Traditional Undergraduate Retention
Definition: First-time, full-time freshmen in the fall cohort term who are either enrolled or have graduated by the succeeding fall term. Students are unable to declare a major until their second semester. This data is based off of the original undeclared dataset that declared this KSOB major in the Spring and was retained through the following fall term.
Catawba Online Retention (BBA)
Definition: Percentage of students who continue enrollment in the program (or successfully complete it) within one year of their initial entry. The retention cohort includes students who enter in any of the six start periods during an academic year.
| Retention |
AY 2022-2023 Goal: > than |
Results AY 2022-2023 |
AY 2023-2024 Goal: > than |
Results AY 2023-2024 |
2024-2025 Goal: > than |
Results AY 2024-2025 |
| BA Bachelor of Arts, Accounting |
80% |
100% |
80% |
100% |
82% |
85.71% |
| BA Bachelor of Arts, Economics and Finance |
80% |
N/A: 0 FTFT starts for Econ/Fin during Fall 2022 |
80% |
100% |
82% |
88.88% |
| BSBA Bachelor of Science, Business Administration |
75% |
84.84% |
75% |
96.08% |
75% |
83.02% |
| BBA Bachelor of Business Administration (Catawba Online) |
65% |
71.42% |
70% |
70.37% |
70% |
87.50% |
MBA Retention
Definition: Retention for this program is defined as completion within this time frame: a two-year MBA program within three years.
Dates: 8 consecutive terms, Summer 2023 (5/13/2023-8/15/2023) – Fall 2025 (8/20/2025-12/10/2025)
| MBA Retention - General Management |
| Entry Year |
# Enrolled |
Still Enrolled Next Year |
1-Year Retention Goal |
1-Year Retention Rate |
Graduated within 3 Years |
Completion Rate Goal |
Completion Rate |
| AY 2023-2024 |
28 |
23 |
85% |
82.14% |
20 |
70% |
71.43% |
| AY 2024-2025 |
29 |
26 |
90% |
89.66% |
19 |
75% |
65.52%* |
*7 students still enrolled pending graduation Spring 2026
| MBA Retention - Healthcare Management |
| Entry Year |
# Enrolled |
Still Enrolled Next Year |
1-Year Retention Goal |
1-Year Retention Rate |
Graduated within 3 Years |
Completion Rate Goal |
Completion Rate |
| AY 2023-2024 |
6 |
5 |
80% |
83.33% |
4 |
70% |
66.67%* |
| AY 2024-2025 |
10 |
10 |
85% |
100.00% |
10 |
75% |
100.00% |
*1 student still enrolled pending graduation Spring 2026
