Graduation Rate Comparison
The average graduation rate of Colleges in California is 71.49% where 100,927 students out of 141,178 candidates have complete their courses and degrees. The rate is calculated as the total number of completers within 150% of normal time (for example, 6 years for 4 years BS program)
divided by the candidates. The numbers in parenthesis() represent data by gender (men/women) for each cell respectively. The following table compares the graduation rates between Colleges in California.
Among the Colleges in California, Antelope Valley Community College District has the most highest graduation rate of 100.00%, while Ashford University has the lowest rate of 9.40%.
Compare Selected Schools
Name | Graduation Rate (Men/Women) | Completers (Men/Women) | Candidates (Men/Women) | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Academy of Art University | 44.70% (35.89% / 51.57%) | 253 (89 / 164) |
566 (248 / 318) | |
Antelope Valley Community College District | 100.00% (100.00% / 0.00%) | 3 (3 / 0) |
3 (3 / 0) | |
Art Center College of Design | 75.47% (68.92% / 78.99%) | 160 (51 / 109) |
212 (74 / 138) | |
Azusa Pacific University | 61.27% (56.91% / 63.33%) | 693 (206 / 487) |
1,131 (362 / 769) | |
Bakersfield College | 100.00% (100.00% / 0.00%) | 1 (1 / 0) |
1 (1 / 0) | |
Bethesda University | No completers information available at the school. | |||
Biola University | 72.06% (72.67% / 71.74%) | 619 (218 / 401) |
859 (300 / 559) | |
California Baptist University | 63.25% (61.46% / 64.25%) | 704 (244 / 460) |
1,113 (397 / 716) | |
California College of the Arts | 72.16% (61.90% / 77.19%) | 184 (52 / 132) |
255 (84 / 171) | |
California Institute of Technology | 94.04% (92.19% / 96.26%) | 221 (118 / 103) |
235 (128 / 107) | |
California Lutheran University | 73.20% (69.70% / 75.67%) | 467 (184 / 283) |
638 (264 / 374) | |
California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo | 85.47% (81.65% / 89.31%) | 3,693 (1,771 / 1,922) |
4,321 (2,169 / 2,152) | |
California State University-Bakersfield | 49.69% (40.84% / 54.85%) | 641 (194 / 447) |
1,290 (475 / 815) | |
California State University-Stanislaus | 55.26% (50.82% / 57.36%) | 735 (217 / 518) |
1,330 (427 / 903) | |
California State University-San Bernardino | 54.42% (49.05% / 57.80%) | 1,489 (518 / 971) |
2,736 (1,056 / 1,680) | |
California State Polytechnic University-Pomona | 66.32% (63.85% / 69.07%) | 2,705 (1,376 / 1,329) |
4,079 (2,155 / 1,924) | |
California State University-Chico | 64.18% (60.23% / 67.37%) | 1,749 (733 / 1,016) |
2,725 (1,217 / 1,508) | |
California State University-Dominguez Hills | 46.46% (38.56% / 51.21%) | 584 (182 / 402) |
1,257 (472 / 785) | |
California State University-Fresno | 56.23% (50.20% / 60.25%) | 1,804 (643 / 1,161) |
3,208 (1,281 / 1,927) | |
California State University-Fullerton | 69.30% (63.83% / 73.15%) | 2,962 (1,126 / 1,836) |
4,274 (1,764 / 2,510) | |
California State University-East Bay | 45.52% (38.73% / 49.45%) | 721 (225 / 496) |
1,584 (581 / 1,003) | |
California State University-Long Beach | 72.65% (68.15% / 75.65%) | 3,010 (1,130 / 1,880) |
4,143 (1,658 / 2,485) | |
California State University-Los Angeles | 51.43% (46.45% / 55.12%) | 1,890 (727 / 1,163) |
3,675 (1,565 / 2,110) | |
California State University-Northridge | 55.99% (49.77% / 60.95%) | 2,476 (976 / 1,500) |
4,422 (1,961 / 2,461) | |
California State University-Sacramento | 54.46% (47.60% / 59.53%) | 2,004 (745 / 1,259) |
3,680 (1,565 / 2,115) | |
University of California-Berkeley | 94.03% (92.57% / 95.41%) | 5,829 (2,792 / 3,037) |
6,199 (3,016 / 3,183) | |
