`It takes a campus to graduate a student: a look at seven academic retention programs and what makes them effective - Special Report: Recruitment & Retention - Statistical Data Included
Black Issues in Higher Education, Oct 25, 2001 by Phaedra Brotherton
Student Graduation Rates
(Schools are sorted by athletic conference.)
BLACK HISPANIC
En- % En- %
tered Grad. Grad. tered Grad. Grad.
Big Ten Conference
Northwestern University 120 96 80 59 52 88
Pennsylvania State
University 158 100 63 122 84 69
University of Michigan 466 266 57 251 171 68
Univ. of Illinois,
Champaign 437 245 56 341 205 60
University of Iowa 87 46 53 75 41 55
Univ. of Wisconsin,
Madison 90 47 52 94 56 60
Michigan State
University 611 287 47 124 72 58
Purdue University 180 85 47 100 62 62
Ohio State University 492 207 42 106 39 37
Univ. of Minnesota,
Twin Cities 77 29 38 42 14 33
Indiana Univ.,
Bloomington 301 108 36 126 52 41
Conference USA
Tulane University 59 46 78 57 39 68
U.S. Military Academy 56 41 73 53 43 81
Saint Louis University 65 33 51 32 17 53
Univ. of So.
Mississippi 286 140 49 19 12 63
East Carolina
University 205 98 48 20 9 45
Texas Christian
University 50 24 48 99 52 53
Marquette University 60 27 45 61 39 64
Univ. of N.C.,
Charlotte 309 139 45 17 8 47
University of South
Florida 224 92 41 214 101 47
DePaul University 99 39 39 141 72 51
University of Houston 172 58 34 286 103 36
Univ. of Ala.,
Birmingham 316 101 32 6 3 50
University of Memphis 430 133 31 15 4 27
University of
Louisville 329 59 18 18 7 39
University of
Cincinnati 446 45 10 30 7 23
Big Twelve Conference
Univ. of Texas, Austin 312 181 58 855 504 59
Baylor University 106 57 54 217 128 59
Texas A&M Univ.,
College Station 288 153 53 833 500 60
Univ. of Missouri,
Columbia 330 158 48 45 26 58
Oklahoma State
University 50 20 40 45 21 47
Univ. of Colorado,
Boulder 91 35 38 276 127 46
University of Oklahoma 236 87 37 82 35 43
Iowa State University 97 33 34 55 28 51
Univ. of Nebraska,
Lincoln 73 25 34 66 22 33
Kansas State University 104 29 28 76 24 32
University of Kansas 94 25 27 73 31 42
Texas Tech University 107 26 24 365 120 33
Atlantic Coast Conference
University of Virginia 305 256 84 47 39 83
Duke University 141 116 82 56 51 91
Wake Forest University 61 49 80 10 8 80
Univ. of N.C., Chapel
Hill 439 307 70 27 21 78
Clemson University 199 125 63 16 7 44
Florida State
University 409 229 56 262 134 51
Georgia Inst. of
Technology 146 80 55 61 38 62
Univ. of Md., College
Park 507 264 52 164 89 54
N.C. State University 404 186 46 33 22 67
South Eastern Conference
Vanderbilt University 62 52 84 41 33 80
Univ. of Ala.,
Tuscaloosa 309 173 56 16 10 63
University of Georgia 375 210 56 51 30 59
University of Florida 365 201 55 598 371 62
Univ. of S.C., Columbia 475 238 50 18 8 44
Auburn University 212 98 46 26 18 69
Univ. of Tennessee,
Knoxville 144 63 44 27 11 41
University of
Mississippi 91 39 43 12 5 42
Louisiana State
University 339 142 42 97 45 46
University of Kentucky 160 58 36 21 11 52
Mississippi State
University 279 98 35 11 7 64
Univ. of Ark.,
Fayetteville 132 40 30 15 6 40
PAC-Ten Conference
Stanford University 113 98 87 171 147 86
University of Southern
Calif. 134 88 66 343 240 70
Univ. of Calif.,
Los Angeles 287 178 62 745 507 68
Univ. of California,
Berkeley 209 121 58 498 369 74
University of
Washington 100 50 50 121 67 55
University of Arizona 106 46 43 545 234 43
University of Oregon 40 16 40 81 47 58
Washington State
University 61 24 39 80 46 58
