by our College Data Analytics TeamMake an informed decision about your education by understanding how USF Sarasota-Manatee'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 USF Sarasota-Manatee . Remember, every extra semester it takes to graduate will increase the cost of your degree.
With 89.0% of students staying on for a second year, University of South Florida Sarasota-Manatee is one of the best in the country when it comes to freshman retention.
Nationwide, the average first year to second year retention rate is 69.0% . When looking at just colleges and universities in Florida , the average is 69.0% .
At USF Sarasota-Manatee , there were 502 bachelors degree candidates in the class of 2016 . By 2018 , six years after beginning their degree, 63.6% of these students had graduated. After an additional two years, 64.7% 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 35.3% did not graduate within eight years. Of these 178 students, 2 were still working towards their degree, 43 had transferred to a different institution, and USF Sarasota-Manatee lost contact with the remaining 132 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.
None of the students in USF Sarasota-Manatee's class of 2016 were classified as as a "first-time" student attending classes "full-time".
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.
None of the students in USF Sarasota-Manatee's class of 2016 were classified as as a "first-time" student attending classes "part-time".
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.
With a six year graduation rate of 70.3% , returning students in the USF Sarasota-Manatee class of 2016 who attended classes full-time were more likely than average to graduate in a reasonable time. After eight years, the graduation rate was 71.4% .
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 81 students, 0 were still working towards their degree, 18 had transferred to a different institution, and USF Sarasota-Manatee lost contact with the remaining 63 whom we assume dropped out.
With a six year graduation rate of 54.8% , returning students in the USF Sarasota-Manatee class of 2016 who attended classes part-time were among the most likely in the nation to graduate in a reasonable time. After eight years, the graduation rate was 56.2% .
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 96 students, 2 were still working towards their degree, 25 had transferred to a different institution, and USF Sarasota-Manatee lost contact with the remaining 69 whom we assume dropped out.
