Penn State Outcomes - Graduation, Transfer-out, Retention Rates

At Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus, the graduation rates was 83.28% (7,026 students out of 8,437 candidates were completed their degree within 150% normal time. For example, within 6 years for students seeking a 4-year bachelors degree.). By gender, 3,444 male and 3,582 female students have graduated from the school last year by completing their jobs in the period.

The following table and chart describe the graduation rates (150% normal time) by gender at Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus. Last year, the graduation rate was 83.28%. where 7,026 students out of 8,437 candidate completed their degree.

5,854 students completed their course in 4 years and 1,049 finished there bachelor's (or equivalent) degree. Additional 123 students graduated within 6 years, usually referred as 150% normal time.

The following table and chart show graduation rates by race/ethnicity. The numbers in parenthesis denotes number of completers over number of candidates for each category.

Non-resident alien student is not a US citizen and studies with student visa, such as F visa, in United States. At Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus, 709 of 841 non-resident alien students completed their courses within 150% normal time and the graduation rate was 84.30%.

The transfer-out rate is calculated by dividing students who have transferred out of other institution into total number of students (candidates) within 150% normal time. The transfer-out rate at Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus is 1.45% (122 out of 8,437 students transferred-out.).

By definition, retention rate is the percentage of students who return to a college for their sophomore year. At Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus, the retention rate is 91% for full-time students and 67 % for part-time students.