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Guam Colleges' Retention Rate

What is the Average Retention Rate in Guam?

The retention rate is the percentage of first-time students who attend and continue their study in next year at colleges. The low retention rate means that more students transfer out to or stop/pause the program at a school. In general, high ranked colleges or special purpose colleges' retention rate is higher than others.
The average retention rate of Guam colleges is 88.00% for full-time students and 25.00% for part-time students. 306 out of 403 full-time first-year students continued their study in next year at Guam colleges. In public Guam colleges, the retention rate is 76% and private schools' rate is 100% By school levels, the retention rate at four-years colleges is 88% and community colleges' rate is 0% in Guam.
The following table summarizes the average retention rate in Guam by school type and level.
The Average Retention Rate In Guam
TotalPublicPrivate (not-for-profit)Private (for-profit)
Total88.00%76.00%100.00%-
4 Years Colleges88.00%76.00%100.00%-
Community Colleges----
Trade Schools----
The following table summarizes the retention rate and number of students by attending status for Guam collegesNumbers in parentheses in each column indicate the number of students in the corresponding category.
Retention Rate by Attending Status at Guam colleges
Retention RateFirst-time StudentsEnrolled in Next Year
Full-time88.00%403306
Part-time25.00%205
The following table shows the Guam Colleges. You can see more schools and narrow down the results in search result page.
Guam Colleges
School NameLocationTuition & FeesEnrollmentAcceptance RateGraduation Rate
Guam Community College
Public, four-years
Mangilao, GU $4,614 ($3,414) 1,618 - 11%
University of Guam
Public, four-years
Mangilao, GU $11,414 ($6,110) 2,962 - 37%
Pacific Islands University
Private (not-for-profit), four-years
Mangilao, GU $7,203 153 68.89% 22%