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

At Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Erie-Behrend College, the graduation rates was 43.63% (462 students out of 1,059 candidates were completed their degree within 150% normal time. For example, within 6 years for students seeking a 4-year bachelors degree.). By gender, 306 male and 156 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-Penn State Erie-Behrend College. Last year, the graduation rate was 43.63%. where 462 students out of 1,059 candidate completed their degree.

332 students completed their course in 4 years and 105 finished there bachelor's (or equivalent) degree. Additional 20 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-Penn State Erie-Behrend College, 13 of 162 non-resident alien students completed their courses within 150% normal time and the graduation rate was 8.02%.

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-Penn State Erie-Behrend College is 23.61% (250 out of 1,059 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-Penn State Erie-Behrend College, the retention rate is 83% for full-time students and 14 % for part-time students.