UChicago's Graduation and Dropout Rate

Graduation Rate

The following chart shows the graduation rate of University of Chicago 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 Chicago students is 95.9%. Female students graduated at a rate of 96.0%, whereas male students graduated at a rate of 95.8%.

95.9%

asian 97.0% 292 students
African American 89.0% 73 students
white 96.6% 626 students
unknown 92.9% 26 students
hispanic 94.7% 195 students
International Students 96.4% 190 students
Mixed Race 98.6% 70 students

Drop Out

University of Chicago has an overall drop-out rate of 1.7% as of August 31, 2021. The dropout rate of male students and female students is 1.9% and 1.5% respectively.

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

1.7%

asian 1.0% 3 students
white 1.4% 9 students
hispanic 2.9% 6 students
International Students 2.0% 4 students

Still Enrolled

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

2.4%

asian 2.0% 6 students
African American 9.8% 8 students
white 2.0% 13 students
hispanic 2.4% 5 students
International Students 1.5% 3 students

Bachelor's Degrees

Degree/Program	Year 1	Year 2	Year 3
Computer Science	$93,918	$91,211	$142,172
Economics	$82,564	$85,637	$96,012
Mathematics	$81,753	$72,022	$81,130
Public Policy Analysis	$51,165	$52,663	$73,510
Research and Experimental Psychology	$40,175	$39,015	$63,074
Political Science and Government	$48,082	$40,872	$51,312
Physics	$52,578	$39,909	$47,542
Psychology, General	NA	$45,128	$43,021
International Relations and National Security Studies	$42,576	$36,674	$42,635
English Language and Literature, General	$35,291	$30,409	$36,820
Philosophy	$28,698	$33,993	$35,653
Anthropology	NA	$31,670	$31,590
History	$40,346	$39,369	NA
Linguistic, Comparative, and Related Language Studies and Services	$14,137	$52,107	NA
Visual and Performing Arts, Other	NA	$38,289	NA
Sociology	NA	$48,432	NA
Romance Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics	NA	$42,682	NA
Clinical, Counseling and Applied Psychology	$35,220	$32,925	NA
Chemistry	$36,403	NA	NA
Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities	$43,324	$28,960	NA
Statistics	NA	$68,499	NA
Biology, General	$24,335	$23,649	NA

Master's Degrees

Degree/Program	Year 1	Year 2	Year 3
Business Administration, Management and Operations	$159,677	$159,442	$178,485
Statistics	$119,416	$116,083	$131,549
Computer Science	$108,094	$92,277	$105,545
Criminal Justice and Corrections	$99,684	$84,653	$91,550
Public Policy Analysis	$71,121	$70,083	$82,672
International Relations and National Security Studies	$44,115	$47,260	$65,979
Education, General	NA	$53,060	$55,367
Social Work	$44,819	$46,813	$53,691
Social Sciences, General	$39,749	$39,214	$47,962
Theological and Ministerial Studies	$38,392	$37,748	$46,696
Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities	$32,813	$37,928	$46,173
Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods	$53,408	NA	NA
Design and Applied Arts	NA	$33,993	NA
Area Studies	$35,643	$36,141	NA
Biomathematics, Bioinformatics, and Computational Biology	$69,811	NA	NA
Applied Mathematics	$107,203	NA	NA

Doctoral Degrees

Degree/Program	Year 1	Year 2	Year 3
Middle/Near Eastern and Semitic Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics	NA	$63,005	NA
History	NA	$50,856	NA
Political Science and Government	NA	$74,576	NA
Theological and Ministerial Studies	$47,950	NA	NA

First Professional Degrees

Degree/Program	Year 1	Year 2	Year 3
Law	$181,006	$171,510	$219,263
Medicine	$59,645	$59,751	$73,098

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