Retention and Completion Rates

First to Second Year Retention

Cohort Year (Entering Fall)202320222021202020192018201720162015201420132012
First-to-second year retention rate82%81%83%80%87%86%87%85%86%88%89%87%

Graduation Rates (Six year)

Cohort Year (Entering Fall)201820172016201520142013201220112010200920082007
Reporting Year202420232022202120202019201820172016201520142013
By Gender
All Students74%74%74%77%73%77%74%77%76%82%76%75%
Women80%82%78%84%78%80%77%82%82%87%81%82%
Men67%64%70%69%69%74%72%71%70%75%71%68%
By Ethnicity/Race
Non-Resident79%76%92%73%70%79%69%77%81%80%96%96%
Hispanic52%68%74%68%72%71%70%79%48%64%56%83%
American Indian/Alaskan Native************40%67%91%****75%
Asian or Pacific Islander68%67%53%87%74%79%70%84%53%77%73%55%
Black (non-Hispanic)71%70%73%70%72%68%72%68%81%81%60%53%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander************************
White (non-Hispanic)76%75%73%78%76%77%76%77%77%83%79%77%
Two or more races70%71%78%65%67%88%************
Not reported67%75%50%89%43%80%88%76%70%83%66%64%

** fewer than 3 students in cohort

Four-Year Student-Right-to-Know Completion/Graduation Rate 74% (2023 reporting year)

Graduation Rates (6 year) for Federal Financial Aid Program Award Recipients

Cohort Year (Entering Fall)201820172016201520142013201220112010200920082007
Reporting Year202420232022202120202019201820172016201520142013
Pell Grant Recipients63%65%78%74%66%74%75%76%71%79%58%77%
Direct Subsidized Loan (who did not receive a Pell Grant)70%72%65%71%73%76%74%74%75%79%75%72%
All Other Students79%78%76%80%75%78%74%77%78%84%80%76%

Notes:

  • The graduation/completion rate is based on 6 years of attendance that equates to 150% of the length of our standard program.
  • Reporting transfer-out rates is optional under the Student Right to Know Act. We have elected not to report out transfer-out rates because Wooster’s mission does not include providing substantial preparation for students to enroll in other undergraduate institutions.
  • The graduation/completion rate does not include students who left the school to serve in the armed forces, on official church missions, or in the foreign service of the federal government. Students who died or were totally and permanently disabled are also excluded