by our College Data Analytics TeamMake an informed decision about your education by understanding how Hostos' 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 Hostos . 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 56.0% of students staying on to become sophomores, Hostos Community College 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 New York , the average is 73.0% .
At Hostos , there were 2,506 bachelors degree candidates in the class of 2016 . By 2018 , six years after beginning their degree, 26.2% of these students had graduated. After an additional two years, 28.4% 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 71.6% did not graduate within eight years. Of these 1,796 students, 45 were still working towards their degree, 616 had transferred to a different institution, and Hostos lost contact with the remaining 1,134 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 Hostos class of 2016 who attended classes full-time After six years, the graduation rate was 25.0% and by 2020 ,27.2% 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 1,191 students, 29 were still working towards their degree, 386 had transferred to a different institution, and Hostos lost contact with the remaining 776 whom we assume dropped out.
With a six year graduation rate of 21.3% , first-time students in the Hostos class of 2016 who attended classes part-time were more likely than average to graduate in a reasonable time. After eight years, the graduation rate was 23.2% .
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 119 students, 1 were still working towards their degree, 28 had transferred to a different institution, and Hostos lost contact with the remaining 90 whom we assume dropped out.
With a six year graduation rate of 32.5% , returning students in the Hostos 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 34.5% .
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 357 students, 11 were still working towards their degree, 150 had transferred to a different institution, and Hostos lost contact with the remaining 196 whom we assume dropped out.
With a six year graduation rate of 22.5% , returning students in the Hostos 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 24.3% .
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 128 students, 4 were still working towards their degree, 52 had transferred to a different institution, and Hostos lost contact with the remaining 72 whom we assume dropped out.
