Merced Outcomes - Graduation, Transfer-out, Retention Rates

At Merced College, the graduation rates was 35.72% (359 students out of 1,005 candidates were completed their degree within 150% normal time (for example, within 6 years for students seeking a 4-year bachelors degree)). By gender, 176 male and 183 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 Merced College. Last year, the graduation rate was 35.72%. where 359 students out of 1,005 candidate completed their degree.

133 students completed their degree or certificate program within 100% normal time and 359 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 Merced College, 3 of 4 non-resident alien students completed their courses within 150% normal time and the graduation rate was 75.00%.

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 Merced College is 6.87% (69 out of 1,005 students transferred-out.).

By definition, retention rate is the percentage of students who return to a college for their sophomore year. At Merced College, the retention rate is 63% for full-time students and 33 % for part-time students.