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

At Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Erie-Behrend College, the graduation rates was 42.29% (488 students out of 1,154 candidates were completed their degree within 150% normal time. For example, within 6 years for students seeking a 4-year bachelors degree.). By gender, 324 male and 164 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-Penn State Erie-Behrend College. Last year, the graduation rate was 42.29%. where 488 students out of 1,154 candidate completed their degree.

323 students completed their course in 4 years and 124 finished there bachelor's (or equivalent) degree. Additional 28 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-Penn State Erie-Behrend College, 10 of 190 non-resident alien students completed their courses within 150% normal time and the graduation rate was 5.26%.

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-Penn State Erie-Behrend College is 25.22% (291 out of 1,154 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-Penn State Erie-Behrend College, the retention rate is 82% for full-time students and 100 % for part-time students.