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

At Pasadena City College, the graduation rates was 47.87% (1,158 students out of 2,419 candidates were completed their degree within 150% normal time (for example, within 6 years for students seeking a 4-year bachelors degree)). By gender, 551 male and 607 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 47.87%. where 1,158 students out of 2,419 candidate completed their degree.

320 students completed their degree or certificate program within 100% normal time and 1,158 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, 64 of 108 non-resident alien students completed their courses within 150% normal time and the graduation rate was 59.26%.

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 8.60% (208 out of 2,419 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 76% for full-time students and 43 % for part-time students.