91%
Graduation Rate
95%
Retention Rate
[updated for 2024-2025 graduation data]
At Davidson College, the graduation rate is 91 % within 150% normal time, the retention rate is 95 %, as of August 31, 2025.
Its graduation rate is higher than the average rate when comparing similar colleges' rate of 66.54% (private (not-for-profit) Baccalaureate College - Arts & Sciences).
Graduation Rates in Reasonable Completion Time
For the academic year 2024-2025, 469 students out of 515 candidates have completed their courses within 150% normal time (i.e. in 6 years for 4-year BS degree) at Davidson College.
By gender, 223 male and 246 female students graduated the school last year completing their jobs in the period.
| Candidates | Completers | Graduation Rates |
|---|
| Total | 515 | 469 | 91.07% |
|---|
| Men | 250 | 223 | 89.20% |
|---|
| Women | 265 | 246 | 92.83% |
|---|
Graduation Rate By Race/Ethnicity
The following table shows graduation rate by race and at Davidson College.
- American Indian or Alaska Native: 100.00%
- Asian: 95.83%
- Black (Non-Hispanic): 90.91%
- Hispanic: 85.11%
- White: 91.71%
- Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander: 100.00%
- Two or More Race: 94.44%
- Unknown: 100.00%
Graduation Rate by Gender
| Total | Male | Female |
|---|
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 100.00%(3/3) |
- |
100.00%(3/3) |
|---|
| Asian | 95.83%(23/24) |
100.00%(12/12) |
91.67%(11/12) |
|---|
| Black (Non-Hispanic) | 90.91%(30/33) |
92.00%(23/25) |
87.50%(7/8) |
|---|
| Hispanic | 85.11%(40/47) |
73.91%(17/23) |
95.83%(23/24) |
|---|
| White | 91.71%(321/350) |
90.18%(147/163) |
93.05%(174/187) |
|---|
| Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander | 100.00%(2/2) |
100.00%(1/1) |
100.00%(1/1) |
|---|
| Two or More Race | 94.44%(17/18) |
90.00%(9/10) |
100.00%(8/8) |
|---|
| Unknown | 100.00%(4/4) |
100.00%(1/1) |
100.00%(3/3) |
|---|
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 Davidson College, 29 of 34 non-resident alien students completed their studies and the graduation rate was 85.29%.