University of California-Davis | 86.34% (83.92% / 87.73%) | 4,919 (1,743 / 3,176) |
5,697 (2,077 / 3,620) | |
University of California-Irvine | 86.61% (84.42% / 88.53%) | 5,664 (2,584 / 3,080) |
6,540 (3,061 / 3,479) | |
University of California-Los Angeles | 92.48% (90.95% / 93.48%) | 6,036 (2,352 / 3,684) |
6,527 (2,586 / 3,941) | |
University of California-Riverside | 76.02% (72.59% / 78.46%) | 4,062 (1,610 / 2,452) |
5,343 (2,218 / 3,125) | |
University of California-San Diego | 87.73% (85.26% / 89.90%) | 5,013 (2,279 / 2,734) |
5,714 (2,673 / 3,041) | |
University of California-Santa Barbara | 85.67% (83.90% / 86.98%) | 4,268 (1,777 / 2,491) |
4,982 (2,118 / 2,864) | |
University of California-Santa Cruz | 76.91% (74.77% / 79.14%) | 3,225 (1,594 / 1,631) |
4,193 (2,132 / 2,061) | |
California Institute of the Arts | 63.82% (61.22% / 66.34%) | 127 (60 / 67) |
199 (98 / 101) | |
California State University Maritime Academy | 63.14% (63.37% / 61.76%) | 149 (128 / 21) |
236 (202 / 34) | |
Chapman University | 83.57% (79.79% / 85.85%) | 1,241 (446 / 795) |
1,485 (559 / 926) | |
Concordia University-Irvine | 63.05% (57.97% / 65.67%) | 256 (80 / 176) |
406 (138 / 268) | |
San Diego Christian College | 35.42% (32.00% / 39.13%) | 17 (8 / 9) |
48 (25 / 23) | |
Claremont McKenna College | 91.28% (90.42% / 92.21%) | 293 (151 / 142) |
321 (167 / 154) | |
University of Silicon Valley | 43.81% (39.06% / 51.22%) | 46 (25 / 21) |
105 (64 / 41) | |
Columbia College Hollywood | 49.28% (53.33% / 41.67%) | 34 (24 / 10) |
69 (45 / 24) | |
Design Institute of San Diego | 75.00% (0.00% / 75.00%) | 3 (0 / 3) |
4 (0 / 4) | |
Dominican University of California | 78.93% (68.75% / 82.23%) | 206 (44 / 162) |
261 (64 / 197) | |
Feather River Community College District | 50.00% (0.00% / 50.00%) | 4 (0 / 4) |
8 (0 / 8) | |
Fresno Pacific University | 50.24% (46.25% / 52.67%) | 106 (37 / 69) |
211 (80 / 131) | |
Harvey Mudd College | 92.02% (93.04% / 90.82%) | 196 (107 / 89) |
213 (115 / 98) | |
California State Polytechnic University-Humboldt | 45.55% (38.25% / 51.02%) | 584 (210 / 374) |
1,282 (549 / 733) | |
Humphreys University-Stockton and Modesto Campuses | 100.00% (0.00% / 100.00%) | 2 (0 / 2) |
2 (0 / 2) | |
Interior Designers Institute | 100.00% (0.00% / 100.00%) | 1 (0 / 1) |
1 (0 / 1) | |
American Jewish University | 50.00% (100.00% / 33.33%) | 2 (1 / 1) |
4 (1 / 3) | |
Life Pacific University | 46.43% (45.00% / 47.22%) | 26 (9 / 17) |
56 (20 / 36) | |
University of La Verne | 63.22% (58.85% / 66.26%) | 349 (133 / 216) |
552 (226 / 326) | |
Laguna College of Art and Design | 63.10% (54.55% / 66.13%) | 53 (12 / 41) |
84 (22 / 62) | |
Lincoln University | 81.25% (75.00% / 87.50%) | 13 (6 / 7) |
16 (8 / 8) | |
Southern California Seminary | No completers information available at the school. | |||
La Sierra University | 54.85% (55.00% / 54.72%) | 113 (55 / 58) |
206 (100 / 106) | |
The Master's University and Seminary | 73.26% (75.00% / 71.59%) | 126 (63 / 63) |
172 (84 / 88) | |
Loyola Marymount University | 81.52% (75.21% / 86.69%) | 1,081 (449 / 632) |
1,326 (597 / 729) | |
Menlo College | 56.95% (51.90% / 62.50%) | 86 (41 / 45) |
151 (79 / 72) | |
Mount Saint Mary's University | 61.72% (62.50% / 61.67%) | 187 (10 / 177) |
303 (16 / 287) | |
Musicians Institute | 40.74% (46.67% / 33.33%) | 11 (7 / 4) |
27 (15 / 12) | |
National University | 22.22% (50.00% / 0.00%) | 2 (2 / 0) |
9 (4 / 5) | |
Newschool of Architecture and Design | 41.67% (28.57% / 60.00%) | 15 (6 / 9) |
36 (21 / 15) | |
Notre Dame de Namur University | 47.44% (50.00% / 46.15%) | 74 (26 / 48) |
156 (52 / 104) | |
Occidental College | 82.67% (76.26% / 87.63%) | 415 (167 / 248) |
