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Graduation Retention Rates

The following information is calculated based on a six-year graduation rate for the cohort of full-time, first-time, bachelor's degree-seeking undergraduate student who entered the institution in the fall of each of the following years.

Cohort Numbers
Total 556 565 555 527 2,203
  2015 2016 2017 2018 4-Year Total
Men 219 225 202 214 860
Women 337 340 353 313 1,343
Completers Within 150% of Normal Time
Total completers within 150% Men 101 116 91 102 410
Women 196 191 185 176 748
Total 297 307 276 278 1,158
    2015 2016 2017 2018 4-Year Total
<2 yr. completers Men 0 0 0 0 0
Women 0 0 0 0 0
Total 0 0 0 0 0
2<4 yr. completers Men 0 0 0 0 0
Women 0 0 0 0 0
Total 0 0 0 0 0
Bachelor's completers Men 101 116 91 102 410
Women 196 191 185 176 748
Total 292 307 276 278 1,158

4-year average Student Right-to-Know completion or graduation rate calculation: 53%

Freshman Retention Rates

Percentage of first-time, full-time, degree-seeking freshman who entered in:

  • Fall of 2023 and returned to OBU in Fall 2024: 78%
  • Fall of 2022 and returned to OBU in Fall 2023: 68%
  • Fall of 2021 and returned to OBU in Fall 2022: 71%
  • Fall of 2020 and returned to OBU in Fall 2021: 68%
  • Fall of 2019 and returned to OBU in Fall 2020: 73%
  • Fall of 2018 and returned to OBU in Fall 2019: 68%
  • Fall of 2017 and returned to OBU in Fall 2018: 66%
  • Fall of 2016 and returned to OBU in Fall 2017: 72%