UC Riverside's Graduation and Dropout Rate

Graduation Rate

The following chart shows the graduation rate of University of California-Riverside students who enrolled in 2015 and after. The stat covers all undergraduates registered as full-time students to study a 4-year bachelor's degree program for the first time.

The breakdown shows the graduation rate by race/ethnicity of US students. All international students are represented under one group.

As of August 31, 2021, the average graduation rate of University of California-Riverside students is 76.5%. Female students graduated at a rate of 78.1%, whereas male students graduated at a rate of 74.5%.

76.5%

asian 80.2% 1,251 students
African American 69.5% 82 students
white 72.0% 317 students
unknown 76.1% 35 students
hawaiian 66.7% 6 students
hispanic 74.8% 1,121 students
International Students 70.9% 61 students
Mixed Race 76.9% 196 students

Drop Out

University of California-Riverside has an overall drop-out rate of 6.2% as of August 31, 2021. The dropout rate of male students and female students is 7.2% and 5.3% respectively.

Below is a breakdown of the dropout rate of US students by race/ethnicity and international students.

6.2%

asian 3.8% 59 students
African American 5.1% 6 students
white 5.2% 23 students
unknown 4.4% 2 students
hispanic 8.4% 126 students
International Students 23.3% 20 students
Mixed Race 3.9% 10 students

Transferred Out

Students transfer out of University of California-Riverside at a rate of 16.4% yearly. As of 2015,female students' transfer rate was 15.9%, and male students' 16.9%

The breakdown shows the graduation rate by race/ethnicity of US students. All international students are represented under one group.

16.4%

asian 15.4% 240 students
African American 22.0% 26 students
white 21.6% 95 students
unknown 19.6% 9 students
hawaiian 22.2% 2 students
hispanic 15.6% 233 students
International Students 3.5% 3 students
Mixed Race 18.4% 47 students

Still Enrolled

The data represent all cohorts between 2015 and August 31, 2021

1.0%

asian 0.6% 10 students
African American 3.4% 4 students
white 1.1% 5 students
hispanic 1.2% 18 students
International Students 2.3% 2 students
Mixed Race 0.8% 2 students

Bachelor's Degrees

Degree/Program	Year 1	Year 2	Year 3
Computer Engineering	$67,571	$69,617	$84,080
Electrical, Electronics and Communications Engineering	$66,399	$66,076	$80,825
Mechanical Engineering	$54,188	$59,912	$68,240
Chemical Engineering	$44,484	$49,464	$66,365
Biomedical/Medical Engineering	$43,664	$49,214	$63,844
Environmental/Environmental Health Engineering	$57,269	$42,682	$59,823
Business Administration, Management and Operations	$36,354	$39,087	$49,904
Economics	$35,836	$38,937	$46,889
Public Policy Analysis	$28,053	$27,181	$46,083
Business/Managerial Economics	$34,320	$36,591	$46,063
Natural Resources Conservation and Research	$33,304	$30,409	$44,859
Social Sciences, Other	$31,712	$35,864	$43,189
Mathematics	$23,826	$29,141	$42,722
Political Science and Government	$28,458	$27,984	$39,235
Sociology	$26,056	$28,423	$38,196
International Relations and National Security Studies	$26,867	$30,305	$37,042
Romance Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics	$19,892	$28,055	$36,361
Chemistry	$30,684	$36,848	$33,999
English Language and Literature, General	$21,386	$24,962	$33,839
Psychology, General	$24,584	$24,250	$33,354
Philosophy	$26,851	$27,261	$32,989
Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities	$18,477	$25,194	$32,637
Film/Video and Photographic Arts	$21,281	$25,503	$31,915
Drama/Theatre Arts and Stagecraft	NA	$21,508	$31,436
Anthropology	$24,074	$23,571	$31,384
Ethnic, Cultural Minority, Gender, and Group Studies	$22,490	$26,121	$31,095
International/Global Studies	$20,459	NA	$30,820
Biology, General	$18,850	$23,391	$30,609
History	$22,033	$23,087	$30,497
Neurobiology and Neurosciences	$19,084	NA	$30,366
Linguistic, Comparative, and Related Language Studies and Services	$24,872	$24,730	$30,298
Rhetoric and Composition/Writing Studies	$19,198	$22,055	$27,260
Fine and Studio Arts	$23,323	$24,201	$26,892
Biochemistry, Biophysics and Molecular Biology	$20,779	$19,508	$26,164
Dance	NA	$35,600	NA
Music	NA	$11,481	NA
Sustainability Studies	$17,395	NA	NA
Research and Experimental Psychology	$23,518	NA	NA
Physics	NA	$33,993	NA
Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies, Other	$22,954	NA	NA
Statistics	$40,790	NA	NA
Microbiological Sciences and Immunology	$36,851	$29,685	NA
Cell/Cellular Biology and Anatomical Sciences	$22,175	$33,993	NA
Computer Science	$56,647	NA	NA
Area Studies	NA	$24,615	NA

Doctoral Degrees

Degree/Program	Year 1	Year 2	Year 3
Psychology, General	NA	$69,338	$85,748
Education, General	NA	$79,838	$81,740
Medicine	$57,450	NA	NA
History	NA	$30,771	NA
Chemistry	NA	$48,432	NA
English Language and Literature, General	NA	$60,839	NA

Master's Degrees

Degree/Program	Year 1	Year 2	Year 3
Business Administration, Management and Operations	$59,114	$60,320	$67,946
Education, General	$56,049	$58,568	$64,438
Rhetoric and Composition/Writing Studies	$29,732	$40,461	$39,341
Public Policy Analysis	$44,142	NA	NA
Biomedical/Medical Engineering	NA	$63,005	NA

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