Pennsylvania College Graduation, Transfer-out, Retention Rate Statistics

The next list shows the colleges with the highest and lowest graduation rate and more relative statistics. For that, we include only 4-year colleges and having more than 500 enrolled students.

Graduation Rate Comparison Between Pennsylvania Colleges

The following table lists Pennsylvania colleges with graduation, transfer-out, and retention rate. The graduation rate is based on the number of completers who completed their program within 150% normal time (i.e. within 6 years for 4 years B.S. degrees).
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All SchoolsPublicPrivate4-Years CollegeCommunity CollegesCareer Colleges
College NameGraduation RateTransfer-out RateRetention Rate (full-time)Retention Rate (part-time)
Bryn Athyn College of the New Church
Bryn Athyn, PA
Private, 4 years
four-years
50%37%78%20
Albright College
Reading, PA
Private, 4 years
four-years
48%-64%-
All-State Career School
Essington, PA
Private, 2-4 years
26%-62%-
Community College of Allegheny County
Pittsburgh, PA
Public, 2-4 years
18%18%59%48
Allegheny College
Meadville, PA
Private, 4 years
four-years
67%-79%-
DeSales University
Center Valley, PA
Private, 4 years
four-years
67%25%78%50
Alvernia University
Reading, PA
Private, 4 years
four-years
63%26%68%-
Automotive Training Center-Exton
Exton, PA
Private, 2-4 years
71%-75%100
Clarks Summit University
Clarks Summit, PA
Private, 4 years
four-years
64%14%66%33
Community College of Beaver County
Monaca, PA
Public, 2-4 years
20%21%60%35
Arcadia University
Glenside, PA
Private, 4 years
four-years
63%28%80%-
Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania
Bloomsburg, PA
Public, 4 years
four-years
59%26%75%50
Bryn Mawr College
Bryn Mawr, PA
Private, 4 years
four-years
82%9%90%-
Bucknell University
Lewisburg, PA
Private, 4 years
four-years
86%9%91%-
Bucks County Community College
Newtown, PA
Public, 2-4 years
25%20%71%53
Butler County Community College
Butler, PA
Public, 2-4 years
30%26%65%50
Cabrini University
Radnor, PA
Private, 4 years
four-years
50%30%75%-
California University of Pennsylvania
California, PA
Public, 4 years
four-years
48%1%67%58
Carlow University
Pittsburgh, PA
Private, 4 years
four-years
56%-76%50
Carnegie Mellon University
Pittsburgh, PA
Private, 4 years
four-years
91%-97%-
Cedar Crest College
Allentown, PA
Private, 4 years
four-years
62%17%73%-
Central Penn College
Summerdale, PA
Private, 4 years
four-years
35%2%75%32
Chatham University
Pittsburgh, PA
Private, 4 years
four-years
68%19%80%-
Chestnut Hill College
Philadelphia, PA
Private, 4 years
four-years
62%24%67%25
Cheyney University of Pennsylvania
Cheyney, PA
Public, 4 years
four-years
14%55%68%25
Citizens School of Nursing
Tarentum, PA
Private, 2-4 years
70%-60%-
Clarion University of Pennsylvania
Clarion, PA
Public, 4 years
four-years
55%4%75%42
DLP Conemaugh Memorial Medical Center
Johnstown, PA
Private, 2-4 years
54%-50%-
Curtis Institute of Music
Philadelphia, PA
Private, 4 years
four-years
83%-100%-
Delaware County Community College
Media, PA
Public, 2-4 years
20%18%59%38
Delaware Valley University
Doylestown, PA
Private, 4 years
four-years
54%32%76%50
Dickinson College
Carlisle, PA
Private, 4 years
four-years
83%-89%-
Douglas Education Center
Monessen, PA
Private, 2-4 years
79%-88%-
Drexel University
Philadelphia, PA
Private, 4 years
four-years
78%-87%65
Duquesne University
Pittsburgh, PA
Private, 4 years
four-years
77%-84%50
East Stroudsburg University of Pennsylvania
East Stroudsburg, PA
Public, 4 years
four-years
45%32%74%17
Eastern University
Saint Davids, PA
Private, 4 years
four-years
59%29%74%-
