by our College Data Analytics TeamMake an informed decision about your education by understanding how Cedar Valley College's retention and graduation rates impact you. First year retention rates let you know how many students come back for their sophomore year. Graduation rates tell you how long it takes to complete a degree at Cedar Valley College . Remember, every extra semester it takes to graduate will increase the cost of your degree.
You have to make it past freshman year in order to graduate. With only 55.0% of students staying on to become sophomores, Cedar Valley College has among the worst freshman retention rates in the country.
Nationwide, the average first year to second year retention rate is 69.0% . When looking at just colleges and universities in Texas , the average is 65.0% .
At Cedar Valley College , there were 1,300 bachelors degree candidates in the class of 2016 . By 2018 , six years after beginning their degree, 12.5% of these students had graduated. After an additional two years, 13.8% of this class eventually completed their degree.
We consider the "on-time" graduation rate for a bachelor's degree to be four years, but colleges typically report their graduation rates after six or even eight years.
This implies that 86.2% did not graduate within eight years. Of these 1,122 students, 7 were still working towards their degree, 582 had transferred to a different institution, and Cedar Valley College lost contact with the remaining 532 whom we assume dropped out.
First-time, full-time students under the age of 25 are much more likely to graduate in four years (on-time). Some schools cater mostly to traditional students while others cater to “non-traditional” students who may be attending part time and thus are likely to take longer to graduate.
Comparing the graduation rates of specific cohorts shown below will be more revealing than the overall statistics shared above.
With a four year graduation rate of N/A , first-time students in the Cedar Valley College class of 2016 who attended classes full-time After six years, the graduation rate was 13.7% and by 2020 ,15.4% of this class had completed their degree.
Nationwide, the average graduation rate for first-time undergraduates attending classes full-time is: 35.8% after four years, 46.4% after six years, and 47.8% after eight years.
Of these 302 students, 2 were still working towards their degree, 143 had transferred to a different institution, and Cedar Valley College lost contact with the remaining 157 whom we assume dropped out.
With a six year graduation rate of 10.3% , first-time students in the Cedar Valley College class of 2016 who attended classes part-time were less likely than average to graduate in a reasonable time. After eight years, the graduation rate was 11.4% .
Nationwide, the average graduation rate for first-time undergraduates attending classes part-time is: 21.6% after six years and 23.7% after eight years.
Of these 567 students, 4 were still working towards their degree, 277 had transferred to a different institution, and Cedar Valley College lost contact with the remaining 286 whom we assume dropped out.
With a six year graduation rate of 23.7% , returning students in the Cedar Valley College class of 2016 who attended classes full-time were among the least likely in the nation to graduate in a reasonable time. After eight years, the graduation rate was 23.7% .
Nationwide, the average graduation rate for returning undergraduates attending classes full-time is: 53.8% after six years and 55.1% after eight years.
Of these 58 students, 0 were still working towards their degree, 37 had transferred to a different institution, and Cedar Valley College lost contact with the remaining 21 whom we assume dropped out.
With a six year graduation rate of 13.2% , returning students in the Cedar Valley College class of 2016 who attended classes part-time were among the least likely in the nation to graduate in a reasonable time. After eight years, the graduation rate was 14.5% .
Nationwide, the average graduation rate for returning undergraduates attending classes part-time is: 36.0% after six years and 37.8% after eight years.
Of these 194 students, 1 were still working towards their degree, 125 had transferred to a different institution, and Cedar Valley College lost contact with the remaining 68 whom we assume dropped out.