Oregon State University 25 9 36 91 36 40
Arizona State
University 127 39 31 417 171 41
Big East Conference
Georgetown University 97 84 87 92 81 88
Boston College 71 61 86 122 98 80
Villanova University 29 23 79 46 33 72
University of
Notre Dame 73 55 75 135 117 87
Providence College 8 6 75 34 28 82
Syracuse University 197 130 66 138 95 69
St. John's University
(NY) 204 131 64 202 145 72
Rutgers, State Univ. of
NJ, New Bruns. 418 259 62 407 289 71
Va. Polytech. Inst. &
State University 184 110 60 64 41 64
University of Miami 165 92 56 344 230 67
Seton Hall University 108 55 51 74 44 59
University of
Connecticut 111 51 46 79 45 57
West Virginia
University 118 54 46 25 11 44
University of
Pittsburgh 236 92 39 39 20 51
Temple University 627 232 37 79 26 33
Mid-Eastern
Athletic Conference
Hampton University 1180 637 54 4 1 25
S.C. State University 594 279 47 0 0 0
Howard University 1367 615 45 6 3 50
N.C. A&T State
University 1282 564 44 * * *
Florida A&M University 1618 631 39 15 2 13
Morgan State University 807 315 39 5 2 40
Univ. of Md.,
Eastern Shore 604 230 38 6 3 50
Bethune-Cookman College 653 215 33 * * *
Delaware State
University 573 166 29 9 0 0
Coppin State College 364 91 25 * * *
Norfolk State
University 937 234 25 8 1 13
Southwestern Athletic Conference
Alcorn State University 624 275 44 * * *
Alabama A&M University 741 230 31 3 0 0
Grambling State Univ. 1381 428 31 0 0 0
Jackson State
University 996 309 31 0 0 0
Mississippi Valley
St. Univ. 424 131 31 0 0 0
Prairie View A&M
University 1019 296 29 13 4 31
Univ. of Ark., Pine
Bluff 636 165 26 * * *
Alabama State
University 1069 257 24 * * *
Southern Univ., Baton
Rouge 2268 408 18 5 0 0
Texas Southern
University 1035 124 12 11 0 0
Mountain West Conference
Air Force Academy 67 48 72 89 67 75
Colorado State
University 35 15 43 157 75 48
University of Utah 12 4 33 24 13 54
University of Wyoming 12 4 33 83 32 39
Brigham Young
University 10 3 30 83 45 54
University of
New Mexico 49 12 24 563 208 37
San Diego State
University 211 38 18 616 179 29
Univ. of Nevada,
Las Vegas 81 8 10 93 26 28
Western Athletic Conference
Rice University 27 22 81 71 61 86
Univ. of Hawaii, Manoa 10 6 60 6 3 50
Southern Methodist
Univ. 60 36 60 95 63 66
Boise State University 7 4 57 75 21 28
University of Tulsa 52 22 42 21 7 33
University of Nevada 29 12 41 50 29 58
Louisiana Tech
University 178 61 34 19 6 32
Calif. State
University, Fresno 121 31 26 438 145 33
Univ. of Texas, El Paso 54 12 22 1225 282 23
San Jose State
University 119 21 18 282 79 28
Mid-American Conference
Miami University 127 75 59 36 27 75
Ohio University 139 68 49 29 19 66
Bowling Green State
Univ. 83 35 42 50 22 44
University of Buffalo,
SUNY 177 67 38 83 34 41
Western Michigan Univ. 223 74 33 52 22 42
Central Michigan
University 90 28 31 34 10 29
Ball State University 193 58 30 41 14 34
Northern Illinois
University 471 132 28 188 68 36
Kent State University 142 37 26 18 11 61
Eastern Michigan
University 369 89 24 65 11 17
Marshall University 100 24 24 8 2 25
University of Akron 129 23 18 14 3 21
University of Toledo 324 49 15 74 14 19
Ivy League
Harvard University 147 131 89 127 124 98
Brown University 100 88 88 71 63 89
Princeton University 77 68 88 70 64 91
Yale University 113 99 88 89 81 91
Univ. of Pennsylvania
(Penn) 133 113 85 107 91 85
Columbia University 97 80 82 97 42 43
Dartmouth University 77 60 78 48 42 88
Cornell University 135 103 76 209 165 79
WHITE AMERICAN INDIAN
En- % En- %
tered Grad. Grad. tered Grad. Grad.
