What is Student Right-To-Know

Student Right-To-Know is a federal law that requires all colleges and universities to disclose certain information to students. This handout provides the information that a university must provide to students on graduation rates and transfer-out rates for full-time students seeking degrees at Bemidji State University.

What is a graduation rate and what is a transfer-out rate

Federal regulations specify how to calculate the graduation and transfer rates. The rates come from a study of Bemidji State University students who started at the university in the Fall 2019. The study includes all first-time students who enrolled full-time that fall and were seeking to earn a degree at the university. The graduation rate is the percentage of these students who graduated from the university within six years. The transfer-out rate is the percentage of these students who did not graduate from the university, but instead transferred to another college or university within six years.

What do I need to know about these rates

These rates do not report on all students at Bemidji State University. The 620 first-time, full-time students in the study were 14 percent of all undergraduate students enrolled in Fall 2019.

What are the graduation and transfer-out rates for Bemidji State University students and how do they compare to rates for other universities

• The graduation rate for Bemidji State University was 51
• The transfer-out rate for Bemidji State University was 28
• The combination of the graduation rate and the transfer-out rate was 79
  The national average combined rate for similar universities was 73 percent.

Why don’t more Bemidji State University students graduate or transfer in six years

• Some students take jobs before they graduate;
• Students who switch from full-time to part-time enrollment or “stop out” for one or more semesters are more likely to take more than six years to graduate;

Other students delay their education for personal, family or financial reasons.

Bemidji State University	Graduation Rate	Transfer-out Rate	Combined Rate
Total Cohort	51%	28%	79%

Race Ethnicity	Graduation Rate	Transfer-out Rate	Combined Rate
American Indian or Alaska Native	36%	29%	64%
Asian	*	*	*
Black or African American	*	*	*
Hispanic of any race	44%	33%	78%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	*	*	*
Two or more races	29%	43%	71%
U.S. Nonresident	*	*	*
Unknown race and ethnicity	*	*	*
White	53%	27%	80%

Gender	Graduation Rate	Transfer-out Rate	Combined Rate
Female	57%	26%	83%
Male	45%	30%	75%

Financial Aid	Graduation Rate	Transfer-out Rate	Combined Rate
Pell Grant Recipient	45%	29%	74%
Received neither Pell nor Subsidized Stafford Loans	52%	28%	80%
Received Subsidized Stafford Loans, but no Pell	56%	28%	84%

* Suppressed to protect student privacy.

Due to rounding, percentages may not always appear to add up.