42%
6-year graduation rate
(Indicator Number: 2)
Category: Student: Access, Affordability, and Attainment
What It Measures: Relative quality of new 1st-time full-time freshmen & their success in college
Data Reporting Lag: The reporting for this indicator has a 2 year difference. The latest data available is from 2021 for the indicator reporting year of 2023
Value Comparison: When comparing this value for Adequacy and Improvement, a higher value is better.
Data Source For Indicator Value: IPEDS
Data Source For Peer Value: IPEDS
Benchmark Set By: Peers
IMPROVEMENT
42%
is currently below the average of the 3 previous years (42.67%)
ADEQUACY
42%
is currently below the the benchmark set by Peers (51%)
Bowie State University's peers as of 2015
| Humboldt State University |
| Fitchburg State University |
| New Jersey City University |
| William Paterson University of New Jersey |
| State University of New York at New Paltz |
| North Carolina Central University |
| Winston-Salem State University |
| East Stroudsburg University of Pennsylvania |
| Virginia State University |
| California State University, Bakersfield |
USM Institutions
6-year graduation rate
(Indicator Number: 2)
| Bowie State University | 42% |
| Coppin State University | 26% |
| Frostburg State University | 48% |
| Salisbury University | 72% |
| Towson University | 72% |
| University of Maryland, Baltimore County | 70% |
| University of Maryland, College Park | 88% |
| University of Maryland, Eastern Shore | 33% |