With an average graduation rate of 66.18% over the past four admission years on record, OU ranks third in the MAC. Additionally, the university ranks second in retention rate with an average of 80.77% from the previous four years on record.

Though it has the least amount of recent data from the included universities, only providing three of the previous five years in consideration, Miami University ranks first in both categories by a wide margin.

Out of the twelve colleges that fall under the MAC, 10 provide recently verified data on their respective graduation rates publicly online. Just nine provide statistics relating to retention rates from recent years.

The following graduation statistics are determined by taking the percentage of students from each admission class (2013-2017) who graduated within a six-year span. Those are the most recent admission years possible to consider, as sixth-year students from the 2017 admission class graduated Spring Semester 2023.

The following retention statistics are determined by taking the percentage of students from each admission class (2018-2022) who returned the following fall. Those are the most recent admission years possible to consider, as the 2022 admission class retention rate could be first recorded Fall Semester 2023.

The graphs below pull published data from official university websites. Ball State University and Northern Illinois University (along with the retention rates from Buffalo University) are not included in the below graphs due to a lack of verifiable data within the relevant years.