Edinboro University of Pennsylvania
Edinboro, PA
Public, 4 years
four-years
47%4%71%33
Elizabethtown College
Elizabethtown, PA
Private, 4 years
four-years
76%13%85%100
Erie Institute of Technology Inc
Erie, PA
Private, 2-4 years
70%-66%-
Franklin and Marshall College
Lancaster, PA
Private, 4 years
four-years
85%10%88%-
Gannon University
Erie, PA
Private, 4 years
four-years
69%17%79%67
Geneva College
Beaver Falls, PA
Private, 4 years
four-years
68%25%75%-
Gettysburg College
Gettysburg, PA
Private, 4 years
four-years
81%14%89%-
Grove City College
Grove City, PA
Private, 4 years
four-years
80%9%88%-
Gwynedd Mercy University
Gwynedd Valley, PA
Private, 4 years
four-years
56%-76%-
Harcum College
Bryn Mawr, PA
Private, 2-4 years
34%-51%34
Harrisburg Area Community College
Harrisburg, PA
Public, 2-4 years
16%18%53%39
Haverford College
Haverford, PA
Private, 4 years
four-years
91%4%96%-
Commonwealth Technical Institute
Johnstown, PA
Private, 2-4 years
90%-81%-
Holy Family University
Philadelphia, PA
Private, 4 years
four-years
58%26%79%100
Hussian College-Philadelphia
Philadelphia, PA
Private, 4 years
four-years
40%-90%-
Immaculata University
Immaculata, PA
Private, 4 years
four-years
61%30%83%100
Indiana University of Pennsylvania-Main Campus
Indiana, PA
Public, 4 years
four-years
52%24%71%38
UPMC Jameson School of Nursing
New Castle, PA
Private, 2-4 years
100%-50%-
Great Lakes Institute of Technology
Erie, PA
Private, 2-4 years
50%-71%84
Johnson College
Scranton, PA
Private, 2-4 years
53%2%74%80
Juniata College
Huntingdon, PA
Private, 4 years
four-years
70%7%81%100
Keystone College
La Plume, PA
Private, 4 years
four-years
43%-64%60
King's College
Wilkes-Barre, PA
Private, 4 years
four-years
57%-78%100
Kutztown University of Pennsylvania
Kutztown, PA
Public, 4 years
four-years
56%26%79%67
La Roche University
Pittsburgh, PA
Private, 4 years
four-years
55%25%67%-
La Salle University
Philadelphia, PA
Private, 4 years
four-years
61%24%69%-
Lackawanna College
Scranton, PA
Private, 4 years
four-years
38%30%67%-
Lafayette College
Easton, PA
Private, 4 years
four-years
89%8%90%-
Lancaster Bible College
Lancaster, PA
Private, 4 years
four-years
68%17%81%33
Lansdale School of Business
North Wales, PA
Private, 2-4 years
71%-69%67
Lebanon Valley College
Annville, PA
Private, 4 years
four-years
68%-89%-
Lehigh Carbon Community College
Schnecksville, PA
Public, 2-4 years
20%20%63%44
Miller-Motte College-Berks Technical Institute
Wyomissing, PA
Private, 2-4 years
44%-68%100
Lehigh University
Bethlehem, PA
Private, 4 years
four-years
91%-91%-
Lincoln Technical Institute-Allentown
Allentown, PA
Private, 2-4 years
55%-63%-
Lincoln Technical Institute-Philadelphia
Philadelphia, PA
Private, 2-4 years
43%-73%67
Lincoln University
Lincoln University, PA
Public, 4 years
four-years
44%30%79%33
Lock Haven University
Lock Haven, PA
Public, 4 years
four-years
54%1%69%17
UPMC St. Margaret School of Nursing
Pittsburgh, PA
Private, 2-4 years
38%-17%-
Luzerne County Community College
Nanticoke, PA
Public, 2-4 years
17%15%60%42
Lycoming College
Williamsport, PA
Private, 4 years
four-years
63%25%72%-
Manor College
Jenkintown, PA
Private, 4 years
four-years
35%29%61%-
Mansfield University of Pennsylvania
Mansfield, PA
Public, 4 years
four-years
49%9%70%33
Marywood University
Scranton, PA
Private, 4 years
four-years
75%16%83%-
Vet Tech Institute
Pittsburgh, PA
Private, 2-4 years
71%-74%-
Mercyhurst University
Erie, PA
Private, 4 years
four-years
63%25%80%100
Messiah University
Mechanicsburg, PA
Private, 4 years
four-years
78%16%86%-
Millersville University of Pennsylvania
Millersville, PA
Public, 4 years
four-years
57%23%77%15
Misericordia University
