Overview

This report shows six-year graduation rates for the ten most recent FTIAC student cohorts for which data are available.

FTIACs (First Time in Any College): FTIAC students are defined as all full-time, first-year degree-seeking students enrolled as of fall census. First-year students who enroll during the Summer II session and are enrolled as full-time, degree-seeking students for the Fall session are counted as FTIACs. FTIACs are grouped into cohorts based on the year of their arrival. Students who completely withdraw from classes before receiving any WMU credit may be counted as FTIACs again when they re-enroll at a later fall term.

Graduation: A student that has received a Bachelor’s degree from any program within the first six academic years (Fall through Summer II) of beginning at WMU are considered to have graduated for the purposes of this report.

Exceptions: Following procedures outlined by the Consortium for Student Graduation Data Exchange (CSRDE), students who are deceased prior to Fall census are removed from the denominator of graduation calculations (i.e. the initial cohort or sub-cohort size is reduced by the number of deceased students).

Sources: Graduation data for each term are sourced from snapshots at the end of each term once degree data for that term are finalized by the registrar’s office. The determination of FTIACs reported here are sourced from snapshots of WMU’s Banner Operational Data Store (ODS) taken at Fall census. Any students not counted as FTIACs once Fall Census data are finalized will not be included in this report. However, some data presented here are not captured in the Banner census snapshots. The exceptions are:

• Pell eligibility: Pell eligibility is generally determined for FTIACs prior to Fall census but eligibility data are subject to change throughout the year. Updates to student’s Pell Eligibility made after fall census will be reflected when the report is updated.
• Student cohort: these designations are typically set at Fall census and typically remain unchanged through time. Any updates to student cohorts made after fall census will be reflected when the report is updated.

Data breakdowns

In addition to showing the overall university-wide graduation (see Overall tab), the tabs at the top of the page show graduation breakdowns by:

• primary ethnicity
• gender
• high school GPA (in 0.5 grade point intervals)
• residency by location (Michigan resident, US non-resident, and international)
• college
• Pell eligibility
• credit hours enrolled (at Fall census)
• campus housing (‘On’ vs. ‘Off’ campus)
• top 10 Michigan counties by enrollment
• student cohorts
• other student groups
  • student Employees
  • first generation students
  • Honors College Students
  • underrepresented minorities
  • veteran and military students

How to read this report

Each of the above tabs contains two sections: 6-year Graduation Rate Summary and 6-year Graduation Rate by Cohort.

• 6-year Graduation Rate Summary: shows aggregate 6-year graduation rate data for each sub-cohort over the last ten years, including 3-, 5- and 10-year averages and 1-, 5-, and 10-year changes in graduation. Changes in graduation rate are the change (in percentaeg points) for the most recent year, across the last 5, and across the last 10 years (inclusive):
  • the ‘5-year’ change is between then 2013 and 2017 cohorts
  • ‘10-year’ change statistics are not currently available
• 6-year Graduation Rate by Cohort: includes a time-series chart showing the year-by-year change in graduation rate for the selected sub-cohort. The charts also indicate the overall WMU graduation rate over the same time-period for comparison. The neighboring table shows the number of FTIACS in the sub-cohort, the percentage of FTIACs in the sub-cohort, and the sub-cohort graduation rate for each cohort year.

6-year Graduation Rate Summary

Notes: Three- and 5-year average graduation are weighted by cohort size. pp = percentage points

6-year Graduation Rate by Cohort

cohort	FTIACs	6-year rate
2008	3,806	54.0%
2009	3,163	54.5%
2010	3,354	52.8%
2011	3,132	50.8%
2012	2,989	52.6%
2013	3,158	56.6%
2014	2,970	56.6%
2015	2,953	56.3%
2016	2,891	55.1%
2017	3,138	57.8%
2018	2,990

6-year Graduation Rate Summary

Notes: In 2010 students were given the opportunity to update their self-reported races after the addition of the Native Hawaiian and Two or More Races categories. Consequently, aggregations of pre-2010 and post-2010 ethnicity data are not valid, and only the 3-year average and change for the most recent cohort are currently available. Average cohort size is calculated from post-2010 cohorts. Three-year average is weighted by cohort size. pp = percentage points

6-year Graduation Rate by Cohort

American Indian or Alaska Native

year	FTIACs	% of FTIACs	6-year rate
2008	34	0.9%
2009	24	0.8%
2010	15	0.4%	33.3%
2011	7	0.2%	28.6%
2012	14	0.5%	50.0%
2013	8	0.2%	37.5%
2014	10	0.3%	40.0%
2015	11	0.4%	63.6%
2016	11	0.4%	72.7%
2017	10	0.3%	30.0%
2018	11	0.4%

Asian

year	FTIACs	% of FTIACs	6-year rate
2008	75	2.0%
2009	61	1.9%
2010	34	1.0%	44.1%
2011	49	1.6%	46.9%
2012	39	1.3%	53.8%
2013	49	1.6%	68.8%
2014	56	1.9%	60.7%
2015	51	1.7%	60.8%
2016	48	1.7%	58.3%
2017	56	1.8%	66.1%
2018	78	2.6%

