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Student Outcomes

First Year Retention Rates of Students Entering Fall Semester*

Entering Fall Semester F 13 F 14 F 15 F 16 F 17 F 18 F 19 F 20 F 21 F 22 F 23
Freshmen 83.8% 82.9% 79.9% 87.8% 87.5% 81.1% 82.8% 91.7% 79.8% 85.6% 88.5%
Transfer 68.8% 85.2% 83.3% 85.7% 77.1% 78.3% 81.4% 91.2% 90.9% 82.0% 78.3%
Total 81.2% 83.5% 80.6% 87.3% 84.1% 80.4% 82.5% 91.6% 81.9% 84.9% 86.9%

*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: September 15, 2023. Source: Registrar’s Office 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 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 6 years. 

Last updated September 15, 2023. 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: Student Employment and Graduate School Outcomes*

  2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024
Employment Estimate 79.6% 64.5% 70.4% 66.9% 67.9% 62.6% 60.7% 60.4% 57.7%
Employment Estimate Range** 71.4% -
87.8%
55.2% -
73.0%
63.35% -
77.4%
59.5% -
74.3%
60.8% -
74.9%
55.3% -
69.8%
52.5% -
69.0%
52.2% -
68.7%

49.4% -
65.9%

Graduate School Estimate 19.4% 23.1% 19.1% 27.9% 25.6% 26.3% 33.3% 33.6% 39.4%
Graduate School Range**  11.3% -
27.4%
15.6% -
30.7%
13.1% -
25.2%
20.8% -
35.0%
19.0% -
32.2%
19.7% -
32.9% 
25.4% -
41.3%
25.6% -
41.6%
31.2% -
47.6%
Employment & Graduate School Estimate 98.9% 87.6% 89.5% 94.8% 93.5% 88.9% 94.1% 94.0% 97.1%
Employment or Graduate School Estimate Range 96.8% -
100%
81.7% -
93.5%
84.8% -
94.2%
91.3% -
98.3%
88.9% -
98.0%
84.2% -
93.6%
90.1% -
98.1%
90.0% -
98.0%
94.3% -
99.9%

*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 of Graduates

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