Undergraduate Retention and Graduation Rates

Retention Rates

Retention rate is the percentage of a school’s first-time, first year undergraduate students who continue at the school the next year. We count students who enroll full-time in the summer and fall terms and return the following year.

Entering Year	Number Enrolled	% Enrolled 2nd Year
2021	305	87.2
2022	294	92.5

Note that 2nd year indicates the student is enrolled, but does not mean they have progressed to the next class level (i.e., students who are enrolled during their 2nd year may still be freshmen).

Source: Kettering University Banner Student Database.
Office of Institutional Research
UPDATED October 2023

Graduate Rates

Graduation rate is the percentage of a school's first-time, first-year undergraduate students who complete their program within 150% of the published time for the program, as described by the U.S. Department of Education. Kettering University’s published time to graduation is 4.5 years. Thus, time to graduation is 6.75 years [150% x 4.5 years]. This data is updated annually soon after the end of each academic year [June 30].

Year	Number Enrolled	% Graduated by 4th Year	% Graduated by 5th Year
2015	434	10.1	56.5
2016	363	9.9	57.9
Data shared by CNBC in September of 2017 ranked Kettering first in Michigan among colleges and universities for producing the highest earning graduates. The Wall Street Journal ranked Kettering first in the country in career preparation.	371	15.6	62.3
2018	363	17.6	63.1
2019	346	17.1	63.6
2020	338	23.4

Source: Kettering University Banner Student Database.
Office of Institutional Research
UPDATED August 2024