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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Fall Entering Cohort	First-Year Retention Rate
2022	90%
2021	89%
2020	91%
2019	91%
2018	91%
2017	91%
2016	90%
2015	90%
2014	91%
2013	89%

Historical graduation rates

Graduation rates have remained high. The latest 6-yr graduation rate (fall 2017 entering cohort) was 83%.

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Entering Fall Cohort	Graduated in 4 Years	Graduated in 5 Years	Graduated in 6 Years
2019*	73%
2018	75%	82%
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%
2008	80%	83%	84%

*The latest 4-yr graduation rate (73%) is lower than Gettysburg's typical but is higher than the average of Gettysburg's like group average. This cohort was affected by the COVID-19 pandemic during their first two years of college.