<![CDATA[Georgia Tech Reaches All-Time High Retention and Graduation Rates]]>

664600 news 1673371485 1677785696 <![CDATA[Georgia Tech Reaches All-Time High Retention and Graduation Rates]]> Since the 2011 inception of Complete College Georgia (CCG) — a University System of Georgia (USG) initiative to increase the number of students who complete their degrees — the numbers have continued to rise.

Students in the Fall 2016 first-year cohort recorded a six-year graduation rate of 93%, an all-time high for the Institute. (In U.S. public colleges, the average retention rate is about 71%.) Underrepresented minorities and women within this cohort also posted record-high graduation rates of 87% and 94%, respectively. Additionally, 98% of students in the Fall 2021 first-year cohort enrolled for a second year. This represents an all-time high for the Institute.

]]> 2023-01-10T00:00:00-05:00 Georgia Tech undergraduates are earning their degrees at record rates. During the 2021-22 academic year, the Institute awarded 4,016 undergraduate degrees.

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