Notre Dame's Graduation and Dropout Rate

Graduation Rate

The following chart shows the graduation rate of University of Notre Dame 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 Notre Dame students is 95.9%. Female students graduated at a rate of 96.8%, whereas male students graduated at a rate of 95.1%.

95.9%

asian 99.1% 106 students
African American 91.1% 72 students
white 96.5% 1,293 students
unknown 90.0% 9 students
hispanic 94.4% 203 students
International Students 96.4% 136 students
Mixed Race 92.4% 98 students

Drop Out

University of Notre Dame has an overall drop-out rate of 3.9% as of August 31, 2021. The dropout rate of male students and female students is 4.6% and 3.1% respectively.

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

3.9%

African American 8.9% 7 students
white 3.2% 43 students
hispanic 5.6% 12 students
International Students 3.6% 5 students
Mixed Race 7.6% 8 students

Still Enrolled

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

0.2%

white 0.3% 4 students

Bachelor's Degrees

Degree/Program	Year 1	Year 2	Year 3
Computer and Information Sciences, General	$80,593	$89,968	$105,831
Mathematics and Statistics, Other	$74,224	$80,273	$99,815
Finance and Financial Management Services	$84,618	$86,375	$95,904
Management Information Systems and Services	$74,178	$74,307	$92,866
Chemical Engineering	$73,118	$76,460	$87,393
Economics	$69,070	$69,338	$85,821
Civil Engineering	$67,169	$70,680	$82,198
Electrical, Electronics and Communications Engineering	$75,696	$75,518	$82,081
Accounting and Related Services	$66,502	$68,289	$80,647
Mathematics	$64,754	NA	$80,272
Mechanical Engineering	$72,690	$71,320	$79,832
Business/Commerce, General	$64,167	$55,964	$78,534
Aerospace, Aeronautical and Astronautical Engineering	$68,525	$67,995	$68,138
Architecture	$58,141	$57,679	$67,248
Marketing	$54,502	$54,948	$64,968
Romance Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics	$37,909	$54,630	$61,217
Biological and Physical Sciences	$40,806	$40,485	$58,799
Design and Applied Arts	$54,550	NA	$55,888
Political Science and Government	$43,036	$45,696	$55,660
Sociology	NA	$39,009	$55,483
History	$47,439	$45,529	$53,015
Psychology, General	$38,685	$34,298	$50,836
English Language and Literature, General	$39,143	$39,585	$50,425
Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities	$34,497	$39,009	$50,415
Drama/Theatre Arts and Stagecraft	$41,882	$36,437	$49,740
Theological and Ministerial Studies	$20,151	$35,594	$39,773
Anthropology	$28,948	$20,140	$37,176
Biology, General	$14,868	$28,212	$31,566
Health/Medical Preparatory Programs	$15,774	$21,508	$18,069
East Asian Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics	NA	$45,715	NA
Environmental/Environmental Health Engineering	NA	$48,432	NA
Computer Engineering	$77,263	$79,598	NA
Ethnic, Cultural Minority, Gender, and Group Studies	NA	$35,060	NA
Area Studies	NA	$35,416	NA
Peace Studies and Conflict Resolution	NA	$42,682	NA
Middle/Near Eastern and Semitic Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics	NA	$53,358	NA
Classics and Classical Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics	NA	$20,140	NA
Neurobiology and Neurosciences	$21,357	NA	NA
Physics	NA	$67,660	NA
Philosophy	$23,992	NA	NA
International/Global Studies	NA	$57,318	NA

First Professional Degrees

Degree/Program	Year 1	Year 2	Year 3
Business Administration, Management and Operations	$124,439	$123,601	$135,572
Finance and Financial Management Services	$89,269	$89,674	$126,773
Management Sciences and Quantitative Methods	$120,074	$108,092	$123,182
Law	$87,638	$85,243	$110,135
Accounting and Related Services	$62,466	$66,956	$78,047
Business/Commerce, General	$64,374	$57,860	$67,532
Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods	$46,225	$43,798	$49,340
Educational Administration and Supervision	$66,402	NA	NA

Master's Degrees

Degree/Program	Year 1	Year 2	Year 3
Engineering Science	$88,113	$71,575	$80,067
Theological and Ministerial Studies	$43,183	$36,560	$41,504
Architecture	NA	$65,573	NA
Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies, Other	$50,139	NA	NA

Doctoral Degrees

Degree/Program	Year 1	Year 2	Year 3
Biology, General	$56,441	$56,415	$68,191
Mechanical Engineering	NA	$87,754	NA
Chemistry	$62,831	$48,432	NA
Theological and Ministerial Studies	NA	$52,941	NA

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