502 (219 / 283) | |
Otis College of Art and Design | 61.58% (60.00% / 62.32%) | 125 (39 / 86) |
203 (65 / 138) | |
Hope International University | 51.58% (50.00% / 52.83%) | 49 (21 / 28) |
95 (42 / 53) | |
Pacific States University | 14.29% (25.00% / 0.00%) | 1 (1 / 0) |
7 (4 / 3) | |
Pacific Union College | 42.86% (37.33% / 47.31%) | 72 (28 / 44) |
168 (75 / 93) | |
University of the Pacific | 73.72% (69.91% / 76.73%) | 533 (223 / 310) |
723 (319 / 404) | |
Pepperdine University | 83.98% (74.58% / 90.18%) | 624 (220 / 404) |
743 (295 / 448) | |
Pitzer College | 85.45% (84.30% / 86.39%) | 229 (102 / 127) |
268 (121 / 147) | |
Point Loma Nazarene University | 75.93% (70.89% / 78.74%) | 451 (151 / 300) |
594 (213 / 381) | |
Pomona College | 94.63% (93.53% / 95.69%) | 388 (188 / 200) |
410 (201 / 209) | |
University of Redlands | 66.90% (58.50% / 73.33%) | 390 (148 / 242) |
583 (253 / 330) | |
San Diego State University | 78.01% (72.15% / 82.82%) | 3,754 (1,565 / 2,189) |
4,812 (2,169 / 2,643) | |
University of San Diego | 82.62% (79.75% / 84.71%) | 932 (378 / 554) |
1,128 (474 / 654) | |
San Francisco Conservatory of Music | 62.96% (53.33% / 75.00%) | 34 (16 / 18) |
54 (30 / 24) | |
San Francisco State University | 54.69% (51.54% / 56.82%) | 1,931 (735 / 1,196) |
3,531 (1,426 / 2,105) | |
University of San Francisco | 74.37% (71.60% / 75.94%) | 1,178 (411 / 767) |
1,584 (574 / 1,010) | |
William Jessup University | 51.52% (48.57% / 53.13%) | 102 (34 / 68) |
198 (70 / 128) | |
San Jose State University | 68.42% (64.35% / 72.38%) | 2,097 (973 / 1,124) |
3,065 (1,512 / 1,553) | |
Santa Clara University | 88.52% (84.75% / 92.19%) | 1,164 (550 / 614) |
1,315 (649 / 666) | |
Scripps College | 84.07% (0.00% / 84.07%) | 227 (0 / 227) |
270 (0 / 270) | |
Shasta Bible College and Graduate School | 50.00% (0.00% / 66.67%) | 2 (0 / 2) |
4 (1 / 3) | |
Shasta College | 100.00% (0.00% / 100.00%) | 6 (0 / 6) |
6 (0 / 6) | |
Simpson University | 46.55% (45.95% / 46.84%) | 54 (17 / 37) |
116 (37 / 79) | |
Saint Mary's College of California | 72.06% (72.81% / 71.56%) | 405 (166 / 239) |
562 (228 / 334) | |
Sonoma State University | 59.70% (54.65% / 62.36%) | 1,059 (335 / 724) |
1,774 (613 / 1,161) | |
Vanguard University of Southern California | 59.51% (55.56% / 61.45%) | 244 (75 / 169) |
410 (135 / 275) | |
Southern California Institute of Architecture | 85.71% (90.91% / 80.00%) | 18 (10 / 8) |
21 (11 / 10) | |
University of Southern California | 92.50% (90.78% / 93.91%) | 2,824 (1,251 / 1,573) |
3,053 (1,378 / 1,675) | |
Thomas Aquinas College | 85.06% (73.68% / 93.88%) | 74 (28 / 46) |
87 (38 / 49) | |
Epic Bible College & Graduate School | No completers information available at the school. | |||
Westmont College | 73.56% (68.46% / 76.61%) | 256 (89 / 167) |
348 (130 / 218) | |
Whittier College | 65.57% (56.16% / 74.21%) | 278 (114 / 164) |
424 (203 / 221) | |
Woodbury University | 54.81% (50.00% / 60.00%) | 74 (35 / 39) |
135 (70 / 65) | |
Yeshiva Ohr Elchonon Chabad West Coast Talmudical Seminary | 18.00% (18.00% / 0.00%) | 9 (9 / 0) |
50 (50 / 0) | |
Ashford University | 9.40% (10.13% / 8.98%) | 275 (109 / 166) |
2,924 (1,076 / 1,848) | |
Stanford University | 95.11% (93.68% / 96.49%) | 1,653 (800 / 853) |
1,738 (854 / 884) | |
University of Massachusetts Global | No completers information available at the school. | |||
California State University-San Marcos | 56.66% (48.63% / 61.05%) | 1,166 (354 / 812) |
2,058 (728 / 1,330) | |
Southern California Institute of Technology | 70.55% (70.42% / 75.00%) | 103 (100 / 3) |
146 (142 / 4) | |
Soka University of America | 87.50% (81.40% / 91.80%) | 91 (35 / 56) |