Big Ten Conference
Northwestern University 1202 1118 93 3 3 100
Pennsylvania State
University 4043 3315 82 7 5 71
University of Michigan 3217 2799 87 41 24 59
Univ. of Illinois,
Champaign 4085 3227 79 11 9 82
University of Iowa 2838 1845 65 17 2 12
Univ. of Wisconsin,
Madison 4115 3169 77 18 4 22
Michigan State
University 5044 3480 69 46 13 28
Purdue University 4963 3176 64 18 8 44
Ohio State University 4858 2720 56 16 7 44
Univ. of Minnesota,
Twin Cities 1766 901 51 13 4 31
Indiana Univ.,
Bloomington 5285 3541 67 8 3 38
Conference USA
Tulane University 1071 760 71 4 3 75
U.S. Military Academy 873 733 84 6 6 100
Saint Louis University 870 609 70 3 2 67
Univ. of So.
Mississippi 749 412 55 0 0 0
East Carolina
University 2082 1062 51 16 10 63
Texas Christian
University 943 622 66 7 1 14
Marquette University 1348 1024 76 3 3 100
Univ. of N.C.,
Charlotte 1128 587 52 12 6 50
University of South
Florida 1247 549 44 3 2 67
DePaul University 807 476 59 4 1 25
University of Houston 753 233 31 14 3 21
Univ. of Ala.,
Birmingham 589 188 32 3 1 33
University of Memphis 1185 403 34 4 0 0
University of
Louisville 1397 461 33 6 1 17
University of
Cincinnati 2874 977 34 7 0 0
Big Twelve Conference
Univ. of Texas, Austin 3825 2716 71 19 10 53
Baylor University 1802 1243 69 5 2 40
Texas A&M Univ.,
College Station 4586 3302 72 15 10 67
Univ. of Missouri,
Columbia 3051 1861 61 13 4 31
Oklahoma State
University 1730 882 51 162 66 41
Univ. of Colorado,
Boulder 2804 1907 68 35 16 46
University of Oklahoma 1758 932 53 223 85 38
Iowa State University 2965 1868 63 7 5 71
Univ. of Nebraska,
Lincoln 3017 1539 51 15 2 13
Kansas State University 2540 1422 56 27 11 41
University of Kansas 2804 1570 56 28 12 43
Texas Tech University 2724 1389 51 12 4 33
Atlantic Coast Conference
University of Virginia 2068 1923 93 12 10 83
Duke University 1263 1187 94 * * *
Wake Forest University 834 726 87 4 2 50
Univ. of N.C., Chapel
Hill 2785 2256 81 20 10 50
Clemson University 2092 1506 72 5 3 60
Florida State
University 3113 1930 62 14 6 43
Georgia Inst. of
Technology 1584 1093 69 3 1 33
Univ. of Md., College
Park 2283 1530 67 4 1 25
N.C. State University 2856 1771 62 22 11 50
South Eastern Conference
Vanderbilt University 1190 1000 84 * * *
Univ. of Ala.,
Tuscaloosa 2130 1299 61 14 12 86
University of Georgia 3499 2379 68 4 2 50
University of Florida 3616 2604 72 12 3 25
Univ. of S.C., Columbia 1734 988 57 8 3 38
Auburn University 2828 1923 68 9 6 67
Univ. of Tennessee,
Knoxville 2598 1481 57 5 1 20
University of
Mississippi 1395 725 52 * * *
Louisiana State
University 2617 1439 55 9 2 22
University of Kentucky 2309 1316 57 7 1 14
Mississippi State
University 1153 600 52 * * *
Univ. of Ark.,
Fayetteville 1656 778 47 30 11 37
PAC-Ten Conference
Stanford University 779 732 94 17 10 59
University of Southern
Calif. 1144 835 73 11 8 73
Univ. of Calif.,
Los Angeles 1167 969 83 40 34 85
Univ. of California,
Berkeley 972 826 85 38 22 58
