Illinois State's Graduation and Dropout Rate

Graduation Rate

The following chart shows the graduation rate of Illinois State University 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 Illinois State University students is 67.3%. Female students graduated at a rate of 71.8%, whereas male students graduated at a rate of 60.8%.

67.3%

asian 64.2% 52 students
African American 48.1% 163 students
white 72.3% 1,925 students
unknown 50.0% 9 students
hawaiian 66.7% 4 students
hispanic 54.1% 213 students
International Students 61.5% 8 students
Mixed Race 57.3% 59 students

Drop Out

Illinois State University has an overall drop-out rate of 32.0% as of August 31, 2021. The dropout rate of male students and female students is 38.0% and 27.7% respectively.

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

32.0%

asian 34.6% 28 students
African American 50.2% 170 students
white 27.1% 720 students
unknown 50.0% 9 students
hispanic 45.2% 178 students
International Students 30.8% 4 students
Mixed Race 42.7% 44 students

Still Enrolled

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

0.8%

African American 1.8% 6 students
white 0.6% 16 students
hispanic 0.8% 3 students

Bachelor's Degrees

Degree/Program	Year 1	Year 2	Year 3
Computer Science	$68,002	$64,990	$78,276
Construction Management	$65,576	$67,101	$73,936
Management Information Systems and Services	$52,516	$63,005	$73,592
Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing	$63,829	$65,194	$65,533
Computer and Information Sciences, General	$57,294	$54,996	$64,567
Finance and Financial Management Services	$52,313	$52,781	$64,241
Accounting and Related Services	$54,480	$54,470	$63,207
Insurance	$54,880	$54,581	$62,705
Industrial Production Technologies/Technicians	$51,075	$55,693	$57,442
Management Sciences and Quantitative Methods	$44,929	$48,112	$57,228
Business Administration, Management and Operations	$41,050	$44,711	$54,810
International Business	$50,855	$44,356	$54,743
Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science/Research and Allied Professions	$51,027	$53,358	$53,902
Marketing	$45,387	$46,589	$53,669
Health and Medical Administrative Services	$43,248	$46,999	$53,118
Environmental Control Technologies/Technicians	$44,892	NA	$52,972
Economics	$44,992	$46,422	$52,925
Mathematics	$49,334	$44,742	$52,290
Agriculture, General	$41,426	$44,542	$50,901
Health and Physical Education/Fitness	$30,695	$37,593	$48,718
Criminal Justice and Corrections	$36,805	$35,274	$48,185
Public Relations, Advertising, and Applied Communication	$38,618	$38,829	$47,218
Political Science and Government	$33,733	$35,274	$46,883
Special Education and Teaching	$43,480	$43,584	$45,577
Graphic Communications	$47,259	$39,369	$44,861
Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Subject Areas	$36,294	$40,546	$44,818
Communication and Media Studies	$37,645	$37,208	$43,984
Romance Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics	$38,648	$36,992	$42,738
Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods	$39,193	$39,054	$41,993
Family and Consumer Sciences/Human Sciences, General	$38,389	$34,381	$41,715
History	$36,922	$35,823	$41,632
Journalism	$31,908	$31,851	$40,987
Parks, Recreation and Leisure Facilities Management	$34,835	$33,993	$39,361
Psychology, General	$28,754	$29,685	$39,335
Biology, General	$31,827	$32,658	$39,230
Social Work	$31,554	$30,554	$38,355
Fine and Studio Arts	$32,519	$30,499	$37,889
English Language and Literature, General	$30,881	$33,840	$37,280
Music	$27,765	$31,133	$36,850
Sociology	$34,527	$27,822	$36,346
Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities	$32,380	$27,222	$34,580
Drama/Theatre Arts and Stagecraft	$23,472	$24,532	$30,469
Visual and Performing Arts, Other	$20,419	$33,565	$30,285
Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions	$37,173	$37,856	NA
Apparel and Textiles	$36,345	NA	NA
Computer Systems Networking and Telecommunications	$46,402	$50,856	NA
Human Development, Family Studies, and Related Services	$31,674	NA	NA
Energy Systems Technologies/Technicians	NA	$47,260	NA
Engineering Technology, General	$60,390	NA	NA
Cell/Cellular Biology and Anatomical Sciences	$34,567	$26,896	NA
Public Health	$51,383	$50,439	NA
Philosophy	NA	$38,289	NA
Chemistry	$44,522	NA	NA
Communication Disorders Sciences and Services	NA	$19,455	NA
Design and Applied Arts	$40,489	NA	NA
Physics	$38,331	NA	NA
Geography and Cartography	$52,886	NA	NA
Anthropology	NA	$26,739	NA

Master's Degrees

Degree/Program	Year 1	Year 2	Year 3
Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing	$97,556	$95,930	$102,485
Business Administration, Management and Operations	$78,303	$72,884	$77,896
Accounting and Related Services	$62,000	$64,791	$70,358
Communication Disorders Sciences and Services	$49,521	$57,770	$58,780
Social Work	$37,608	$44,895	$49,589
Curriculum and Instruction	$49,163	$46,589	$49,237
Family and Consumer Sciences/Human Sciences, General	$44,041	$48,432	$47,318
Health and Physical Education/Fitness	$39,997	$41,667	$45,533
Communication and Media Studies	$43,893	$44,021	$45,429
Student Counseling and Personnel Services	$38,991	$38,289	$41,150
Music	$23,383	$29,685	$32,022
Industrial Production Technologies/Technicians	$59,889	NA	NA
Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Subject Areas	$48,096	$45,696	NA
Mathematics	$56,035	NA	NA
Drama/Theatre Arts and Stagecraft	NA	$28,236	NA

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