by our College Data Analytics TeamMake an informed decision about your education by understanding Concorde Career College - Portland 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.
The freshmen retention rate applies to first-time / full-time students who come back for their second year.
With 62% students making it past their freshmen year, Concorde Career College - Portland has freshmen retention rates below the national average.
Nationwide, the average first to second year retention rate is 70.57%.
When looking at just colleges and universities in Oregon, the average is 67.48%.
| Retention Rate | |
|---|---|
| Concorde Career College - Portland | 62% |
| Nationwide | 70.57% |
| Oregon | 67.48% |
How many of the estimated 411 students in the class of 2023 actually finished their degree in a timely fashion?
Four years after beginning their degree, 80% of those students had graduated. By 2025, six years after starting their degree, 80% of the students had graduated and after eight years 80% 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 Concorde Career College - Portland graduation rate 80%.
| Completion Within | Undergraduates | Percentage |
|---|---|---|
| Four Years | 411 | 80% |
| Six Years | 411 | 80% |
| Eight Years | 0 | 0% |
| Did Not Complete | 105 | 20% |
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 105 students or 20% of the cohort did not complete their degree within eight years.
What happened to the 105 students who did not complete their degree?
0 are still enrolled.
1 transferred to another institution.
Concorde Career College - Portland lost contact with the remaining 104 who we assumed dropped out.
| Non-Completions | Undergraduates | Percentage |
|---|---|---|
| Still Enrolled | 0 | 0.0% |
| Transferred | 1 | 1.0% |
| Dropped Out | 104 | 99.0% |
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 Concorde Career College - Portland are considered 'non-traditional students' who are not first-time, full-time, and under 25.
Comparing the graduation rates of the specific cohorts below can be more revealing than the overall graduation rates.
First-time / full-time students at Concorde Career College-Portland represent 41.28% of the students in the class of 2023.
After six years, the Concorde Career College - Portland graduation rate was 80%, and by the eight year mark, 80% 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 | Concorde Career College - Portland | Nationwide |
|---|---|---|
| Four Years | 80% | 37.92% |
| Six Years | 80% | 46.43% |
| Eight Years | 80% | 47.82% |
42 first-time / full-time students or 20% did not complete their degree within eight years.
Of those who did not finish:
0 are still enrolled.
0 transferred to another institution.
Concorde Career College - Portland lost contact with the remaining 42 who we assumed dropped out.
| Non-Completions | Undergraduates | Percentage |
|---|---|---|
| Still Enrolled | 0 | 0.00% |
| Transferred | 0 | 0.00% |
| Dropped Out | 42 | 100.00% |
Unfortunately, we don’t have access to data for this cohort at Concorde Career College-Portland.
Returning / full-time students at Concorde Career College-Portland represent 58.72% of the students in the class of 2023.
After six years, the Concorde Career College - Portland graduation rate was 79%, and by the eight year mark, 79% 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 | Concorde Career College - Portland | Nationwide |
|---|---|---|
| Four Years | 0% | 49.57% |
| Six Years | 79% | 53.83% |
| Eight Years | 79% | 55.07% |
63 non first-time / part-time students or 21% did not complete their degree within eight years.
Of those who did not finish:
0 are still enrolled.
1 transferred to another institution.
Concorde Career College - Portland lost contact with the remaining 62 who we assumed dropped out.
| Non-Completions | Undergraduates | Percentage |
|---|---|---|
| Still Enrolled | 0 | 0.00% |
| Transferred | 1 | 1.59% |
| Dropped Out | 62 | 98.41% |
Unfortunately, we don’t have access to data for this cohort at Concorde Career College-Portland.
