Pasadena City Outcomes - Graduation, Transfer-out, Retention Rates

At Pasadena City College, the graduation rates was 41.14% (1,381 students out of 3,357 candidates were completed their degree within 150% normal time (for example, within 6 years for students seeking a 4-year bachelors degree)). By gender, 660 male and 721 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 Pasadena City College. Last year, the graduation rate was 41.14%. where 1,381 students out of 3,357 candidate completed their degree.

921 students completed their degree or certificate program within 100% normal time and 1,381 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 Pasadena City College, 116 of 218 non-resident alien students completed their courses within 150% normal time and the graduation rate was 53.21%.

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 Pasadena City College is 6.46% (217 out of 3,357 students transferred-out.).

By definition, retention rate is the percentage of students who return to a college for their sophomore year. At Pasadena City College, the retention rate is 78% for full-time students and 46 % for part-time students.