Rowan vs Monmouth University

ExpertOnMistakes
Sun, 17 Apr 2016 16:59:24 +0000

@LBad96 While StartClass says Rowan has a higher 6-year graduation rate (72% vs. 64%), About Education says have the same 6-year graduation rate of 67%. The Institute of Education Sciences also says Monmouth and Rowan both have a 6-year graduation rate of 67%. Furthermore, the IES’ data states that StartClass’ 64% and 72% statistics are from 2012 and their statistics are from 2014. So according to this data, Monmouth’s 6-year graduation rate increased in two years, while Rowan’s decreased.

Now according to CollegeData, yes, Rowan has a higher 6-year graduation rate of 70% to Monmouth’s 67%. However, Rowan’s 4-year and 5-year graduation rates of 45.8% and 65.6% are also lower than Monmouth’s respective rates of 49.2% and 66.2%. My math could be completely wrong, but this appears to give Monmouth an average 4-6 graduation rate of 60.8% and Rowan an average 4-6 graduation rate of 60.5%.

For reasons I do not know, the Princeton Review does not provide Rowan’s 6-year graduation rate, so I can’t make an accurate comparison. Nevertheless, the Princeton Review data indicates that Rowan’s 4-year and 5-year graduation rates went down to 43% and 64%. Monmouth’s 4-year graduation rate went up to 51% and the 5-year and 6-year graduation rates remained the same. Theoretically speaking, let’s say Rowan’s 6-year graduation rate went up another 3% to 73%. That would still put its average 4-6 graduation rate under Monmouth’s (60% vs. 61.3%).

Lastly, College Factual gives Monmouth a higher overall graduation rate of 67.2% to Rowan’s 66.7%.

Overall, even if Rowan does currently have a higher 6-year graduation rate, Monmouth has the higher average graduation rate, as well as the higher 4-year and 5-year graduation rates. And people generally want to graduate from college as quickly as possible.