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Student Outcomes

First Year Retention Rates of Students Entering Fall Semester*

Entering Fall Semester F19 F20 F21 F22 F23 F24
First year first time 82.8% 91.7% 79.8% 85.6% 88.5% 84.4%
Transfer 81.4% 91.2% 90.9% 82.0% 78.3% 77.4%
All first year students 82.5% 91.6% 81.9% 84.9% 86.9% 83.1%

*First-Year Retention Rates measures the percentage of first-year students who had persisted in or completed their educational program a year later.

Last updated: Fall 2025. Source: Registrar’s Reports and Office of the Vice President of Academics.

Graduation Rates and Transfer-out Rates 

Academic Year Six-year (150%) Graduation Rates* Transfer-out rates
2012-2013 48.2% 50.6%
2013-2014 51.8% 33.7%
2014-2015 59.0% 32.8%
2015-2016 57.9% 38.6%
2016-2017 69.9% 25.9%
2017-2018 61.8% 38.5%
2018-2019 68.8% 26.6%
2019-2020 69.9% 27.0%
2020-2021 71.5% 24.6%
2021-2022 75.4% 20.0%
2022-2023 71.1% 23%
2023-2024 74.7% 22.9%
2024-2025 72% 23.5%

*Consistent with IPEDS reporting, graduation rates are calculated using cohorts of first time, full-time, degree-seeking undergraduates and refer to the percentage of students who complete a degree within six years.

Last updated: September 15, 2025. Source: Registrar’s Office and Office of the Vice President of Academic Affairs.

Completion/graduation and transfer-out rates for students receiving athletically related student aid: John Cabot does not administer any athletically related student aid.

Historic Summary: JCU Career Services Center Student Employment and Graduate School Placement Outcomes*

Graduating Year 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024
Employment Estimate 67.9% 62.6% 60.7% 60.4% 51%
Graduate School Estimate 25.6% 26.3% 33.3% 33.6% 46%
Employment or Graduate School Estimate Range** 88.9% -
98.0%
84.2% -
93.6%
90.1% -
98.1%
90.0% -
98.0%
93.6% -
99.5%

*Students who are either employed in a position or internship or attending graduate school as reported over the period May to May of an academic year.

**95% Confidence Intervals based on annual sample surveys of the graduating class within one year after their graduation.

Source: Center for Career Services "Who's Working Where" Survey. Last updated: September 2025.

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