graduation rate

collocation in English

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graduation
noun[C or U]
uk
/ˌɡrædʒ.uˈeɪ.ʃən/us
/ˌɡrædʒ.uˈeɪ.ʃən/
the fact of finishing a degree or other course of study at a university or school, or the ceremony at which you are officially said to ...
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rate
noun[C]
uk
/reɪt/us
/reɪt/
the speed at which something happens or changes, or the amount or number of times it happens or changes in a ...
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(Definition ofgraduationandratefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Thegraduationratehas fluctuated between 85% and 96% over the same time period.
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The city's school district boasts agraduationrateover 50%, reporting agraduationrateof 56.1% in 2011.
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Thegraduationrateof the school district was just over the state minimum (90%), coming in at 90.5%.
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In 2011, thegraduationratedeclined to 78%.
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The strictly measured federalgraduationratefor athletes was 86% for freshmen who entered between 2000 and 2002.
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They have a highgraduationratestill.
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Graduationrateas of 2006 was 85.3% with 406 students graduating.
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The schools four-yeargraduationraterose from sixty-one percent in 2005 to eighty-six percent in 2012 (compared to the citywide average of 66 percent).
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As of 2009, thegraduationrateis 77.7%.
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The school boasts agraduationratenear 90% with high rates of college enrollment amongst graduating students.
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The university's freshman retention rate in 2009 was 92.5% and the six-yeargraduationratewas 81.0%.
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The retention rate for freshmen is 68 percent and the six-yeargraduationrateis 34 percent.
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It's like if ourgraduationratestinks then we got ta improve that.
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In 2011, thegraduationrateincreased to 93%.
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Thegraduationratefor the school is 93.6%, with 79.3% planning to go on to college.
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The 4-yeargraduationratefor the 2012-13 school year was 95.3%.
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Thegraduationrateexcludes students who transfer to other colleges and earn degrees there.
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The school's average high schoolgraduationratebetween 1999-2009 was 93%.
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The school has agraduationratebetween 93-98%, depending on the graduating class.
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The study used measures of college cost-effectiveness assessing colleges bygraduationrateas compared to the cost of tuition, fees, room, board, books and supplies.
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