Department Retention Rates
The Department of Journalism consistently has had a very high retention rate of first-year students returning to Temple the following year.
- Fall 2008 cohort: 87% (entire university: 88%)
- Fall 2009 cohort: 89% (entire university: 89%)
- Fall 2010 cohort: 92% (entire university: 87%)
- Fall 2011 cohort: 91% (entire university: 87%)
- Fall 2012 cohort: 92% (entire university: 89%)
- Fall 2013 cohort: 88% (entire university: 89%)
- Fall 2014 cohort: 94% (entire university: 90%)
- Fall 2015 cohort: 95.1% (entire university: 90%)
- Fall 2016 cohort: 82.6% (entire university 90%)
- Fall 2017 cohort: 89.2% (entire university 89%)
- Fall 2018 cohort: 90.7% (entire university 89%)
- Fall 2019 cohort: 89.7% (entire university 87%)
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Fall 2020 cohort: 82% (entire university 86%)
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Fall 2021 cohort: 90% (entire university 84%)
Department Graduation Rates
The department’s graduation rate for the past 11 years is included below.
- Fall 2008 cohort
- Four-year rate: 52%
- Five-year rate: 68%
- Six-year rate: 72% (entire university: 69%)
- Fall 2009 cohort
- Four-year rate: 57%
- Five-year rate: 71% (entire university: 66%)
- Six-year rate: 79% (entire university: 70%)
- Fall 2010 cohort
- Four-year rate: 56% (entire university: 44%)
- Five-year rate: 72% (entire university: 65%)
- Six-year rate: 75.6% (entire university: 70%)
- Fall 2011 cohort
- Four-year rate (2015): 67%
- Five-year rate (2016): 82.5%
- Six-year rate (2017): 84.1%
- Fall 2012 cohort
- Four-year rate (2016): 58%
- Five-year rate (2017): 70.5%
- Six-year rate (2018): 72.3%
- Fall 2013 cohort
- Four-year rate (2017): 70.8%
- Five-year rate (2018): 83.3%
- Six-year rate (2019): 84.2%
- Fall 2014 cohort
- Four-year rate (2018): 70.1%
- Five-year rate (2019): 77.6%
- Six-year rate (2020): 82.2%
- Fall 2015 cohort
- Four-year rate (2019): 71.7%
- Five-year rate (2020): 78.3%
- Six-year rate (2021): 80.4%
- Fall 2016 cohort
- Four-year rate (2020) 69.7%
- Five-year rate (2021): 76.1%
- Six-year rate (2022): 77.1%
- Fall 2017 cohort
- Four-year rate (2021): 64%
- Five-year rate (2022): 70.9%
- Fall 2018 cohort
- Four-year rate (2022): 65.4%