National Peers – Graduation and Transfer
Graduation Transfer Rate
Many students attend college with the intention to earn a credential or prepare for university transfer or both. The combined graduation and transfer rate is the percentage of a *student cohort who complete a PCC degree/certificate or who transfer to a university without a PCC credential within a fixed time period. The Peer group referenced below consists of twelve community colleges similar to PCC.
Approximately 35% of first time college degree/certificate-seeking students enrolled full-time fall 2018, completed a PCC credential and/or transferred to a university by fall 2021. Combined graduation transfer rates among national peers ranged from a low of 29% to a high of 51% and nine colleges had a higher graduation transfer rate than PCC.
| 3-Year Graduation Transfer Rate Combined | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Fall Cohort Group | Peer Range (low to high) | PCC Grad/Transfer Rate | Peers w/higher rates than PCC |
| 2018 (by 2021) | (29% – 51%) | 35% | 9 colleges |
| 2017 (by 2020) | (33% – 50%) | 39% | 7 colleges |
| 2016 (by 2019) | (37% – 53%) | 42% | 7 colleges |
| 2015 (by 2018) | (36% – 52%) | 39% | 10 colleges |
| 2014 (by 2017) | (33% – 53%) | 35% | 9 colleges |
| 2013 (by 2016) | (20% – 52%) | 33% | 9 colleges |
Graduation Rate
Approximately 18% of first time college credential-seeking students enrolled full-time fall 2018, completed a PCC credential by fall 2021. Some of these students may have transferred to a university as well.
| 3-Year Graduation Rate | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Fall Cohort Group | Peer Range (low to high) | PCC Graduation Rate | Peers w/higher rates than PCC |
| 2018 (by 2021) | (18% – 37%) | 18% | 11 colleges |
| 2017 (by 2020) | (20% – 37%) | 20% | 11 colleges |
| 2016 (by 2019) | (21% – 35%) | 22% | 10 colleges |
| 2015 (by 2018) | (18% – 38%) | 21% | 10 colleges |
| 2014 (by 2017) | (15% – 32%) | 15% | 11 colleges |
| 2013 (by 2016) | (13% – 33%) | 16% | 10 colleges |
Transfer (no degree) Rate
An estimated 17% of first time college credential-seeking students enrolled full-time fall 2018 transferred to a university by fall 2021 before completing a PCC degree or certificate.
| 3-Year Transfer Rate | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Fall Cohort Year | Peer Range (low to high) | PCC Transfer Rate | Peers w/higher rates than PCC |
| 2018 (by 2021) | (4% – 30%) | 17% | 4 colleges |
| 2017 (by 2020) | (4% – 28%) | 19% | 2 colleges |
| 2016 (by 2019) | (9% – 27%) | 20% | 3 colleges |
| 2015 (by 2018) | (8% – 30%) | 18% | 4 colleges |
| 2014 (by 2017) | (9% – 30%) | 20% | 3 colleges |
| 2013 (by 2016) | (0% – 30%) | 17% | 6 colleges |
*The student cohort is defined by the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) as a group of students who attend college for the first time in a fall term, enroll full-time that term and have declared they are enrolling to pursue a college credential.
Data Source: IPEDS, Graduation Rates (150% time) Report