104 (43 / 61) | |
World Mission University | 33.33% (50.00% / 0.00%) | 1 (1 / 0) |
3 (2 / 1) | |
California State University-Monterey Bay | 61.45% (55.64% / 64.50%) | 491 (153 / 338) |
799 (275 / 524) | |
American University of Health Sciences | 66.67% (100.00% / 60.00%) | 4 (1 / 3) |
6 (1 / 5) | |
California Aeronautical University | 66.67% (66.67% / 0.00%) | 2 (2 / 0) |
3 (3 / 0) | |
Los Angeles Film School | 42.59% (41.89% / 44.19%) | 371 (253 / 118) |
871 (604 / 267) | |
Smith Chason College | 61.54% (100.00% / 58.33%) | 8 (1 / 7) |
13 (1 / 12) | |
California State University-Channel Islands | 56.68% (49.35% / 60.12%) | 547 (152 / 395) |
965 (308 / 657) | |
University of Antelope Valley | 37.11% (28.26% / 45.10%) | 36 (13 / 23) |
97 (46 / 51) | |
West Coast University-Los Angeles | 100.00% (100.00% / 0.00%) | 1 (1 / 0) |
1 (1 / 0) | |
University of California-Merced | 67.45% (65.61% / 69.14%) | 1,376 (639 / 737) |
2,040 (974 / 1,066) | |
Los Angeles College of Music | 34.88% (24.14% / 57.14%) | 15 (7 / 8) |
43 (29 / 14) | |
SUM Bible College and Theological Seminary | 43.86% (39.62% / 47.54%) | 50 (21 / 29) |
114 (53 / 61) | |
University of the West | 20.00% (20.00% / 20.00%) | 4 (2 / 2) |
20 (10 / 10) | |
Providence Christian College | 35.59% (30.77% / 39.39%) | 21 (8 / 13) |
59 (26 / 33) | |
West Coast University-Orange County | 73.33% (50.00% / 76.92%) | 11 (1 / 10) |
15 (2 / 13) | |
West Coast University-Ontario | 64.29% (62.50% / 66.67%) | 9 (5 / 4) |
14 (8 / 6) | |
Touro University Worldwide | 57.14% (100.00% / 50.00%) | 8 (2 / 6) |
14 (2 / 12) | |
New York Film Academy | 67.74% (64.86% / 75.00%) | 105 (72 / 33) |
155 (111 / 44) | |
John Paul the Great Catholic University | 72.97% (76.09% / 67.86%) | 54 (35 / 19) |
74 (46 / 28) | |
Los Angeles Pacific University | 43.75% (50.00% / 42.86%) | 7 (1 / 6) |
16 (2 / 14) | |
Beverly Hills Design Institute | No completers information available at the school. | |||
California Miramar University | 22.22% (25.00% / 0.00%) | 2 (2 / 0) |
9 (8 / 1) | |
Grace Mission University | 83.33% (80.00% / 100.00%) | 10 (8 / 2) |
12 (10 / 2) | |
DeVry University-California | 10.00% (13.79% / 4.76%) | 5 (4 / 1) |
50 (29 / 21) | |
University of Phoenix-California | 24.49% (25.00% / 24.00%) | 12 (6 / 6) |
49 (24 / 25) | |
Minerva University | 83.13% (77.14% / 87.78%) | 133 (54 / 79) |
160 (70 / 90) | |
California Jazz Conservatory | 100.00% (100.00% / 0.00%) | 1 (1 / 0) |
1 (1 / 0) | |
Abraham Lincoln University | No completers information available at the school. | |||
University of the People | 26.12% (27.98% / 22.45%) | 76 (54 / 22) |
291 (193 / 98) | |
Presbyterian Theological Seminary in America | 50.00% (100.00% / 0.00%) | 1 (1 / 0) |
2 (1 / 1) | |
America Evangelical University | 66.67% (66.67% / 66.67%) | 4 (2 / 2) |
6 (3 / 3) | |
Los Angeles Academy of Figurative Art | No completers information available at the school. | |||
Westcliff University | 44.44% (39.42% / 57.50%) | 64 (41 / 23) |
144 (104 / 40) | |
Oak Valley College | 38.46% (50.00% / 28.57%) | 5 (3 / 2) |
13 (6 / 7) | |
California Northstate University | 76.00% (85.71% / 72.22%) | 19 (6 / 13) |
25 (7 / 18) | |
Average | 71.49% (68.42% / 73.82%) |
100,927 (41,629 / 59,298) |
141,178 (60,847 / 80,331) |
Transfer-out Rate Comparison
The average transfer-out rate of Colleges in California is 6.36% where 6,394 students have transferred out from schools out of 100,586 graduation candidates. The transfer-out rate is calculated as the number of transfer-out students divided by total number of graduation candidates. The following table compares the transfer-out rates between Colleges in California.
