The state of Vermont ranks fifth nationwide in statewide graduation rates for its four-year public higher education institutions. The state also ranks fifth when students who begin school at a Vermont four-year public university or college but graduate elsewhere are taken into account.
The data was compiled by the National Student Clearinghouse and tracks six-year graduation rates in every state.
In Vermont 73.9 percent of students who began college in 2007 graduated in 2013, 61.5 percent from their original institution and 12.4 percent from a different school.
The University of Vermont’s six-year graduation rate is 76 percent (not including students who start at the university but graduated elsewhere), 18 percentage points higher than the national average for U.S. public doctoral/research universities. Its four-year rate of 65 percent is 36 percentage points higher than the average in that category.
Source: University Communications, March 24, 2014.
Vermont ranks fifth in country in graduation rates for public higher ed institutions
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