Six‐Year Graduation Rates Fall 2002 Cohort of First‐Time, Full‐Time, Bachelor's Degree‐Seeking Students at Ohio's 4‐Year Public and Private Universities

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Six‐Year Graduation and Retention Rates at Ohio’s Public Universities by Average ACT Score of Incoming Class ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐ Page 1

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______Graduation Rates Six‐Year Graduation and Retention Rates at Baccalaureate Institutions by Average ACT Score of Incoming Class Fall 2002 Cohort of Full‐Time, First‐Time, Bachelor’s Degree‐Seeking Students

Bachelor's Degree Rate Total Graduation Different Earned Still or Average ACT Score of 2002 Same Ohio Associate Enrolled in Retention Incoming Class Institution Cohort Institution Institution Total Degree Ohio 1 Rate Over 24 Miami University 3,701 79.3% 2.7% 82.0% 0.4% 3.4% 85.8% Ohio State University 5,940 72.7% 1.8% 74.4% 1.2% 8.4% 84.1% Between 22.5 and 24 University of Cincinnati 2,466 54.8% 2.4% 57.2% 2.8% 12.1% 72.1% Ohio University 3,565 69.6% 5.2% 74.8% 1.5% 8.1% 84.4% Between 21 and 22.4 Bowling Green State University 3,647 57.3% 4.2% 61.4% 2.5% 11.8% 75.8% Kent State University 3,633 48.3% 3.4% 51.7% 2.0% 14.0% 67.7% University of Toledo 3,563 44.9% 3.9% 48.8% 3.4% 16.5% 68.8% Wright State University 2,152 41.5% 2.8% 44.3% 4.2% 15.8% 64.3% Less than 21 University of Akron 2,617 33.3% 2.2% 35.5% 3.2% 19.7% 58.4% Cleveland State University 946 26.3% 2.6% 29.0% 2.3% 22.1% 53.4% Central State University 365 28.5% 0.0% 28.5% 1.1% 13.4% 43.0% Shawnee State University 296 28.0% 1.0% 29.1% 7.8% 12.5% 49.3% Youngstown State University 1,813 34.7% 1.1% 35.8% 2.8% 16.7% 55.2% Statewide Total 34,713 55.8% 3.0% 58.7% 2.2% 12.1% 73.0%

1 Enrollment at an Ohio private institution is determined through participation in the Student Choice Grant program, which is awarded to Ohio students attending full‐time at a private institution. Students enrolled at a public institution in the sixth year had earned 97 semester credits on average.

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Six‐Year Graduation Rates at Private Baccalaureate Institutions First‐Time, Full‐Time, Bachelor’s Degree‐Seeking Undergraduates who Began College in Fall 2002 Percent Earning a Bachelor's Degree NumberNumber or EquivalentEquivalent Institution Name in Cohort in Six Years or Less Private, not‐for‐profit Allegheny Wesleyan College 9 44% Art Academy of Cincinnati 33 55% Ashland University 551 61% Baldwin‐Wallace College 733 73% Bluffton University 262 62% Capital University 563 63% Case Western Reserve University 835 80% CedarvilleCedarville UUniversityniversity 772 67% Cincinnati Christian University 117 50% Cleveland Institute of Art 106 62% Cleveland Institute of Music 60 100% College of Mount St. Joseph 300 52% ColumbusColumbus CCollegeollege ooff AArtrt anandd DDesignesign 323 64% Defiance College 168 57% Denison University 633 81% Franciscan University of Steubenville 356 69% Franklin University 33 0% GodsGods BibleBible SchoolSchool andand CollegeCollege 35 37% Heidelberg College 278 53% Hiram College 233 62% John Carroll University 843 80% Kenyon College 440 88% KetteringKettering CCollegeollege ooff MMedicaledical AArtsrts 2 NC Lake Erie College 133 36% Laura and Alvin Siegal College of Judaic Studies 2 NC Lourdes College 42 43% Malone University 348 56%

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Six‐Year Graduation Rates at Private Baccalaureate Institutions First‐Time, Full‐Time, Bachelor’s Degree‐Seeking Undergraduates who Began College in Fall 2002 Percent Earning a Bachelor's Degree NumberNumber or EquivalentEquivalent Institution Name in Cohort in Six Years or Less Marietta College 263 63% MedCentral College of Nursing 15 73% Mercy College of Northwest Ohio 15 33% Mount Carmel College of Nursing 39 69% Mount Union College 579 64% Mount Vernon Nazarene University 332 56% Muskingum College 448 53% Notre Dame College 80 56% OberlinOberlin CollegeCollege 715 84% Ohio Christian University 45 62% Ohio Dominican University 251 45% Ohio Northern University 533 68% Ohio Wesleyan University 546 63% OtterbeinOtterbein CollegeCollege 534 64% Pontifical College Josephinum 9 56% Rabbinical College Telshe 16 31% Temple Baptist College 142 34% The College of Wooster 514 76% TheThe UUniversityniversity ooff FiFindlayndlay 638 53% Tiffin University 257 43% Tri‐State Bible College 1NC Union Institute & University 25 0% University of Dayton 1,644 75% UniversityUniversity ooff NNorthwesternorthwestern OhiOhioo 41 66% University of Rio Grande 389 23% Urbana University 124 25% Ursuline College 94 49% Walsh University 301 52%

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Six‐Year Graduation Rates at Private Baccalaureate Institutions First‐Time, Full‐Time, Bachelor’s Degree‐Seeking Undergraduates who Began College in Fall 2002 Percent Earning a Bachelor's Degree NumberNumber or EquivalentEquivalent Institution Name in Cohort in Six Years or Less Wilberforce University 212 33% Wilmington College 338 55% Wittenberg University 624 63% Xavier University 750 79% Private, Not‐for‐Profit Total 18,724 65% Private, for‐profit Bryant and Stratton College‐Parma 57 0% Chancellor University 31 16% DeVryDeVry UUniversityniversity‐OhiOhioo 541 35% University of Phoenix‐Cincinnati Campus 19 0% University of Phoenix‐Cleveland Campus 55 4% Private, for‐Profit Total 703 28% Private Total 19,427 64%

NC = Not calculated for cell sizes smaller than 6 Data Source: Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS)

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