Graduation, Transfer-out, and Retention Rate Trends at Northwestern

The average graduation rate of the last 12 years is 94.00% where the current academic year rate is 96%.

The following table and chart show the changes of graduation rate at Northwestern University over the past 12 years (2012-2023).

The average retention rate of the last 12 years is 97.55% (all full-time students).

The following table shows the changes of retention rate at Northwestern from 2012 to 2023.

The average student to faculty ratio over the last 12 years is 6.45 to 1 where the current academic year ratio is 6 to 1. The following table and chart illustrate the change of student to faculty ratio at Northwestern University since 2023.