Black or African American

year	FTIACs	% of FTIACs	6-year rate
2008	316	8.3%
2009	362	11.4%
2010	474	14.1%	39.5%
2011	478	15.3%	31.7%
2012	472	15.8%	35.5%
2013	437	13.8%	36.9%
2014	441	14.8%	38.2%
2015	441	14.9%	34.7%
2016	542	18.8%	36.0%
2017	423	13.5%	44.1%
2018	312	10.4%

Hispanic

year	FTIACs	% of FTIACs	6-year rate
2008	123	3.2%
2009	110	3.5%
2010	171	5.1%	55.6%
2011	143	4.6%	45.1%
2012	146	4.9%	37.7%
2013	202	6.4%	44.6%
2014	210	7.1%	52.9%
2015	215	7.3%	48.8%
2016	177	6.1%	47.5%
2017	224	7.1%	48.7%
2018	286	9.6%

International

year	FTIACs	% of FTIACs	6-year rate
2008	92	2.4%
2009	32	1.0%
2010	23	0.7%	69.6%
2011	51	1.6%	60.8%
2012	41	1.4%	73.2%
2013	41	1.3%	68.3%
2014	44	1.5%	65.9%
2015	55	1.9%	70.9%
2016	52	1.8%	76.9%
2017	43	1.4%	67.4%
2018	87	2.9%

Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander

year	FTIACs	% of FTIACs	6-year rate
2008
2009
2010	3	0.1%	33.3%
2011	5	0.2%	80.0%
2012	6	0.2%	50.0%
2013	5	0.2%	80.0%
2014	2	0.1%	0.0%
2015	2	0.1%	50.0%
2016	1	0.0%	100.0%
2017	5	0.2%	20.0%
2018	2	0.1%

Two or More Races

year	FTIACs	% of FTIACs	6-year rate
2008
2009
2010	91	2.7%	45.1%
2011	93	3.0%	45.2%
2012	129	4.3%	39.5%
2013	116	3.7%	37.9%
2014	102	3.4%	43.1%
2015	114	3.9%	43.0%
2016	142	4.9%	43.7%
2017	132	4.2%	40.2%
2018	118	4.0%

Unknown

year	FTIACs	% of FTIACs	6-year rate
2008	97	2.5%
2009	121	3.8%
2010	35	1.0%	60.0%
2011	18	0.6%	33.3%
2012	28	0.9%	46.4%
2013	26	0.8%	46.2%
2014	15	0.5%	66.7%
2015	14	0.5%	71.4%
2016	10	0.3%	20.0%
2017	11	0.3%	45.5%
2018	47	1.6%

White

year	FTIACs	% of FTIACs	6-year rate
2008	3,069	80.6%
2009	2,453	77.5%
2010	2,508	74.8%	55.4%
2011	2,288	73.0%	55.4%
2012	2,114	70.7%	58.0%
2013	2,274	72.0%	62.1%
2014	2,090	70.4%	61.2%
2015	2,050	69.4%	61.8%
2016	1,908	66.0%	61.4%
2017	2,234	71.2%	62.2%
2018	2,049	68.5%

Notes on Primary Ethnicity

The report shows the breakdown by a student’s self-reported primary ethnicity as of census. Ethnicity groups are derived from the federal reporting categories as defined by the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS).

• international students are reported under the International category whether or not they report as being a member of an additional race group
• non-international students who choose not to provide ethnicity information are reported under the Unknown category
• students who report as Hispanic are counted under the Hispanic category regardless of whether or not they report being a member of an additional race group
• otherwise…
  • students who report as being a member of single race group are reported under that ethnicity
  • non-Hispanic students who report as being a member of multiple racial groups (e.g. White and Asian) are counted under the Two or More Races category

6-year Graduation Rate Summary

Notes: Three- and 5-year average graduation are weighted by cohort size. pp = percentage points

6-year Graduation Rate by Cohort

Female

year	FTIACs	% of FTIACs	6-year rate
2008	1,934	50.8%	56.1%
2009	1,591	50.3%	59.1%
2010	1,740	51.9%	57.7%
2011	1,663	53.1%	55.3%
2012	1,536	51.4%	54.9%
2013	1,619	51.3%	59.9%
2014	1,515	51.0%	60.9%
2015	1,490	50.5%	59.7%
2016	1,534	53.1%	56.1%
2017	1,631	52.0%	61.8%
2018	1,474	49.3%

Male

year	FTIACs	% of FTIACs	6-year rate
2008	1,872	49.2%	51.8%
2009	1,572	49.7%	49.8%
2010	1,614	48.1%	47.5%
2011	1,469	46.9%	45.8%
2012	1,453	48.6%	50.2%
2013	1,539	48.7%	53.2%
2014	1,455	49.0%	52.1%
2015	1,463	49.5%	52.8%
2016	1,357	46.9%	53.9%
2017	1,507	48.0%	53.5%
2018	1,516	50.7%

