Thanks merc81, that looks like an interesting report. Do you have a link?
I’m not really getting it though.
For example let’s compare U of R to one of the other colleges on that list, say chicago.
Here are the stats from collegedata:
Univ of rochester
Freshman retention rate: 96
4 year graduation rate: 74.2
6 year graduation rate: 88
…
Univ of chicago
Freshman retention rate 99.5
4 year grad rate 85.6
6 year grad rate 92
So of the face of it, i think the story is…
Both colleges do a fantastic job of retaining freshmen.
Univ of rochester’s slightly lower freshman retention rate explains its slightly lower 6 year graduation rate- ie at both colleges about 92% of returning sophomore’s eventually graduate.
But u of r’s 4 year grad rate is much worse. To me that is an important statistic and i think it should be to prospective college students as well.