Retention/Graduation Rates | Ohio University

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Ohio Retention Rates

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OHIO Graduation Rates

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Retention Rates

Retention Rates are calculated using 2^nd Fall Semester Census Data for Entry Cohort.

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Athens Campus Retention Rates

(First time, Full time, Bachelor’s Degree Seeking students by entry cohort)

Cohort Year	Total Students	Retained to 2nd Fall	Retained to 3rd Fall	Retained to 4th Fall
2016 Cohort	4,289	80.0%	72.9%	66.7%
2017 Cohort	4,032	81.4%	75.0%	69.3%
2018 Cohort	3,971	81.5%	74.3%	69.1%
2019 Cohort	3,660	81.3%	75.9%	68.3%
2020 Cohort	3,097	81.3%	72.4%	66.4%
2021 Cohort	3645	79.0%	73.5%	N/A
2022 Cohort	4428	82.7%	N/A	N/A

Regional Campus Total Retention Rates

First time, Full time, Associates and Bachelor’s Degree Seeking students by entry cohort. Includes Ecampus)

Cohort Year	Total Students	Retained to 2nd Fall	Retained to 3rd Fall	Retained to 4th Fall
2016 Cohort	1,335	56.8%	40.9%	30.6%
2017 Cohort	1,175	54.2%	37.9%	28.9%
2018 Cohort	1,112	58.4%	44.3%	33.6%
2019 Cohort	990	54.8%	39.1%	28.8%
2020 Cohort	842	55.8%	39.8%	31.0%
2021 Cohort	655	53.0%	40.2%
2022 Cohort	629	63.8%

Total University Retention Rates

(First time, Full time, Associates and Bachelor’s Degree Seeking students by entry cohort. Includes Ecampus)

Cohort Year	Total Students	Retained to 2nd Fall	Retained to 3rd Fall	Retained to 4th Fall
2016 Cohort	5,629	74.5%	65.3%	58.1%
2017 Cohort	5,209	75.3%	66.6%	60.2%
2018 Cohort	5,083	76.4%	67.7%	61.3%
2019 Cohort	4,650	75.7%	68.1%	59.9%
2020 Cohort	3,941	75.8%	65.4%	58.8%
2021 Cohort	4303	75.0%	68.4%
2022 Cohort	5058	80.4%

Individual Regional Campus Retention Rates

(First time, Full time, Associates and Bachelor’s Degree Seeking students by entry cohort)

Chillicothe Campus Retention Rates:

Cohort Year	Total Students	Retained to 2nd Fall	Retained to 3rd Fall	Retained to 4th Fall
2016 Cohort	343	56.9%	43.4%	31.2%
2017 Cohort	307	58.3%	40.1%	30.0%
2018 Cohort	270	56.7%	42.2%	33.3%
2019 Cohort	266	52.6%	41.0%	28.6%
2020 Cohort	226	52.2%	35.8%	27.4%
2021 Cohort	160	54.4%	36.3%
2022 Cohort	126	64.3%

Eastern Campus Retention Rates

Cohort Year	Total Students	Retained to 2nd Fall	Retained to 3rd Fall	Retained to 4th Fall
2016 Cohort	129	56.6%	38.8%	29.5%
2017 Cohort	110	48.2%	39.1%	32.7%
2018 Cohort	92	57.6%	42.4%	33.7%
2019 Cohort	103	64.1%	44.7%	33.0%
2020 Cohort	74	58.1%	48.6%	36.5%
2021 Cohort	57	57.9%	47.4%
2022 Cohort	84	65.5%

Lancaster Campus Retention Rates

Cohort Year	Total Students	Retained to 2nd Fall	Retained to 3rd Fall	Retained to 4th Fall
2016 Cohort	378	56.1%	42.9%	33.6%
2017 Cohort	350	54.0%	40.0%	30.9%
2018 Cohort	344	56.7%	45.1%	35.8%
2019 Cohort	284	54.9%	40.1%	28.5%
2020 Cohort	197	55.3%	39.6%	34.5%
2021 Cohort	151	52.3%	40.4%
2022 Cohort	154	63.6%

Southern Campus Retention Rates

Cohort Year	Total Students	Retained to 2nd Fall	Retained to 3rd Fall	Retained to 4th Fall
2016 Cohort	215	56.7%	32.1%	23.7%
2017 Cohort	197	53.3%	26.9%	17.3%
2018 Cohort	190	63.2%	46.8%	32.1%
2019 Cohort	176	50.6%	31.3%	23.9%
2020 Cohort	192	58.9%	42.7%	30.2%
2021 Cohort	143	49.0%	39.9%
2022 Cohort	125	62.4%