Among the Colleges in California, Stanford University has the lowest transfer-out rate of 0.46%, while Epic Bible College & Graduate School has the highest rate of 100.00% (more students transferred out from the school).
Compare Selected Schools
Name | Transfer-out Rate (Men/Women) | Transfer-out (Men/Women) | Total Students (Men/Women) | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Academy of Art University | 17.31% (17.74% / 16.98%) | 98 (44 / 54) | 566 (248 / 318) | |
Antelope Valley Community College District | 0.00% (0.00% / 0.00%) | 0 (0 / 0) | 3 (3 / 0) | |
Art Center College of Design | 0.00% (0.00% / 0.00%) | 0 (0 / 0) | 212 (74 / 138) | |
Azusa Pacific University | 0.00% (0.00% / 0.00%) | 0 (0 / 0) | 1,131 (362 / 769) | |
Bakersfield College | 0.00% (0.00% / 0.00%) | 0 (0 / 0) | 1 (1 / 0) | |
Bethesda University | 21.74% (14.29% / 33.33%) | 5 (2 / 3) | 23 (14 / 9) | |
Biola University | 0.00% (0.00% / 0.00%) | 0 (0 / 0) | 859 (300 / 559) | |
California Baptist University | 23.36% (24.18% / 22.91%) | 260 (96 / 164) | 1,113 (397 / 716) | |
California College of the Arts | 0.00% (0.00% / 0.00%) | 0 (0 / 0) | 255 (84 / 171) | |
California Institute of Technology | 3.40% (3.13% / 3.74%) | 8 (4 / 4) | 235 (128 / 107) | |
California Lutheran University | 22.73% (24.62% / 21.39%) | 145 (65 / 80) | 638 (264 / 374) | |
California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo | 1.43% (1.71% / 1.16%) | 62 (37 / 25) | 4,321 (2,169 / 2,152) | |
California State University-Bakersfield | 2.95% (3.16% / 2.82%) | 38 (15 / 23) | 1,290 (475 / 815) | |
California State University-Stanislaus | 3.23% (2.58% / 3.54%) | 43 (11 / 32) | 1,330 (427 / 903) | |
California State University-San Bernardino | 1.13% (1.23% / 1.07%) | 31 (13 / 18) | 2,736 (1,056 / 1,680) | |
California State Polytechnic University-Pomona | 2.43% (1.81% / 3.12%) | 99 (39 / 60) | 4,079 (2,155 / 1,924) | |
California State University-Chico | 3.74% (2.96% / 4.38%) | 102 (36 / 66) | 2,725 (1,217 / 1,508) | |
California State University-Dominguez Hills | 3.66% (3.81% / 3.57%) | 46 (18 / 28) | 1,257 (472 / 785) | |
California State University-Fresno | 1.68% (1.80% / 1.61%) | 54 (23 / 31) | 3,208 (1,281 / 1,927) | |
California State University-Fullerton | 2.20% (1.93% / 2.39%) | 94 (34 / 60) | 4,274 (1,764 / 2,510) | |
California State University-East Bay | 5.05% (4.30% / 5.48%) | 80 (25 / 55) | 1,584 (581 / 1,003) | |
California State University-Long Beach | 2.03% (1.27% / 2.54%) | 84 (21 / 63) | 4,143 (1,658 / 2,485) | |
California State University-Los Angeles | 2.53% (1.85% / 3.03%) | 93 (29 / 64) | 3,675 (1,565 / 2,110) | |
California State University-Northridge | 5.97% (5.61% / 6.26%) | 264 (110 / 154) | 4,422 (1,961 / 2,461) | |
California State University-Sacramento | 3.02% (2.24% / 3.59%) | 111 (35 / 76) | 3,680 (1,565 / 2,115) | |
University of California-Berkeley | 0.00% (0.00% / 0.00%) | 0 (0 / 0) | 6,199 (3,016 / 3,183) | |
University of California-Davis | 0.00% (0.00% / 0.00%) | 0 (0 / 0) | 5,697 (2,077 / 3,620) | |
University of California-Irvine | 6.87% (7.22% / 6.55%) | 449 (221 / 228) | 6,540 (3,061 / 3,479) | |
University of California-Los Angeles | 3.46% (3.63% / 3.35%) | 226 (94 / 132) | 6,527 (2,586 / 3,941) | |
University of California-Riverside | 15.05% (16.68% / 13.89%) | 804 (370 / 434) | 5,343 (2,218 / 3,125) | |
