NCES (1996) reported that almost one-third of all students entering colleges and universities are unprepared for college coursework and therefore required to enroll in developmental courses. This study focused on developmental and regular mathematics courses at the University of Arkansas at Monticello. Using final mathematics grades from the freshman cohort of 1994, the Mann-Whitney U-test was run to compare final grades in college-level mathematics courses between the students who were first enrolled in developmental mathematics and students who were not. The chi-square test was used to determine whether any difference existed in retention and graduation rates between students who completed their developmental mathematics courses in one year and students who did not. The study showed that there was no statistically significant difference in final grades in college level mathematics courses between students who took developmental mathematics courses upon arrival to campus and students who did not. However, a difference was detected in retention and graduation rates between students who finished their developmental mathematics courses in one year and students who did not.