Interpretation of graduation rates

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Rutgers-Newark 6-year graduation is 68%.
Rutgers-New Brunswick graduation rate is 80%.

Clearly these campuses have some extraordinary efforts to graduate students.

Some interesting facts about Rutgers-Newark:

Undergraduate part-time: 19%, undergraduate full-time: 81%.
SAT CR 25th percentile: 460, 75th: 550
SAT Math: 550, 608
SAT Writing: 480, 560

Asian: 22%, Black-African American: 18%, Hispanic/Latino: 23%, White: 25%

http://nces.ed.gov/collegenavigator/?s=NJ&ct=1&ic=1&id=186399

Compare that to San Diego State University: 6-year graduation rate 66%

Undergraduate part-time: 11%, full-time: 89%
SAT CR 25th percentile: 480, 75th: 590
SAT Math: 500, 610

Asian: 14%, Black: 4%, Hispanic/Latino: 29%, White: 37%

http://nces.ed.gov/collegenavigator/?s=CA&ct=1&ic=1&fv=110510&pg=2&id=122409

SDSU is also praised for the efforts to graduate students.

University leaders from across the country were at the White House on Thursday to launch an effort to increase college access and success for disadvantaged students.

Taking part in the forum were California State University Chancellor Timothy White, California Community Colleges Chancellor Brice Harris and UC San Diego Chancellor Pradeep Khosla took part in that forum. San Diego State University was highlighted in a report for its success in improving student outcomes and narrowing the gap between Latino and black students and their white classmates.

The report from The Education Trust looked at eight universities’ successes in increasing graduation rates and other student outcomes. It lauded SDSU for nearly doubling the six-year graduation rate for Latinos between 2002 and 2011. Today, nearly 60 percent of Latino full-time undergrads graduate from the school within six years. That rate is 64 percent for African-American students, up from just under 29 percent in 2002.

http://www.kpbs.org/news/2014/jan/16/san-diego-state-graduation-rates-get-praise/

http://newscenter.sdsu.edu/sdsu_newscenter/news_story.aspx?sid=74682