Sixty-six percent of the University of Georgia’s fall 2012 incoming freshmen graduated within four years, a record for the Athens university. That rate was up 3 percentage points over the previous year’s rate.
“This outstanding achievement reflects the dedication of many individuals across campus — over many years — to putting students first at the University of Georgia,” President Jere W. Morehead said in a release. “While we still have work to do, our progress in this area sends another strong signal of UGA’s upward trajectory.”
The university press release noted the number was just short of “aspirational” institutions that averaged 70 percent, but well past peer and Southeastern Conference institutions, which averaged 49 and 44 percent respectively.
The university’s six-year graduation rate stayed at 85 percent, and the freshman retention rate — which counts the students who return to the university for the second year — stayed at 95 percent. Both are record levels.
The university said it has created 35 new academic adviser positions since 2014 for more personalized advising. It also recently completed a small-class-size initiative, which brought more than 50 new faculty members to campus, creating more than 300 new course offerings.
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