by our College Data Analytics TeamMake an informed decision about your education by understanding how Utah Valley University'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 Utah Valley University . Remember, every extra semester it takes to graduate will increase the cost of your degree.
In order to graduate you have to make it past freshman year. With only 64.0% of students staying on to become sophomores, Utah Valley University has freshman retention rates below the national average.
Nationwide, the average first year to second year retention rate is 69.0% . When looking at just colleges and universities in Utah , the average is 63.0% .
At Utah Valley University , there were 8,650 bachelors degree candidates in the class of 2016 . By 2018 , six years after beginning their degree, 30.4% of these students had graduated. After an additional two years, 35.4% 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 64.6% did not graduate within eight years. Of these 5,587 students, 209 were still working towards their degree, 2,160 had transferred to a different institution, and Utah Valley University lost contact with the remaining 3,217 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 10.0% , first-time students in the Utah Valley University class of 2016 who attended classes full-time were among the least likely in the nation to graduate on time. After six years, the graduation rate was 33.2% and by 2020 ,39.3% 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 Utah Valley University , we expected that after six years about 49.9% of them would have completed their undergraduate degree.
Of these 2,233 students, 97 were still working towards their degree, 772 had transferred to a different institution, and Utah Valley University lost contact with the remaining 1,364 whom we assume dropped out.
With a six year graduation rate of 13.8% , first-time students in the Utah Valley University class of 2016 who attended classes part-time had a graduation rate similar to the national average. After eight years, the graduation rate was 19.1% .
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.
Of these 1,643 students, 63 were still working towards their degree, 525 had transferred to a different institution, and Utah Valley University lost contact with the remaining 1,055 whom we assume dropped out.
With a six year graduation rate of 47.0% , returning students in the Utah Valley University class of 2016 who attended classes full-time were less likely than average to graduate in a reasonable time. After eight years, the graduation rate was 50.0% .
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 817 students, 26 were still working towards their degree, 410 had transferred to a different institution, and Utah Valley University lost contact with the remaining 381 whom we assume dropped out.
With a six year graduation rate of 27.6% , returning students in the Utah Valley University class of 2016 who attended classes part-time had a graduation rate similar to the national average. After eight years, the graduation rate was 31.6% .
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 893 students, 23 were still working towards their degree, 453 had transferred to a different institution, and Utah Valley University lost contact with the remaining 417 whom we assume dropped out.
