Gettysburg College

Retention & Graduation Rates

Historical first-year retention rates

Typically, 90-91% of the students in our first-year cohort were enrolled the following fall.

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Graduation rates remain high.

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Entering Fall Cohort	Graduated in 4 Years	Graduated in 5 Years	Graduated in 6 Years
2021	80%
2020	78%	83%
2019	73%	78%
2018	75%	82%	83%
2017	74%	82%	83%
2016	78%	81%	82%
2015	79%	81%	82%
2014	80%	83%	85%
2013	78%	80%	81%
2012	79%	81%	82%
2011	80%	83%	84%
2010	84%	86%	87%
2009	80%	83%	83.5%