The average graduation rate for Pennsylvania Colleges is 57.12%, transfer-out rate is 23.39%, and retention rate is 78.54%.

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The table below summarizes and compares the graduation, transfer-out, and retention rate for Pennsylvania Colleges. You can sort the table by a column by clicking/touching the column title.

Graduation, Transfer-out, Retention Rate Comparison between Pennsylvania Colleges

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Pennsylvania Colleges Graduation, Transfer-out, Retention Rate Comparison Table
School NameGraduation RateTransfer-out RateTransfer-out Rate (BS degree)Retention Rate (Full-time)Retention Rate (Part-time)
Albright CollegeReading, PA48% -- 64%-
Allegheny CollegeMeadville, PA67% -- 79%-
Alvernia UniversityReading, PA63% 26%33% 68%-
Arcadia UniversityGlenside, PA63% 28%23% 80%-
Bryn Athyn College of the New ChurchBryn Athyn, PA50% 37%30% 78%20%
Bryn Mawr CollegeBryn Mawr, PA82% 9%- 90%-
Bucknell UniversityLewisburg, PA86% 9%8% 91%-
Cabrini UniversityRadnor, PA50% 30%34% 75%-
Cairn University-LanghorneLanghorne, PA55% 24%- 79%50%
Carlow UniversityPittsburgh, PA56% -- 76%50%
Carnegie Mellon UniversityPittsburgh, PA91% -7% 97%-
Cedar Crest CollegeAllentown, PA62% 17%- 73%-
Central Penn CollegeSummerdale, PA35% 2%- 75%32%
Chatham UniversityPittsburgh, PA68% 19%26% 80%-
Chestnut Hill CollegePhiladelphia, PA62% 24%30% 67%25%
Cheyney University of PennsylvaniaCheyney, PA14% 55%44% 68%25%
Clarks Summit UniversityClarks Summit, PA64% 14%7% 66%33%
Commonwealth University of PennsylvaniaBloomsburg, PA53% 28%- 74%59%
Curtis Institute of MusicPhiladelphia, PA83% -8% 100%-
Delaware Valley UniversityDoylestown, PA54% 32%38% 76%50%
DeSales UniversityCenter Valley, PA67% 25%24% 78%50%
Dickinson CollegeCarlisle, PA83% -- 89%-
Drexel UniversityPhiladelphia, PA78% -- 87%65%
Duquesne UniversityPittsburgh, PA77% -- 84%50%
East Stroudsburg University of PennsylvaniaEast Stroudsburg, PA45% 32%34% 74%17%
Eastern UniversitySaint Davids, PA59% 29%28% 74%-
Elizabethtown CollegeElizabethtown, PA76% 13%- 85%100%
Franklin and Marshall CollegeLancaster, PA85% 10%12% 88%-
Gannon UniversityErie, PA69% 17%23% 79%67%
Geneva CollegeBeaver Falls, PA68% 25%11% 75%-
Gettysburg CollegeGettysburg, PA81% 14%15% 89%-
Grove City CollegeGrove City, PA80% 9%9% 88%-
Gwynedd Mercy UniversityGwynedd Valley, PA56% -- 76%-
Harrisburg University of Science and TechnologyHarrisburg, PA31% 2%3% 79%50%
Haverford CollegeHaverford, PA91% 4%3% 96%-
Holy Family UniversityPhiladelphia, PA58% 26%37% 79%100%
Immaculata UniversityImmaculata, PA61% 30%25% 83%100%
Indiana University of Pennsylvania-Main CampusIndiana, PA52% 24%28% 71%38%
Juniata CollegeHuntingdon, PA70% 7%- 81%100%
Keystone CollegeLa Plume, PA43% -- 64%60%
King's CollegeWilkes-Barre, PA57% -- 78%100%
Kutztown University of PennsylvaniaKutztown, PA56% 26%30% 79%67%
La Roche UniversityPittsburgh, PA55% 25%21% 67%-
La Salle UniversityPhiladelphia, PA61% 24%22% 69%-
Lackawanna CollegeScranton, PA38% 30%- 67%-
Lafayette CollegeEaston, PA89% 8%6% 90%-
Lancaster Bible CollegeLancaster, PA68% 17%- 81%33%
Lebanon Valley CollegeAnnville, PA68% -- 89%-
Lehigh UniversityBethlehem, PA91% -- 91%-
Lincoln UniversityLincoln University, PA44% 30%34% 79%33%
Lycoming CollegeWilliamsport, PA63% 25%24% 72%-
Manor CollegeJenkintown, PA35% 29%- 61%-
Marywood UniversityScranton, PA75% 16%24% 83%-
Mercyhurst UniversityErie, PA63% 25%25% 80%100%
Messiah UniversityMechanicsburg, PA78% 16%16% 86%-
Millersville University of PennsylvaniaMillersville, PA57% 23%27% 77%15%
Misericordia UniversityDallas, PA74% -26% 80%-
Moore College of Art and DesignPhiladelphia, PA61% 5%22% 73%-
Moravian UniversityBethlehem, PA69% 20%25% 78%-
Mount Aloysius CollegeCresson, PA45% 24%31% 74%33%
Muhlenberg CollegeAllentown, PA82% 12%- 91%-
Neumann UniversityAston, PA54% -- 71%100%
Peirce CollegePhiladelphia, PA5% 10%13% 100%-
Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine ArtsPhiladelphia, PA50% 36%- 80%-
Pennsylvania College of Art and DesignLancaster, PA60% 20%19% 61%67%
Pennsylvania College of Health SciencesLancaster, PA58% 25%- 72%100%
