Display 0704: 6-Year Graduation Headcount, First-time Frosh. by Declared Major *

  Fall 1998 Cohort Fall 1999 Cohort Fall 2000 Cohort Fall 2001 Cohort
Declared Major First-time Freshman
 Cohort
# of Cohort
Graduating
Within 6 Years
First-time
 Freshman
Cohort
# of Cohort
Graduating
 Within 6 Years
First-time
Freshman
Cohort
# of Cohort
Graduating
Within 6 Years
First-time
Freshman
Cohort
# of Cohort
Graduating
Within 6 Years
African American Studies 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 0
Mass Communication 15 4 15 4 19 7 27 9
Information Systems 6 2 11 5 18 6 23 7
Civil Engineering Tech. 1 0 3 2 6 1 8 4
Computer Science Tech. 30 6 29 2 46 16 65 21
Electronics Engineering Tech. 12 4 15 3 6 4 22 6
Mechanical Engineering Tech. 5 2 5 1 5 2 6 3
Chemical Engineering Tech. 0 0 1 0 1 1 3 1
English Language/Literature 2 1 2 1 14 3 7 3
Biology 22 6 16 6 31 12 26 8
Marine Science Tech. 14 7 12 3 9 7 12 3
Mathematics 11 3 1 0 0 0 3 1
Recreation/Park Admin. 1 0 1 0 2 1 3 1
Chemistry 1 1 0 0 4 1 2 1
Environmental Studies 1 0 1 0 2 0 0 0
Criminal Justice 20 10 12 3 20 6 32 15
Social Work 15 9 12 5 11 6 28 15
History 1 0 5 1 3 0 1 0
Political Science 6 3 1 1 9 1 11 9
Sociology 3 1 2 1 9 4 9 3
Music 3 2 4 2 5 4 4 2
Management 43 14 47 9 40 15 59 21
Accounting 17 10 18 5 23 7 27 14
International Business 3 2 2 1 1 1 3 2
Marketing 8 4 11 3 11 6 8 4
Non-Declared 163 39 174 36 200 45 198 58
Total 403 130 400 94 497 158 587 211
               
*Cautions:                
               
1.        Percentage rates on any population of less than 30 are extremely unstable and may not be typical. That is, a change of one or two persons can make a huge percentage change.  Therefore, we do not recommend quoting such rates unless they are aggregated over several years. Accordingly, Table 704 displays the number of students graduating from the relevant cohort, not the %.          
2.        6-year graduation rates are typically calculated for the university as a whole, not for particular major programs or departments, since students move into and out of majors frequently and may not select the major in which they eventually graduate at the time of freshman matriculation.  A program or department may graduate far more students in any one year than were a part of the original freshman cohort tracked for that same year.
3. If it becomes important to quote graduation "rates" for a discrete discipline, and because most annual rates will be so small, we recommend aggregating over several cohorts and reporting the "average graduation rate" for a discipline across X years.  To do so, sum the first-time cohort number for the desired years and divide into the sum of those graduating over the same years. This process will yield the "average 6-year graduation rate for X years."