<p>Today I read in college data that UA grad rate is 42.7%.</p>
<p>is it low compared to other colleges in UA?</p>
<p>That’s 4 year rate. The 6 year rate has consistently been between 65 and 68% for UA. </p>
<p>Not the best in the SEC, which I believe is University of Florida with a 6-year rate of about 85%, but they predominantly serve Floridians. Their out of state cap is set at 3%. I feel that UA is about average in the SEC considering the 6-year grad rate.</p>
<p>Here’s 2010 data for schools in Alabama, <a href=“Student Outcomes”>Student Outcomes;
<p>It has a table showing all the 4-year public universities in Alabama.</p>
<p>Oh okay thank you.
BTW I just realized I posted the same thing twice…</p>
<p>The grad rate is rather irrelevant for serious full-time students (and I don’t mean those who take 12 credits and get considered to be full-time.)</p>
<p>Some college kids live in town and are taking a few classes at a time, paying as they go…and that negatively affects the grad rate.</p>
<p>Changing majors or dropping classes also affects the grad rate because sometimes that can add a year or two. </p>
<p>oh thank you for clarification</p>