Undergraduate Graduation and Transfer-out Rate
What is a graduation rate and what is a transfer-out rate?
Federal regulations specify how to calculate the graduation and transfer rates. The rates come from a study of Minnesota State Mankato students who started at the university in the fall of 2016. The study includes all first-time students who enrolled full-time that fall and were seeking to earn a degree at the university. The graduation rate is the percentage of these students who graduated from Minnesota State Mankato within six years. The transfer-out rate is the percentage of these students who did not graduate from Minnesota State Mankato, but instead transferred to another college or university within six years.
What do I need to know about these rates?
These rates do not report on all students at Minnesota State Mankato. The 2,423 first-time, full-time students in the study were 18 percent of all undergraduate students enrolled in fall of 2016.
What are the graduation and transfer-out rates for Minnesota State University, Mankato students and how do they compare to rates for other universities?
- The graduation rate for Minnesota State Mankato was 53 percent.
- The transfer-out rate for Minnesota State Mankato was 31 percent.
- The combination of the graduation rate and the transfer-out rate was 84 percent.
- The national average combined rate for similar universities was 74 percent.
Why don't more Minnesota State University, Mankato students graduate or transfer in six years?
- Some students take jobs before they graduate;
- Students who switch from full-time to part-time enrollment or "stop out" for one or more semesters are more likely to take more than six years to graduate;
- Other students delay their education for personal, family or financial reasons.
Disaggregated Student Right-To-Know Graduation and Transfer-Out Rates
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Total Cohort |
53% |
31% |
84% |
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American Indian or Alaska Native |
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Asian |
45% |
29% |
74% |
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Black or African American |
40% |
42% |
82% |
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Hispanic of any race |
40% |
38% |
78% |
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Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander |
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* |
* |
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U.S. Nonresident |
51% |
13% |
64% |
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Two or more races |
43% |
32% |
75% |
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Unknown race and ethnicity |
38% |
31% |
69% |
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White |
56% |
31% |
86% |
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Female |
54% |
35% |
89% |
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Male |
51% |
26% |
77% |
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Pell Grant Recipient |
41% |
36% |
77% |
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Received neither Pell nor Subsidized Stafford Loans |
59% |
28% |
87% |
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Received Subsidized Stafford Loans, but no Pell |
53% |
33% |
86% |
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*Suppressed to protect student privacy Due to rounding, percentages may not always appear to add up. |
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