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What is Miami's record on retention and graduation?

• Six-year graduation rates for ethnically diverse students are the highest among public universities in Ohio and some of the highest in the nation. These rates have improved steadily over the past decade, with 71.8% of ethnically diverse students who entered Miami in 2001 graduating within 6 years, as compared to 80.6% of non-minority students. While these figures place Miami well above national averages, closing the graduation gap for ethnically diverse students remains a high priority.
  
  
• Rates of retention to sophomore year are the same for ethnically diverse students and non-minority students. Rates of retention to the junior year are slightly lower for ethnically diverse students.
  
  
• The 6-year graduation rate for women is higher than the comparable figure for men.
  
  
  

  Comparison of Retention and Graduation Rates Miami University
  Percent Retention to Sophomore Year by Cohort Year
  	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006
  Total Oxford Campus	89.6	89.9	89.6	90.3	89.6	90.7	88.5	89.6	89.4
  Female	89.4	90.3	88.6	91.2	90.0	90.0	87.2	89.6	88.4
  Male	89.9	89.3	91.0	89.2	89.0	91.6	90.1	89.5	90.6
  African American	92.4	85.8	89.0	84.0	85.1	88.3	84.8	78.8	90.4
  Hispanic	87.9	88.5	83.8	91.5	87.9	82.9	88.8	84.1	87.3
  Asian American	95.2	88.5	90.0	88.6	90.9	92.1	83.2	92.6	88.8
  Native American	81.3	100.0	91.3	94.1	79.0	100.0	80.0	94.7	90.9
  Minority	91.4	87.8	88.1	87.6	87.4	89.4	84.9	85.9	89.3
  Non-Minority	89.5	90.0	89.8	90.6	89.8	90.8	88.9	89.9	89.4
  Percent Retention to Junior Year by Cohort Year
  	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006
  Total Oxford Campus	83.1	83.3	84.6	83.3	84.8	84.1	82.0	85.4
  Female	82.8	83.0	84.2	84.6	85.4	83.8	80.7	86.2
  Male	83.5	84.5	85.1	81.5	83.9	84.4	83.6	84.5
  African American	76.5	78.0	78.1	77.1	79.1	78.7	75.9	71.7
  Hispanic	75.9	78.7	78.4	86.4	72.7	78.1	73.8	84.1
  Asian American	87.1	80.8	88.0	84.6	77.7	86.8	76.0	89.5
  Native American	81.3	100.0	95.7	70.6	84.2	93.3	80.0	84.2
  Minority	79.1	79.8	80.9	81.2	77.9	82.3	75.7	81.5
  Non-Minority	83.5	83.6	84.9	83.4	85.5	84.2	82.6	85.8
  Graduation in 6 Years by Cohort Year
  	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001
  Total Oxford Campus	78.4	80.0	78.7	78.1	80.1	79.3	80.3	81.2	79.8
  Female			81.0	81.1	83.6	80.5	81.5	81.9	82.4
  Male			76.1	76.8	81.7	77.8	78.8	80.3	76.5
  African American	52.5	56.6	59.8	54.6	52.0	61.4	60.6	66.4	66.4
  Hispanic	76.0	74.3	61.2	74.2	77.1	67.2	82.0	74.3	78.0
  Asian American	71.2	85.2	81.5	82.5	70.3	85.5	86.5	80.0	75.6
  Native American	75.0	100.0	59.1	80.0	75.0	62.5	69.2	91.3	64.7
  Minority	62.9	67.3	64.6	65.7	63.4	68.3	71.5	72.7	71.8
  Non-Minority	79.4	81.0	80.0	79.2	81.5	80.3	81.0	82.1	80.6