by our College Data Analytics TeamMake an informed decision about your education by understanding how De Anza 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 De Anza College . Remember, every extra semester it takes to graduate will increase the cost of your degree.
With 79.0% of students making it past their freshman year, De Anza College has freshman retention rates above the national average.
Nationwide, the average first year to second year retention rate is 69.0% . When looking at just colleges and universities in California , the average is 74.0% .
At De Anza College , there were 34,341 bachelors degree candidates in the class of 2016 . By 2018 , six years after beginning their degree, 30.6% of these students had graduated. After an additional two years, 32.2% 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 67.8% did not graduate within eight years. Of these 23,274 students, 340 were still working towards their degree, 12,114 had transferred to a different institution, and De Anza College lost contact with the remaining 10,819 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 De Anza College class of 2016 who attended classes full-time After six years, the graduation rate was 63.6% and by 2020 ,65.6% 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 916 students, 14 were still working towards their degree, 329 had transferred to a different institution, and De Anza College lost contact with the remaining 573 whom we assume dropped out.
With a six year graduation rate of 26.2% , first-time students in the De Anza College 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 27.9% .
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 1,923 students, 18 were still working towards their degree, 581 had transferred to a different institution, and De Anza College lost contact with the remaining 1,324 whom we assume dropped out.
With a six year graduation rate of 48.8% , returning students in the De Anza 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 50.6% .
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 4,540 students, 45 were still working towards their degree, 2,619 had transferred to a different institution, and De Anza College lost contact with the remaining 1,876 whom we assume dropped out.
With a six year graduation rate of 18.4% , returning students in the De Anza College 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 19.8% .
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 15,894 students, 263 were still working towards their degree, 8,585 had transferred to a different institution, and De Anza College lost contact with the remaining 7,046 whom we assume dropped out.