Pennsylvania College of TechnologyWilliamsport, PA48% 7%5% 77%25%
Pennsylvania Institute of TechnologyMedia, PA74% 10%- --
Pennsylvania State University-Main CampusUniversity Park, PA83% 1%- 91%67%
Pennsylvania State University-Penn State AbingtonAbington, PA28% 32%- 76%71%
Pennsylvania State University-Penn State AltoonaAltoona, PA16% 47%- 77%40%
Pennsylvania State University-Penn State BeaverMonaca, PA20% 37%- 72%-
Pennsylvania State University-Penn State BerksReading, PA33% 25%- 76%33%
Pennsylvania State University-Penn State BrandywineMedia, PA25% 29%- 74%25%
Pennsylvania State University-Penn State DuBoisDuBois, PA27% 37%- 86%-
Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Erie-Behrend CollegeErie, PA42% 25%- 82%100%
Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Fayette- EberlyLemont Furnace, PA30% 24%- 74%-
Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Greater AlleghenyMcKeesport, PA21% 34%- 66%-
Pennsylvania State University-Penn State HarrisburgMiddletown, PA24% 45%- 80%33%
Pennsylvania State University-Penn State HazletonHazleton, PA16% 49%- 76%-
Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Lehigh ValleyCenter Valley, PA12% 48%- 79%-
Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Mont AltoMont Alto, PA27% 37%- 75%-
Pennsylvania State University-Penn State New KensingtonNew Kensington, PA28% 24%- 76%-
Pennsylvania State University-Penn State SchuylkillSchuylkill Haven, PA26% 33%- 81%100%
Pennsylvania State University-Penn State ScrantonDunmore, PA34% 25%- 78%-
Pennsylvania State University-Penn State ShenangoSharon, PA23% 20%- 82%-
Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Wilkes-BarreDallas, PA20% 41%- 86%-
Pennsylvania State University-Penn State YorkYork, PA10% 48%- 72%67%
Pennsylvania State University-World CampusUniversity Park, PA36% -- 75%61%
Pennsylvania Western UniversityCalifornia, PA48% 23%- 70%33%
Pittsburgh Technical CollegeOakdale, PA53% 10%- 75%-
Point Park UniversityPittsburgh, PA58% 24%25% 73%-
Robert Morris UniversityMoon Township, PA64% 21%22% 82%80%
Rosemont CollegeRosemont, PA43% 23%24% 82%60%
Saint Charles Borromeo Seminary-OverbrookWynnewood, PA58% -- 83%-
Saint Francis UniversityLoretto, PA71% -- 85%-
Saint Joseph's UniversityPhiladelphia, PA82% 7%11% 86%50%
Saint Vincent CollegeLatrobe, PA76% 10%18% 84%100%
Seton Hill UniversityGreensburg, PA71% 18%29% 80%-
Shippensburg University of PennsylvaniaShippensburg, PA50% 31%33% 69%8%
Slippery Rock University of PennsylvaniaSlippery Rock, PA66% 17%22% 82%100%
Strayer University-PennsylvaniaTrevose, PA50% 25%- -34%
Susquehanna UniversitySelinsgrove, PA75% -- 85%-
Swarthmore CollegeSwarthmore, PA93% -- 96%-
Talmudical Yeshiva of PhiladelphiaPhiladelphia, PA60% 39%53% 94%-
Temple UniversityPhiladelphia, PA77% 11%16% 84%46%
Thiel CollegeGreenville, PA43% 33%22% 71%-
Thomas Jefferson UniversityPhiladelphia, PA67% 22%30% 82%-
University of PennsylvaniaPhiladelphia, PA96% -- 98%93%
University of Pittsburgh-BradfordBradford, PA41% 36%32% 71%-
University of Pittsburgh-GreensburgGreensburg, PA38% 50%37% 63%-
University of Pittsburgh-JohnstownJohnstown, PA48% 36%35% 76%-
University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh CampusPittsburgh, PA83% 11%13% 93%80%
University of ScrantonScranton, PA79% -- 85%75%
University of the ArtsPhiladelphia, PA66% 18%- 80%-
University of Valley ForgePhoenixville, PA42% 30%28% 71%67%
Ursinus CollegeCollegeville, PA73% -- 82%-
Villanova UniversityVillanova, PA90% 7%8% 96%60%
Walnut Hill CollegePhiladelphia, PA61% -- 18%-
Washington & Jefferson CollegeWashington, PA74% 18%27% 83%-
Waynesburg UniversityWaynesburg, PA59% 14%23% 72%-
West Chester University of PennsylvaniaWest Chester, PA71% 18%18% 82%50%
Westminster CollegeNew Wilmington, PA62% -- 82%-
Widener UniversityChester, PA67% 25%20% 75%75%
Wilkes UniversityWilkes-Barre, PA59% 26%29% 71%20%
Wilson CollegeChambersburg, PA50% 29%41% 69%-
Yeshivath Beth MosheScranton, PA88% 11%64% 75%-
York College of PennsylvaniaYork, PA64% 21%31% 76%57%
Average57.12%23.39%23.84%78.54%58.32%

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