Overall rates
These are the standard federal measures, based on first-time, full-time, degree-seeking students entering in the fall.
| Measure | Rate |
|---|---|
| First-year retention (returned for a second year) | 83% |
| Four-year graduation rate | 58% |
| Six-year graduation rate | 71% |
| Transfer-out rate (enrolled elsewhere within six years) | 14% |
| Still enrolled at Porter after six years, not yet graduated | 4% |
A large share of Porter students transfer in with credit or attend part-time, and neither group is counted in the first-time, full-time cohort above. Counting all degree-seeking students, the six-year completion rate is 74%.
By student characteristics
Federal reporting requires the six-year graduation rate disaggregated by the categories below. Small subgroup sizes make year-to-year swings large; these are three-year rolling averages.
| Group | Rate |
|---|---|
| All first-time, full-time students | 71% |
| Pell Grant recipients | 65% |
| Recipients of a subsidized federal loan (no Pell) | 73% |
| Neither Pell nor a subsidized loan | 76% |
| First-generation students | 69% |
| Women | 73% |
| Men | 69% |
The first-generation rate has risen from 57% to 69% over six years as the First-Generation Student Center expanded; closing the remaining gap is a stated university goal.
Student-athletes
The Graduation Success Rate for student-athletes, calculated under the athletic-association method (which counts incoming transfers and does not penalize for students who leave in good academic standing), is 82%, above the rate for the student body as a whole. Sport-by-sport rates are in the athletics reporting.
Where the data comes from
Rates are reported annually to the U.S. Department of Education through IPEDS and to the athletic association, and are published on the federal College Navigator and College Scorecard sites. The office of Institutional Research is the source of record; see institutional research and quick facts.
Fictional information
UW–Porter Falls is a work of parody. Every figure, rate, policy and disclosure on this page is invented; nothing here reflects a real institution.