Massachusetts-Boston Outcomes - Graduation, Transfer-out, Retention Rates

At University of Massachusetts-Boston, the graduation rates was 51.01% (784 students out of 1,537 candidates were completed their degree within 150% normal time. For example, within 6 years for students seeking a 4-year bachelors degree.). By gender, 326 male and 458 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 University of Massachusetts-Boston. Last year, the graduation rate was 51.01%. where 784 students out of 1,537 candidate completed their degree.

431 students completed their course in 4 years and 280 finished there bachelor's (or equivalent) degree. Additional 73 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 University of Massachusetts-Boston, 100 of 189 non-resident alien students completed their courses within 150% normal time and the graduation rate was 52.91%.

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 University of Massachusetts-Boston is 24.85% (382 out of 1,537 students transferred-out.).

By definition, retention rate is the percentage of students who return to a college for their sophomore year. At University of Massachusetts-Boston, the retention rate is 72% for full-time students and 37 % for part-time students.