Zanesville Campus Retention Rates

Cohort Year	Total Students	Retained to 2nd Fall	Retained to 3rd Fall	Retained to 4th Fall
2016 Cohort	266	58.3%	43.6%	32.0%
2017 Cohort	209	52.6%	41.1%	33.5%
2018 Cohort	213	59.6%	45.1%	32.4%
2019 Cohort	158	57.6%	39.9%	32.3%
2020 Cohort	151	57.0%	37.7%	29.8%
2021 Cohort	128	52.3%	40.6%
2022 Cohort	105	69.5%

Retention Rates by College

(First time, Full time, Bachelor’s Degree Seeking students by entry college, retained to the University regardless of graduating college

Arts & Sciences

Cohort Year	Total Students	Retained to 2nd Fall	Retained to 3rd Fall	Retained to 4th Fall
2016 Cohort	1168	74.6%	65.8%	59.3%
2017 Cohort	1067	77.5%	69.4%	61.4%
2018 Cohort	1162	76.9%	67.4%	59.6%
2019 Cohort	1047	77.3%	69.9%	60.4%
2020 Cohort	911	77.4%	67.8%	59.7%
2021 Cohort	1080	74.4%	68.1%
2022 Cohort	1275	79.1%

Business

Cohort Year	Total Students	Retained to 2nd Fall	Retained to 3rd Fall	Retained to 4th Fall
2016 Cohort	519	87.1%	81.5%	76.1%
2017 Cohort	467	85.7%	83.3%	78.2%
2018 Cohort	425	89.2%	84.5%	78.4%
2019 Cohort	476	85.5%	82.4%	74.8%
2020 Cohort	404	81.4%	73.8%	67.1%
2021 Cohort	633	80.6%	77.4%
2022 Cohort	826	83.4%

Communication

Cohort Year	Total Students	Retained to 2nd Fall	Retained to 3rd Fall	Retained to 4th Fall
2016 Cohort	439	86.6%	80.6%	75.9%
2017 Cohort	406	84.5%	80.8%	72.2%
2018 Cohort	412	87.1%	81.3%	75.2%
2019 Cohort	327	83.2%	81.0%	70.3%
2020 Cohort	297	84.8%	76.1%	70.7%
2021 Cohort	294	81.3%	77.6%
2022 Cohort	380	87.4%

Education

Cohort Year	Total Students	Retained to 2nd Fall	Retained to 3rd Fall	Retained to 4th Fall
2016 Cohort	495	71.9%	63.4%	55.6%
2017 Cohort	446	73.3%	64.6%	59.2%
2018 Cohort	403	76.2%	67.2%	60.3%
2019 Cohort	432	73.8%	63.7%	57.4%
2020 Cohort	368	76.6%	63.3%	55.2%
2021 Cohort	372	70.4%	62.9%
2022 Cohort	472	81.1%

Engineering & Technology

Cohort Year	Total Students	Retained to 2nd Fall	Retained to 3rd Fall	Retained to 4th Fall
2016 Cohort	387	85.5%	76.0%	69.5%
2017 Cohort	398	84.7%	76.9%	73.1%
2018 Cohort	433	81.5%	75.5%	73.4%
2019 Cohort	340	85.9%	81.2%	73.2%
2020 Cohort	262	80.5%	73.3%	67.9%
2021 Cohort	394	77.7%	69.8%
2022 Cohort	432	84.3%

Fine Arts

Cohort Year	Total Students	Retained to 2nd Fall	Retained to 3rd Fall	Retained to 4th Fall
2016 Cohort	190	78.9%	71.1%	67.4%
2017 Cohort	178	84.3%	75.3%	71.9%
2018 Cohort	205	86.3%	79.0%	75.1%
2019 Cohort	214	83.6%	75.7%	72.0%
2020 Cohort	230	88.3%	76.1%	73.5%
2021 Cohort	238	89.5%	84.0%
2022 Cohort	279	86.0%

Health Sciences & Professions

Cohort Year	Total Students	Retained to 2nd Fall	Retained to 3rd Fall	Retained to 4th Fall
2016 Cohort	737	72.3%	63.2%	55.2%
2017 Cohort	777	73.5%	65.6%	59.1%
2018 Cohort	780	71.8%	64.9%	57.9%
2019 Cohort	709	74.0%	67.6%	59.5%
2020 Cohort	650	73.8%	63.5%	56.8%
2021 Cohort	626	76.4%	67.7%
2022 Cohort	786	77.4%

