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

At Mississippi State University, the graduation rates was 66.67% (2,364 students out of 3,546 candidates were completed their degree within 150% normal time. For example, within 6 years for students seeking a 4-year bachelors degree.). By gender, 1,065 male and 1,299 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 66.67%. where 2,364 students out of 3,546 candidate completed their degree.

1,629 students completed their course in 4 years and 629 finished there bachelor's (or equivalent) degree. Additional 106 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, 13 of 17 non-resident alien students completed their courses within 150% normal time and the graduation rate was 76.47%.

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 83% for full-time students and 47 % for part-time students.