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Completion and Attrition Trends: Baseline Data Analysis

CGS Summer Workshop

July 11, 2007

San Juan, PR

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The baseline data describes completion and attrition rates by broad field and disciplines of study, cohort size, and institutional type.

This presentation includes:Snap shots of previous presentationsTemporal completion trends by disciplines in each broad fieldCompletion rates by institution types Completion rates by cohort sizesAttrition rates (Details omitted)

Council of Graduate Schools www.cgsnet.org

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Cumulative Overall 10-Year Completion Rate for Cohorts Beginning in 1992-1993, 1993-1994, and 1994--1995, by Year

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Cumulative 10-Year Completion Rates for Cohorts Beginning in 1992-1993, 1993-1994, and 1994-1995, for Engineering Disciplines with Five or More Programs, by Year since Entering Doctoral Study

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Source: Council of Graduate Schools, Ph.D. Completion Project, Exit Survey Database.

Cumulative Completion Rates for Cohorts Beginning in 1992-1993, 1993-1994, and 1994-1995, for Life Science Disciplines at Five or More

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Cumulative Completion Rates for Cohorts Beginning in 1992-1993, 1993-1994, and 1994-1995, for Mathematics & Physical Science Disciplines at Five or More Programs, by Year since Entering Doctoral Study


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Source: Council of Graduate Schools, Ph.D. Completion Project, Exit Survey Database.

Cumulative Completion Rates for Cohorts Beginning in 1992-1993, 1993-1994, and 1994-1995, for Social Science Disciplines at Five or More

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Cumulative Completion Rates for Cohorts Beginning in 1992-1993, 1993-1994, and 1994-1995, for Humanities Disciplines at Five or More Programs, by Year since Entering Doctoral Study

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Sources: Council of Graduate Schools, Ph.D. Completion Project, Exit Survey Database.

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Cumulative Completion Rates by Institution Type for Cohorts Beginning in 1992-1993, 1993-1994, and 1994-1995, by Year since Entering Doctoral Study


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Cumulative Completion Rates by Institution Type for Cohorts Beginning in 1992-1993, 1993-1994, and 1994-1995, by Broad Fields and by Year since Entering Doctoral Study

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Note: 10-Year Cohorts include all cohorts entering 1992-93 through 1994-95Source: Council of Graduate SchoolsCompletion and Attrition Program Data

Attrition Completion Continuing

Cumulative Attrition, Completion, and Continuing Rates for Cohorts Beginning in 1992-1993, 1993-1994, and 1994-1995, by Board Fields, for Year 3 through Year 10 since Entering Doctoral Study


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Components of Overall Early Attrition for Year 1 through Year 4 since Entering Doctoral Study

Other attrition data in our upcoming book: Attrition rates by broad fields, disciplines, institution type, and cohort sizes. Components of early attrition at the aggregate level and by broad fields.


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•Completion and attrition rates vary across broad fields and across disciplines within a broad field. • In general, Engineering and Life Sciences disciplines have higher completion rates and Humanities have lower completion rates than other broad fields.• The rate of completion continues to increase in the Social Sciences and Humanities (SSH) disciplines from years 7-10 suggesting that completion in these broad fields continues beyond year 10.• There is little difference in completion rates by institution type or by cohort sizes at the aggregate level. Across fields, differences sometimes become more evident.• Early attrition rates increase faster than later attrition rates.

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