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Six-Year Graduation Completions by Sex

 

6-Year Completions by Sex for Spring 2010 as Reported to IPEDS

Entering Cohort

Male

Female

Total

2004-05

87

107

194

 

 

Six-Year Graduation Completions by Race/Ethnicity

 

6-Year Completions by Race/Ethnicity for Spring 2010 as Reported to IPEDS

Race/Ethnicity

Completions for 2003-04 Cohort

Hispanic/Latino

 5 (2.6%)

American Indian / Alaska Native

0 (0%)

Asian

2 (1%)

Black / African American

6 (3.1%)

White

168 (75.7%)

Two or More Races

N/A

Unknown

6 (3.1%)

Non-Resident Alien

7 (3.6%)

Total

194

 

Six-Year Completion Rate

 

Entering Cohort Year Original Cohort Number Completers within 150% Time Rate of Completion
2004-05 292 194 66%

 

 

Retention Rates

 

First-to-Second Year Retention

Entering Cohort

Entering Number

Retention Rate

2010-11

343

79%

 

 

Diversity of the Student Body

 

 

2011-12

 

2010-11

 

#

%

#

%

Sex

 

 

 

 

Full-Time Men

544

46%

543

46%

Full-Time Women

636

54%

633

54%

 

Racial / Ethnic Background

 

 

 

 

 

American Indian/Alaska Native

14

1.2%

14

1.2%

Asian

46

3.9%

32

2.2%

African American

63

5.3%

53

4.5%

Hispanic

93

7.9%

65

5.5%

White

834

70.1%

865

73.6%

Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander

0 0% NA NA

Two or More Races

11

0.9%

33

2.8%

Unknown

59

5.0%

58

4.9%

International

67

5.7%

56

4.9%

 

 

Cornell College Graduates - 2008

Every few years, Career Services conducts a survey at graduation (paper/pencil) and again six months after graduation (electronic) to determine where our graduates are headed after college.  The results of these surveys for our 2008 graduates indicated:

Survey of 2008 Cornell College Graduates

Number of graduates

242

Number of responses

149

Percentage of class responding

62%


Job Placement Information - Of the 149 graduates who responded, 101 (68%) indicated they were in the workforce. The work categories they identified, along with the number of graduates in each area, are listed below.

 

Workforce Categories

#

Archaeology

1

Business/Management

10

Customer Service/Retail

12

Education (PreK-12)

15

Farming/Agriculture

1

Finance/Accounting

6

Food and Beverage

2

Higher Education

3

Human Resources

1

Laborer/Trade

2

Library

2

Other Education Related

4

Other Research

1

Politics/Law

1

Publishing

1

Recreation/Sports

10

Science/Health Related

12

Social Service/Non-Profit

8

Technology

6

 

 

Graduate / Professional School Placement Information - The remaining 48 graduates indicated they were in graduate or professional school. Their disciplines and respective numbers are listed below.

 

Graduate School Discipline

#

Art/Art History

3

Education/Higher Education

5

English

1

Health/Medical Related

7

History/Museum Studies

3

Law

3

Math

1

MBA/Business Related

3

Medicine

7

Religion

4

Sciences

4

Social Sciences

6

Other

1