Demographics and Retention

The U.S. News & World Report rankings recognize Hampden-Sydney College's steady and sustained improvement. The College's "Overall Score," which reflects a combination of factors including peer assessment, has risen from 49 (out of 100) in 2003 to 58 this year. In the same period the acceptance rate has declined from 71% to 54%. The graduation rate has risen from 61% to 68%.

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2006-2012 ATTRITION AS PERCENT OF ENTERING CLASS

Graduation Year	Entering Class Size*	Graduated in 4 years		Including Late Graduates
		N	%	N	%
2006	300	168	56.0	186	62.0
2007	306	186	60.8	204	66.7
2008	321	202	62.9	218	67.9**
2009^	322	198	61.9	212	66.3**
2010	345	218	63.2	234	67.8*
2011^	334	199	59.8	205
2012	312	197	63.1

Latest Five Year Average
Percent Graduated In Four Years .........................62.2
Percent Including Late Graduates .......................66.1
* Entering class size is only first year, first time freshman. This number DOES NOT include transfer students.
* *Increase in graduation rate from prior year.
^ Original cohort adjusted for military service and/or death.

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RETENTION RATES 
For the last ten years, H-SC has retained on average:

• 78.5% of its freshman cohort (first-time, first-year students),
• 68.9% of its sophomore cohort,
• 65.o% of its junior cohort, and
• 64.9% of its senior cohort

          
COHORT RETENTION TRENDS (Rate at end of each year)

Fall Class Entering	% 1st	% 2nd	% 3rd	% 4th	% 5th
2006	77.1	71.0	67.8	68.1	67.8
2007	78.7	65.6	64.1*	62.3*	62.3*
2008	77.1	71.3*	67.5*	66.6*
2009	78.6*	70.2*	66.4*
2010	79.7*	69.8*
2011	77.8

*Percentage retention rate does not include students that left due to military and/or death.

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DEMOGRAPHICS:
2012-13 ENROLLMENT

In-State		Out-of-State		Total
N	%	N	%
748	69.3	332	30.7	1080

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2012-13 STUDENTS BY RACE

Race	%
Black	8.9
Native	0.6
Asian	1.4
Hispanic	2.2
White	80.5
Foreign/Other	0.8
Two+ Races	4.4
Unknown	1.2