by our College Data Analytics TeamMake an informed decision about your education by understanding how RMU's retention and graduation rates impact you. First year retention rates let you know how many students come back for their sophomore year. Graduation rates tell you how long it takes to complete a degree at RMU . Remember, every extra semester it takes to graduate will increase the cost of your degree.
You have to make it past freshman year in order to graduate. With only 45.0% of students staying on to become sophomores, Robert Morris University Illinois has among the worst freshman retention rates in the country.
Nationwide, the average first year to second year retention rate is 69.0% . When looking at just colleges and universities in Illinois , the average is 69.0% .
At RMU , there were 1,929 bachelors degree candidates in the class of 2016 . By 2018 , six years after beginning their degree, 45.5% of these students had graduated. After an additional two years, 45.8% of this class eventually completed their degree.
We consider the "on-time" graduation rate for a bachelor's degree to be four years, but colleges typically report their graduation rates after six or even eight years.
This implies that 54.2% did not graduate within eight years. Of these 1,047 students, 0 were still working towards their degree, 510 had transferred to a different institution, and RMU lost contact with the remaining 536 whom we assume dropped out.
First-time, full-time students under the age of 25 are much more likely to graduate in four years (on-time). Some schools cater mostly to traditional students while others cater to “non-traditional” students who may be attending part time and thus are likely to take longer to graduate.
Comparing the graduation rates of specific cohorts shown below will be more revealing than the overall statistics shared above.
With a four year graduation rate of 68.0% , first-time students in the RMU class of 2016 who attended classes full-time were among the most likely in the nation to graduate on time. After six years, the graduation rate was 36.7% and by 2020 ,37.1% of this class had completed their degree.
Nationwide, the average graduation rate for first-time undergraduates attending classes full-time is: 35.8% after four years, 46.4% after six years, and 47.8% after eight years.
Studies have shown that high-achieving students are more likely to complete their degree on time. Given the academic preparedness of the first-time / full-time students accepted to RMU , we expected that after six years about 39.6% of them would have completed their undergraduate degree.
Of these 610 students, 0 were still working towards their degree, 318 had transferred to a different institution, and RMU lost contact with the remaining 292 whom we assume dropped out.
None of the students in RMU's class of 2016 were classified as as a "first-time" student attending classes "part-time".
Nationwide, the average graduation rate for first-time undergraduates attending classes part-time is: 21.6% after six years and 23.7% after eight years.
With a six year graduation rate of 54.4% , returning students in the RMU class of 2016 who attended classes full-time had a graduation rate similar to the national average. After eight years, the graduation rate was 54.5% .
Nationwide, the average graduation rate for returning undergraduates attending classes full-time is: 53.8% after six years and 55.1% after eight years.
Of these 424 students, 0 were still working towards their degree, 190 had transferred to a different institution, and RMU lost contact with the remaining 234 whom we assume dropped out.
With a six year graduation rate of 55.6% , returning students in the RMU class of 2016 who attended classes part-time were among the most likely in the nation to graduate in a reasonable time. After eight years, the graduation rate was 55.6% .
Nationwide, the average graduation rate for returning undergraduates attending classes part-time is: 36.0% after six years and 37.8% after eight years.
Of these 12 students, 0 were still working towards their degree, 2 had transferred to a different institution, and RMU lost contact with the remaining 10 whom we assume dropped out.
