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Student Outcomes

First-Year Retention Rates of Students Entering Fall Semester*

Entering Fall Semester F19 F20 F21 F22 F23 F24 F25
First-year, first-time 82.8% 91.7% 79.8% 85.6% 88.5% 84.4% 81.1%
Transfer 81.4% 91.2% 90.9% 82.0% 78.3% 77.4% 73.1%
All first-year students 82.5% 91.6% 81.9% 84.9% 86.9% 83.1% 79.6%

Source: Registrar's Reports and Office of the Vice President of Academics. Last updated Fall 2026
*First-Year Retention Rates measure the percentage of first-year students who had persisted in or completed their educational program a year later.

Last updated: September 2026. Source: Registrar’s Reports and Office of the Vice President of Academics.

Graduation Rates 

Academic Year Six-year (150%) Graduation Rates*
2012-2013 48.2%
2013-2014 51.8%
2014-2015 59.0%
2015-2016 57.9%
2016-2017 69.9%
2017-2018 61.8%
2018-2019 68.8%
2019-2020 69.9%
2020-2021 71.5%
2021-2022 75.4%
2022-2023 71.1%
2023-2024 74.7%
2024-2025 72.0%
2025-2026 76.6%

*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 2026. 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 2025
Employment Estimate 67.9% 62.6% 60.7% 60.4% 49.3% 50.7%
Graduate School Estimate 25.6% 26.3% 33.3% 27.6% 47.8% 45.9%
Employment or Graduate School Estimate Range** 88.9% -
98.0%
84.2% -
93.6%
90.1% -
98.1%
90.0% -
98.0%
94.3% -
99.9%
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 2026.

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