Graduation, Transfer-out, and Retention Rate Trends at Pierce College District

The average graduation rate over the past 11 years (2013-2023) is 27.40% where the last year rate was 38%. The average retention rate of the last 11 years is 15.50% for full-time students and 12.10% for part-time students.

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

School Home 2023 Graduation Rate

Graduation Rate Changes

The average graduation rate of the last 11 years is 27.40% where the current academic year rate is 38%.

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

Year	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	20%	16%	24%
2014-15	24%	22%	25%
2015-16	26%	23%	29%
2016-17	20%	16%	24%
2017-18	24%	22%	25%
2018-19	26%	23%	29%
2019-20	27%	21%	31%
2020-21	32%	28%	35%
2021-22	37%	36%	37%
2022-23	38%	34%	41%
Average	27.40%	24.10%	30.00%

Pierce College District Graduation Rate Changes Chart

Year	Transfer-out Rate
2013-14	37%
2014-15	36%
2015-16	34%
2016-17	38%
2017-18	37%
2018-19	33%
2019-20	30%
2020-21	20%
2021-22	18%
2022-23	16%
Average	29.90%

Year	Full-time	Part-time
2013-14	52%	41%
2014-15	53%	42%
2015-16	50%	38%
2016-17	-	-
2017-18	-	-
2018-19	-	-
2019-20	-	-
2020-21	-	-
2021-22	-	-
2022-23	-	-
Average	15.50%	12.10%

Year	Student to Faculty Ratio
2013-14	18:1
2014-15	18:1
2015-16	17:1
2016-17	18:1
2017-18	16:1
2018-19	15:1
2019-20	15:1
2020-21	22:1
2021-22	22:1
2022-23	21:1
Average	18.20:1

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Graduation, Transfer-out, and Retention Rate Trends at Pierce College District

Graduation Rate Changes

Transfer-out Rate Changes

Retention Rate Changes

Student to Faculty Ratio Changes