Online student graduation rate

<p><strong>USNWR Online:</strong> A two-year average of the percentage of students who finished the program within a three-, four-, five- or six-year time period. The time period is determined by the average number of credits among new entrants to the program relative to the number of credits needed to graduate, or a proxy calculation. A program must have at least 10 graduates in its most recent reporting cohort to receive credit. Programs were slightly discounted if they did not report a graduation rate from at least 10 graduates in the prior year graduating cohort.</p>