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Undergraduate graduation rates, freshman retention rates, and time to degree

For full-time freshmen entering summer or fall terms
(full time = 12+ hrs, counted at end of the fall term)

Rates are updated each October with fall census enrollment information and
degrees posted through the prior summer term.

• CU-Boulder highlights, October 2008
• Undergraduate time to degree
• Graduation rates for CU-Boulder student-athletes
• Beyond the first year: Later retention and educational careers elsewhere of UCB freshmen (11/09)
• Comparisons to AAU publics, December 2005;  Complete list
• Fall to fall continuation rates of degree-seeking freshmen, sophomores, and juniors, 1989-2009 (Word)

• All entering freshman and by residency at entry
• Graphs by residency at entry
• By Pell grant status at entry
• By first generation college student status
• By whether took an honors course/section in first fall term enrolled (Excel)
• By gender and ethnicity-citizenship group   |   Graph
• By academic preparation at entry and race/ethnicity
• By ethnicity, gender and entry college (Excel file)
• Undergraduate time to degree (same as entry under narrative section)
• Comparisons to other colleges and universities in Colorado:
• Colorado publics, 2005, 2006, 2007
• All Colorado four-year institutions, including privates, by race/ethnic, 2004
• QIS 12/04

• Leadership, Excellence, Achievement, and Diversity (LEAD) Alliance (Word, 2005)
• Demographic and other characteristics of LEAD Alliance freshmen compared to non-LEAD; analysis of the relationship between LEAD participation and first-year grades, and retention to second fall.
• Relationship between family financial resources and 6-year graduation rate, 2nd-fall retention rate (2006)
• Relationship between first-generation college student status and 6-year graduation rate, 2nd-fall retention rate (2006)
• Taking a writing course and academic success in the freshman year (Word, 2008)

Questions? E-mail IR@colorado.edu

Last revision 11/05/09