University of
Washington 2052 1416 69 61 28 46
University of Arizona 3180 1813 57 117 41 35
University of Oregon 1901 1103 58 32 17 53
Washington State
University 2003 1182 59 52 26 50
Oregon State University 1467 851 58 33 13 39
Arizona State
University 2771 1358 49 87 12 14
Big East Conference
Georgetown University 982 923 94 3 3 100
Boston College 1746 1536 88 5 2 40
Villanova University 1471 1250 85 5 4 80
University of
Notre Dame 1536 1459 95 18 15 83
Providence College 770 655 85 * * *
Syracuse University 1834 1412 77 3 1 33
St. John's University
(NY) 922 664 72 3 1 33
Rutgers, State Univ. of
NJ, New Bruns. 2451 1887 77 11 6 55
Va. Polytech. Inst. &
State University 3645 2661 73 16 14 88
University of Miami 784 486 62 * * *
Seton Hall University 594 386 65 * * *
University of
Connecticut 1462 1023 70 8 3 38
West Virginia
University 2803 1514 54 6 2 33
University of
Pittsburgh 2035 1262 62 7 1 14
Temple University 1198 563 47 * * *
Mid-Eastern
Athletic Conference
Hampton University * * * 6 4 67
S.C. State University 7 3 43 0 0 0
Howard University 0 0 0 0 0 0
N.C. A&T State
University 28 4 14 5 1 20
Florida A&M University 22 10 45 * * *
Morgan State University 5 0 0 0 0 0
Univ. of Md.,
Eastern Shore 93 25 27 * * *
Bethune-Cookman College 4 4 100 0 0 0
Delaware State
University 95 24 25 * * *
Coppin State College 9 2 22 3 0 0
Norfolk State
University 34 3 9 * * *
Southwestern Athletic Conference
Alcorn State University * * * 0 0 0
Alabama A&M University 9 3 33 0 0 0
Grambling State Univ. 3 0 0 0 0 0
Jackson State
University 4 3 75 5 3 60
Mississippi Valley
St. Univ. 0 0 0 0 0 0
Prairie View A&M
University 21 4 19 * * *
Univ. of Ark., Pine
Bluff 38 6 16 0 0 0
Alabama State
University 17 4 24 0 0 0
Southern Univ., Baton
Rouge 19 2 11 * * *
Texas Southern
University 6 1 17 0 0 0
Mountain West Conference
Air Force Academy 976 761 78 16 9 56
Colorado State
University 1911 1223 64 31 14 45
University of Utah 832 416 50 4 2 50
University of Wyoming 1090 589 54 9 3 33
Brigham Young
University 2660 1968 74 31 11 35
University of
New Mexico 912 401 44 88 15 17
San Diego State
University 1068 459 43 28 9 32
Univ. of Nevada,
Las Vegas 798 184 23 12 2 17
Western Athletic Conference
Rice University 403 359 89 * * *
Univ. of Hawaii, Manoa 156 67 43 * * *
Southern Methodist
Univ. 906 652 72 7 7 100
Boise State University 1024 256 25 23 5 22
University of Tulsa 406 219 54 28 13 46
University of Nevada 900 423 47 17 2 12
Louisiana Tech
University 1142 537 47 * * *
Calif. State
University, Fresno 480 250 52 12 5 42
Univ. of Texas, El Paso 247 59 24 7 2 29
San Jose State
University 283 116 41 10 1 10
Mid-American Conference
Miami University 2779 2251 81 6 5 83
Ohio University 3046 2102 69 3 1 33
Bowling Green State
Univ. 2681 1609 60 4 0 0
University of Buffalo,
SUNY 1489 864 58 18 5 28
Western Michigan Univ. 2380 1380 58 16 9 56
Central Michigan
University 2505 1303 52 27 7 26
Ball State University 3306 1554 47 14 2 14
