Make an informed decision about your education by understanding Ottawa University - Phoenix retention and graduation rates. First year retention rates let you know how many first-time, full-time students students come back for their second year. Graduation rates tell you how many students complete their degree and how long it takes.
Freshmen retention rate refers to the percentage of first-time / full-time students who return for their second year.
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Nationwide, the average first to second year retention rate is 70.57%.
When looking at just colleges and universities in Arizona, the average is 67.94%.
Retention Rate | |
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Ottawa University - Phoenix | |
Nationwide | 70.57% |
Arizona | 67.94% |
How many of the estimated 152 students in the class of 2015 completed their degree within eight years?
Four years after beginning their degree, <nil>% of those students had graduated. By 2017, six years after starting their degree, 41% of the students had graduated and after eight years 41% of this class completed their degree.
Any student who completes their bachelor's degree within six years is considered to have graduated on time, according to the National Center for Education Statistics. This makes the offical Ottawa University - Phoenix graduation rate 41%.
Completion Within | Undergraduates | Percentage |
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Four Years | 140 | 38% |
Six Years | 152 | 41% |
Eight Years | 2 | 0% |
Did Not Complete | 219 | 59% |
Approximately 219 students or 59% of the cohort did not complete their degree within eight years.
What happened to the 219 students who did not complete their degree?
0 are still enrolled.
12 transferred to another institution.
Ottawa University - Phoenix lost contact with the remaining 205 who we assumed dropped out.
Non-Completions | Undergraduates | Percentage |
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Still Enrolled | 0 | 0.0% |
Transferred | 12 | 5.5% |
Dropped Out | 205 | 93.6% |
Some schools have mainly first-time, full-time students, while others cater to part-time students, transfer students, or adult learners. For a variety of reasons first-time, full-time students under the age of 25 are usually more likely to graduate in four years.
Traditional Students:
First-time, full-time students under the age of 25.
Non-Traditional Students:
Any student that is not first-time, full-time, and under the age of 25.
Comparing the graduation rates of specific cohorts shown below will be more revealing than the overall statistics shared above.
Unfortunately, we don’t have access to data on Ottawa University - Phoenix first-time, full-time students.
Unfortunately, we don’t have access to data on Ottawa University - Phoenix first-time, part-time students.
53 Ottawa University - Phoenix students were classified as full-time / not first-time. This represents 14.21% of the students in the class of 2015.
Non first-time students could include transfer students or adults who have returned to school after an absense.
With a six year graduation rate of 55%, returning students in the class of 2015 and attended classes full-time had a graduation rate higher than the national average for students in this category.
After eight years, the graduation rate was 57%.
Nationwide, the average graduation rate for non first-time undergraduates attending classes full-time is: 49.57% after four years, 53.83% after six years, and 55.07% after eight years.
Returning / Full-Time Completions | Ottawa University - Phoenix | Nationwide |
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Four Years | 0% | 49.57% |
Six Years | 55% | 53.83% |
Eight Years | 57% | 55.07% |
23 non first-time / part-time students or 43% did not complete their degree within eight years.
Of those who did not finish:
0 are still enrolled.
0 transferred to another institution.
Ottawa University - Phoenix lost contact with the remaining 23 who we assumed dropped out.
First-Time / Part-Time Non-Completions | Undergraduates | Percentage |
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Still Enrolled | 0 | 0.00% |
Transferred | 0 | 0.00% |
Dropped Out | 23 | 100.00% |
320 Ottawa University - Phoenix students were classified as full-time / not first-time. This represents 85.79% of the students in the class of 2015.
With a six year graduation rate of 38%, returning students in the class of 2015 and attended classes full-time had a graduation rate higher than the national average.
After eight years, the graduation rate was 39%.
Nationwide, the average graduation rate for non first-time undergraduates attending classes part-time is: 36.03% after six years, 36.03% after eight years.
Returning / Part-Time Completions | Ottawa University - Phoenix | Nationwide |
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Four Years | 0% | 30.46% |
Six Years | 38% | 36.03% |
Eight Years | 39% | 37.80% |
196 non first-time / part-time students or 61% did not complete their degree within eight years.
Of those who did not finish:
2 are still enrolled.
12 transferred to another institution.
Ottawa University - Phoenix lost contact with the remaining 182 who we assumed dropped out.
Returning / Part-Time Non-Completions | Undergraduates | Percentage |
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Still Enrolled | 2 | 1.02% |
Transferred | 12 | 6.12% |
Dropped Out | 182 | 92.86% |