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Looking at gender differences in retention, <strong>the</strong> average first-year retention rate for<br />
female students (85% for <strong>the</strong> past 5 years) is actually higher than that of male students<br />
(80%). In fact with few exceptions, especially for <strong>the</strong> last 3 cohorts, for every retention<br />
rate given (1st year, 2nd year, 3rd year, etc.) women’s retention is <strong>the</strong> same or better than<br />
men’s. The 6-year graduation rate for <strong>the</strong> 1996 cohort is <strong>the</strong> same for men and women,<br />
while <strong>the</strong> 5-year graduation rate for <strong>the</strong> 1997 cohort and <strong>the</strong> 4-year graduation rate for <strong>the</strong><br />
1998 cohort is higher for women than for men (Tables IIF 3 and 4).<br />
Cohort<br />
beginning<br />
year:<br />
TABLE IIF-3<br />
RETENTION AND GRADUATION RATES FOR COHORTS 1996-2001: MALES<br />
Total<br />
started<br />
Total<br />
graduated in<br />
engineering<br />
Total<br />
dropped<br />
engineering<br />
Dropped<br />
after 1st<br />
year<br />
Dropped<br />
after 2nd<br />
year<br />
Dropped<br />
after 3rd<br />
year<br />
IIF-217<br />
Dropped<br />
after 4th<br />
year<br />
1996 82 66 (80.4%) 16(19.5%) 9 (11.0%) 7(8.5%) 0 0<br />
1997 61 31(50.8%) 28(45.9%) 17 (27.9%) 5(8.2%) 5(8.2%) 1(1.6%)<br />
1998 90 41(45.6%) 39(43.3%) 17(18.9%) 11(12.2%) 7 (7.9%) 0<br />
1999 96 30((31.3%) 19(19.8%) 9 (9.4%) 2(2.1%)<br />
2000 93 27(29.0%) 20(21.5%) 7(7.5%)<br />
2001 107 26(24.3%) 26(24.3%)<br />
Total 529 166 (31.4%) 108(20.4%) 39(9.2%)* 14 (4.3%) 1 (0.4)*<br />
*out of <strong>to</strong>tal 1996-2000 (n=422)** out of <strong>to</strong>tal 1996-1999 (n=329 ) ***out of <strong>to</strong>tal 1996-<br />
1998 (n=233)<br />
Cohort<br />
beginning<br />
year:<br />
TABLE IIF-4<br />
RETENTION AND GRADUATION RATES FOR COHORTS 1996-2001: FEMALES<br />
Total<br />
started<br />
Total<br />
graduated<br />
in<br />
engineering<br />
Total dropped<br />
engineering<br />
Dropped<br />
after 1st year<br />
Dropped<br />
after 2nd<br />
year<br />
Dropped<br />
after 3rd<br />
year<br />
Dropped<br />
after 4th<br />
year<br />
1996 15 12 (80.0%) 3 (20.1%) 3(20.1%) 0 0 0<br />
1997 16 10 (62.5%) 6 (37.5%) 3(18.8%) 1 (6.3%) 1(6.3%) 1(6.3%)<br />
1998 17 9 (52.9%) 7 (41.2%) 3(17.6%) 3(17.6%) 0 1(5.9%)<br />
1999 19 4 (21.0%) 2(10.5%) 2(10.5%) 0<br />
2000 24 6 (25.0%) 5(20.8%) 1 (4.2%)<br />
2001 13 0 0<br />
Total 104<br />
(16.4%)<br />
31(64.5%) 26 (25.0%) 16 (15.4%) 7 (7.7%) 1(1.5%) 2 (4.2%)<br />
* out of <strong>to</strong>tal 1996-2000 (n=91) ** out of <strong>to</strong>tal 1996-1999 (n=67) *** out of <strong>to</strong>tal 1996-1998 (n=48)
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