Student Retention and Graduation Information

Graduation rate dashboard Interactive dashboard of four-, five-, and six-year frosh and transfer graduation rates at each UC campus. [More] Time-to-degree dashboard Interactive dashboard of elapsed time-to-degree for frosh and transfers at each UC campus. [More] Persistence rate dashboard Interactive dashboard of one- and two-year frosh and transfer persistence rates at each UC campus. [More] Also available are the detailed data underlying these dashboards developed by the UC Office of the President.

Retention and Graduation Update

Retention and graduation rates by entering freshmen and junior transfer cohorts are updated annually.  Rates are broken out by gender, ethnic group, college, and other student characteristics.

• 2012-13 Retention and Graduation Tables
  • Freshman
  • Transfers

• Graduation rates and patterns of major migration are available for
  • New freshmen by proposed major
  • New transfer students by entry major
  • Third-year students by declared major

• Analyses of retention and graduation
  • Who leaves UC Santa Cruz and when?  Retention and Graduation among Freshman Cohorts
    (prepared in December 2011, an overview of freshmen retention and graduation rates—including an analysis of retention patterns based on academic performance, student demographics, and the student experience at UCSC)
  • Retention and graduation rates were analyzed as Issue 5 (starting on page 12) in the 2010 WASC Interim Report.