<p>I received this response from MU:</p>
<p>Thanks for your question about Miami’s engineering and computing programs. We typically retain ~ 80% of our students after their first year in engineering/computing majors at our main Oxford campus. For most it is a matter of finding a major that interests them more for their career goals; we don’t want any student to feel forced out of our majors, though a few simply can’t handle the rigor. We will lose a few more students to the same type of issues by the third year, thus retention from year 1 to 3 is about 70%.</p>
<p>Of all students who start a SEAS major in a given academic year, the typical graduation rates in SEAS majors are:</p>
<p>4 year – 35%</p>
<p>5 year – 50%</p>
<p>6 year – 60% </p>
<p>Please keep in mind when comparing these and other schools’ statistics that numbers can be made to look many different ways. For example, we graduate (within 6 years) ~ 90% of those students that we retain past the first year, which is noticeably different than the 60% of all students who start day 1 in a SEAS major. This is why I try to define what I’m presenting to you. </p>
<p>Please let me know if you have other questions about engineering and computing at Miami. Thanks again!</p>