Table 1: UGA Freshmen Retention Rates (2012-2022)
Retention Rates (as of Fall Terms) |
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Cohort Year |
Number of students |
1 Yr |
|
2011 |
5,470 |
94.1 |
|
2012 |
4,922 |
94.2 |
|
2013 |
5,218 |
94.2 |
|
2014 |
5,240 |
95.2 |
|
2015 |
5,248 |
95.2 |
|
2016 |
5,401 |
95.5 |
|
2017 |
5,809 |
95.3 |
|
2018 |
5,703 |
95.5 |
|
2019 |
5,487 |
94.4 |
|
2020 |
5,603 |
95.0 |
|
2021 |
5,785 |
94.3 |
|
2022 |
6,250 |
94.6 |
Data Source: OIR/FACTS
Table 2: UGA Freshmen Completion Rates, All Students
Cumulative Completion Rates (through Summer Terms) |
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Cohort Year |
Number of students |
1 Yr |
2 Yrs |
3 Yrs |
4 Yrs |
5 Yrs |
6 Yrs |
2011 |
5,470 |
|
0.6 |
3.0 |
62.7 |
82.6 |
85.3 |
2012 |
4,922 |
|
0.7 |
3.6 |
66.2 |
83.5 |
85.7 |
2013 |
5,218 |
|
0.2 |
3.8 |
66.2 |
84.8 |
87.1 |
2014 |
5,240 |
|
0.3 |
4.0 |
68.0 |
84.4 |
87.2 |
2015 |
5,248 |
|
0.2 |
3.2 |
68.7 |
85.7 |
87.8 |
2016 |
5,401 |
|
0.3 |
3.7 |
71.4 |
86.2 |
88.1 |
2017 |
5,809 |
|
0.3 |
4.6 |
72.1 |
86.2 |
88.1 |
2018 |
5,703 |
|
0.4 |
5.5 |
75.1 |
87.7 |
|
2019 |
5,487 |
|
0.5 |
6.1 |
74.5 |
|
|
2020 |
5,603 |
|
0.4 |
6.6 |
|
|
|
2021 |
5,785 |
|
0.6 |
|
|
|
|
2022 |
6,250 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Data Source: OIR/FACTS
Table 2: Graduation Rates for UGA and Our Peers
2.A: UGA Graduation Rates Compared to Our Comparator Peers
Institution Name |
Graduation rate - bachelor’s degree within 6 years |
Full-time retention rate, 2021 |
Part-time retention rate, 2021 |
University of Georgia |
88 |
95 |
75 |
Indiana University-Bloomington |
81 |
90 |
64 |
Iowa State University |
76 |
88 |
70 |
Michigan State University |
82 |
92 |
76 |
North Carolina State University at Raleigh |
84 |
94 |
83 |
Ohio State University-Main Campus |
88 |
94 |
63 |
Purdue University-Main Campus |
83 |
91 |
75 |
Stony Brook University |
78 |
89 |
75 |
University of Arizona |
64 |
84 |
63 |
University of California-Davis |
87 |
91 |
65 |
University of Florida |
91 |
97 |
91 |
University of Iowa |
74 |
88 |
76 |
University of Kentucky |
68 |
86 |
58 |
University of Maryland-College Park |
88 |
95 |
82 |
University of Missouri-Columbia |
73 |
88 |
63 |
Virginia Poly Institute and State University |
87 |
92 |
81 |
Average of Comparator Peers |
80.8 |
90.9 |
73.3 |
Date Source: IPEDS OIR/KAS 11/13/23
2.B: UGA Graduation Rates Compared to Our Aspirational Peers
Institution Name |
Graduation rate - bachelor’s degree within 6 years |
Full-time retention rate, 2022 |
Part-time retention rate, 2021 |
University of Georgia |
88 |
95 |
88 |
The Pennsylvania State University |
72 |
87 |
58 |
The University of Texas at Austin |
88 |
96 |
88 |
University of California-Berkeley |
93 |
96 |
71 |
University of California-Los Angeles |
92 |
97 |
75 |
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign |
85 |
93 |
84 |
University of Michigan-Ann Arbor |
94 |
97 |
91 |
University of Minnesota-Twin Cities |
84 |
92 |
72 |
University of Virginia-Main Campus |
94 |
97 |
NA |
University of Wisconsin-Madison |
89 |
95 |
86 |
Average of Aspirational Peers |
87.9 |
94.5 |
79.2 |
Data Source: IPEDS OIR/KAS 11/13/23
Comprehensive list of courses/sections that have been redesigned for active learning through participation in the Active Learning Summer Institute (ALSI; 2018-2023). Courses are listed by ALSI cohort.
