CIA Outcomes - Graduation, Transfer-out, Retention Rates

At Culinary Institute of America, the graduation rates was 70.70% (362 students out of 512 candidates were completed their degree within 150% normal time. For example, within 6 years for students seeking a 4-year bachelors degree.). By gender, 161 male and 201 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 Culinary Institute of America. Last year, the graduation rate was 70.70%. where 362 students out of 512 candidate completed their degree.

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 Culinary Institute of America, 39 of 47 non-resident alien students completed their courses within 150% normal time and the graduation rate was 82.98%.

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 Culinary Institute of America is 8.20% (42 out of 512 students transferred-out.).

By definition, retention rate is the percentage of students who return to a college for their sophomore year. At Culinary Institute of America, the retention rate is 65%.