Indicator 1.3
Graduation Rates for Entering Freshmen by Race/Ethnicity - UC and Comparison Institutions, Fall 1999 Cohort
Six-year graduation rates vary by race/ethnicity. Universitywide, 68 percent of African-Americans, 83 percent of Asian-Americans, 74 percent of Chicano/Latino and 81 percent of white students graduated in six years.
This follows trends at other AAU research universities as well, where graduation rates of Asian-Americans are highest, followed by white, Chicano/Latino and African-American students.
Source: Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) Graduation Rate Survey. The Fall 1999 cohort is the latest for which the six-year graduation rate is available. Additional information can be found at http://nces.ed.gov/IPEDS.
The Association of American Universities (AAU) is a nonprofit association of 60 U.S. and two Canadian preeminent public and private research universities; six UC campuses are members (Berkeley, Davis, Irvine, Los Angeles, San Diego and Santa Barbara). The averages for the AAU public institutions is for all AAUs including the six UC campuses. Canadian institutions are excluded in the data presented. More information can be found, including a member list, at http://www.aau.edu.
Merced opened in Fall 2005 and so is not listed. San Francisco has no undergraduates and so is not listed.
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