ADPR 3515 Foundations of Graphic Communication
AGCM 1200 Communicating in Agricultural and Environmental Sciences
ANTH 2120H Introduction to Anthropology - Honors
BCHE 3520 Mass Transport and Rate Phenomena
CBIO 2200 Anatomy & Physiology I
CHEM 1211 General Chemistry I
CHEM 1212 General Chemistry II
CMSD 3120 Language Development
CSCI 4800 Human Computer Interactions
ECOL 3500 Ecology
ENGL 4890 Criticism and Culture
ENGR 2170 Electric Circuits
ENGR 2170 Electric Circuits
ENGR 3160 Fluid Mechanics
ENTR 5/7500 Introduction to Entrepreneurship
ENVE 3510 Modeling, Statistical Analysis, and Uncertainty
FHCE 2100 Family Economic Issues Through the Life Course
FHCE 4210 Retirement Planning & Employee Benefits
FINA 4/6810 International Finance
HIST 2112 U.S. History since 1865
INTL 1100 Introduction to Global Issues
KINS 4200 Biomechanics
MARK 4900 Marketing Strategy and Decision Making
MATH 1113 Precalculus
MATH 1113 Precalculus
MATH 2250 Calculus I for Science and Engineering
MATH 2250 Calculus I for Scientists and Engineers
MGMT 3000 Principles of Management
MIST 2090 Introduction to Information Systems in Business
MSIT 3000 Statistical Analysis, Business I
POUL 2020 Introduction to Poultry Science
ACCT 5200 Audit Risk and Control
ALDR 3900S Leadership and Service
ARST 2210 Introduction to Photographic Culture
CBIO2210L Human Anatomy and Physiology II Lab
ENGR 1120 Engineering Graphics and Design
ENGR 1140 Engineering Computational Methods
ENGR 3150 Heat Transfer
ENGR2120 Engineering Statics
FHCE 3200 Intro to Personal Finance
FHCE 4/6230 Family Tax Planning
FREN 2001 Intermediate French I
GENE 3200 Genetics
GEOG 1125 Resources, Society, and the Environment
HDFS 2200 Introduction to Life Span Development
MARK 4000 Marketing Research for Business Decisions
MATH 1101 Mathematical Modeling
MATH 2260 Calculus II for Science and Engineering
NMIX 2010 Introduction to New Media
PADP 6930 Public Financial Administration
PBHL 3100 Introduction to Public Health
POLS 1101 American Government
SPAN 3030 Introduction to Literature in Spanish
TXMI 4/6290 History of Fashion 18th Century to Present
VBDI 5240 Veterinary Animal Behavior
AAEC 3040 Agribusiness Marketing
ADPR 3120 Media Strategy and Activation
ADPR 5710 Advertising and Communication Management
ADSC 3420 Physiology of Lactation in Farm Animals
ARGD 4115 Design Professional Practices
BCHE 4550 Bioprocess Design and Simulation
BCMB 3100 Introductory Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
CMSD 5000 Professional and Clinical Principles for CMSD
CSCI 46560 Evolutionary Computation and Its Applications
FANR 2010 Introduction to Natural Resource Statistics
FDNS 5900 Professional Development in Foods and Nutrition
FHCE 3300 Housing in a Contemporary Society
FINA 4210 Applied Corporate Finance
GENE 3000 Evolutionary Biology
GLOB 3100 Introduction to Global Health
HDFS 4/6810 The Hospitalized Child and Family
MIST 4600 Computer Programming in Business
PHRM 4430 Pharmacology III
PHYS 1251 Introductory Studio Physics for Engineers I
PHYS 1252 Introductory Studio Physics for Engineers II
POPH 5240 Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine
PSYC 3990 Research Analysis in Psychology
SOWK 7112 Human Behavior in the Social Environment
TXMI 3240 Retail Planning and Buying
ACCT 7651 Forensic Accounting and Fraud Examination
ACCT 7700 Accounting Policy and Research
ADPR 5/7741 Integrated Advertising & Public Relations Campaigns
CMLT/SWAH/AFST/ANTH 3001 Culture and Identity Linkages of the Swahili with the Outside World I
COMM 3300 Introduction to Rhetorical Criticism
CSCI 1302 Software Development
DANC 4030 Classical Ballet Forms
ECOL 1000 Ecological Basis of Environmental Issues
ECOL 3500 General Ecology
EPID 7020 Introduction to Epidemiology II
HORT 4/6050 Greenhouse Management I
INTL 4415 Practicum – Methods and Issues in Security Studies
JOUR 3090 Information Gathering
MNML 7908S Design Thinking for Social Innovation
MUSI 6170 The Dissolution of Tonality
PMCY 4/6500 Pharmaceutical Drug Development
POLS 4400 Political Psychology
SOCI 3710 The Science of Happiness
SPAN 4150 Business Spanish
STAT 1501 Introduction to Data Science
STAT 6430 Design and Analysis of Experiments
UNIV 1202 UNIV 1202: Becoming Active Learners
UNIV 1204 Preparing for Peer Learning
ADSC 3400 Physiology of Reproduction in Domestic Animals
BCHE 3520 Mass Transport and Rate Phenomena
FDNS/NUTR 4100/6100 Micronutrient Nutrition
VPHY 3100 Elements of Physiology
VPHY 3100 Elements of Physiology
CBIO 2200 Human Anatomy and Physiology I
CHEM/BCMB 4190/6190/8189 Introductory NMR / Fundamentals of NMR
CSCI 1301 Introduction to Computing and Programming
CSCI 1730 Systems Programming
DANC 2010 Dance Appreciation
BIOL 1104 Organismal Biology
RUSS 3300 Introduction to Russian Cinema
GRMN 1001 Elementary German I
MATH 3100 Sequences and Series
MIBO 3500 Introduction to Microbiology
MUSI 5410 Psychology of Music
PHIL 3220 Biomedical Ethics
SOCI/AFAM 3005 Race, Technology, and the Body
ADPR 5920 Public Relations Communication
KINS 5620/7620 Adapted Physical Education
ACCT 2102/2102H Principles of Accounting II
LEGL 4900/6900 International Legal Transactions for Business
MIST 4550/6550 Energy Informatics
LLED 4220/6220 Methods of Teaching English Education II
Note: Completion is defined as graduating with a bachelor’s degree or matriculating into a professional program at UGA (federal IPEDS definition). Source: UGA OIR/FACTS