6-year Graduation Rate Summary

Notes: Reported high school GPAs are adjusted weighted 4-point scale by the WMU admissions office to give extra credit for AP and IB courses. That weighted 4-point scale is what is reported here. Three-, 5-, and 10-year average graduation rate are weighted by cohort size. pp = percentage points

6-year Graduation Rate by Cohort

0.00 - 2.50

year	FTIACs	% of FTIACs	6-year rate
2008	70	1.8%	37.1%
2009	31	1.0%	25.8%
2010	27	0.8%	19.2%
2011	45	1.4%	31.1%
2012	42	1.4%	21.4%
2013	45	1.4%	31.1%
2014	37	1.2%	32.4%
2015	31	1.0%	22.6%
2016	44	1.5%	27.3%
2017	38	1.2%	34.2%
2018	38	1.3%

2.50 - 2.99

year	FTIACs	% of FTIACs	6-year rate
2008	1,188	31.2%	42.5%
2009	933	29.5%	40.0%
2010	1,017	30.3%	38.2%
2011	919	29.3%	35.3%
2012	920	30.8%	37.6%
2013	881	27.9%	40.2%
2014	753	25.4%	40.2%
2015	817	27.7%	36.5%
2016	810	28.0%	36.7%
2017	767	24.4%	39.1%
2018	668	22.3%

3.00 - 3.49

year	FTIACs	% of FTIACs	6-year rate
2008	1,360	35.7%	53.9%
2009	1,191	37.6%	52.9%
2010	1,204	35.9%	51.2%
2011	1,134	36.2%	48.6%
2012	1,022	34.2%	51.0%
2013	1,026	32.5%	54.0%
2014	993	33.4%	51.3%
2015	936	31.7%	55.2%
2016	918	31.8%	51.2%
2017	1,012	32.2%	54.7%
2018	895	29.9%

3.50 - 3.99

year	FTIACs	% of FTIACs	6-year rate
2008	840	22.1%	62.0%
2009	756	23.9%	68.1%
2010	817	24.4%	65.4%
2011	737	23.5%	65.0%
2012	688	23.0%	64.9%
2013	827	26.2%	67.1%
2014	804	27.1%	69.0%
2015	770	26.1%	66.4%
2016	762	26.4%	68.6%
2017	914	29.1%	66.4%
2018	815	27.3%

4.00 - 4.49

year	FTIACs	% of FTIACs	6-year rate
2008	222	5.8%	84.7%
2009	217	6.9%	83.4%
2010	264	7.9%	81.4%
2011	241	7.7%	80.8%
2012	265	8.9%	85.6%
2013	313	9.9%	87.5%
2014	331	11.1%	81.0%
2015	358	12.1%	82.7%
2016	323	11.2%	81.1%
2017	372	11.8%	84.1%
2018	427	14.3%

4.50 - 5.00

year	FTIACs	% of FTIACs	6-year rate
2008	6	0.2%	100.0%
2009	2	0.1%	100.0%
2010	4	0.1%	100.0%
2011	11	0.3%	54.5%
2012	11	0.4%	72.7%
2013	14	0.4%	78.6%
2014	20	0.7%	85.0%
2015	19	0.6%	94.7%
2016	15	0.5%	93.3%
2017	22	0.7%	90.9%
2018	32	1.1%

Unknown

year	FTIACs	% of FTIACs	6-year rate
2008	120	3.1%	64.2%
2009	33	1.0%	42.4%
2010	21	0.6%	33.3%
2011	45	1.4%	48.9%
2012	41	1.4%	39.0%
2013	52	1.6%	51.9%
2014	32	1.1%	46.9%
2015	22	0.8%	63.6%
2016	19	0.7%	73.7%
2017	13	0.4%	46.2%
2018	115	3.8%

6-year Graduation Rate Summary

Notes: Three-, 5-, and 10-year average graduation rate are weighted by cohort size. pp = percentage points

6-year Graduation Rate by Cohort

Domestic Non-Resident

year	FTIACs	% of FTIACs	6-year rate
2008	328	8.6%	64.6%
2009	320	10.1%	68.1%
2010	367	10.9%	65.1%
2011	299	9.6%	63.5%
2012	354	11.8%	62.1%
2013	341	10.8%	70.7%
2014	333	11.2%	64.3%
2015	341	11.6%	68.6%
2016	375	13.0%	62.1%
2017	561	17.9%	68.3%
2018	708	23.7%

Domestic Resident

year	FTIACs	% of FTIACs	6-year rate
2008	3,386	89.0%	52.5%
2009	2,811	88.9%	52.7%
2010	2,964	88.4%	51.1%
2011	2,782	88.8%	49.3%
2012	2,594	86.8%	51.0%
2013	2,776	87.9%	54.7%
2014	2,593	87.3%	55.4%
2015	2,557	86.6%	54.3%
2016	2,464	85.2%	53.5%
2017	2,534	80.8%	55.3%
2018	2,195	73.4%

