Snapshot: Retention Rates by Entering Cohort (First-Time Students)<\/strong><\/h2>\n![\"Bar](\"https:\/\/www.smcm.edu\/app\/uploads\/sites\/60\/2026\/02\/Retention-20-24-cohorts-300x183.png\")
<\/a><\/div>\nSnapshot: Overall Four- and Six-Year Graduation Rates (First-Time Students)<\/strong><\/h3>\n![\"Line](\"https:\/\/www.smcm.edu\/app\/uploads\/sites\/60\/2026\/02\/Grad-rates-21-25-300x211.png\")
<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\nDetailed Retention and Graduation Tables<\/strong><\/h4>\nRetention and graduation rates for first-time, first-year students are disaggregated by race\/ethnicity, gender, athlete status at entry, first-generation status, and financial aid status at entry.<\/p>\n
First-Time, First-Year Students (full-time only)<\/em>:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n- Retention and Graduation by Cohort Year, 2007-2024<\/a><\/li>\n
- Retention and Graduation by Student Characteristic Groups, 2007-2024<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
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<\/a><\/div>\nSnapshot: Overall Four- and Six-Year Graduation Rates (First-Time Students)<\/strong><\/h3>\n<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\nDetailed Retention and Graduation Tables<\/strong><\/h4>\nRetention and graduation rates for first-time, first-year students are disaggregated by race\/ethnicity, gender, athlete status at entry, first-generation status, and financial aid status at entry.<\/p>\n
First-Time, First-Year Students (full-time only)<\/em>:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n- Retention and Graduation by Cohort Year, 2007-2024<\/a><\/li>\n
- Retention and Graduation by Student Characteristic Groups, 2007-2024<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
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<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\nDetailed Retention and Graduation Tables<\/strong><\/h4>\nRetention and graduation rates for first-time, first-year students are disaggregated by race\/ethnicity, gender, athlete status at entry, first-generation status, and financial aid status at entry.<\/p>\n
First-Time, First-Year Students (full-time only)<\/em>:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n- Retention and Graduation by Cohort Year, 2007-2024<\/a><\/li>\n
- Retention and Graduation by Student Characteristic Groups, 2007-2024<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
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- Retention and Graduation by Cohort Year, 2007-2024<\/a><\/li>\n
- Retention and Graduation by Student Characteristic Groups, 2007-2024<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
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Retention and graduation, especially for at-risk students, is something that SMCM monitors carefully to ensure that the College is providing an inclusive educational environment to foster student success. Snapshot: Retention Rates by Entering Cohort (First-Time Students) Snapshot: Overall Four- and Six-Year Graduation Rates (First-Time Students) Detailed Retention and Graduation Tables Retention and graduation rates for Find out more »<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":58,"featured_media":0,"parent":6,"menu_order":5,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":{"0":"post-10","1":"page","2":"type-page","3":"status-publish","5":"entry"},"acf":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.smcm.edu\/ir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/10","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.smcm.edu\/ir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.smcm.edu\/ir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.smcm.edu\/ir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/58"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.smcm.edu\/ir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/www.smcm.edu\/ir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/10\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":916,"href":"https:\/\/www.smcm.edu\/ir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/10\/revisions\/916"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.smcm.edu\/ir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.smcm.edu\/ir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
- Retention and Graduation by Student Characteristic Groups, 2007-2024<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n