Graduation Rates
The average five-year graduation rate for Lynchburg College students is comparable to other institutions like Lynchburg College. According to the ACT, for similar private master's level institutions, the average 5-year graduation rate is 50.8%. (Source: ACT Institutional Data File, 2010)
The Lynchburg College five-year graduation rate shown by class year:
|
Class of |
2006 |
2007 |
2008 |
2009 |
2010 |
|
5-Year Graduation Rate |
57.4% |
61.5% |
55.6% |
50.4% |
56.1% |
Average 5-Year Graduation Rate: 56.3%
Student Right To Know 6-year Graduation Rates:
Federal legislation requires colleges to report the six-year graduation rate for those students who began college as full time, first time freshmen (HEOA mandate). The following table shows that 52.2% percent of the Lynchburg College fall of 2005 freshmen have earned a bachelor's degree within six years.
|
Year Entered Lynchburg College |
Class size as freshmen |
Graduated within 4 years |
Graduated within 5 years |
Graduated within 6 years |
|
Freshman in Fall 2005 |
554 students |
44.4% |
50.4% |
52.2% |
|
Freshmen in Fall 2004 |
568 students |
48.4% |
55.6% |
56.7% |
Six-year graduation rates based on ethnicity are presented in the following table for students who began college in the fall of 2004 as full time, first time freshmen at Lynchburg College.
|
Ethnicity |
Fall 2004 freshman cohort |
Fall 2005 freshman cohort |
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|
|
Student count entering |
Student count graduating |
% of total |
Student count entering |
Student count graduating |
% of total |
|
Black/African American |
50 |
33 |
66% |
45 |
15 |
33% |
|
American Indian/Alaska Native |
4 |
* |
* |
5 |
* |
* |
|
Asian |
10 |
9 |
90% |
9 |
5 |
56% |
|
Hispanic |
11 |
6 |
55% |
21 |
7 |
33% |
|
White |
460 |
263 |
57% |
458 |
253 |
55% |
|
Non-Resident Alien (International Students) |
* |
* |
* |
* |
* |
* |
|
Two Or More Races |
* |
* |
* |
* |
* |
* |
|
Race/Ethnicity unknown |
31 |
5 |
16% |
15 |
6 |
40% |
|
Total |
568 |
322 |
56.7% |
554 |
289 |
52.2% |
* 3 or fewer students in this category
Six-year graduation rates based on gender are presented in the following table for students who began college in the fall of 2005 as full time, first time freshmen at Lynchburg College
|
Gender |
Count of fall 2005 freshman cohort |
% of total cohort |
Students who graduated within six years |
|
Male |
232 |
42% |
47% |
|
Female |
322 |
58% |
56% |
|
Total |
554 |
100% |
52.2% |
