Graduation, Transfer-out, and Students to Faculty Ratio Trends for Pennsylvania Colleges

There are 152 active four-years colleges and universities in Pennsylvania - 39 public and 113 private schools. The 2023 average graduation rate of the 4-year colleges in Pennsylvania is 57%. Compared to the graduation rate of 10 years ago, the rate becomes lower from 62% to 57%. The students to faculty ratio of the schools is 12 to 1 and it decreased by 4 compared to 16 to 1, ratio of 10 years ago.

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Graduation Rate Changes

The average graduation rate of the last 11 years is 61.20% where the current academic year rate is 57%. The following table and chart show the changes of graduation rate at Pennsylvania Colleges over the past 11 years (2013-2023).

Year	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	62%	58%	64%
2014-15	61%	58%	64%
2015-16	60%	58%	65%
2016-17	61%	58%	64%
2017-18	61%	57%	64%
2018-19	62%	59%	65%
2019-20	63%	59%	65%
2020-21	62%	59%	66%
2021-22	63%	60%	66%
2022-23	57%	53%	60%
Average	61.20%	57.90%	64.30%

Year	Transfer-out Rate
2013-14	24%
2014-15	23%
2015-16	25%
2016-17	24%
2017-18	25%
2018-19	25%
2019-20	22%
2020-21	23%
2021-22	22%
2022-23	24%
Average	23.70%

Year	Full-time	Part-time
2013-14	78%	56%
2014-15	79%	56%
2015-16	79%	58%
2016-17	79%	58%
2017-18	79%	56%
2018-19	79%	63%
2019-20	78%	56%
2020-21	78%	52%
2021-22	79%	56%
2022-23	79%	58%
Average	78.70%	56.90%

Year	Student to Faculty Ratio
2013-14	16:1
2014-15	15:1
2015-16	15:1
2016-17	14:1
2017-18	14:1
2018-19	14:1
2019-20	14:1
2020-21	13:1
2021-22	13:1
2022-23	12:1
Average	14.00:1

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4-Year Colleges

University of Pennsylvania Private, four-years | Philadelphia
Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus Public, four-years | University Park
DeSales University Private, four-years | Center Valley
University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus Public, four-years | Pittsburgh
Carnegie Mellon University Private, four-years | Pittsburgh
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Graduate

Thomas Jefferson University Private, four-years | Philadelphia
Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus Public, four-years | University Park
University of Pennsylvania Private, four-years | Philadelphia
Lehigh University Private, four-years | Bethlehem
Carnegie Mellon University Private, four-years | Pittsburgh
Drexel University Private, four-years | Philadelphia
Villanova University Private, four-years | Villanova
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Online Schools

Moravian University Private, four-years | Bethlehem
University of Pennsylvania Private, four-years | Philadelphia
Carlow University Private, four-years | Pittsburgh
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Pennsylvania State University-World Campus Public, four-years | University Park
Villanova University Private, four-years | Villanova
Holy Family University Private, four-years | Philadelphia
Thiel College Private, four-years | Greenville
Lehigh University Private, four-years | Bethlehem
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Graduation, Transfer-out, and Students to Faculty Ratio Trends for Pennsylvania Colleges

Graduation Rate Changes

Transfer-out Rate Changes

Retention Rate Changes

Student to Faculty Ratio Changes