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

At Ferris State University, the graduation rates was 46.87% (861 students out of 1,837 candidates were completed their degree within 150% normal time. For example, within 6 years for students seeking a 4-year bachelors degree.). By gender, 391 male and 470 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 Ferris State University. Last year, the graduation rate was 46.87%. where 861 students out of 1,837 candidate completed their degree.

190 students completed their course in 4 years and 101 finished there bachelor's (or equivalent) degree. Additional 29 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 Ferris State University, 14 of 22 non-resident alien students completed their courses within 150% normal time and the graduation rate was 63.64%.

The transfer-out rate is calculated by dividing students who have transferred out of other institution into total number of students (candidates) within 150% normal time. The transfer-out rate at Ferris State University is 7.95% (146 out of 1,837 students transferred-out.).

By definition, retention rate is the percentage of students who return to a college for their sophomore year. At Ferris State University, the retention rate is 78% for full-time students and 64 % for part-time students.