by our College Data Analytics TeamMake an informed decision about your education by understanding how College of Western Idaho'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 College of Western Idaho . 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 52.0% of students staying on to become sophomores, College of Western Idaho 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 Idaho , the average is 70.0% .
At College of Western Idaho , there were 5,282 bachelors degree candidates in the class of 2016 . By 2018 , six years after beginning their degree, 18.1% of these students had graduated. After an additional two years, 19.4% 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 80.6% did not graduate within eight years. Of these 4,256 students, 95 were still working towards their degree, 1,406 had transferred to a different institution, and College of Western Idaho lost contact with the remaining 2,754 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 College of Western Idaho class of 2016 who attended classes full-time After six years, the graduation rate was 17.6% and by 2020 ,18.4% 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 1,419 students, 23 were still working towards their degree, 411 had transferred to a different institution, and College of Western Idaho lost contact with the remaining 985 whom we assume dropped out.
With a six year graduation rate of 9.6% , first-time students in the College of Western Idaho 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 11.0% .
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 1,219 students, 34 were still working towards their degree, 273 had transferred to a different institution, and College of Western Idaho lost contact with the remaining 912 whom we assume dropped out.
With a six year graduation rate of 29.2% , returning students in the College of Western Idaho 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 31.2% .
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 727 students, 16 were still working towards their degree, 331 had transferred to a different institution, and College of Western Idaho lost contact with the remaining 380 whom we assume dropped out.
With a six year graduation rate of 18.5% , returning students in the College of Western Idaho 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 20.3% .
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 890 students, 22 were still working towards their degree, 391 had transferred to a different institution, and College of Western Idaho lost contact with the remaining 477 whom we assume dropped out.
