Graduation Rates in Reasonable Completion Time

For the academic year 2022-2023, 1,591 students out of 2,889 candidates have completed their courses within 150% normal time (i.e. in 6 years for 4-years BS degree) at Western Michigan University. By gender, 730 male and 861 female students graduated the school last year completing their jobs in the period. Its graduation rate is around the average rate when comparing similar colleges (55.43% in average - public Research University (high research activity)).
CandidatesCompletersGraduation Rates
Total2,8891,59155.07%
Men1,35573053.87%
Women1,53486156.13%
Western Michigan University graduate rate

Graduation Rate By Race/Ethnicity

The graduation rate of American Indian or Alaska Native students is 72.73%, rate of Asian students is 58.33%, rate of Black (Non-Hispanic) students is 35.98%, rate of Hispanic students is 47.46%, rate of White students is 61.44%, rate of Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander students is 100.00%, rate of Two or More Race students is 43.66%, and rate of Unknown students is 20.00% at Western Michigan University.
TotalMaleFemale
American Indian or Alaska Native72.73%(8/11) 60.00%(3/5) 83.33%(5/6)
Asian58.33%(28/48) 47.62%(10/21) 66.67%(18/27)
Black (Non-Hispanic)35.98%(195/542) 37.77%(71/188) 35.03%(124/354)
Hispanic47.46%(84/177) 54.05%(40/74) 42.72%(44/103)
White61.44%(1,171/1,906) 57.19%(557/974) 65.88%(614/932)
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander100.00%(1/1) 100.00%(1/1) -
Two or More Race43.66%(62/142) 44.44%(24/54) 43.18%(38/88)
Unknown20.00%(2/10) 20.00%(1/5) 20.00%(1/5)
Graduation Rate By Race/Ethnicity
Western Michigan University graduate rate by race

Graduation Rate By Completion Time Period

For BS degrees, 800 students completed their courses in 4 years (or 100% normal time) and 613 finished in 5 years (or 125% normal time). An additional 978 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 WMU, the transfer-out rate is 26.45%. Its transfer-out rate is much higher than the average rate when comparing similar colleges (21.13% in average - public Research University (high research activity)).
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 Western Michigan University, the retention rate is 77% for full-time students and 43 % for part-time students last year. Its retention rate is around the average rate when comparing similar colleges (75.69% in average - public Research University (high research activity)).
Retention Rates at Western Michigan University

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 Western Michigan University, 40 of 52 non-resident alien students completed their studies and the graduation rate was 76.92%.
Non-Resident Alien Graduation Rate
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