely to graduate in four years.
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 specific cohorts shown below will be more revealing than the overall statistics shared above.
Unfortunately, we don’t have access to data on UOHSC first-time, full-time students.
Unfortunately, we don’t have access to data on UOHSC first-time, part-time students.
487 UOHSC students were classified as full-time / not first-time. This represents 85.59% of the students in the class of 2015.
Non first-time students could include transfer students or adults who have returned to school after an absense.
With a six year graduation rate of 93%, returning students in the class of 2015 and attended classes full-time had a graduation rate higher than the national average for students in this category.
After eight years, the graduation rate was 93%.
Nationwide, the average graduation rate for non first-time undergraduates attending classes full-time is: 49.57% after four years, 53.83% after six years, and 55.07% after eight years.
| Returning / Full-Time Completions | UOHSC | Nationwide |
|---|---|---|
| Four Years | 0% | 49.57% |
| Six Years | 93% | 53.83% |
| Eight Years | 93% | 55.07% |
35 non first-time / part-time students or 7% did not complete their degree within eight years.
Of those who did not finish:
1 are still enrolled.
5 transferred to another institution.
UOHSC lost contact with the remaining 29 who we assumed dropped out.
| First-Time / Part-Time Non-Completions | Undergraduates | Percentage |
|---|---|---|
| Still Enrolled | 1 | 2.86% |
| Transferred | 5 | 14.29% |
| Dropped Out | 29 | 82.86% |
82 UOHSC students were classified as full-time / not first-time. This represents 14.41% of the students in the class of 2015.
With a six year graduation rate of 43%, returning students in the class of 2015 and attended classes full-time had a graduation rate higher than the national average.
After eight years, the graduation rate was 43%.
Nationwide, the average graduation rate for non first-time undergraduates attending classes part-time is: 36.03% after six years, 36.03% after eight years.
| Returning / Part-Time Completions | UOHSC | Nationwide |
|---|---|---|
| Four Years | 0% | 30.46% |
| Six Years | 43% | 36.03% |
| Eight Years | 43% | 37.80% |
47 non first-time / part-time students or 57% did not complete their degree within eight years.
Of those who did not finish:
2 are still enrolled.
4 transferred to another institution.
UOHSC lost contact with the remaining 41 who we assumed dropped out.
| Returning / Part-Time Non-Completions | Undergraduates | Percentage |
|---|---|---|
| Still Enrolled | 2 | 4.26% |
| Transferred | 4 | 8.51% |
| Dropped Out | 41 | 87.23% |