University of California-San Diego | 0.00% (0.00% / 0.00%) | 0 (0 / 0) | 5,714 (2,673 / 3,041) | |
University of California-Santa Barbara | 0.00% (0.00% / 0.00%) | 0 (0 / 0) | 4,982 (2,118 / 2,864) | |
University of California-Santa Cruz | 5.15% (5.02% / 5.29%) | 216 (107 / 109) | 4,193 (2,132 / 2,061) | |
California Institute of the Arts | 18.59% (17.35% / 19.80%) | 37 (17 / 20) | 199 (98 / 101) | |
California State University Maritime Academy | 5.93% (5.45% / 8.82%) | 14 (11 / 3) | 236 (202 / 34) | |
Chapman University | 0.00% (0.00% / 0.00%) | 0 (0 / 0) | 1,485 (559 / 926) | |
Concordia University-Irvine | 0.00% (0.00% / 0.00%) | 0 (0 / 0) | 406 (138 / 268) | |
San Diego Christian College | 27.08% (24.00% / 30.43%) | 13 (6 / 7) | 48 (25 / 23) | |
Claremont McKenna College | 0.00% (0.00% / 0.00%) | 0 (0 / 0) | 321 (167 / 154) | |
University of Silicon Valley | 14.29% (15.63% / 12.20%) | 15 (10 / 5) | 105 (64 / 41) | |
Columbia College Hollywood | 2.90% (2.22% / 4.17%) | 2 (1 / 1) | 69 (45 / 24) | |
Design Institute of San Diego | 0.00% (0.00% / 0.00%) | 0 (0 / 0) | 4 (0 / 4) | |
Dominican University of California | 12.64% (14.06% / 12.18%) | 33 (9 / 24) | 261 (64 / 197) | |
Feather River Community College District | 0.00% (0.00% / 0.00%) | 0 (0 / 0) | 8 (0 / 8) | |
Fresno Pacific University | 0.00% (0.00% / 0.00%) | 0 (0 / 0) | 211 (80 / 131) | |
Harvey Mudd College | 5.63% (2.61% / 9.18%) | 12 (3 / 9) | 213 (115 / 98) | |
California State Polytechnic University-Humboldt | 9.05% (8.56% / 9.41%) | 116 (47 / 69) | 1,282 (549 / 733) | |
Humphreys University-Stockton and Modesto Campuses | 0.00% (0.00% / 0.00%) | 0 (0 / 0) | 2 (0 / 2) | |
Interior Designers Institute | 0.00% (0.00% / 0.00%) | 0 (0 / 0) | 1 (0 / 1) | |
American Jewish University | 50.00% (0.00% / 66.67%) | 2 (0 / 2) | 4 (1 / 3) | |
Life Pacific University | 33.93% (25.00% / 38.89%) | 19 (5 / 14) | 56 (20 / 36) | |
University of La Verne | 0.00% (0.00% / 0.00%) | 0 (0 / 0) | 552 (226 / 326) | |
Laguna College of Art and Design | 0.00% (0.00% / 0.00%) | 0 (0 / 0) | 84 (22 / 62) | |
Lincoln University | 18.75% (25.00% / 12.50%) | 3 (2 / 1) | 16 (8 / 8) | |
Southern California Seminary | 0.00% (0.00% / 0.00%) | 0 (0 / 0) | 1 (1 / 0) | |
La Sierra University | 12.62% (13.00% / 12.26%) | 26 (13 / 13) | 206 (100 / 106) | |
The Master's University and Seminary | 0.00% (0.00% / 0.00%) | 0 (0 / 0) | 172 (84 / 88) | |
Loyola Marymount University | 0.00% (0.00% / 0.00%) | 0 (0 / 0) | 1,326 (597 / 729) | |
Menlo College | 0.00% (0.00% / 0.00%) | 0 (0 / 0) | 151 (79 / 72) | |
Mount Saint Mary's University | 34.32% (31.25% / 34.49%) | 104 (5 / 99) | 303 (16 / 287) | |
Musicians Institute | 0.00% (0.00% / 0.00%) | 0 (0 / 0) | 27 (15 / 12) | |
National University | 22.22% (25.00% / 20.00%) | 2 (1 / 1) | 9 (4 / 5) | |
Newschool of Architecture and Design | 0.00% (0.00% / 0.00%) | 0 (0 / 0) | 36 (21 / 15) | |
Notre Dame de Namur University | 42.31% (44.23% / 41.35%) | 66 (23 / 43) | 156 (52 / 104) | |
Occidental College | 12.95% (16.89% / 9.89%) | 65 (37 / 28) | 502 (219 / 283) | |
Otis College of Art and Design | 0.00% (0.00% / 0.00%) | 0 (0 / 0) | 203 (65 / 138) | |
Hope International University | 18.95% (23.81% / 15.09%) | 18 (10 / 8) | 95 (42 / 53) | |
Pacific States University | 0.00% (0.00% / 0.00%) | 0 (0 / 0) | 7 (4 / 3) | |
Pacific Union College | 54.76% (57.33% / 52.69%) | 92 (43 / 49) | 168 (75 / 93) | |