Dallas, PA
Private, 4 years
four-years
74%-80%-
Montgomery County Community College
Blue Bell, PA
Public, 2-4 years
23%13%65%48
Moore College of Art and Design
Philadelphia, PA
Private, 4 years
four-years
61%5%73%-
Moravian University
Bethlehem, PA
Private, 4 years
four-years
69%20%78%-
Mount Aloysius College
Cresson, PA
Private, 4 years
four-years
45%24%74%33
Muhlenberg College
Allentown, PA
Private, 4 years
four-years
82%12%91%-
Neumann University
Aston, PA
Private, 4 years
four-years
54%-71%100
New Castle School of Trades
New Castle, PA
Private, 2-4 years
72%-82%-
Northampton County Area Community College
Bethlehem, PA
Public, 2-4 years
21%14%63%41
Pennsylvania Institute of Technology
Media, PA
Private, 4 years
four-years
74%10%--
Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Erie-Behrend College
Erie, PA
Public, 4 years
four-years
42%25%82%100
Pennsylvania State University-Penn State New Kensington
New Kensington, PA
Public, 4 years
four-years
28%24%76%-
Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Shenango
Sharon, PA
Public, 4 years
four-years
23%20%82%-
Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Wilkes-Barre
Dallas, PA
Public, 4 years
four-years
20%41%86%-
Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Scranton
Dunmore, PA
Public, 4 years
four-years
34%25%78%-
Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Lehigh Valley
Center Valley, PA
Public, 4 years
four-years
12%48%79%-
Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Altoona
Altoona, PA
Public, 4 years
four-years
16%47%77%40
Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Beaver
Monaca, PA
Public, 4 years
four-years
20%37%72%-
Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Berks
Reading, PA
Public, 4 years
four-years
33%25%76%33
Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Harrisburg
Middletown, PA
Public, 4 years
four-years
24%45%80%33
Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Brandywine
Media, PA
Public, 4 years
four-years
25%29%74%25
Pennsylvania State University-Penn State DuBois
DuBois, PA
Public, 4 years
four-years
27%37%86%-
Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Fayette- Eberly
Lemont Furnace, PA
Public, 4 years
four-years
30%24%74%-
Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Hazleton
Hazleton, PA
Public, 4 years
four-years
16%49%76%-
Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus
University Park, PA
Public, 4 years
four-years
83%1%91%67
Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Greater Allegheny
McKeesport, PA
Public, 4 years
four-years
21%34%66%-
Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Mont Alto
Mont Alto, PA
Public, 4 years
four-years
27%37%75%-
Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Abington
Abington, PA
Public, 4 years
four-years
28%32%76%71
Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Schuylkill
Schuylkill Haven, PA
Public, 4 years
four-years
26%33%81%100
Pennsylvania State University-Penn State York
York, PA
Public, 4 years
four-years
10%48%72%67
Peirce College
Philadelphia, PA
Private, 4 years
four-years
5%10%100%-
Penn Commercial Business/Technical School
Washington, PA
Private, 2-4 years
87%-87%-
Pennco Tech-Bristol
Bristol, PA
Private, 2-4 years
72%-75%71
Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts
Philadelphia, PA
Private, 4 years
four-years
50%36%80%-
Pennsylvania Gunsmith School
Pittsburgh, PA
Private, 2-4 years
78%-80%-
Pennsylvania College of Art and Design
Lancaster, PA
Private, 4 years
four-years
60%20%61%67
University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, PA
Private, 4 years
four-years
96%-98%93
The University of the Arts
Philadelphia, PA
