African-American Freshmen Retention and Graduation Rates, AAU Comparison E-mail

Six-Year Graduation Rates, African-American New Freshmen

 

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African-American Freshmen Retention and Graduation Rates, AAU Comparison

 

UNC-Chapel Hill
Year Class Entered Number in Class % Returned As % Graduated After
Sophs Juniors Seniors 4 Yrs 5 Yrs 6 Yrs
1990 393 86.8% 80.7% 75.8% 47.3% 60.8% 65.1%
1991 342 91.5% 84.8% 78.7% 46.2% 63.7% 68.7%
1992 334 92.2% 82.9% 75.7% 51.5% 62.0% 64.1%
1993 357 88.2% 81.0% 69.7% 42.0% 58.3% 60.8%
1994 439 92.0% 84.5% 77.0% 53.8% 68.1% 69.7%
1995 388 93.6% 81.2% 78.1% 49.5% 60.3% 63.7%
1996 386 92.0% 85.5% 80.6% 57.0% 66.1% 70.2%
1997 420 93.8% 84.5% 82.9% 57.4% 67.9% 70.7%
1998 398 92.0% 84.2% 79.1% 54.3% 68.3% 71.1%
1999 384 93.5% 87.8% 82.3% 58.6% 74.2% 76.0%
2000 406 95.8% 87.2% 84.0% 63.8% 74.1% 75.4%
2001 426 93.7% 88.5% 85.0% 62.0% 73.0% 75.8%
2002 425 93.4% 88.9% 84.5% 63.5% 74.4%  
2003 412 96.4% 86.9% 84.0% 58.5%    
2004 400 96.0% 90.3% 85.5%      
2005 413 97.1% 91.5%        
2006 459 96.7%          
Association of American Universities
(Combined including UNC-Chapel Hill)
Year Class Entered Number in Class % Returned As % Graduated After
Sophs Juniors Seniors 4 Yrs 5 Yrs 6 Yrs
1990 7,043 82.3% 70.0% 64.1% 20.2% 42.8% 50.5%
1991 6,395 82.5% 71.9% 65.3% 21.8% 44.5% 52.3%
1992 6,311 83.6% 71.4% 66.2% 21.5% 44.5% 52.0%
1993 7,062 80.6% 69.5% 63.7% 21.0% 44.0% 51.0%
1994 7,825 83.1% 71.2% 65.6% 21.7% 46.2% 53.1%
1995 8,188 84.6% 73.4% 68.0% 25.6% 49.7% 56.5%
1996 7,869 84.9% 74.7% 69.4% 28.7% 52.1% 58.5%
1997 8,156 85.9% 74.8% 69.0% 29.0% 52.0% 57.2%
1998 7,902 85.6% 75.1% 69.4% 30.0% 52.0% 58.0%
1999 8,276 85.7% 76.1% 71.3% 31.4% 54.2% 59.6%
2000 8,396 86.8% 78.1% 70.9% 34.5% 57.5% 62.4%
2001 8,258 86.0% 74.6% 70.0% 34.5% 56.0%  
2002 8,190 87.2% 78.6% 73.6% 37.4%    
2003 8,166 87.1% 78.7% 66.8%      
2004 7,849 88.3% 72.7%        
2005 8,380 80.6%          

 

These data compare retention and graduation rates for UNC-Chapel Hill and the 36 public members of the Association of American Universities (AAU).

 

Note: Retention and graduation data for UNC-Chapel Hill freshman classes are based on reports generated by the University of North Carolina General Administration that exclude part-time students from the initial cohorts. UNC-Chapel Hill data have been updated to reflect the most recent University of North Carolina General Administration, Retention, Graduation and Persistence Rates of First-Time Full-Time Freshmen report. AAU data have been updated to reflect the 2006-2007 AAUDE Comparative Retention and Graduation Study.

 

Sources: University of North Carolina General Administration - Retention, Graduation and Persistence Rates of First-Time, Full-Time Freshmen report, (UNC-Chapel Hill Statistics) 2006-2007 AAUDE Comparative Retention and Graduation Study