International

year	FTIACs	% of FTIACs	6-year rate
2008	92	2.4%	72.8%
2009	32	1.0%	71.9%
2010	23	0.7%	69.6%
2011	51	1.6%	60.8%
2012	41	1.4%	73.2%
2013	41	1.3%	68.3%
2014	44	1.5%	65.9%
2015	55	1.9%	70.9%
2016	52	1.8%	76.9%
2017	43	1.4%	67.4%
2018	87	2.9%

Notes on Residency

Residency categories are defined by students’ home addresses (inside or outside Michigan) and not their residency categories for tuition purposes:

• Domestic Residents: domestic students coming from Michigan counties
• Domestic Non-Residents: domestic students coming from non-Michigan counties
• International: All international students (regardless of address at enrollment)

6-year Graduation Rate Summary

Notes: Students are associated with their ‘discipline’ college (i.e. the college associated with their major) and not their degree-granting college. Three- and 5-year average graduation are weighted by cohort size. pp = percentage points

6-year Graduation Rate by Cohort

Arts & Sciences

year	FTIACs	% of FTIACs	6-year rate
2008	822	21.6%	52.5%
2009	809	25.6%	53.9%
2010	853	25.4%	52.2%
2011	737	23.5%	50.0%
2012	731	24.5%	51.4%
2013	700	22.2%	55.2%
2014	618	20.8%	56.5%
2015	585	19.8%	52.0%
2016	643	22.2%	50.9%
2017	679	21.6%	56.3%
2018	637	21.3%

Aviation

year	FTIACs	% of FTIACs	6-year rate
2008	146	3.8%	56.8%
2009	134	4.2%	60.9%
2010	118	3.5%	48.3%
2011	134	4.3%	56.7%
2012	138	4.6%	66.2%
2013	157	5.0%	61.1%
2014	143	4.8%	57.3%
2015	164	5.5%	65.9%
2016	163	5.6%	60.1%
2017	213	6.8%	60.1%
2018	224	7.5%

Education & Human Development

year	FTIACs	% of FTIACs	6-year rate
2008	323	8.5%	57.3%
2009	281	8.9%	61.2%
2010	294	8.8%	59.7%
2011	276	8.8%	56.2%
2012	256	8.6%	51.6%
2013	248	7.8%	64.5%
2014	245	8.2%	53.1%
2015	230	7.8%	60.0%
2016	228	7.9%	58.8%
2017	220	7.0%	62.7%
2018	221	7.4%

Engineering & Applied Sciences

year	FTIACs	% of FTIACs	6-year rate
2008	492	12.9%	53.8%
2009	398	12.6%	53.5%
2010	451	13.4%	47.3%
2011	410	13.1%	48.0%
2012	385	12.9%	54.9%
2013	421	13.3%	55.7%
2014	470	15.8%	52.7%
2015	451	15.3%	56.5%
2016	351	12.1%	58.1%
2017	392	12.5%	58.2%
2018	395	13.2%

Fine Arts

year	FTIACs	% of FTIACs	6-year rate
2008	190	5.0%	66.3%
2009	178	5.6%	61.2%
2010	194	5.8%	67.4%
2011	186	5.9%	68.8%
2012	161	5.4%	63.4%
2013	197	6.2%	67.9%
2014	203	6.8%	74.4%
2015	189	6.4%	68.3%
2016	189	6.5%	68.3%
2017	233	7.4%	67.8%
2018	192	6.4%

Haworth College of Business

year	FTIACs	% of FTIACs	6-year rate
2008	582	15.3%	58.7%
2009	463	14.6%	56.8%
2010	383	11.4%	61.6%
2011	405	12.9%	54.7%
2012	416	13.9%	56.9%
2013	524	16.6%	61.1%
2014	464	15.6%	59.5%
2015	536	18.1%	64.0%
2016	493	17.1%	61.8%
2017	606	19.3%	61.6%
2018	599	20.0%

Health & Human Services

year	FTIACs	% of FTIACs	6-year rate
2008	421	11.1%	53.9%
2009	371	11.7%	58.2%
2010	391	11.7%	53.3%
2011	386	12.3%	55.3%
2012	395	13.2%	56.5%
2013	426	13.5%	61.2%
2014	317	10.7%	66.2%
2015	353	11.9%	58.9%
2016	373	12.9%	57.9%
2017	403	12.8%	59.1%
2018	329	11.0%

Other

year	FTIACs	% of FTIACs	6-year rate
2008	830	21.8%	47.8%
2009	529	16.7%	43.9%
2010	670	20.0%	45.4%
2011	598	19.1%	38.8%
2012	507	17.0%	39.7%
2013	485	15.4%	40.7%
2014	510	17.2%	45.9%
2015	445	15.1%	39.6%
2016	451	15.6%	39.7%
2017	392	12.5%	42.6%
2018	393	13.1%

