Long Beach City Outcomes - Graduation, Transfer-out, Retention Rates

At Long Beach City College, the graduation rates was 21.65% (653 students out of 3,016 candidates were completed their degree within 150% normal time (for example, within 6 years for students seeking a 4-year bachelors degree)). By gender, 269 male and 384 female students 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 Long Beach City College. Last year, the graduation rate was 21.65%. where 653 students out of 3,016 candidate completed their degree.

346 students completed their degree or certificate program within 100% normal time and 653 students finished there program within 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 Long Beach City College, 8 of 26 non-resident alien students completed their courses within 150% normal time and the graduation rate was 30.77%.

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 Long Beach City College is 7.03% (212 out of 3,016 students transferred-out.).

By definition, retention rate is the percentage of students who return to a college for their sophomore year. At Long Beach City College, the retention rate is 68% for full-time students and 33 % for part-time students.