Graduation, Transfer-out, and Retention Rate Trends at Palo Alto

The average graduation rate over the past 11 years (2013-2023) is 24.70% where the last year rate was 25%. The average retention rate of the last 11 years is 58.60% for full-time students and 38.90% for part-time students.

Judging by its graduation rate and retention rate, many students at Palo Alto do not enrolled continually (i.e transfer-out or stop studying) and do not complete their studies in time.

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Graduation Rate Changes

The average graduation rate of the last 11 years is 24.70% where the current academic year rate is 25%.

The following table and chart show the changes of graduation rate at Palo Alto College over the past 11 years (2013-2023).

Year	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	13%	10%	15%
2014-15	16%	17%	16%
2015-16	19%	11%	27%
2016-17	24%	18%	28%
2017-18	26%	18%	31%
2018-19	34%	30%	38%
2019-20	29%	24%	34%
2020-21	29%	22%	33%
2021-22	32%	28%	35%
2022-23	25%	16%	31%
Average	24.70%	19.40%	28.80%

Palo Alto College Graduation Rate Changes Chart

Transfer-out Rate Changes

The average transfer-out rate of the last 11 years is 17.20% where the current year rate is 11%. The following table and chart illustrate the change of transfer-out rate at Palo Alto College from 2013 to 2023.

Year	Transfer-out Rate
2013-14	17%
2014-15	15%
2015-16	53%
2016-17	16%
2017-18	17%
2018-19	12%
2019-20	11%
2020-21	8%
2021-22	12%
2022-23	11%
Average	17.20%

Retention Rate Changes

The average retention rate of the last 11 years is 58.60% for full-time students and 38.90% for part-time students.

The following table shows the changes of retention rate at Palo Alto from 2013 to 2023.

Year	Full-time	Part-time
2013-14	59%	42%
2014-15	62%	41%
2015-16	63%	39%
2016-17	67%	43%
2017-18	62%	43%
2018-19	63%	43%
2019-20	61%	41%
2020-21	53%	30%
2021-22	60%	26%
2022-23	36%	41%
Average	58.60%	38.90%

Student to Faculty Ratio Changes

The average student to faculty ratio over the last 11 years is 26.70 to 1 where the current academic year ratio is 28 to 1. The following table and chart illustrate the change of student to faculty ratio at Palo Alto College since 2023.

Year	Student to Faculty Ratio
2013-14	19:1
2014-15	20:1
2015-16	24:1
2016-17	28:1
2017-18	29:1
2018-19	27:1
2019-20	29:1
2020-21	31:1
2021-22	32:1
2022-23	28:1
Average	26.70:1

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