Overall Graduation Rates

List of Institutions (sorted by graduation rates)
Institution Sector State 150% normal time to completion 100% normal time to completion Pell awarded student (%)
Lac Courte Oreilles Ojibwe College
pub2yr
WI 3.03% 61%
Talmudical Seminary Oholei Torah
nfp4yr
NY 4.55% 65%
South University-Savannah Online
fp4yr
GA 5.16% 2.75% 55%
Hebrew Theological College
nfp4yr
IL 5.52% 5.25% 17%
Dine College
pub2yr
AZ 5.88% 48%
Bryant & Stratton College-Wauwatosa
fp2yr
WI 5.93% 63%
Bacone College
nfp4yr
OK 6.59% 4.35% 53%
Little Big Horn College
pub2yr
MT 6.90% 5.75% 7%
Indiana Institute of Technology-College of Professional Studies
nfp4yr
IN 7.06% 3.82% 39%
Capital Community College
pub2yr
CT 7.21% 0.96% 48%
Paine College
nfp4yr
GA 8.00% 4.80% 79%
DeVry University-California
fp4yr
CA 8.66% 7.14% 51%
Austin Community College District
pub2yr
TX 8.91% 21%
University of the Southwest
nfp4yr
NM 9.09% 6.82% 57%
Arkansas Baptist College
nfp2yr
AR 9.17% 67%
  • 150% Graduation Rate reflects completion within 3 years for an Associate Degree, and within 6 years for a Bachelor's degree
  • 100% Graduation Rate reflects completion within 2 years for an Associate Degree, and within 4 years for a Bachelor's degree
  • Graduation Rates by Sector aggregates starting and graduating cohorts to calculate sector-wide rates
List of Institutions (sorted by graduation rates)
Institution Sector State 150% normal time to completion 100% normal time to completion Pell awarded student (%)
Lac Courte Oreilles Ojibwe College
pub2yr
WI 3.03% 61%
Talmudical Seminary Oholei Torah
nfp4yr
NY 4.55% 65%
South University-Savannah Online
fp4yr
GA 5.16% 2.75% 55%
Hebrew Theological College
nfp4yr
IL 5.52% 5.25% 17%
Dine College
pub2yr
AZ 5.88% 48%
Bryant & Stratton College-Wauwatosa
fp2yr
WI 5.93% 63%
Bacone College
nfp4yr
OK 6.59% 4.35% 53%
Little Big Horn College
pub2yr
MT 6.90% 5.75% 7%
Indiana Institute of Technology-College of Professional Studies
nfp4yr
IN 7.06% 3.82% 39%
Capital Community College
pub2yr
CT 7.21% 0.96% 48%
Paine College
nfp4yr
GA 8.00% 4.80% 79%
DeVry University-California
fp4yr
CA 8.66% 7.14% 51%
Austin Community College District
pub2yr
TX 8.91% 21%
University of the Southwest
nfp4yr
NM 9.09% 6.82% 57%
Arkansas Baptist College
nfp2yr
AR 9.17% 67%
  • 150% Graduation Rate reflects completion within 3 years for an Associate Degree, and within 6 years for a Bachelor's degree
  • 100% Graduation Rate reflects completion within 2 years for an Associate Degree, and within 4 years for a Bachelor's degree
  • Graduation Rates by Sector aggregates starting and graduating cohorts to calculate sector-wide rates

Graduation Rates by Sector

Sector Number of institutions Sector-wide 150% normal time to completion
FP2YR
158 53.5%
FP4YR
130 28.4%
NFP2YR
126 54.7%
NFP4YR
1174 67.0%
PUB2YR
728 29.7%
PUB4YR
551 63.2%
TOTAL
2867 54.7%

On-time Graduation Rates Are Too Low

  • Across all two-year institutions, only 21.7% students complete their two-year degree program in two years.
  • Only 40.25% of students complete a four-year degree program in four years. This figure only includes first-time, full-time students; it excludes all part-time and transfer students.

Sector Graduation Insight

  • Four-year for-profit institutions have lower 150% of normal time graduation rates (28%) than either private not-for-profits (67%) or public institutions (67%) or public institutions (63%) but serve a higher percentage of low-income students.
  • Public two-year institutions have lower 150% graduation rates (29%) than either private not-for-profits (54.6%) or for-profit institutions (48%) but have open-enrollment policies mandated by the state and are not able to include students who transfer out and graduate from another institution in their reporting.

 

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