Regional 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 regional peer group consists of six community colleges .
Approximately 39% of first time college degree/certificate-seeking students enrolled full-time in fall 2019, completed a PCC credential and/or transferred to a university by fall 2022. Combined graduation transfer rates ranged from a low of 35% to a high of 47% among the college’s peers with three colleges having a higher graduation transfer rate than PCC.
| 3-Year Graduation Transfer Rate Combined | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Fall Cohort | Peer Range (low to high) | PCC Grad+Transfer | Peers w/higher rates |
| 2019 (by 2022) | (35% – 47%) | 39% | 3 colleges |
| 2018 (by 2021) | (35% – 53%) | 35% | 6 colleges |
| 2017 (by 2020) | (32% – 53%) | 39% | 2 colleges |
| 2016 (by 2019) | (34% – 43%) | 42% | 1 college |
| 2015 (by 2018) | (32% – 45%) | 39% | 3 colleges |
| 2014 (by 2017) | (32% – 45%) | 35% | 2 colleges |
| 2013 (by 2016) | (33% – 48%) | 33% | 4 colleges |
Graduation Rate
Approximately 18% of first time college credential-seeking students enrolled full-time fall 2019, completed a PCC credential by fall 2022. Some of these students may have transferred to a university as well.
| 3-Year Graduation Rate | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Fall Cohort | Peer Range (low to high) | PCC Graduation | Peers w/higher rates |
| 2019 (by 2022) | (18% – 34%) | 18% | 6 colleges |
| 2018 (by 2021) | (18% – 30%) | 18% | 6 colleges |
| 2017 (by 2020) | (20% – 26%) | 20% | 6 colleges |
| 2016 (by 2019) | (14% – 27%) | 22% | 3 colleges |
| 2015 (by 2018) | (13% – 28%) | 21% | 2 colleges |
| 2014 (by 2017) | (15% – 26%) | 15% | 4 colleges |
| 2013 (by 2016) | (11% – 25%) | 16% | 4 colleges |
Transfer (no degree) Rate
Some 21% of first time college credential-seeking students enrolled full-time in fall 2019 transferred to a university by fall 2022 before completing a PCC degree or certificate.
| 3-Year Transfer Rate | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Fall Cohort | Peer Range (low to high) | PCC Transfer | Peers w/higher rates |
| 2019 (by 2022) | (12% – 27%) | 21% | 1 college |
| 2018 (by 2021) | (10% – 29%) | 17% | 3 colleges |
| 2017 (by 2020) | (9% – 31%) | 19% | 1 college |
| 2016 (by 2019) | (10% – 29%) | 20% | 2 colleges |
| 2015 (by 2018) | (11% – 26%) | 18% | 3 colleges |
| 2014 (by 2017) | (9% – 23%) | 20% | 1 college |
| 2013 (by 2016) | (9% – 26%) | 17% | 4 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