Retention and Completion
The Graduation Rate is an annual component of IPEDS added in 1997 to help institutions satisfy the requirements of the Student Right-to-Know legislation. IPEDS requires institutions to submit data based on the number of students entering the institution as full-time, first-time, degree/certificate-seeking undergraduate students in a particular year (cohort), by race/ethnicity and gender; the number completing their program within 150 percent of normal time to completion; and the number that transfer to other institutions if transfer is part of the institution's mission.
Please note that although the overwhelming majority of offerings at OSU-OKC are associates degrees and certificates, these data are reported as six year cohorts. This is due to the fact that IPEDS measures the institution as a four-year college because of the one bachelor's degree that is offered.
Agency Strategic Plan Goal 1 Rate Table
| Critical Success Factors Goal 1: | 2012-2013 | 2013-2014 | 2014-2015 | 2015-2016 | 2016-2017 Goal |
| Success Rate | 61% | 58% | 57% | 60% | 61% |
| Persistence Rate | 73% | 73% | 68% | 78% | 46% |
| Retention Rate | 40% | 46% | 44% | 45% | 68% |
| Graduation Rate | 7.03% | 8.09% | 7.40% | 10.40% | 61% |
| All rate data is based on the official first time, full time, degree seeking cohort for each fall term. | |||||
It should also be noted that in the last three years, the population of the first time, full-time students used in the IPEDS graduation rate calculation has averaged only 7.4% of the total student population at OSU-OKC.
For More Information
For more information, please access the Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education Enrollment Site.
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