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Student Outcomes

Post-Graduation Placement

The undergraduate student success rate for the class of 2024-2025 (employed, enrolled in continuing education, participating in a volunteer program, or serving in the military) remains strong at 75.1%, for those reporting, at the time of graduation. The success rate for the class of 2023-2024 at 12 months after graduation is 83.1%, for the class of 2022-2023 the rate is 91.8% (Compare to national average of 84.7% at 6-months after graduation for 2022-2023 from NACE). For more details, see the following reports:

Year

Year ending

Employed full-time (on average 30 hours or more per week)

Employed part-time (on average less than 30 hours per week)

Enrolled in a program of continuing education (graduate school, other degree...)

Not seeking employment or continuing education at this time

Participating in a volunteer or service program (e.g., Peace Corps)

Planning to continue education but not yet enrolled

Seeking employment

Serving in the U.S. military

Total

 

Undergraduate

(Graduation)

25

44.2%

1.9%

17.8%

0.0%

1.0%

8.7%

25.5%

1.0%

208
(At 1 year

24

39.2%

4.7%

16.5%

0.9%

0.9%

11.3%

25.5%

0.9%

212

(At 1 year)

23

64.3%

3.5%

23.1%

0%

0%

2.2%

6.6%

0.9%

241

(At 1 year)

22

65.0%

4.6%

16.7%

0.4%

0.4%

0.8%

12.1%

0.0%

240
(At 1 year)

21

63.3%

3.8%

16.7%

0.4%

0.4%

15.4%

0%

0.4%

240
Graduate (at graduation)

25

94%

2%

0%

0%

0%

1%

2%

0%

212

 

24

95.0%

0.7%

0.0%

1.1%

0.0%

0.7%

2.1%

0.0%

281

 

23

96.4%

0.7%

0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

2.5%

0.4

275

 

22

96.6%

0.0%

0.0%

0.3%

0.0%

0.0%

2.8%

0.3%

 
 

21

97.1%

0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

0.3%

2.6%

0.0%

 

 

Retention and Graduation Rates

The document below gives the rates of retention and graduation for first-year, first-time, full-time students enrolled at Doane University. 

The following table represents the percentage of first-year, first-time, full-time, degree-seeking, undergraduate students who entered Doane in the given fall and returned to Doane in the next fall. 

Cohort YearFall 2020Fall 2021Fall 2022Fall 2023Fall 2024
Retention Rate66.3%67.4%72.4%78.9%78.5%

The following table presents 6-year (150%) completion rates for cohorts that started at Doane as first-year, first-time, full-time, degree-seeking, undergraduate students in the fall listed.

Cohort YearFall 2014Fall 2015Fall 2016Fall 2017Fall 2018Fall 2019
Graduation Rate (6 year)60.7%58.5%61.7%55.9%57.1%59.2%

 

 

Graduation by Programs

A visual representation of the number of graduates by program and number of minors is available.

The following tables give the number of degrees conferred (graduates) for each program at Doane University by year. 

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