Graduation and Retention Rates
Graduation
Miami's graduation rates are consistently among the highest nationally. As of fall 2020, 82.2% of Miami students graduate within six years; 73.2% graduate within four years.
The years in the table below mark the year the students entered as first-time, full-time freshmen.
Classification | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 |
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Overall | 80.8 | 79.0 | 79.9 | 78.4 | 79.1 | 80.0 | 81.2 | 82.2 |
Women | 82.8 | 81.7 | 82.1 | 80.7 | 81.9 | 82.4 | 85.7 | 85.9 |
Men | 78.3 | 75.8 | 77.3 | 75.7 | 76.2 | 77.3 | 77.8 | 78.2 |
American Indian or Alaska Native | 78.3 | 81.8 | 66.7 | --- | 80.0 | 75.0 | 80.0 | 100 |
Asian | 83.7 | 83.2 | 82.5 | 77.6 | 85.0 | 82.1 | 81.2 | 83.7 |
Black or African American1 | 70.8 | 71.9 | 69.5 | 72.7 | 65.2 | 72.4 | 72.4 | 75.2 |
Hispanic/Latino | 81.2 | 80.2 | 72.1 | 69.4 | 67.2 | 68.3 | 81.6 | 80.6 |
Multi Racial | --- | --- | --- | 74.5 | 70.8 | 75.2 | 81.9 | 72.9 |
Native Hawaiian or other Pacific Islander | --- | --- | 57.1 | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
Non-Resident Alien | 83.3 | 69.5 | 69.6 | 66.7 | 72.9 | 75.4 | 74.6 | 76.6 |
Non-Minority2 | 81.0 | 79.4 | 81.2 | 79.6 | 80.8 | 81.2 | 82.7 | 83.3 |
Pell Grant Recipient | 71.4 | 69.5 | 72.3 | 69.6 | 67.9 | 70.5 | 75.1 | 75.9 |
Stafford Loan Recipient | 76.4 | 79.0 | 80.4 | 77.7 | 76.3 | 73.5 | 76.9 | 78.2 |
Neither Pell nor Stafford | 83.3 | 80.3 | 81.4 | 81.2 | 82.6 | 83.3 | 83.8 | 83.3 |
1 Race and ethnicity categories were changed in the 2013 reporting year (i.e., the 2007 cohort in the "Graduation in 6 Years" table). Prior to 2013 the following categories were used: Black, Hispanic, Asian, Native American, White, Unknown, and Non-Resident Alien.
2 The "non-minority" category was changed in the 2011 reporting year (i.e., the 2005 cohort in the "Graduation in 6 Years" table) to include White and Unknown students. Previously the "non-minority" category included White, Unknown and Non-Resident Alien students.
Retention
Retention Rates: Oxford Campus
Classification | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 |
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Female | 89.1 | 88.6 | 88.4 | 88.9 | 89.0 | 91.0 | 91.8 | 92.7 | 91.4 | 92.6 | 91.3 | 91.0 |
Male | 88.9 | 90.4 | 89.3 | 88.9 | 90.2 | 90.0 | 88.7 | 90.8 | 90.3 | 91.3 | 88.7 | 86.8 |
Minority | 91.1 | 88.9 | 85.9 | 84.6 | 85.5 | 90.4 | 88.1 | 89.8 | 89.8 | 92.2 | 88.1 | 88.9 |
Non-Minority1 | 88.8 | 89.5 | 89.1 | 89.2 | 89.9 | 90.4 | 90.3 | 92.0 | 91.0 | 91.8 | 90.6 | 89.3 |
Non-Resident Alien1 | --- | --- | 93.3 | 94.3 | 95.5 | 92.5 | 93.5 | 93.2 | 91.5 | 92.6 | 89.3 | 80.9 |
In State | 89.9 | 90.4 | 89.2 | 88.1 | 89.9 | 90.3 | 88.9 | 91.8 | 91.2 | 91.9 | 89.9 | 89.2 |
Out of State | 87.4 | 87.3 | 88.0 | 90.2 | 89.0 | 90.8 | 92.0 | 91.8 | 90.4 | 91.9 | 90.2 | 88.4 |
Total | 89.0 | 89.4 | 88.8 | 88.9 | 89.6 | 90.5 | 90.3 | 91.8 | 90.9 | 91.9 | 90.0 | 88.9 |
1Prior to 2010, the Non-Minority category includes White, Unknown, and Non-Resident Alien students; beginning with the 2010 cohort, the Non-Resident Alien category is calculated separately.
Classification | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 |
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Female | 85.3 | 84.4 | 85.4 | 84.0 | 85.0 | 84.9 | 88.2 | 88.9 | 90.1 | 88.3 | 89.0 | 87.6 |
Male | 84.3 | 83.2 | 84.7 | 82.4 | 82.5 | 83.9 | 83.1 | 84.1 | 84.8 | 84.9 | 84.1 | 82.3 |
Minority | 82.5 | 85.9 | 83.9 | 79.6 | 78.7 | 78.4 | 84.8 | 84.4 | 86.1 | 84.8 | 87.1 | 81.4 |
Non-Minority2 | 85.1 | 83.7 | 85.4 | 84.0 | 84.7 | 85.3 | 86.2 | 87.3 | 88.4 | 87.6 | 87.3 | 87.5 |
Non-Resident Alien2 | --- | --- | 78.0 | 77.8 | 80.7 | 84.3 | 80.9 | 81.9 | 81.6 | 80.9 | 79.1 | 69.1 |
In State | 85.9 | 85.4 | 87.0 | 83.9 | 83.1 | 84.8 | 86.0 | 85.8 | 88.3 | 87.3 | 87.4 | 86.2 |
Out of State | 83.0 | 81.0 | 81.0 | 82.0 | 85.0 | 83.9 | 85.4 | 87.6 | 86.5 | 85.9 | 85.5 | 83.3 |
Total | 84.9 | 83.9 | 85.1 | 83.3 | 83.8 | 84.4 | 85.7 | 86.5 | 87.5 | 86.7 | 86.6 | 85.0 |
2Prior to 2009, the Non-Minority category includes White, Unknown, and Non-Resident Alien students; beginning with the 2009 cohort, the Non-Resident Alien category is calculated separately.