by our College Data Analytics TeamHow many Center for Advanced Legal Studies first-year students return for their second year, and how many go on to graduate? Retention and graduation rates help you understand how students progress at Center for Advanced Legal Studies. First year retention shows who comes back, and graduation rates show who finishes and how long it takes.
We don’t have retention rate data for Center for Advanced Legal Studies.
There were approximately 175 students in the class of 2023. How many of them actually completed their degree in a timely fashion?
Four years after beginning their degree, 75% of those students had graduated. By 2025, six years after starting their degree, 75% of the students had graduated and after eight years 75% of this class completed their degree.
Any student who completes their bachelor's degree within six years is considered to have graduated on time, according to the National Center for Education Statistics. This makes the offical Center for Advanced Legal Studies graduation rate 75%.
| Completion Within | Undergraduates | Percentage |
|---|---|---|
| Four Years | 175 | 75% |
| Six Years | 175 | 75% |
| Eight Years | 0 | 0% |
| Did Not Complete | 59 | 25% |
The non-completers rate is anyone who is not still enrolled at the institution after eight years. Both transfer students and drop-outs could be included in this group.
Approximately 59 students or 25% of the cohort did not complete their degree within eight years.
What happened to the 59 students who did not complete their degree?
0 are still enrolled.
29 transferred to another institution.
Center for Advanced Legal Studies lost contact with the remaining 30 who we assumed dropped out.
| Non-Completions | Undergraduates | Percentage |
|---|---|---|
| Still Enrolled | 0 | 0.0% |
| Transferred | 29 | 49.2% |
| Dropped Out | 30 | 50.8% |
Traditional first-time, full-time students under 25 tend to graduate in four years far more often than other students. Some schools serve mostly traditional students while others serve more 'non-traditional' students — part-timers or those returning after time away — who commonly take longer to finish.
Traditional Students:
First-time, full-time students under the age of 25.
Non-Traditional Students:
Any student that is not first-time, full-time, and under the age of 25.
A meaningful share of students at Center for Advanced Legal Studies are considered 'non-traditional students' who are not first-time, full-time, and under 25.
Examining the graduation rates of the specific cohorts shown below may be more revealing than looking at the overall graduaton rates.
First-time / full-time students at Center for Advanced Legal Studies represent 10.68% of the students in the class of 2023.
After six years, the Center for Advanced Legal Studies graduation rate was 64%, and by the eight year mark, 64% of the cohort had completed their degree.
Nationwide, the average graduation rate for this group is 37.92% after four years, 46.43% after six years, and 47.82% after eight years.
| Completions | Center for Advanced Legal Studies | Nationwide |
|---|---|---|
| Four Years | 64% | 37.92% |
| Six Years | 64% | 46.43% |
| Eight Years | 64% | 47.82% |
9 first-time / full-time students or 36% did not complete their degree within eight years.
Of those who did not finish:
0 are still enrolled.
4 transferred to another institution.
Center for Advanced Legal Studies lost contact with the remaining 5 who we assumed dropped out.
| Non-Completions | Undergraduates | Percentage |
|---|---|---|
| Still Enrolled | 0 | 0.00% |
| Transferred | 4 | 44.44% |
| Dropped Out | 5 | 55.56% |
At this time we lack data for this cohort at Center for Advanced Legal Studies.
Returning / full-time students at Center for Advanced Legal Studies represent 89.32% of the students in the class of 2023.
After six years, the Center for Advanced Legal Studies graduation rate was 76%, and by the eight year mark, 76% of the cohort had completed their degree.
Nationwide, the average graduation rate for this group is 53.83% after six years, and 55.07% after eight years.
| Completions | Center for Advanced Legal Studies | Nationwide |
|---|---|---|
| Four Years | 0% | 49.57% |
| Six Years | 76% | 53.83% |
| Eight Years | 76% | 55.07% |
50 non first-time / part-time students or 24% did not complete their degree within eight years.
Of those who did not finish:
0 are still enrolled.
25 transferred to another institution.
Center for Advanced Legal Studies lost contact with the remaining 25 who we assumed dropped out.
| Non-Completions | Undergraduates | Percentage |
|---|---|---|
| Still Enrolled | 0 | 0.00% |
| Transferred | 25 | 50.00% |
| Dropped Out | 25 | 50.00% |
We don’t have data for this cohort at Center for Advanced Legal Studies.
