Graduation Rates in Reasonable Completion Time

For the academic year 2022-2023, 449 students out of 510 candidates have completed their courses within 150% normal time (i.e. in 6 years for 4-years BS degree) at Colby College. By gender, 197 male and 252 female students graduated the school last year completing their jobs in the period. Its graduation rate is much higher than the average rate when comparing similar colleges (67.46% in average - private (not-for-profit) Baccalaureate College - Arts & Sciences).
CandidatesCompletersGraduation Rates
Total51044988.04%
Men23519783.83%
Women27525291.64%
Colby College graduate rate

Graduation Rate By Race/Ethnicity

The graduation rate of American Indian or Alaska Native students is 100.00%, rate of Asian students is 90.00%, rate of Black (Non-Hispanic) students is 84.62%, rate of Hispanic students is 88.10%, rate of White students is 88.79%, rate of Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander students is 100.00%, rate of Two or More Race students is 87.50%, and rate of Unknown students is 87.50% at Colby College.
TotalMaleFemale
American Indian or Alaska Native100.00%(2/2) 100.00%(1/1) 100.00%(1/1)
Asian90.00%(27/30) 80.00%(8/10) 95.00%(19/20)
Black (Non-Hispanic)84.62%(22/26) 69.23%(9/13) 100.00%(13/13)
Hispanic88.10%(37/42) 83.33%(15/18) 91.67%(22/24)
White88.79%(285/321) 86.75%(131/151) 90.59%(154/170)
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander100.00%(1/1) - 100.00%(1/1)
Two or More Race87.50%(21/24) 66.67%(6/9) 100.00%(15/15)
Unknown87.50%(7/8) 66.67%(2/3) 100.00%(5/5)
Graduation Rate By Race/Ethnicity
Colby College graduate rate by race

Graduation Rate By Completion Time Period

For BS degrees, 429 students completed their courses in 4 years (or 100% normal time) and 17 finished in 5 years (or 125% normal time). An additional 432 students graduated within 6 years (or 150% normal time).
Graduation Rate By Completion Time Period

Transfer-out and Retention Rates

The transfer-out rate is calculated by dividing the total number of students who are known to have transferred out of other institutions within 150% of normal time to completion into the total number of students. At Colby, the transfer-out rate is 7.84%. Its transfer-out rate is much lower than the average rate when comparing similar colleges (17.60% in average - private (not-for-profit) Baccalaureate College - Arts & Sciences).
Transfer-out and Retention Rates
By definition, the retention rate is the percentage of students who return to a college for their sophomore year. At Colby College, the retention rate is 93% last year. Its retention rate is higher than the average rate when comparing similar colleges (80.87% in average - private (not-for-profit) Baccalaureate College - Arts & Sciences).
Retention Rates at Colby College

Non-Resident Alien Graduation Rate

A non-resident alien student is not a US citizen/green card holder and studies with a student visa, such as an F visa, in the United States. At Colby College, 47 of 56 non-resident alien students completed their studies and the graduation rate was 83.93%.
Non-Resident Alien Graduation Rate

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