Private, 4 years
four-years
66%18%80%-
Cairn University-Langhorne
Langhorne, PA
Private, 4 years
four-years
55%24%79%50
University of the Sciences
Philadelphia, PA
Private, 4 years
four-years
77%-84%-
Community College of Philadelphia
Philadelphia, PA
Public, 2-4 years
16%10%59%41
University of Pittsburgh-Bradford
Bradford, PA
Public, 4 years
four-years
41%36%71%-
University of Pittsburgh-Greensburg
Greensburg, PA
Public, 4 years
four-years
38%50%63%-
University of Pittsburgh-Johnstown
Johnstown, PA
Public, 4 years
four-years
48%36%76%-
University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus
Pittsburgh, PA
Public, 4 years
four-years
83%11%93%80
University of Pittsburgh-Titusville
Titusville, PA
Public, 2-4 years
13%41%20%-
Pittsburgh Institute of Aeronautics
West Mifflin, PA
Private, 2-4 years
56%-75%-
Pittsburgh Institute of Mortuary Science Inc
Pittsburgh, PA
Private, 2-4 years
72%27%92%91
Pittsburgh Technical College
Oakdale, PA
Private, 4 years
four-years
53%10%75%-
Point Park University
Pittsburgh, PA
Private, 4 years
four-years
58%24%73%-
Reading Area Community College
Reading, PA
Public, 2-4 years
20%12%71%51
Reading Hospital School of Health Sciences
Reading, PA
Private, 2-4 years
44%-78%88
Walnut Hill College
Philadelphia, PA
Private, 4 years
four-years
61%-18%-
Robert Morris University
Moon Township, PA
Private, 4 years
four-years
64%21%82%80
Rosedale Technical College
Pittsburgh, PA
Private, 2-4 years
78%-78%-
Rosemont College
Rosemont, PA
Private, 4 years
four-years
43%23%82%60
Saint Francis University
Loretto, PA
Private, 4 years
four-years
71%-85%-
Saint Joseph's University
Philadelphia, PA
Private, 4 years
four-years
82%7%86%50
Saint Vincent College
Latrobe, PA
Private, 4 years
four-years
76%10%84%100
University of Scranton
Scranton, PA
Private, 4 years
four-years
79%-85%75
Seton Hill University
Greensburg, PA
Private, 4 years
four-years
71%18%80%-
UPMC Shadyside School of Nursing
Pittsburgh, PA
Private, 2-4 years
22%-38%-
Laurel Technical Institute
Hermitage, PA
Private, 2-4 years
63%-71%-
Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania
Shippensburg, PA
Public, 4 years
four-years
50%31%69%8
Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania
Slippery Rock, PA
Public, 4 years
four-years
66%17%82%100
Saint Charles Borromeo Seminary-Overbrook
Wynnewood, PA
Private, 4 years
four-years
58%-83%-
South Hills School of Business & Technology
State College, PA
Private, 2-4 years
61%3%84%100
Susquehanna University
Selinsgrove, PA
Private, 4 years
four-years
75%-85%-
Swarthmore College
Swarthmore, PA
Private, 4 years
four-years
93%-96%-
Thaddeus Stevens College of Technology
Lancaster, PA
Public, 2-4 years
56%-85%33
Talmudical Yeshiva of Philadelphia
Philadelphia, PA
Private, 4 years
four-years
60%39%94%-
Temple University
Philadelphia, PA
Public, 4 years
four-years
77%11%84%46
Thiel College
Greenville, PA
Private, 4 years
four-years
43%33%71%-
Thomas Jefferson University
Philadelphia, PA
Private, 4 years
four-years
67%22%82%-
Triangle Tech Inc-Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh, PA
Private, 2-4 years
30%-55%-
Triangle Tech Inc-Greensburg
Greensburg, PA
Private, 2-4 years
78%-67%-
Triangle Tech Inc-Dubois
Falls Creek, PA
Private, 2-4 years
68%-80%-
Ursinus College
Collegeville, PA
Private, 4 years
four-years
73%-82%-
University of Valley Forge
Phoenixville, PA
Private, 4 years
four-years
42%30%71%67
Valley Forge Military College
Wayne, PA
Private, 2-4 years
28%-100%100
Villanova University
Villanova, PA
Private, 4 years
four-years
90%7%96%60
Washington & Jefferson College
Washington, PA
Private, 4 years
four-years
74%18%83%-
Waynesburg University
Waynesburg, PA
