GRADUATION RATES
PUBLIC SENIOR INSTITUTIONS
Number and Percent of First-Time, Full-Time Freshmen Entering in Fall 1990
and Graduating within Four Years or Less, Five Years or Less, and Six Years or Less
Fall 1990 Number Percent Number Percent Number Percent
Full-Time Graduating Graduating Graduating Graduating Graduating Graduating
Institution: Cohort Within 4 Yrs. Within 4 Yrs. Within 5 Yrs. Within 5 Yrs. Within 6 Yrs. Within 6 Yrs.
The Citadel 506 337 66.60% 377 74.51% 388 76.68%
Clemson University 2,514 957 38.07% 1,610 64.04% 1,762 70.09%
Coastal Carolina Univ. 569 59 10.37% 144 25.31% 177 31.11%
College of Charleston 1,140 430 37.72% 599 52.54% 634 55.61%
Francis Marion Univ. 797 120 15.06% 259 32.50% 322 40.40%
Lander University 464 71 15.30% 174 37.50% 181 39.01%
SC State University 915 105 11.48% 309 33.77% 463 50.60%
USC - Aiken 411 60 14.60% 139 33.82% 172 41.85%
USC - Spartanburg 431 74 17.17% 133 30.86% 159 36.89%
USC - Columbia 2,474 736 29.75% 1,394 56.35% 1,566 63.30%
Winthrop University 602 214 35.55% 317 52.66% 344 57.14%
Total 10,823 3,163 29.22% 5,455 50.40% 6,168 56.99%
DEFINITIONS:
Cohort-A group of students enrolled for a degree (regular students) who entered an institution for the first time during the same entry period.
 
Full-Time = Students who are enrolled for 12 hours or more.
 
Source: Reports on Act 255 of 1992 and Summary Report on Institutional Effectiveness, S.C. CHE January 1998


Last Updated on 5/18/98
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