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Student Persistence Studies and Graduation Reports
Student Persistence Effort Highlights:
In the past 10 years, Mason's first-time, full-time, baccalaureate degree-seeking student one-year persistence rates has gone up from 71% for the 1997 cohort to 85% for the 2006 cohort.

Mason's minority student persistence and graduation rates are higher than the national averages of similar institutions reported by Consortium of Student Retention Data Exchanges (CSRDE).

Student persistence and graduation rate reports are updated every fall after the official enrollment data is taken.

Persistence Rates:
The percentage of students who registered in fall term who also registered the following fall term.

Graduation Rates:
The percentage of a freshman cohort that graduates within subsequent number of years.

First-Time, Full-Time
Baccalaureate Degree-Seeking Cohorts
  • University Overall
  • Gender
  • Ethnicity
  • Local Domicile
  • Housing Status
  • Academic Unit
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  • Dr. Kris M. Smith, Associate Provost for IRR, at (703) 993-8841 (or e-mail)
  • Helen Wu, Webmaster and IR Analyst at (703)993-8664 (or e-mail) (for Technical Difficulties)
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    Data Sources:
  • Fall cohorts are based on official fall student enrollment census.
  • Graduation info is based on IRR's official degree conferred data.
  • Degree-conferred data are updated in March, May and August of the year.
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