Excerpt from the Dayton Daily News
Area college graduations come to a close this weekend and a look at graduation rates for three public four-year, local universities shows wide variations in graduation rates.
Central State University, which holds commencement activities today, had one of the lowest graduation rates in the state for the group of students entering college in 2014, at 31% over a six-year period, according to the latest Ohio Department of Higher Education data.
Miami University, also holding graduation today, had Ohio’s second-highest graduation rate, at 78%, according to ODHE. Wright State University had s 46% graduation rate over the same period.
Comparing the universities is not an apple to apple comparison as Miami, CSU and WSU all serve different populations with different needs. Wright State and Central State have significantly more low-income students than Miami University, for example.
But as tuition costs continue to rise, all of the schools said they have the same goal of graduating students as soon as possible.
