Mississippi State Outcomes - Graduation, Transfer-out, Retention Rates

At Mississippi State University, the graduation rates was 63.10% (2,281 students out of 3,615 candidates were completed their degree within 150% normal time. For example, within 6 years for students seeking a 4-year bachelors degree.). By gender, 1,006 male and 1,275 female students have graduated from the school last year by completing their jobs in the period.

The following table and chart describe the graduation rates (150% normal time) by gender at Mississippi State University. Last year, the graduation rate was 63.10%. where 2,281 students out of 3,615 candidate completed their degree.

1,486 students completed their course in 4 years and 672 finished there bachelor's (or equivalent) degree. Additional 123 students graduated within 6 years, usually referred as 150% normal time.

The following table and chart show graduation rates by race/ethnicity. The numbers in parenthesis denotes number of completers over number of candidates for each category.

Non-resident alien student is not a US citizen and studies with student visa, such as F visa, in United States. At Mississippi State University, 20 of 31 non-resident alien students completed their courses within 150% normal time and the graduation rate was 64.52%.

By definition, retention rate is the percentage of students who return to a college for their sophomore year. At Mississippi State University, the retention rate is 81% for full-time students and 31 % for part-time students.