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Departmental Retention and Graduation Rates
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WWU Retention of First Time Freshmen continues to go up since mentoring program began.
Breakdown of First Time Freshmen retention by ethnicity groups
Breakdown of graduation rates by ethnicity groups
Breakdown of Pell Grants, Gender and Religion graduation rates
Pell Recipient retention shows increase for the last two years
After a recent drop, first generation student retention is increasing
After marked fluctuation, athletic student retention is increasing
Non-SDA student retention is mostly flat, with a slight increase in the last three years
There is much fluctuation in retention by genders
If the Achievement scholarship is lost, the retention rates go down. Otherwise they hold steady.
Breakdown of retention rates by the type of HS the student attended and their HS GPA. Most are declining but HS GPA over 3.75 holding steady.
Breakdown of retention by type of HS, and all are holding steady.
Except for Fall of 2020 (COVID), non-freshman retention is steadily increasing.
46% of WWU Students finish their degree in less than 13 quarters, with 95% completing under 18 quarters.

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