Notes: Three-, 5-, and 9-year average graduation are weighted by cohort size. pp = percentage points

6-year Graduation Rate Summary

Notes: Three- and 5-year average graduation are weighted by cohort size. pp = percentage points

6-year Graduation Rate by Cohort

Not Eligibile

year	FTIACs	% of FTIACs	6-year rate
2008	2,123	55.8%	55.6%
2009	1,688	53.4%	58.7%
2010	1,659	49.5%	59.5%
2011	1,434	45.8%	58.0%
2012	1,456	48.7%	59.5%
2013	1,610	51.0%	62.6%
2014	1,505	50.7%	62.6%
2015	1,472	49.9%	64.0%
2016	1,492	51.6%	61.0%
2017	1,709	54.5%	63.5%
2018	1,679	56.1%

Pell Eligibile

year	FTIACs	% of FTIACs	6-year rate
2008	886	23.3%	43.7%
2009	1,005	31.8%	44.8%
2010	1,267	37.8%	41.6%
2011	1,239	39.6%	41.4%
2012	1,127	37.7%	40.8%
2013	1,135	35.9%	45.9%
2014	1,114	37.5%	46.8%
2015	1,092	37.0%	43.8%
2016	1,049	36.3%	44.0%
2017	1,076	34.3%	47.7%
2018	908	30.4%

Unknown

year	FTIACs	% of FTIACs	6-year rate
2008	797	20.9%	61.4%
2009	470	14.9%	59.8%
2010	428	12.8%	60.2%
2011	459	14.7%	53.9%
2012	406	13.6%	61.0%
2013	413	13.1%	63.1%
2014	351	11.8%	61.5%
2015	389	13.2%	61.9%
2016	350	12.1%	62.8%
2017	353	11.2%	60.9%
2018	403	13.5%

Notes on Pell Eligibility

Pell eligibility is determined using a student’s expected family contribution (PELL EFC) as calculated from their FAFSA and Federal guidelines on Pell award amounts. The 2018-19 PELL EFC cutoff for eligibility for a full-time student is $5,586.

Incoming FTIACs can be divided into three distinct groups based on the Pell eligibility status:

• Pell-eligible: students whose EFC falls below the cutoff
• Non-eligible: students whose EFC falls above the cutoff
• Unknown: students who did not submit a FAFSA

Note that the Unknown group above is a mix of students who did not submit a FAFSA because they did not need aid, were not eligible (e.g. international), or otherwise forgot or missed the relevant deadline for submission.

Lastly, the numbers shown here may differ slightly from the number of student who were actually offered Pell awards in any given year.

6-year Graduation Rate Summary

Notes: Credit hour categories indicate enrolled credits as of Fall census. Three- and 5-year average graduation are weighted by cohort size. pp = percentage points

6-year Graduation Rate by Cohort

12 credit hours

year	FTIACs	% of FTIACs	6-year rate
2008	234	6.2%	38.9%
2009	191	6.0%	38.7%
2010	226	6.7%	36.8%
2011	317	10.1%	34.5%
2012	329	11.0%	41.6%
2013	338	10.7%	43.5%
2014	330	11.1%	42.9%
2015	348	11.8%	43.7%
2016	335	11.6%	44.2%
2017	416	13.3%	46.3%
2018	144	4.8%

13 credit hours

year	FTIACs	% of FTIACs	6-year rate
2008	432	11.3%	43.3%
2009	403	12.7%	40.9%
2010	455	13.6%	48.0%
2011	460	14.7%	45.1%
2012	563	18.8%	45.6%
2013	547	17.3%	47.9%
2014	540	18.2%	48.9%
2015	476	16.1%	49.2%
2016	504	17.4%	48.6%
2017	615	19.6%	56.4%
2018	274	9.2%

14 credit hours

year	FTIACs	% of FTIACs	6-year rate
2008	892	23.4%	52.4%
2009	811	25.6%	49.8%
2010	900	26.8%	49.1%
2011	866	27.6%	50.0%
2012	795	26.6%	53.1%
2013	849	26.9%	58.6%
2014	857	28.9%	58.6%
2015	846	28.6%	57.0%
2016	907	31.4%	55.4%
2017	899	28.6%	58.8%
2018	760	25.4%

15 credit hours

year	FTIACs	% of FTIACs	6-year rate
2008	1,204	31.6%	57.2%
2009	957	30.3%	60.6%
2010	1,031	30.7%	55.6%
2011	1,109	35.4%	54.0%
2012	1,031	34.5%	58.6%
2013	1,150	36.4%	62.5%
2014	1,042	35.1%	61.1%
2015	1,089	36.9%	60.4%
2016	995	34.4%	60.9%
2017	1,040	33.1%	61.6%
2018	1,534	51.3%