Northern Illinois
University 1754 930 53 3 2 67
Kent State University 1853 797 43 4 1 25
Eastern Michigan
University 1562 562 36 16 1 6
Marshall University 1667 583 35 3 1 33
University of Akron 1549 527 34 6 1 17
University of Toledo 2482 894 36 30 10 33
Ivy League
Harvard University 683 656 96 11 10 91
Brown University 905 860 95 6 4 67
Princeton University 794 770 97 9 9 100
Yale University 724 695 96 16 12 75
Univ. of Pennsylvania
(Penn) 1398 1300 93 4 2 50
Columbia University 541 465 86 4 3 75
Dartmouth University 613 576 94 23 18 78
Cornell University 1863 1714 92 17 9 53
ASIAN AMERICAN/PI
Entered Grad. % Grad.
Big Ten Conference
Northwestern University 376 350 93
Pennsylvania State
University 283 207 73
University of Michigan 616 536 87
Univ. of Illinois,
Champaign 779 600 77
University of Iowa 124 73 59
Univ. of Wisconsin,
Madison 220 161 73
Michigan State
University 260 174 67
Purdue University 214 137 64
Ohio State University 309 188 61
Univ. of Minnesota,
Twin Cities 236 109 46
Indiana Univ.,
Bloomington 188 126 67
Conference USA
Tulane University 68 53 78
U.S. Military Academy 57 53 93
Saint Louis University 66 43 65
Univ. of So.
Mississippi 9 7 78
East Carolina
University 21 13 62
Texas Christian
University 37 19 51
Marquette University 83 55 66
Univ. of N.C.,
Charlotte 56 29 52
University of South
Florida 113 49 43
DePaul University 83 50 60
University of Houston 380 160 42
Univ. of Ala.,
Birmingham 24 15 63
University of Memphis 62 27 44
University of
Louisville 50 21 42
University of
Cincinnati 96 40 42
Big Twelve Conference
Univ. of Texas, Austin 881 626 71
Baylor University 156 97 62
Texas A&M Univ.,
College Station 214 126 59
Univ. of Missouri,
Columbia 85 50 59
Oklahoma State
University 33 20 61
Univ. of Colorado,
Boulder 294 179 61
University of Oklahoma 129 77 60
Iowa State University 75 54 72
Univ. of Nebraska,
Lincoln 59 36 61
Kansas State University 51 17 33
University of Kansas 108 60 56
Texas Tech University 59 20 34
Atlantic Coast Conference
University of Virginia 275 256 93
Duke University 211 200 95
Wake Forest University 23 23 100
Univ. of N.C., Chapel
Hill 184 140 76
Clemson University 35 27 77
Florida State
University 104 62 60
Georgia Inst. of
Technology 187 142 76
Univ. of Md., College
Park 508 320 63
N.C. State University 144 98 68
South Eastern Conference
Vanderbilt University 88 74 84
Univ. of Ala.,
Tuscaloosa 23 14 61
University of Georgia 149 95 64
University of Florida 314 236 75
Univ. of S.C., Columbia 88 49 56
Auburn University 45 28 62
Univ. of Tennessee,
Knoxville 51 27 53
University of
Mississippi 12 7 58
Louisiana State
University 190 74 39
University of Kentucky 49 29 59
Mississippi State
University 18 9 50
Univ. of Ark.,
Fayetteville 47 26 55
PAC-Ten Conference
Stanford University 427 410 96
University of Southern
Calif. 595 452 76
Univ. of Calif.,
Los Angeles 1770 1522 86
Univ. of California,
Berkeley 1354 1205 89
University of
