<p>sybbie: I don't know where you are going with the graduation rate arguement. In my opinion it is meanigless. From a school's perspective (public or private) the retention rate, graduation rates are important. For public - $, and for privates - prestige. They would bend over backwards to make sure that you get a piece of paper after 4 years - even if the major was basket weaving. What is important is breakdown on choice of majors, if the students changed their majors from harder ones to easier ones and what their GPAs were.</p>