UDenver's Graduation and Dropout Rate

Graduation Rate

The following chart shows the graduation rate of University of Denver 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 Denver students is 75.7%. Female students graduated at a rate of 80.0%, whereas male students graduated at a rate of 70.4%.

75.7%

asian 76.6% 49 students
African American 61.5% 16 students
white 76.6% 761 students
unknown 70.4% 19 students
hispanic 69.7% 108 students
International Students 74.7% 62 students
Mixed Race 84.1% 53 students

Drop Out

University of Denver has an overall drop-out rate of 23.5% as of August 31, 2021. The dropout rate of male students and female students is 28.4% and 19.6% respectively.

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

23.5%

asian 21.9% 14 students
African American 34.6% 9 students
white 22.7% 225 students
unknown 29.6% 8 students
hispanic 30.3% 47 students
International Students 24.1% 20 students
Mixed Race 14.3% 9 students

Still Enrolled

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

0.8%

white 0.7% 7 students

Master's Degrees

Degree/Program	Year 1	Year 2	Year 3
Business/Commerce, General	$87,503	$86,129	$98,717
Taxation	$67,750	$66,104	$85,588
Legal Research and Advanced Professional Studies	$62,915	$64,493	$78,170
Human Resources Management and Services	NA	$66,104	$75,452
Computer and Information Sciences, General	$74,139	$73,949	$73,641
Accounting and Related Services	$60,983	$62,632	$73,152
International Business	NA	$59,948	$71,407
Finance and Financial Management Services	$57,235	$60,399	$67,483
Marketing	$55,952	$53,984	$66,612
Natural Resources Management and Policy	$64,755	$68,379	$66,004
Geography and Cartography	$67,222	$56,544	$65,373
Health and Medical Administrative Services	$80,515	$66,171	$64,557
International Relations and National Security Studies	$46,033	$49,437	$60,303
Business Administration, Management and Operations	$79,763	$54,661	$60,167
Communication and Media Studies	$54,313	$54,192	$59,846
Educational Administration and Supervision	$45,035	$47,650	$58,772
Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities	$39,022	$49,722	$56,196
Psychology, Other	$39,542	$41,007	$55,274
Curriculum and Instruction	$52,471	$49,358	$51,656
Clinical, Counseling and Applied Psychology	$39,892	$41,193	$50,579
Social Work	$45,153	$44,882	$48,742
Economics	$49,103	$40,548	$48,505
Communication, Journalism, and Related Programs, Other	NA	$42,682	$44,898
Library Science and Administration	$42,492	$43,426	$44,456
Music	$26,601	$20,140	$20,164
Real Estate	$70,435	$83,546	NA
Management Sciences and Quantitative Methods	$71,472	NA	NA
Anthropology	$36,492	$39,927	NA
Public Policy Analysis	NA	$48,432	NA
Public Administration	NA	$47,260	NA
International/Global Studies	$55,043	$41,025	NA

Bachelor's Degrees

Degree/Program	Year 1	Year 2	Year 3
Mechanical Engineering	$62,647	$65,905	$72,754
Finance and Financial Management Services	$55,837	$62,012	$69,200
Marketing	$42,043	$49,918	$62,287
Business/Commerce, General	$44,799	$35,060	$50,621
Communication and Media Studies	$40,525	$39,969	$49,615
Political Science and Government	$34,377	$33,993	$46,343
Non-Professional General Legal Studies (Undergraduate)	NA	$35,600	$46,271
Geography and Cartography	NA	NA	$44,165
International Relations and National Security Studies	$32,897	$34,230	$41,580
Psychology, General	$29,257	$35,670	$38,651
Biology, General	$28,793	$24,532	$38,030
Criminology	$34,754	$32,569	$36,500
English Language and Literature, General	$18,093	$32,569	$31,734
Romance Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics	$33,712	$27,440	$27,414
Music	$21,466	$25,100	$25,637
Management Sciences and Quantitative Methods	$57,943	$69,338	NA
International Business	$43,756	$42,682	NA
Hospitality Administration/Management	$43,996	$43,426	NA
Real Estate	$53,339	NA	NA
Natural Resources Conservation and Research	NA	$41,565	NA
Journalism	NA	$36,852	NA
Business Administration, Management and Operations	NA	$47,260	NA
Computer Science	$64,648	$74,576	NA
Fine and Studio Arts	NA	$25,194	NA
Film/Video and Photographic Arts	NA	$20,140	NA
Sociology	$29,973	$29,685	NA
Economics	$31,689	NA	NA
Biochemistry, Biophysics and Molecular Biology	NA	$34,704	NA

Graduate/Professional Certificates

Degree/Program	Year 1	Year 2	Year 3
Educational Administration and Supervision	$70,020	$72,667	$77,585
Computer and Information Sciences, General	NA	$75,204	$68,311
Clinical, Counseling and Applied Psychology	$55,176	$55,964	$61,810
Geography and Cartography	$48,938	$57,318	$58,826
Curriculum and Instruction	$43,907	$46,087	$49,854
Natural Resources Management and Policy	NA	$50,856	NA
Communication and Media Studies	NA	$45,655	NA

Doctoral Degrees

Degree/Program	Year 1	Year 2	Year 3
Clinical, Counseling and Applied Psychology	$66,126	$69,338	$86,073
Religion/Religious Studies	NA	$37,208	$45,774
Educational Administration and Supervision	$84,497	NA	NA
Curriculum and Instruction	$90,815	$84,653	NA
English Language and Literature, General	NA	$49,058	NA

First Professional Degrees

Degree/Program	Year 1	Year 2	Year 3
Law	$57,899	$60,704	$73,790

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