Stanford VS Yale >>>

[MorsVenit]

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At Yale, according to their common data set, the 4 year grad rate is 88.1%, the 5 year grad rate is 94.9%, and the 6 year grad rate is 96.1% (all this for the most recent year available).
At Stanford, 4 year grad rate is 79.6%, 5 year grad rate is 92.2%, and 6 year grad rate is 95.2%, so they catch up a bit between year 4 and year 5, though Yale still seems to do slightly better (which I hadn’t known before).

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<p>The differences in graduation rate are easily explained. Stanford’s co-terminal masters programs that allow undergraduates (who apply and are accepted by a department) to graduate in 5 years with a MA or MS can account for part of Stanford’s lower 4-year graduation rate and more similar 5-year rate. The differences in athletics might account for the (small) rest of the graduation difference.</p>