University College

Cohort Year	Total Students	Retained to 2nd Fall	Retained to 3rd Fall	Retained to 4th Fall
2016 Cohort	1,387	68.3%	58.1%	50.8%
2017 Cohort	1,191	68.4%	57.2%	51.9%
2018 Cohort	1,048	70.0%	59.4%	54.0%
2019 Cohort	902	68.1%	58.1%	50.9%
2020 Cohort	698	65.5%	53.7%	48.9%
2021 Cohort	567	63.5%	55.4%
2022 Cohort	541	72.8%

Graduation Rates

Graduation Rates are calculated using Summer Semester End-of-Term degree conferral data for 4^th, 5^th, and 6^th year from Entry Cohort year. Graduation rates are based on entry campus

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Athens Campus Graduation Rates

(First time, Full time, Bachelor’s Degree Seeking students by entry cohort)

Cohort Year	Total Students	Graduated in 4	Graduated in 5	Graduated in 6
2015	4,412	51.1%	65.0%	68.0%
2016	4,289	49.8%	63.5%	65.8%
2017	4,032	53.1%	64.9%	67.2%
2018	3,971	50.6%	63.4%
2019	3,660	51.0%

Regional Campuses Total Graduation Rate

(First time, Full time, Associates and Bachelor’s Degree Seeking students by entry cohort. Includes Ecampus)

Cohort Year	Total Students	Graduated in 4	Graduated in 5	Graduated in 6
2015	1,307	17.3%	24.3%	27.3%
2016	1,335	19.0%	27.2%	30.1%
2017	1,175	17.3%	23.6%	26.6%
2018	1,112	20.8%	27.7%
2019	990	19%

Total University Graduation Rates

(First time, Full time, Bachelor’s Degree Seeking students by entry cohort. Includes Ecampus)

Cohort Year	Total Students	Graduated in 4	Graduated in 5	Graduated in 6
2015	5,419	44.6%	57.4%	60.3%
2016	5,328	43.3%	56.2%	58.7%
2017	4,936	46.4%	57.2%	59.6%
2018	4,872	44.8%	56.6%
2019	4454	45.2%

Individual Regional Campus Graduation Rates

(First time, Full time, Associates and Bachelor’s Degree Seeking students by entry campus, graduating from the University regardless of campus at time of graduation.)

Chillicothe Campus Graduation Rates:

Cohort Year	Total Students	Graduated in 4	Graduated in 5	Graduated in 6
2015	287	15.0%	21.6%	26.1%
2016	343	14.0%	24.2%	28.9%
2017	307	15.3%	21.5%	23.1%
2018	270	19.3%	25.9%
2019	266	13.9%

Eastern Campus Graduation Rates:

Cohort Year	Total Students	Graduated in 4	Graduated in 5	Graduated in 6
2015	123	19.5%	30.9%	33.3%
2016	129	22.5%	27.9%	29.5%
2017	110	22.7%	28.2%	34.5%
2018	92	17.4%	25%
2019	103	26.2%

Lancaster Campus Graduation Rates:

Cohort Year	Total Students	Graduated in 4	Graduated in 5	Graduated in 6
2015	428	16.1%	23.6%	25.9%
2016	378	19.0%	27.8%	30.2%
2017	350	15.1%	22.3%	26%
2018	344	16.3%	25.9%
2019	284	19.7%

Southern Campus Graduation Rates:

Cohort Year	Total Students	Graduated in 4	Graduated in 5	Graduated in 6
2015	204	19.1%	22.1%	25.5%
2016	215	21.9%	27.4%	29.3%
2017	197	18.8%	22.3%	24.4%
2018	190	28.9%	33.2%
2019	176	17.6%

Zanesville Campus Graduation Rates:

Cohort Year	Total Students	Graduated in 4	Graduated in 5	Graduated in 6
2015	261	19.5%	27.6%	29.9%
2016	266	21.1%	29.7%	32.7%
2017	209	19.1%	27.3%	30.6%
2018	213	23.9%	29.1%
2019	158	22.8%

Graduation Rates by College

(First time, Full time, Associates and Bachelor’s Degree Seeking students by ENTRY College, graduating from the University regardless of college at time of graduation.)