Washington 789 552 70
University of Arizona 255 158 62
University of Oregon 213 119 56
Washington State
University 143 77 54
Oregon State University 164 93 57
Arizona State
University 193 106 55
Big East Conference
Georgetown University 142 128 90
Boston College 197 164 83
Villanova University 42 33 79
University of
Notre Dame 87 83 95
Providence College 11 8 73
Syracuse University 98 64 65
St. John's University
(NY) 269 175 65
Rutgers, State Univ. of
NJ, New Bruns. 861 689 80
Va. Polytech. Inst. &
State University 297 202 68
University of Miami 87 59 68
Seton Hall University 59 32 54
University of
Connecticut 130 92 71
West Virginia
University 57 35 61
University of
Pittsburgh 90 63 70
Temple University 251 113 45
Mid-Eastern
Athletic Conference
Hampton University * * *
S.C. State University * * *
Howard University 7 2 29
N.C. A&T State
University 15 8 53
Florida A&M University 3 1 33
Morgan State University * * *
Univ. of Md.,
Eastern Shore 5 1 20
Bethune-Cookman College * * *
Delaware State
University 6 4 67
Coppin State College 0 0 0
Norfolk State
University 3 1 33
Southwestern Athletic Conference
Alcorn State University 0 0 0
Alabama A&M University * * *
Grambling State Univ. * * *
Jackson State
University 17 9 53
Mississippi Valley
St. Univ. 0 0 0
Prairie View A&M
University * * *
Univ. of Ark., Pine
Bluff 0 0 0
Alabama State
University 0 0 0
Southern Univ., Baton
Rouge 13 0 0
Texas Southern
University 5 3 60
Mountain West Conference
Air Force Academy 52 40 77
Colorado State
University 92 58 63
University of Utah 41 26 63
University of Wyoming 14 8 57
Brigham Young
University 80 50 63
University of
New Mexico 65 28 43
San Diego State
University 396 139 35
Univ. of Nevada,
Las Vegas 96 29 30
Western Athletic Conference
Rice University 103 101 98
Univ. of Hawaii, Manoa 1364 737 54
Southern Methodist
Univ. 74 58 78
Boise State University 31 10 32
University of Tulsa 14 10 71
University of Nevada 70 43 61
Louisiana Tech
University 13 7 54
Calif. State
University, Fresno 178 69 39
Univ. of Texas, El Paso 28 8 29
San Jose State
University 521 198 38
Mid-American Conference
Miami University 53 44 83
Ohio University 20 14 70
Bowling Green State
Univ. 28 13 46
University of Buffalo,
SUNY 327 203 62
Western Michigan Univ. 43 21 49
Central Michigan
University 30 14 47
Ball State University 20 11 55
Northern Illinois
University 175 89 51
Kent State University 25 14 56
Eastern Michigan
University 39 19 49
Marshall University 12 6 50
University of Akron 56 35 63
University of Toledo 56 23 41
Ivy League
Harvard University 331 324 98
Brown University 208 198 95
Princeton University 137 136 99
Yale University 211 207 98
Univ. of Pennsylvania
(Penn) 422 384 91
Columbia University 200 198 99
Dartmouth University 106 100 94
Cornell University 532 489 92
SOURCE: NATIONAL COLLEGIATE ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION - 2001 GRADUATION
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