University of California Berkeley

Comparison of Graduation Rates at Peer Institutions

Fall 1994 Cohort

source:  Association of American Universities Data Exchange (AAUDE) member web site.

FINDINGS

Graph 1 - Graduation: Trends for All UCB Freshman Students

> The fourth year graduation rate has remained between 42 and 47 percent, and is at 45.7% for the 1995 cohort

> Fifth and sixth year graduation rates have been 73% to 76% and 80 to 83% respectively

Graph 2 - Graduation:  Differences Among UCB Gender and Ethnic Groups (1995 Cohort)

> Female students consistently graduate at a rate 7% to 10% higher than males in the fourth, fifth and sixth years

> Black students have the lowest graduation rate of all ethnic groups (21% in the fourth year, 54% in the fifth year and 66% in the sixth year)

> Native Americans and Hispanics have very similar rates, with Hispanics graduating at a slightly higher rate by the sixth year

> White students graduate just above the overall average rate in each of the three years (44%, 78% and 83%)

> Asian students consistently graduate  above the average rate in each of the three years (53%, 83% and 89%)

Graph 3 - Graduation:  Peer Comparison for Fourth Year Graduation by Gender (1994 Cohort)

> Only three institutions have higher fourth-year graduation rates for all students, male students and female students than UCB

> One peer has a significantly higher overall fourth year graduation rate (80.9%) than all others; the second is 60.8%; UCB is 44.0%

Graph 4 - Graduation:  Peer Comparison for Fourth Year Graduation by Ethnicity (1994 Cohort)

> Fourth year graduation rates at UCB are near average for all ethnic groups, though the range among peers is very large (5.3% to 88.5%)

Graph 5 - Graduation:  Peer Comparison for Fifth Year Graduation by Gender (1994 Cohort)

> UCB's fifth year graduation rates are the third highest for all undergrads and for each gender (76.0%, 72.5% and 79.8%)

Graph 6 - Graduation:  Peer Comparison for Fifth Year Graduation by Ethnicity (1994 Cohort)

> Native and Black students at UCB have lower graduation rates in the fifth year than other ethnic groups (55.6% and 45.1%)

> Asian students at UCB have a higher fifth year graduation rate (83.2%) than at any peer except one

Graph 7 - Graduation:  Peer Comparison for Sixth Year Graduation by Gender (1994 Cohort)

> UCB's sixth year graduation rates are second highest of the peers for all undergrads (82.5%) and females (85.1%); males are at 80.2%

Graph 8 - Graduation:  Peer Comparison for Sixth Year Graduation by Ethnicity (1994 Cohort)

> UCB's sixth year graduation rates are second highest for Asian, Hispanic and White students (88.2%, 73.0% and 84.6%)

> UCB Native and Black students' sixth year graduation rates are near the group average (61.1% and 55.8%) though well above some peers

Data Sheets:  1994 data for UCB and peer institutions from AAUDE web site; 1995 data for UCB only was submitted to AAUDE; and

UCB trend data for 1990-2000 from AAUDE web site