University of the Pacific | 0.00% (0.00% / 0.00%) | 0 (0 / 0) | 723 (319 / 404) | |
Pepperdine University | 0.00% (0.00% / 0.00%) | 0 (0 / 0) | 743 (295 / 448) | |
Pitzer College | 0.00% (0.00% / 0.00%) | 0 (0 / 0) | 268 (121 / 147) | |
Point Loma Nazarene University | 19.87% (23.47% / 17.85%) | 118 (50 / 68) | 594 (213 / 381) | |
Pomona College | 0.00% (0.00% / 0.00%) | 0 (0 / 0) | 410 (201 / 209) | |
University of Redlands | 5.66% (7.11% / 4.55%) | 33 (18 / 15) | 583 (253 / 330) | |
San Diego State University | 1.91% (1.80% / 2.01%) | 92 (39 / 53) | 4,812 (2,169 / 2,643) | |
University of San Diego | 0.00% (0.00% / 0.00%) | 0 (0 / 0) | 1,128 (474 / 654) | |
San Francisco Conservatory of Music | 0.00% (0.00% / 0.00%) | 0 (0 / 0) | 54 (30 / 24) | |
San Francisco State University | 6.00% (5.05% / 6.65%) | 212 (72 / 140) | 3,531 (1,426 / 2,105) | |
University of San Francisco | 16.54% (15.16% / 17.33%) | 262 (87 / 175) | 1,584 (574 / 1,010) | |
William Jessup University | 0.00% (0.00% / 0.00%) | 0 (0 / 0) | 198 (70 / 128) | |
San Jose State University | 2.94% (2.25% / 3.61%) | 90 (34 / 56) | 3,065 (1,512 / 1,553) | |
Santa Clara University | 0.00% (0.00% / 0.00%) | 0 (0 / 0) | 1,315 (649 / 666) | |
Scripps College | 0.00% (0.00% / 0.00%) | 0 (0 / 0) | 270 (0 / 270) | |
Shasta Bible College and Graduate School | 50.00% (100.00% / 33.33%) | 2 (1 / 1) | 4 (1 / 3) | |
Shasta College | 0.00% (0.00% / 0.00%) | 0 (0 / 0) | 6 (0 / 6) | |
Simpson University | 18.97% (18.92% / 18.99%) | 22 (7 / 15) | 116 (37 / 79) | |
Saint Mary's College of California | 0.00% (0.00% / 0.00%) | 0 (0 / 0) | 562 (228 / 334) | |
Sonoma State University | 6.54% (4.57% / 7.58%) | 116 (28 / 88) | 1,774 (613 / 1,161) | |
Vanguard University of Southern California | 0.00% (0.00% / 0.00%) | 0 (0 / 0) | 410 (135 / 275) | |
Southern California Institute of Architecture | 0.00% (0.00% / 0.00%) | 0 (0 / 0) | 21 (11 / 10) | |
University of Southern California | 0.00% (0.00% / 0.00%) | 0 (0 / 0) | 3,053 (1,378 / 1,675) | |
Thomas Aquinas College | 12.64% (21.05% / 6.12%) | 11 (8 / 3) | 87 (38 / 49) | |
Epic Bible College & Graduate School | 100.00% (100.00% / 0.00%) | 1 (1 / 0) | 1 (1 / 0) | |
Westmont College | 0.00% (0.00% / 0.00%) | 0 (0 / 0) | 348 (130 / 218) | |
Whittier College | 26.18% (32.51% / 20.36%) | 111 (66 / 45) | 424 (203 / 221) | |
Woodbury University | 0.00% (0.00% / 0.00%) | 0 (0 / 0) | 135 (70 / 65) | |
Yeshiva Ohr Elchonon Chabad West Coast Talmudical Seminary | 80.00% (80.00% / 0.00%) | 40 (40 / 0) | 50 (50 / 0) | |
Ashford University | 18.71% (11.43% / 22.94%) | 547 (123 / 424) | 2,924 (1,076 / 1,848) | |
Stanford University | 0.46% (0.82% / 0.11%) | 8 (7 / 1) | 1,738 (854 / 884) | |
University of Massachusetts Global | 0.00% (0.00% / 0.00%) | 0 (0 / 0) | 2 (1 / 1) | |
California State University-San Marcos | 3.06% (2.88% / 3.16%) | 63 (21 / 42) | 2,058 (728 / 1,330) | |
Southern California Institute of Technology | 1.37% (1.41% / 0.00%) | 2 (2 / 0) | 146 (142 / 4) | |
Soka University of America | 0.00% (0.00% / 0.00%) | 0 (0 / 0) | 104 (43 / 61) | |
World Mission University | 33.33% (50.00% / 0.00%) | 1 (1 / 0) | 3 (2 / 1) | |
California State University-Monterey Bay | 6.13% (3.64% / 7.44%) | 49 (10 / 39) | 799 (275 / 524) | |
American University of Health Sciences | 0.00% (0.00% / 0.00%) | 0 (0 / 0) | 6 (1 / 5) | |