Arts & Sciences

Cohort Year	Total Students	Graduated in 4	Graduated in 5	Graduated in 6
2015	1,143	44.5%	57.9%	60.8%
2016	1,168	44.8%	57.2%	59.5%
2017	1,067	49.4%	57.7%	60.0%
2018	1,162	44.8%	54.6%
2019	1,047	45.1%

Business:

Cohort Year	Total Students	Graduated in 4	Graduated in 5	Graduated in 6
2015	641	62.6%	72.9%	74.9%
2016	560	64.6%	73.4%	74.8%
2017	514	67.5%	73.2%	74.3%
2018	465	64.7%	73.3%
2019	504	65.9%

Communication:

Cohort Year	Total Students	Graduated in 4	Graduated in 5	Graduated in 6
2015	536	66.6%	74.3%	76.1%
2016	456	66.7%	73.0%	74.8%
2017	429	61.5%	69.5%	71.1%
2018	422	65.9%	73.2%
2019	333	61.9%

Education:

Cohort Year	Total Students	Graduated in 4	Graduated in 5	Graduated in 6
2015	458	43.9%	52.8%	54.8%
2016	504	43.8%	53.6%	54.4%
2017	451	44.8%	55.0%	57.4%
2018	409	46.0%	55.3%
2019	444	45.0%

Engineering & Technology:

Cohort Year	Total Students	Graduated in 4	Graduated in 5	Graduated in 6
2015	439	33.3%	58.8%	63.6%
2016	428	36.4%	59.1%	63.1%
2017	433	40.9%	60.0%	64.9%
2018	462	40.0%	60.2%
2019	369	39.8%

Fine Arts:

Cohort Year	Total Students	Graduated in 4	Graduated in 5	Graduated in 6
2015	192	53.1%	69.3%	74.5%
2016	190	47.4%	59.5%	61.6%
2017	178	54.5%	66.3%	68.0%
2018	205	54.1%	65.4%
2019	214	47.7%

Health Sciences & Professions:

Cohort Year	Total Students	Graduated in 4	Graduated in 5	Graduated in 6
2015	863	35.8%	46.3%	50.3%
2016	866	33.6%	47.6%	50.9%
2017	894	37.8%	50.4%	53.2%
2018	873	36.4%	50.6%
2019	804	39.6%

University College:

Cohort Year	Total Students	Graduated in 4	Graduated in 5	Graduated in 6
2015	1,441	31.6%	43.5%	46.1%
2016	1,446	30.2%	43.2%	45.9%
2017	1,235	31.5%	42.4%	44.9%
2018	1,080	31.2%	42.2%
2019	928	29.2%

CSRDE and Comparative Retention/Graduation Data

Graduation Rates by Race/Ethnicity/Gender (CSRDE)
Comparative Retention and Graduation Data (CSRDE Site)

Degrees Conferred

Annual degrees conferred count all degrees conferred in a given academic year beginning with Summer, then Fall then Spring.

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Degrees Conferred

*Doctoral count includes Ph.D., EDD, AUD, and DPT

Year	Associate's	Bachelor's	Master's	Doctoral*	D.O.	Total
2017-18	529	7,024	1,868	191	184	9,796
2018-19	636	7,011	1,905	193	228	9,973
2019-20	848	6,727	1,988	182	228	9,973
2020-21	498	6,340	2,032	181	230	9,281
2021-22	373	5,471	2,153	196	244	8,437
2022-23	396	4,933	2,150	192	242	7,913
2023-24	364	4,525	1,925	189	231	7,324

2023-24 Degrees Conferred by Academic College:

*Doctoral count includes Ph.D., EDD, AUD, and DPT

Academic Units	Associate's	Bachelor's	Master's	Doctoral*	D.O.	Total
Arts & Science	0	804	327	58	0	1,189
Business	20	706	463	0	0	1,189
Communication	5	412	55	12	0	484
Education	3	339	249	17	0	608
Engineering & Technology	12	269	123	14	0	418
Fine Arts	0	172	113	3	0	288
Grad College	0	0	0	2	0	2
Health Sciences & Professions	105	1,672	532	83	0	2,392
Honors Tutorial College	0	75	0	0	0	75
University College	219	76	0	0	0	295
Voinovich	0	0	63	0	0	63
Osteopathic Medicine	0	0	0	0	231	231
Total	364	4,525	1,925	189	231	7,234

Associate Degrees Conferred at the Regional Campuses:

	2017-2018	2018-2019	2019-2020	2020-2021	2021-2022	2022-2023	2023-2024
Chillicothe	139	120	148	116	63	110	69
Eastern	14	9	30	4	10	5	7
Lancaster	101	66	119	68	56	40	38
Southern	131	145	165	121	71	59	59
Zanesville	62	86	91	71	63	51	52

For Graduation Rates of older cohorts than listed here, visit the Historical Data page.

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