16 credit hours

year	FTIACs	% of FTIACs	6-year rate
2008	878	23.1%	59.6%
2009	693	21.9%	61.4%
2010	661	19.7%	60.9%
2011	336	10.7%	65.5%
2012	215	7.2%	56.3%
2013	230	7.3%	58.3%
2014	157	5.3%	65.6%
2015	156	5.3%	67.9%
2016	122	4.2%	56.2%
2017	143	4.6%	64.3%
2018	234	7.8%

17+ credit hours

year	FTIACs	% of FTIACs	6-year rate
2008	166	4.4%	59.6%
2009	108	3.4%	68.5%
2010	81	2.4%	63.0%
2011	44	1.4%	52.3%
2012	56	1.9%	57.1%
2013	44	1.4%	65.9%
2014	44	1.5%	72.7%
2015	38	1.3%	76.3%
2016	28	1.0%	78.6%
2017	25	0.8%	52.0%
2018	44	1.5%

6-year Graduation Rate Summary

Notes: Three- and 5-year average graduation are weighted by cohort size. pp = percentage points

6-year Graduation Rate by Cohort

Off campus

year	FTIACs	% of FTIACs	6-year rate
2008	464	12.2%	46.3%
2009	412	13.0%	44.2%
2010	381	11.4%	42.7%
2011	395	12.6%	42.4%
2012	392	13.1%	43.6%
2013	372	11.8%	46.5%
2014	421	14.2%	46.3%
2015	343	11.6%	53.9%
2016	341	11.8%	50.4%
2017	352	11.2%	50.9%
2018	372	12.4%

On campus

year	FTIACs	% of FTIACs	6-year rate
2008	3,342	87.8%	55.1%
2009	2,751	87.0%	56.0%
2010	2,973	88.6%	54.1%
2011	2,737	87.4%	52.0%
2012	2,597	86.9%	54.0%
2013	2,786	88.2%	58.0%
2014	2,549	85.8%	58.2%
2015	2,610	88.4%	56.6%
2016	2,550	88.2%	55.7%
2017	2,786	88.8%	58.6%
2018	2,618	87.6%

6-year Graduation Rate Summary (Top 10 Michigan Counties by Average Enrollment)

Notes: Three- and 5-year average graduation are weighted by cohort size. pp = percentage points

6-year Graduation Rate by Cohort

Calhoun (MI)

year	FTIACs	% of FTIACs	6-year rate
2008	106	2.8%	47.2%
2009	84	2.7%	57.1%
2010	91	2.7%	50.5%
2011	88	2.8%	44.3%
2012	77	2.6%	48.1%
2013	78	2.5%	51.3%
2014	82	2.8%	60.5%
2015	70	2.4%	51.4%
2016	71	2.5%	57.7%
2017	80	2.5%	53.8%
2018	72	2.4%

Cook (IL)

year	FTIACs	% of FTIACs	6-year rate
2008	101	2.6%	66.3%
2009	120	3.8%	73.3%
2010	141	4.2%	63.8%
2011	95	3.0%	64.2%
2012	136	4.5%	63.2%
2013	117	3.7%	73.5%
2014	131	4.4%	62.6%
2015	92	3.1%	57.6%
2016	133	4.6%	48.9%
2017	201	6.4%	66.7%
2018	225	7.5%

Kalamazoo (MI)

year	FTIACs	% of FTIACs	6-year rate
2008	446	11.7%	55.4%
2009	373	11.8%	46.6%
2010	351	10.5%	49.1%
2011	380	12.1%	47.5%
2012	379	12.7%	50.1%
2013	369	11.7%	54.2%
2014	428	14.4%	53.0%
2015	348	11.8%	58.0%
2016	360	12.4%	55.3%
2017	335	10.7%	56.3%
2018	370	12.4%

Kent (MI)

year	FTIACs	% of FTIACs	6-year rate
2008	193	5.1%	51.3%
2009	219	6.9%	50.7%
2010	197	5.9%	43.9%
2011	182	5.8%	47.0%
2012	180	6.0%	46.7%
2013	156	4.9%	52.3%
2014	173	5.8%	56.6%
2015	189	6.4%	56.1%
2016	154	5.3%	54.5%
2017	192	6.1%	55.0%
2018	185	6.2%

Macomb (MI)

year	FTIACs	% of FTIACs	6-year rate
2008	257	6.8%	62.6%
2009	178	5.6%	62.4%
2010	219	6.5%	59.6%
2011	170	5.4%	57.1%
2012	187	6.3%	57.0%
2013	178	5.6%	63.5%
2014	219	7.4%	63.0%
2015	170	5.8%	60.0%
2016	187	6.5%	49.7%
2017	180	5.7%	57.2%
2018	149	5.0%

Oakland (MI)

year	FTIACs	% of FTIACs	6-year rate
2008	525	13.8%	53.5%
2009	387	12.2%	56.1%
2010	458	13.7%	56.8%
2011	394	12.6%	49.9%
2012	383	12.8%	55.1%
2013	402	12.7%	56.7%
2014	309	10.4%	57.9%
2015	346	11.7%	53.5%
2016	372	12.9%	56.9%
2017	386	12.3%	58.9%
2018	291	9.7%