Private, 4 years
four-years
59%14%72%-
West Chester University of Pennsylvania
West Chester, PA
Public, 4 years
four-years
71%18%82%50
Western Pennsylvania Hospital School of Nursing
Pittsburgh, PA
Private, 2-4 years
53%-77%-
Pittsburgh Career Institute
Pittsburgh, PA
Private, 2-4 years
35%41%92%-
Westminster College
New Wilmington, PA
Private, 4 years
four-years
62%-82%-
Westmoreland County Community College
Youngwood, PA
Public, 2-4 years
18%17%67%43
Widener University
Chester, PA
Private, 4 years
four-years
67%25%75%75
Wilkes University
Wilkes-Barre, PA
Private, 4 years
four-years
59%26%71%20
Wilson College
Chambersburg, PA
Private, 4 years
four-years
50%29%69%-
Yeshivath Beth Moshe
Scranton, PA
Private, 4 years
four-years
88%11%75%-
York College of Pennsylvania
York, PA
Private, 4 years
four-years
64%21%76%57
YTI Career Institute-York
York, PA
Private, 2-4 years
46%-88%-
Fortis Institute-Forty Fort
Forty Fort, PA
Private, 2-4 years
50%-65%-
Laurel Business Institute
Uniontown, PA
Private, 2-4 years
87%-88%100
Aviation Institute of Maintenance-Philadelphia
Philadelphia, PA
Private, 2-4 years
28%-74%-
West Virginia Junior College-United Career Institute
Mount Braddock, PA
Private, 2-4 years
62%-88%-
Pennsylvania College of Technology
Williamsport, PA
Public, 4 years
four-years
48%7%77%25
Central Pennsylvania Institute of Science and Technology
Pleasant Gap, PA
Public, 2-4 years
77%-78%85
YTI Career Institute-Altoona
Altoona, PA
Private, 2-4 years
100%-100%-
Fortis Institute-Scranton
Scranton, PA
Private, 2-4 years
43%-50%-
Laurel Technical Institute
MEADVILLE, PA
Private, 2-4 years
78%-60%75
Pennsylvania Highlands Community College
Johnstown, PA
Public, 2-4 years
37%15%55%40
Lancaster County Career and Technology Center
Willow Street, PA
Public, 2-4 years
80%-78%57
Forbes Road Career and Technology Center
Monroeville, PA
Public, Less than 2 years
50%50%100%-
Jna Institute of Culinary Arts
Philadelphia, PA
Private, 2-4 years
75%-80%-
Miller-Motte College-McCann-Lewisburg
Lewisburg, PA
Private, 2-4 years
51%-64%100
Huntingdon County Career and Technology Center
Mill Creek, PA
Public, Less than 2 years
78%22%48%-
Pennsylvania College of Health Sciences
Lancaster, PA
Private, 4 years
four-years
58%25%72%100
Triangle Tech Inc-Sunbury
Sunbury, PA
Private, 2-4 years
63%-73%-
Strayer University-Pennsylvania
Trevose, PA
Private, 4 years
four-years
50%25%-34
PITC Institute
Wyncote, PA
Private, 2-4 years
10%-55%46
Universal Technical Institute of Pennsylvania Inc
Exton, PA
Private, 2-4 years
44%1%64%-
Precision Manufacturing Institute
Meadville, PA
Private, Less than 2 years
95%-65%-
Harrisburg University of Science and Technology
Harrisburg, PA
Private, 4 years
four-years
31%2%79%50
Automotive Training Center-Warminster
Warminster, PA
Private, 2-4 years
62%-71%100
Triangle Tech Inc-Bethlehem
Bethlehem, PA
Private, 2-4 years
68%-79%-
Miller-Motte College-McCann-Allentown
Allentown, PA
Private, 2-4 years
45%-69%-
Geisinger-Lewistown Hospital School of Nursing
Lewistown, PA
Private, 2-4 years
100%-33%-
Institute of Medical Careers
Pittsburgh, PA
Private, 2-4 years
80%3%96%-
Pennsylvania State University-World Campus
University Park, PA
Public, 4 years
four-years
36%-75%61
Professional Academy of Cosmetology
Norristown, PA
Private, Less than 2 years
80%-89%-
Williamson College of the Trades
Media, PA
Private, 2-4 years
67%-87%-
The Pennsylvania State University
University Park, PA
Public, 4 years
four-years
72%-87%58
Commonwealth University of Pennsylvania
Bloomsburg, PA
Public, 4 years
four-years
53%28%74%59
Pennsylvania Western University
California, PA
Public, 4 years
four-years
48%23%70%33
Average56%22%75%61