Graduation/Retention Rates

The following information is calculated based on a six-year graduation rate for the cohort of full-time, first-time, bachelor's degree-seeking undergraduate student who entered the institution in the fall of each of the following years.

Cohort Numbers
 20002001 2002 20034-Year Total
Men     
Cohort146138 125 161570
Women     
Cohort2902692462501,055
Total (men & women)     
Cohort436407371 411 1,625
      
Completers Within 150% of Normal Time
 20002001 2002 20034-Year Total
Men      
<2 yr. completers000 00
2<4 yr. competers00 00 0
Bachelor's completers79807267298
Total completers within 150%798072 67 298

Women
     
<2 yr. completers00 0 0 0
2<4 yr. completers0 0 0 0 0
Bachelor's completers169148147129593
Total completers within 150%169148147 129593
Total      
<2 yr. completers00 0 0 0
2<4 yr. completers00 0 0 0
Bachelor's completers248228219 196 891
Total completers within 150%248228 219 196891
      
Transfer-out Students and Rate Calculations
 20002001 2002 20034-Year Total
Men     
Transfer-out students8292544
Women     
Transfer-out students2031634 73
Total      
Transfer-out students28525 59 117
      

4-year average Student-Right-to-Know
completion or graduation rate calculation:

53%    


4-year average Student-Right-to-Know
transfer-out calculation:

14%    
Freshman Retention Rates

Percentage of first-time, full-time, degree-seeking freshman who entered in:

Fall of 2008 and returned to OBU in fall 2009: 67%
Fall of 2007 and returned to OBU in fall 2008: 74%
Fall of 2006 and returned to OBU in fall 2007: 75%
Fall of 2005 and returned to OBU in fall 2006: 71%
Fall of 2004 and returned to OBU in fall 2005: 68%