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Graduation Rate

Overall graduation rates at the University of Michigan have been rising since 2003. In 2003 the graduation rate was 72.6% for 4 year domestic students and rose to 79.3% in 2012. The graduation rates for domestic students staying a 5th or 6th year after initial entry has almost been steadily increasing.

In 2012 there were different graduation rates for racial or ethnic groups that are below and above the overall rate. Some groups did not have such a steady increase like the overall student body. The graduation rate for African American students has fluctuated during this 10 year period. The graduation rate for African Americans has increased from 53.9% in 2003 to 56.2% in 2012 which looks like a positive trend but in 2007 and 2010 the rate was 58.6% and 58.2% respectively.

There are no racial or ethnic groups that have only increased in graduation rates over the 2003-2012 period. The group that comes the closest to being entirely linear is whites. In 2003 the white graduation rate was 75.1% and in 2013 it was 81.3%. The lowest rate in this 10 year span was 74.4% in 2004 which is 15.8% greater than the highest level for African Americans. Asian Americans come in close second for highest graduation rate in 2012 of 80.4%. The rates for Asian Americans are very similar to the rates of whites with their lowest rate also being 74.4% in 2004.