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Section 9 Preface:
Understanding Retention and Graduation Rates


Retention and graduation rates reflect the progress of Freshman cohorts through DePaul. Freshman cohorts consist of students who enter DePaul as full-time, first-time, degree-seeking Freshman during the fall quarter of a given academic year. The number of Freshman in these cohorts may differ slightly from the total number of Freshman in other sections of the Fact File because the total number of Freshman in other sections may include a small number of students who are enrolled part-time or as non-degree students.

Cohorts are tracked from fall to fall for six years. Whether a student is enrolled in winter, spring, or summer is not taken into account in this tracking method. This is the national methodology for tracking and reporting Freshman retention and graduation rates.

The retention rate represents the proportion of the original Freshman cohort that enrolled - though not necessarily full-time - during the subsequent fall quarter.
Example: Of the 2,570 Freshman in the 2018 cohort, 85.1% were enrolled during the fall quarter one year later (see Percent Returned in Table 9-1). This is 2,186 Freshman (see Number of Students Returned in Table 9-1).

The graduation rate represents the proportion of a given Freshman cohort that graduated from DePaul by the end of a specific academic year.
Example: Of the 2,422 new Freshman in the 2013 cohort, 60.4% graduated by the end of their fourth academic year (see Percent Graduated in Table 9-2) and 73.8% graduated by the end of their sixth academic year (see Percent Graduated in Table 9-4).

Transfer Methodology
Summer, Fall, Winter, or Spring Degree-Seaking Entrant


First-Year Retention:
TransferRetention
Summer 2018
Fall 2018
Winter 2019
Spring 2019
Fall Quarter
2019
Four-Year Graduation:
Summer +
Fall + Winter
+ Spring of
2015 / 2016
Fall Quarter 2016
Fall Quarter 2017
Fall Quarter 2018
Fall Quarter
2019
 

Key for reading tables in this section:

  First Year
Retention
Fourth Year
Graduation
Fifth Year
Graduation
Sixth Year
Graduation
Cohort: Still Enrolled Fall of: Graduated by Aug.31st: Graduated by Aug.31st: Graduated by Aug.31st:
2005 2006 2009 2010 2011
2006 2007 2010 2011 2012
2007 2008 2011 2012 2013
2008 2009 2012 2013 2014
2009 2010 2013 2014 2015
2010 2011 2014 2015 2016
2011 2012 2015 2016 2017
2012 2013 2016 2017 2018
2013 2014 2017 2018 2019
2014 2015 2018 2019 2020
2015 2016 2019 2020 2021
2016 2017 2020 2021 2022
2017 2018 2021 2022 2023
2018 2019 2022 2023 2024
2019 2020 2023 2024 2025