Penn State Outcomes - Graduation, Transfer-out, Retention Rates

At Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus, the graduation rates was 86.09% (6,929 students out of 8,049 candidates were completed their degree within 150% normal time. For example, within 6 years for students seeking a 4-year bachelors degree.). By gender, 3,370 male and 3,559 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 Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus. Last year, the graduation rate was 86.09%. where 6,929 students out of 8,049 candidate completed their degree.

5,686 students completed their course in 4 years and 1,067 finished there bachelor's (or equivalent) degree. Additional 172 students graduated within 6 years, usually referred as 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 Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus, 648 of 786 non-resident alien students completed their courses within 150% normal time and the graduation rate was 82.44%.

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 Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus is 1.70% (137 out of 8,049 students transferred-out.).

By definition, retention rate is the percentage of students who return to a college for their sophomore year. At Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus, the retention rate is 93% for full-time students and 85 % for part-time students.