California Aeronautical University | 0.00% (0.00% / 0.00%) | 0 (0 / 0) | 3 (3 / 0) | |
Los Angeles Film School | 1.38% (0.99% / 2.25%) | 12 (6 / 6) | 871 (604 / 267) | |
Smith Chason College | 0.00% (0.00% / 0.00%) | 0 (0 / 0) | 13 (1 / 12) | |
California State University-Channel Islands | 5.60% (5.19% / 5.78%) | 54 (16 / 38) | 965 (308 / 657) | |
University of Antelope Valley | 0.00% (0.00% / 0.00%) | 0 (0 / 0) | 97 (46 / 51) | |
West Coast University-Los Angeles | 0.00% (0.00% / 0.00%) | 0 (0 / 0) | 1 (1 / 0) | |
University of California-Merced | 22.50% (23.31% / 21.76%) | 459 (227 / 232) | 2,040 (974 / 1,066) | |
Los Angeles College of Music | 2.33% (3.45% / 0.00%) | 1 (1 / 0) | 43 (29 / 14) | |
SUM Bible College and Theological Seminary | 0.00% (0.00% / 0.00%) | 0 (0 / 0) | 114 (53 / 61) | |
University of the West | 10.00% (10.00% / 10.00%) | 2 (1 / 1) | 20 (10 / 10) | |
Providence Christian College | 0.00% (0.00% / 0.00%) | 0 (0 / 0) | 59 (26 / 33) | |
West Coast University-Orange County | 0.00% (0.00% / 0.00%) | 0 (0 / 0) | 15 (2 / 13) | |
West Coast University-Ontario | 0.00% (0.00% / 0.00%) | 0 (0 / 0) | 14 (8 / 6) | |
Touro University Worldwide | 7.14% (0.00% / 8.33%) | 1 (0 / 1) | 14 (2 / 12) | |
New York Film Academy | 0.00% (0.00% / 0.00%) | 0 (0 / 0) | 155 (111 / 44) | |
John Paul the Great Catholic University | 0.00% (0.00% / 0.00%) | 0 (0 / 0) | 74 (46 / 28) | |
Los Angeles Pacific University | 0.00% (0.00% / 0.00%) | 0 (0 / 0) | 16 (2 / 14) | |
Beverly Hills Design Institute | 100.00% (0.00% / 100.00%) | 1 (0 / 1) | 1 (0 / 1) | |
California Miramar University | 11.11% (12.50% / 0.00%) | 1 (1 / 0) | 9 (8 / 1) | |
Grace Mission University | 0.00% (0.00% / 0.00%) | 0 (0 / 0) | 12 (10 / 2) | |
DeVry University-California | 42.00% (37.93% / 47.62%) | 21 (11 / 10) | 50 (29 / 21) | |
University of Phoenix-California | 0.00% (0.00% / 0.00%) | 0 (0 / 0) | 49 (24 / 25) | |
Minerva University | 0.00% (0.00% / 0.00%) | 0 (0 / 0) | 160 (70 / 90) | |
California Jazz Conservatory | 0.00% (0.00% / 0.00%) | 0 (0 / 0) | 1 (1 / 0) | |
Abraham Lincoln University | 0.00% (0.00% / 0.00%) | 0 (0 / 0) | 1 (1 / 0) | |
University of the People | 2.41% (2.59% / 2.04%) | 7 (5 / 2) | 291 (193 / 98) | |
Presbyterian Theological Seminary in America | 50.00% (0.00% / 100.00%) | 1 (0 / 1) | 2 (1 / 1) | |
America Evangelical University | 0.00% (0.00% / 0.00%) | 0 (0 / 0) | 6 (3 / 3) | |
Los Angeles Academy of Figurative Art | 0.00% (0.00% / 0.00%) | 0 (0 / 0) | 1 (1 / 0) | |
Westcliff University | 1.39% (1.92% / 0.00%) | 2 (2 / 0) | 144 (104 / 40) | |
Oak Valley College | 7.69% (0.00% / 14.29%) | 1 (0 / 1) | 13 (6 / 7) | |
California Northstate University | 0.00% (0.00% / 0.00%) | 0 (0 / 0) | 25 (7 / 18) | |
Average | 6.36% (5.92% / 6.69%) | 6,394 (2,577 / 3,817) |
100,586 (43,528 / 57,058) |
Retention Rate Comparison
The average retention rate of Colleges in California is 78.17% for full-time students and 55.46% for part-time students. Retention rate is the percentage of a school's first-time, first-year undergraduate students who continue at that school the next year (Sophomore year). The following table compares the retention rates between Colleges in California.
Among the Colleges in California, Lincoln University has the most highest retention rate of 100%, while Bethesda University has the lowest rate of 18%.
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