Make an informed decision about your education by understanding CTI retention and graduation rates. First year retention rates let you know how many first-time, full-time students students come back for their second year. Graduation rates tell you how many students complete their degree and how long it takes.
Freshmen retention rate refers to the percentage of first-time / full-time students who return for their second year.
With 83% students making it past their freshmen year, CTI has freshmen retention rates above the national average.
Nationwide, the average first to second year retention rate is 70.57%.
When looking at just colleges and universities in Pennsylvania, the average is 73.24%.
Retention Rate | |
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CTI | 83% |
Nationwide | 70.57% |
Pennsylvania | 73.24% |
How many of the estimated 199 students in the class of 2015 completed their degree within eight years?
Four years after beginning their degree, 75% of those students had graduated. By 2017, 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 CTI graduation rate 75%.
Completion Within | Undergraduates | Percentage |
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Four Years | 199 | 75% |
Six Years | 199 | 75% |
Eight Years | 1 | 0% |
Did Not Complete | 67 | 25% |
Some schools have mainly first-time, full-time students, while others cater to part-time students, transfer students, or adult learners. For a variety of reasons first-time, full-time students under the age of 25 are usually more likely to graduate in four years.
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.
The majority of students at CTI are considered 'traditional students' who are first-time attending full-time.
Comparing the graduation rates of specific cohorts shown below will be more revealing than the overall statistics shared above.
First-time / full-time students at Commonwealth Technical Institute represent 100% of the students in the class of 2015, and 100.00% of CTI bachelor's degree graduations.
With a four-year graduation rate of 75%, first-time students in the CTI class of 2015 who attended classes full-time were more likely than average to graduate on time.
After six years, the CTI graduation rate was 75%, and by the eight year mark, 75% of the cohort had completed their degree.
Nationwide, the average graduation rate for first-time undergraduates attending classes full-time is 37.92% after four years, 46.43% after six years, and 47.82% after eight years.
First-Time / Full-Time Completions | CTI | Nationwide |
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Four Years | 75% | 37.92% |
Six Years | 75% | 46.43% |
Eight Years | 75% | 47.82% |
67 first-time / full-time students or 25% did not complete their degree within eight years.
Of those who did not finish:
0 are still enrolled.
0 transferred to another institution.
CTI lost contact with the remaining 67 who we assumed dropped out.
First-Time / Full-Time Non-Completions | Undergraduates | Percentage |
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Still Enrolled | 0 | 0.00% |
Transferred | 0 | 0.00% |
Dropped Out | 67 | 100.00% |
Unfortunately, we don’t have access to data on CTI first-time, part-time students.
Unfortunately, we don’t have access to data on CTI returning, part-time students.