Ottawa (MI)

year	FTIACs	% of FTIACs	6-year rate
2008	123	3.2%	42.3%
2009	101	3.2%	47.5%
2010	101	3.0%	56.0%
2011	117	3.7%	44.4%
2012	80	2.7%	50.0%
2013	94	3.0%	48.4%
2014	66	2.2%	60.6%
2015	96	3.2%	53.1%
2016	72	2.5%	59.7%
2017	93	3.0%	53.8%
2018	78	2.6%

Van Buren (MI)

year	FTIACs	% of FTIACs	6-year rate
2008	98	2.6%	56.1%
2009	77	2.4%	54.5%
2010	84	2.5%	48.8%
2011	75	2.4%	50.7%
2012	65	2.2%	43.1%
2013	101	3.2%	51.0%
2014	88	3.0%	55.7%
2015	90	3.0%	53.9%
2016	67	2.3%	61.2%
2017	63	2.0%	44.4%
2018	63	2.1%

Washtenaw (MI)

year	FTIACs	% of FTIACs	6-year rate
2008	131	3.4%	51.9%
2009	110	3.5%	46.4%
2010	99	3.0%	46.5%
2011	121	3.9%	48.8%
2012	83	2.8%	55.4%
2013	121	3.8%	56.2%
2014	97	3.3%	61.9%
2015	92	3.1%	57.6%
2016	79	2.7%	57.0%
2017	73	2.3%	65.8%
2018	70	2.3%

Wayne (MI)

year	FTIACs	% of FTIACs	6-year rate
2008	403	10.6%	51.6%
2009	284	9.0%	55.8%
2010	412	12.3%	46.6%
2011	372	11.9%	43.9%
2012	343	11.5%	51.8%
2013	388	12.3%	52.1%
2014	320	10.8%	47.8%
2015	315	10.7%	42.7%
2016	391	13.5%	45.5%
2017	349	11.1%	49.7%
2018	265	8.9%

6-year Graduation Rate Summary

Notes: Three- and 5-year average graduation are weighted by cohort size. pp = percentage points

6-year Graduation Rate by Cohort

College Assistance Migrant Program (CAMP)

year	FTIACs	% of FTIACs	6-year rate
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012	12	0.4%	16.7%
2013	28	0.9%	46.4%
2014	38	1.3%	52.6%
2015	38	1.3%	44.7%
2016	21	0.7%	42.9%
2017	27	0.9%	55.6%
2018	35	1.2%

Fall Welcome Participants

year	FTIACs	% of FTIACs	6-year rate
2008	2,860	75.1%	54.5%
2009	2,917	92.2%	54.4%
2010	3,123	93.1%	52.5%
2011	2,909	92.9%	51.0%
2012	2,732	91.4%	52.9%
2013	2,916	92.3%	56.7%
2014	2,839	95.6%	56.8%
2015	2,741	92.8%	55.9%
2016	2,681	92.7%	54.4%
2017	2,891	92.1%	57.7%
2018	2,700	90.3%

First-Year Experience

year	FTIACs	% of FTIACs	6-year rate
2008	1,314	34.5%	53.4%
2009	1,080	34.1%	51.5%
2010	1,446	43.1%	52.0%
2011	1,499	47.9%	47.9%
2012	1,325	44.3%	49.9%
2013	1,495	47.3%	53.4%
2014	1,421	47.9%	53.5%
2015	1,365	46.2%	52.1%
2016	869	30.1%	46.8%
2017	833	26.6%	51.6%
2018	876	29.3%

Kalamazoo Promise

year	FTIACs	% of FTIACs	6-year rate
2008	94	2.5%	40.4%
2009	95	3.0%	38.9%
2010	83	2.5%	43.4%
2011	96	3.1%	37.5%
2012	121	4.0%	42.1%
2013	117	3.7%	46.2%
2014	131	4.4%	42.7%
2015	102	3.4%	48.0%
2016	89	3.1%	36.0%
2017	70	2.2%	36.2%
2018	110	3.7%

MLK Scholars

year	FTIACs	% of FTIACs	6-year rate
2008	107	2.8%	62.3%
2009	58	1.8%	73.7%
2010	84	2.5%	63.1%
2011	69	2.2%	53.6%
2012	48	1.6%	72.9%
2013	50	1.6%	74.0%
2014	49	1.6%	71.4%
2015	51	1.7%	66.7%
2016	46	1.6%	78.3%
2017	49	1.6%	71.4%
2018	24	0.8%

STEM Talent Expansion Program (STEP)

year	FTIACs	% of FTIACs	6-year rate
2008	437	11.5%	54.5%
2009	309	9.8%	52.8%
2010	351	10.5%	49.7%
2011	305	9.7%	49.5%
2012	291	9.7%	58.6%
2013	379	12.0%	57.1%
2014	401	13.5%	50.8%
2015	387	13.1%	54.3%
2016	295	10.2%	56.6%
2017	342	10.9%	57.0%
2018	325	10.9%

