Graduation Data and Retention Information

Cohort Year	Cohort Size	Freshman to Sophomore Retention Rate	Graduation Rates
Cohort Year	Cohort Size	Freshman to Sophomore Retention Rate	4-Year	5-Year	6-Year
2001	520	83%	54%	69%	71%
2002	585	84%	54%	68%	70%
2003	595	82%	50%	65%	67%
2004	574	76%	53%	67%	68%
2005	478	79%	48%	60%	63%
2006	461	77%	51%	63%	64%
2007	527	79%	54%	66%	67%
2008	563	82%	55%	67%	68%
2009	466	80%	54%	64%
2010	494	80%	53%
2011	489	81%
2012	486	81%
2013	438	84%
2014	435

Freshman-to-sophomore retention rates and graduation rates are standard reporting items for all colleges and universities. This information is collected by federal and state agencies as well as surveys such as USNews and World Report.

The freshman to sophomore retention rate is based on the student's enrollment on the census date of the fall semester, typically the third Monday of the semester.

Graduation rates are reported using IPEDS definitions.

The Higher Education Reauthorization Act, passed by Congress in 2008, also requires that institutions report graduation data disaggregated by gender, race/ethnicity and type of financial aid awards.

    Cohort Year: 2008
         6-Year graduation rate for:
                   Males: 62%
                   Females: 73%

                   Non-Hispanic, Asian: 100%
Non-Hispanic, black or African-American: 53%
Non-Hispanic, white: 71%
   Hispanic: 64%

Counts for other racial or ethnic groups are too small to be reliable and are not reported.

                   Federal Pell Grant Recipients: 62%
                   Recipients of subsidized Stafford Loans, no Pell: 74%
                   Recipients of neither Pell Grants nor subsidized Stafford Loans: 67%

Date: December 1, 2014

To view the Graduation Success Rates for St. Bonaventure University student-athletes, please click the following link to search for the cohort year and sport you wish to view: http://fs.ncaa.org/DOCS/newmedia/public/rates/index.html