Graduation, Transfer-out, and Retention Rate Trends at Penn State World Campus

The average graduation rate over the past 11 years (2013-2023) is 18.30% where the last year rate was 36%.

The average retention rate of the last 11 years is 36.00% for full-time students and 35.90% for part-time students.

Graduation Rate Changes

The average graduation rate of the last 11 years is 18.30% where the current academic year rate is 36%.

The following table and chart show the changes of graduation rate at Pennsylvania State University-World Campus over the past 11 years (2013-2023).

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Year	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	0%	0%	0%
2014-15	25%	33%	22%
2015-16	40%	17%	75%
2016-17	25%	29%	23%
2017-18	28%	42%	16%
2018-19	29%	35%	25%
2019-20	-	-
2020-21	-	-
2021-22	-	-
2022-23	36%	39%	34%
Average	18.30%	19.50%	19.50%

Retention Rate Changes

The average retention rate of the last 11 years is 36.00% for full-time students and 35.90% for part-time students.

The following table shows the changes of retention rate at Penn State World Campus from 2013 to 2023.

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Student to Faculty Ratio Changes

The average student to faculty ratio over the last 11 years is 9.40 to 1 where the current academic year ratio is 16 to 1. The following table and chart illustrate the change of student to faculty ratio at Pennsylvania State University-World Campus since 2023.

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