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Creation Date
Spring 2026
Description
There is without a doubt a correlation between state appropriations and graduation rate; however, surprisingly, it was a negative correlation. The more of the operating revenue coming from state appropriations, the lower the graduation rate. The drop-off of graduation rate is most notable in the 6-year graph, where there would be a 36% lower likelihood of graduation if a university's operating revenue was completely state appropriations. than if they received none at all.
