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CU-Boulder 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)

Students graduating from institutions other than CU-Boulder are NOT counted in the graduation rates.

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

• CU-Boulder highlights, November 2011
• Undergraduate time to degree
• Graduation rates for CU-Boulder student-athletes
• Relationships of outcomes to entry characteristics and participation in CU Boulder programs Analysis, 2003 |  Short update, 2011
• Beyond the first year: Retention at CU-Boulder and educational careers elsewhere of UCB freshmen (11/09)
• Bachelor's degrees in three years -- Background (11/09, Word)
• 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   |   Graph
• By Pell Grant/Stafford Loan 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)
• Students entering the School of Journalism from other UCB colleges or as transfers from other institutions
• 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
• VSA College Portrait. The section ‘undergraduate success and progress rate’ on the VSA College Portrait page contains graduation and continuation data for both new freshmen and new transfers, at both CU-Boulder and other 4-year institutions.

• 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)

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Last revision 01/11/12