Graduation and Retention Rates

Graduation Rates

In compliance with the reporting requirements of the federal Student Right to Know Act (Public Law 101-542), the six-year graduation rate for first-time, full-time freshmen entering Northeastern Illinois University in Fall 2018 is 20.7%.

• Graduation Rate Trends 

Student Retention Rates

The first-year to second-year retention rate for first-time, full-time freshmen entering Northeastern in Fall 2023 was 52.3% and 77.9% for new transfer students.

• Freshman Retention Rate Trends
• Transfer Retention Rate Trends

RETENTION RATES BY ACADEMIC program

Northeastern records fall-to-fall retention rates by academic program. Rates are calculated as the percent of students retained at the University or graduated.

See the annual retention reports below:

• Program Retention Report 2022-23
• Program Retention Report 2021-22
• Program Retention Report 2020-21
• Program Retention Report 2019-20
• Program Retention Report 2018-19
• Program Retention Report 2017-18
• Program Retention Report 2016-17
• Program Retention Report 2015-16
• Program Retention Report 2014-15