Graduation Rate

Brescia University aspires to meet or exceed the FTFT retention rate and cohort graduation rate by maintaining rates that are at or above Brescia’s five-year rolling average based on IPEDS data.

2017 Cohort:

154 Students

Overall graduation rate: 46%

	4 year graduation rates	5 year graduation rates	6 year graduation rates
Men	33	40	40
Women	37	47	47
Total (men and women)	36	45	45
U.S. Nonresident	0	0	0
Hispanic/Latino	50	50	50
American Indian or Alaska Native
Asian
Black or African American	33	43	43
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander
White	33	43	43
Two or more people	50	50	50
Race and ethnicity unknown	45	55	55

2016 Cohort:

123 Students

Overall graduation rates 43%

	4 year graduation rate	5 year graduation rate	6 year graduation rate
Men	29	36	36
Women	37	51	51
Total (men and women)	33	44	44
U.S. Nonresident	0	0	0
Hispanic/Latino	0	33	33
American Indian or Alaska Native
Asian
Black or African American	30	40	40
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0	0	0
White	35	46	46
Two or more people
Race and ethnicity unknown	50	63	63

2015 Cohort:

148 Students

Overall Graduation Rates 49%

	4 year graduation rate	5 year graduation rate	6 year graduation rate
Men	28	44	46
Women	38	48	48
Total (men and women)	34	46	47
U.S. Nonresident	0	0	0
Hispanic/Latino	0	0	0
American Indian or Alaska Native	0	100	100
Asian
Black or African American	20	40	40
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander
White	37	47	48
Two or more people
Race and ethnicity unknown	44	78	78

2014 Cohort:

164 students

Overall Graduation Rates: 36%

	4 year graduation rate	5 year graduation rate	6 year graduation rate
Men	21	27	27
Women	29	39	39
Total (men and women)	26	34	34
U.S. Nonresident	20	20	20
Hispanic/Latino	20	40	40
American Indian or Alaska Native	0	0	0
Asian
Black or African American	17	33	33
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander
White	27	34	34
Two or more people
Race and ethnicity unknown	33	50	50

2013 Cohort:

151 students

Overall Graduation Rate 34%

	4 year graduation rate	5 year graduation rate	6 year graduation rate
Men	13	18	21
Women	28	34	37
Total (men and women)	22	27	30
U.S. Nonresident	50	50	50
Hispanic/Latino	20	20	40
American Indian or Alaska Native	100	100	100
Asian	0	50	50
Black or African American	11	33	44
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander
White	19	23	26
Two or more people
Race and ethnicity unknown	39	44	44

Brescia University considers the above five-year rolling average (41.6%) to be an acceptable result for the following reasons:

• The University’s Graduation Rate is improving, with a benchmark in place to improve it further;
• The University enjoys a Block-Transfer Agreement with the Kentucky Community and Technical College System (KCTCS), which leads to a significant number of students transferring in to Brescia University. These students are not reflected on the First-Time Full-Time data above.
• The following chart provides specific numbers of Brescia University students receiving baccalaureate degrees over the past five (5) years showing the transfer student success, beginning with 2019:

Graduation Year	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023
Total Baccalaureate Awards	200	161	149	192	164

Brescia University aspires to meet or exceed the FTFT retention rate and cohort graduation rate by maintaining rates that are at or above Brescia’s five-year rolling average based on IPEDS data.

The five-year rolling average based on IPEDS data provides establish a graduation rate baseline. The following graph tracks Brescia University’s overall FTFT graduation rate among peer institutions. For the purpose of comparison, Brescia University uses other members of the Association of Independent Kentucky Colleges and Universities (AIKCU).