Graduation and Retention Rates

Graduation

Miami's graduation rates are consistently among the highest nationally. As of fall 2017, 79.1% of Miami students graduate within six years; 67.2% graduate within four years.

The years in the table below mark the year the students entered as first-time, full-time freshmen.

Graduation Rate in 6 years (through August of 6th year)
Classification	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011
Overall	80.8	79.0	79.9	78.4	79.1
Women	82.8	81.7	82.1	80.7	81.9
Men	78.3	75.8	77.3	75.7	76.2
American Indian or Alaska Native	78.3	81.8	66.7	---	80.0
Asian	83.7	83.2	82.5	77.6	85.0
Black or African American¹	70.8	71.9	69.5	72.7	65.2
Hispanic/Latino	81.2	80.2	72.1	69.4	67.2
Multi Racial	---	---	---	74.5	70.8
Native Hawaiian or other Pacific Islander	---	---	57.1	---	---
Non-Resident Alien	83.3	69.5	69.6	66.7	72.9
Non-minority²	81.0	79.4	81.2	79.6	80.8
Pell Grant Recipient	71.4	69.5	72.3	69.6	67.9
Stafford Loan Recipient	76.4	79.0	80.4	77.7	76.3
Neither Pell nor Stafford	83.3	80.3	81.4	81.2	82.6

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.