Seita Scholars

year	FTIACs	% of FTIACs	6-year rate
2008	24	0.6%	20.8%
2009	33	1.0%	39.4%
2010	47	1.4%	30.4%
2011	45	1.4%	31.1%
2012	37	1.2%	29.7%
2013	32	1.0%	37.5%
2014	33	1.1%	51.5%
2015	33	1.1%	27.3%
2016	37	1.3%	27.0%
2017	21	0.7%	28.6%
2018	18	0.6%

TRiO Student Success Program (SSP)

year	FTIACs	% of FTIACs	6-year rate
2008	64	1.7%	46.9%
2009	57	1.8%	38.6%
2010	57	1.7%	56.1%
2011	52	1.7%	55.8%
2012	54	1.8%	31.5%
2013	57	1.8%	51.8%
2014	58	1.9%	46.6%
2015	57	1.9%	61.4%
2016	61	2.1%	45.9%
2017	61	1.9%	36.1%
2018	63	2.1%

Notes on Student Cohorts

This tab shows the breakdown by official student cohorts as defined in the Banner Information System.

• Only students who are also FTIACs are reported here. Cohort totals may not match totals reported here if non-FTIAC students are included in cohort (including students who start in Summer I).

• Students are included in a cohort if they are assigned the cohort at any point while at WMU, not just if they are assigned to the cohort during their first fall term.

• By definition, students can be included in more than one cohort listed above, so the cohorts should not be considered as mutually exclusive groups.

• Similarly, student cohorts are not created to be compared directly with one another. Consequently, the ‘Graduation Summary Table’ above is presented in alphabetical order only, and the ‘Graduation by Year’ plots show only the data for the selected cohort (as well as the overall WMU graduation).

6-year Graduation Rate Summary

Notes: Three- and 5-year average graduation are weighted by cohort size. pp = percentage points

6-year Graduation Rate by Cohort

First Generation

year	FTIACs	% of FTIACs	6-year rate
2008	852	22.4%	44.3%
2009	699	22.1%	43.7%
2010	774	23.1%	44.3%
2011	678	21.6%	41.7%
2012	664	22.2%	41.7%
2013	617	19.5%	45.9%
2014	589	19.8%	48.0%
2015	612	20.7%	45.4%
2016	548	19.0%	46.7%
2017	581	18.5%	44.1%
2018	481	16.1%

Honors College

year	FTIACs	% of FTIACs	6-year rate
2008	241	6.3%	80.1%
2009	234	7.4%	82.5%
2010	301	9.0%	79.7%
2011	310	9.9%	75.4%
2012	300	10.0%	77.3%
2013	370	11.7%	82.7%
2014	371	12.5%	76.0%
2015	412	13.9%	78.4%
2016	413	14.3%	77.7%
2017	501	16.0%	77.4%
2018	365	12.2%

Student Employees

year	FTIACs	% of FTIACs	6-year rate
2008	1,305	34.3%	71.2%
2009	1,246	39.4%	68.8%
2010	1,270	37.9%	69.0%
2011	1,250	39.9%	71.0%
2012	1,217	40.7%	71.7%
2013	1,316	41.7%	73.9%
2014	1,219	41.0%	73.4%
2015	1,237	41.9%	71.5%
2016	1,258	43.5%	67.6%
2017	1,241	39.5%	72.8%
2018	1,113	37.2%

Underrepresented Minorities

year	FTIACs	% of FTIACs	6-year rate
2008
2009
2010	738	22.0%	43.4%
2011	708	22.6%	36.0%
2012	744	24.9%	36.6%
2013	747	23.6%	38.7%
2014	749	25.2%	42.4%
2015	756	25.6%	40.5%
2016	856	29.6%	39.4%
2017	764	24.4%	43.8%
2018	702	23.5%

Veterans and Military

year	FTIACs	% of FTIACs	6-year rate
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013	32	1.0%	37.5%
2014	20	0.7%	25.0%
2015	21	0.7%	42.9%
2016	23	0.8%	26.1%
2017	25	0.8%	56.0%
2018	18	0.6%

Notes: In 2010 students were given the opportunity to update their self-reported races after the addition of the Native Hawaiian and Two or More Races categories. Consequently, aggregations of pre-2010 and post-2010 ethnicity data are not valid. Three-, and 5-year average graduation are weighted by cohort size. pp = percentage points

Notes on Student Groups

This tab shows the breakdown into miscellaneous student groups and designations.

• Only students who are also FTIACs are reported here. Group totals may not match totals reported here if non-FTIAC students are added to the group after census.

• By definition, students can be included in more than one group listed above, so the groups should not be considered as mutually exclusive.

• The ‘Graduation Summary Table’ above is presented in alphabetical order only, and the ‘Graduation by Year’ plots show only the data for the selected group (as well as the overall WMU graduation).