by our College Data Analytics TeamMake an informed decision about your education by understanding how Clark 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 Clark College . Remember, every extra semester it takes to graduate will increase the cost of your degree.
We were not able to determine the freshman retention rate at Clark College .
Nationwide, the average first year to second year retention rate is 69.0% . When looking at just colleges and universities in Washington , the average is 72.0% .
At Clark College , there were 16,380 bachelors degree candidates in the class of 2016 . By 2018 , six years after beginning their degree, 35.4% of these students had graduated. After an additional two years, 36.9% 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 63.1% did not graduate within eight years. Of these 10,340 students, 237 were still working towards their degree, 3,269 had transferred to a different institution, and Clark College lost contact with the remaining 6,833 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 Clark College class of 2016 who attended classes full-time After six years, the graduation rate was 28.7% and by 2020 ,29.8% 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 1,863 students, 32 were still working towards their degree, 624 had transferred to a different institution, and Clark College lost contact with the remaining 1,207 whom we assume dropped out.
With a six year graduation rate of 15.5% , first-time students in the Clark College class of 2016 who attended classes part-time had a graduation rate similar to the national average. After eight years, the graduation rate was 17.1% .
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 2,183 students, 51 were still working towards their degree, 667 had transferred to a different institution, and Clark College lost contact with the remaining 1,465 whom we assume dropped out.
With a six year graduation rate of 48.8% , returning students in the Clark College class of 2016 who attended classes full-time had a graduation rate similar to the national average. After eight years, the graduation rate was 49.8% .
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 2,004 students, 46 were still working towards their degree, 666 had transferred to a different institution, and Clark College lost contact with the remaining 1,292 whom we assume dropped out.
With a six year graduation rate of 37.8% , returning students in the Clark College class of 2016 who attended classes part-time had a graduation rate similar to the national average. After eight years, the graduation rate was 39.6% .
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 4,289 students, 108 were still working towards their degree, 1,312 had transferred to a different institution, and Clark College lost contact with the remaining 2,869 whom we assume dropped out.
