Student Achievement

First-Year Retention Rates by First-time Full-time Freshmen Cohort

Institution Fall 2019 Cohort Fall 2020 Cohort Fall 2021 Cohort Fall 2022 Cohort Fall 2023 Cohort Fall 2024 Cohort Fall 2025 Cohort Fall 2026 Cohort * Fall 2027 Cohort *
Augusta University 73.6% 69.8% 72.8% 73.5% 75.6% 77.7% 76.6% 78.0% 80.0%
System-Wide 81.9% 76.4% 79.3% 81.3% 83.8% 85.5% 84.2% -- --

Source: University System of Georgia 

 

First-time, Full-time Freshmen Four-Year Bachelor Degree Graduation Rates

Institution  AY 2019-20 AY 2020-21 AY 2021-22 AY 2022-23 AY 2023-24 AY 2024-25 AY 2025-26 AY 2026-27 * AY 2027-28 *
  (Fall 2014 Cohort) (Fall 2015 Cohort) (Fall 2016 Cohort) (Fall 2017 Cohort) (Fall 2018 Cohort) (Fall 2019 Cohort) (Fall 2020 Cohort) (Fall 2021 Cohort) (Fall 2022 Cohort)
Augusta University 20.3% 28.6% 25.0% 27.0%  29.0%  29.0% 27.6% 25.0% 23.0%
System-Wide 24.0% 33.6% 28.0% 31.0% 33.2% 33.3% 30.7% -- --

Source: University System of Georgia 

 

First-time, Full-time Freshmen Six-Year Bachelor Degree Graduation Rates

Institution  AY 2019-20 AY 2020-21 AY 2021-22 AY 2022-23 AY 2023-24 AY 2024-25 AY 2025-26 AY 2026-27 * AY 2027-28 *
  (Fall 2014 Cohort) (Fall 2015 Cohort) (Fall 2016 Cohort) (Fall 2017 Cohort) (Fall 2018 Cohort) (Fall 2019 Cohort) (Fall 2020 Cohort) (Fall 2021 Cohort) (Fall 2022 Cohort)
Augusta University 47.2% 50.2% 50.3% 48.6%  48.8%  48.2% 49.0% 46.0% 44.0%
System-Wide 57.8% 61.4% 58.6% 59.2% 59.2% 59.8% 56.8% -- --

Source: University System of Georgia 

* Targets reflect internal institutional goals for student achievement and success.